The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver (recommended by Daria Stellwag)

Hopefully everyone is enjoying “The Poisonwood Bible.”  I’m just starting it, but I wanted to get our “blog” going. 

Happy reading!

Daria

I Finished Lady Chatterley’s Lover

I wish the whole book was like the ending 1/3, I could finally relate to the characters.  I really came to like the gamekeeper – Oliver Mellors and I even started to warm up to Lady Chat herself. 

There were a few quotes in the book that I thought were still fitting, the apply very much to our times: 

On page 146, “The public responds now only to an appeal to it vices.” 

Page 149, “But if things were bad for a long spell, the young ones might go funny.”  They were talking about the desire for socialism. 

Page 297, “But then, I suppose a woman doesn’t take a supreme pleasure in the life of the mind.”  Wow!  Lord Chatterley you swine! How deeply you’ve offended thee. 

I think I found the most enjoyment out of the last 6 pages of the book; Mellor’s letter to Connie.  It seemed to finally open dialogue with deep, caring feelings that I could understand and relate to. 

Kelly – did you notice that he (Lawrence) referenced the love between Abelard and Heloise?  It was on page 312 of my copy.  Amazing how they keep popping up in our readings!