April 2011 Book of the Month: Poll

boswellbaxter · Post by **boswellbaxter** » Tue March 1st, 2011, 6:03 am

And the nail-biting is over . . . it's Gone With the Wind!

LoobyG · Post by **LoobyG** » Tue March 1st, 2011, 9:15 am

Hurrah! I'll be inspired to read it again, it's been ten years since I did

Misfit · Post by **Misfit** » Tue March 1st, 2011, 1:37 pm

[quote=""boswellbaxter""]And the nail-biting is over . . . it's Gone With the Wind![/quote]

Nail biting?

This will be fun I think, looking forward to it.

Ash · Post by **Ash** » Tue March 1st, 2011, 1:40 pm

I haven't had a copy in years, no, decades. But it won't be hard to find one.

Michy · Post by **Michy** » Tue March 8th, 2011, 4:05 am

It's been probably over 10 years since I've read GWTW so I would really love to re-read it.... unfortunately, April is going to be much too busy. I'll probably be lucky to squeeze in a couple of short books.

But I would love to read others' thoughts and probably put in my two cent's worth.

annis · Post by **annis** » Tue March 8th, 2011, 5:39 am

Can we cheat and watch the movie?!

Misfit · Post by **Misfit** » Tue March 8th, 2011, 1:46 pm

[quote=""annis""]Can we cheat and watch the movie?![/quote]

*snort*

No, too much is changed/condensed. You can try though and see if we catch you or not

Ludmilla · Post by **Ludmilla** » Tue March 8th, 2011, 1:59 pm

I have the book and plan on starting it the last week of this month. It's been nearly 30 years since I read it, so it might be like reading a new book after all this time.

Michy · Post by **Michy** » Tue March 8th, 2011, 3:39 pm

You know, after I posted my comment last night I took my copy off the shelf and thumbed through it and re-read the scene where Rhett proposes to Scarlett. *sigh* I think I may have to re-read the book this summer. It's actually been about 20 years since I've read it. My first three readings of GWTW were fairly close together -- my teens, early 20s and mid-20s -- so it will be interesting to see how I respond to the book now that I have so much more of life under my belt...... I have no doubt that I will still love it, but probably in a very different way.

I have the entire movie musical score on CD, so I may listen to that while I read to help set the atmosphere.

LoveHistory · Post by **LoveHistory** » Tue March 8th, 2011, 4:00 pm

Michy you can always come back and add your thoughts as you reread it when you have time this summer.

Should we create a phrase for when someone is "caught" referencing the movie?

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