tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4323379469576510613.post3207944013091180668..comments2023-08-12T07:10:51.559-05:00Comments on An Irreverent Escapade: Gone with the Wind ReadalongAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16907103608219409516noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4323379469576510613.post-10425267090100146982015-05-02T13:02:23.440-05:002015-05-02T13:02:23.440-05:00Love your post and especially your memories of thi...Love your post and especially your memories of this book! I also read it for the first time when I was 13. And I didn't think of the book as mine so much as I lived in the time and story described by Mitchell! I remember so clearly fantasizing about each and every one of the characters so many times and just placing myself there with them all! :)<br /><br />So exciting that someone else (not just me!) who has read it many times is now revisiting it! Lynn @ Smoke & Mirrorshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00464153596817995684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4323379469576510613.post-38170141257269008402015-05-02T13:02:13.360-05:002015-05-02T13:02:13.360-05:00Love your post and especially your memories of thi...Love your post and especially your memories of this book! I also read it for the first time when I was 13. And I didn't think of the book as mine so much as I lived in the time and story described by Mitchell! I remember so clearly fantasizing about each and every one of the characters so many times and just placing myself there with them all! :)<br /><br />So exciting that someone else (not just me!) who has read it many times is now revisiting it! Lynn @ Smoke & Mirrorshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00464153596817995684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4323379469576510613.post-60626764685552318622015-05-01T13:30:11.711-05:002015-05-01T13:30:11.711-05:00I completely agree with you that the novel is time...I completely agree with you that the novel is timeless. It could be set anywhere, in any era. I personally love all things American Civil War, however. :) <br /><br />Reading the screen play while watching the movie is such a good idea!! I never thought of that!<br /><br />I love (love, love) a gushing Gone with the Wind post. Love your memories with it -- the many, many times you read it in high school. The way you are pulled back to it now as you feel yourself settling into a new version of yourself. <br /><br />Those new/familiar versions of self are familiar to me. I have them too. When my Dad died I actually felt myself splinter into two mes at war with themselves. I couldn't understand which one was actual me: one was steel hard, the other absolute butter. I think the two parts are finally settling into something in between.<br /><br />I always felt like this book was my secret, too. But of course it has impacted people across the world. Strange to think about, isn't it? It feels so... MINE. :)*ೃ༄ Jillianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139487177036647728noreply@blogger.com