tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8995634.post5033350679485065412..comments2023-10-12T08:08:23.342-07:00Comments on The Literate Kitten: What students are readingLKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05445951627105831041noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8995634.post-46635824579091096212008-04-25T13:04:00.000-07:002008-04-25T13:04:00.000-07:00Its amazing how reading habits change over the yea...Its amazing how reading habits change over the years. I shouldn't be so surprised that there are so many HP titles on the list, though its to be expected.Katherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16108897586586146730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8995634.post-37258789548270900732008-04-22T18:44:00.000-07:002008-04-22T18:44:00.000-07:00whoa that's interesting. in college, was an englis...whoa that's interesting. in college, was an english major so i was pretty much reading three books at all times. i remember the fountainhead being very in vogue but i ended up reading a lot of milan kundera and isabel allende. funny what speaks to us at different times in life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8995634.post-4049139345816249132008-04-22T10:48:00.000-07:002008-04-22T10:48:00.000-07:00I remember reading what was passed along to me in ...I remember reading what was passed along to me in school in addition to books I chose myself. The penguin classic series was extremely popular, and authors like Zola and Tolstoy were passed around and widely enjoyed. Almost everyone could discuss what they liked about Steinbeck and Salinger, Austen and Dickens--but then we read those authors in High School. Reading for pleasure helped us with our advanced math analysis classes and such. It gave us a break and we ended up doing better work overall. Flex.<BR/><BR/>Novels helped a lot <BR/>while taking logic, philo. and ethics classes, too-- <BR/>Balzac springs to mind as an example I used in class..something from his novel "Cousin Bette"Bobby D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02205693811392933385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8995634.post-38689459522072044372008-04-22T08:07:00.000-07:002008-04-22T08:07:00.000-07:00Interesting lists! Thanks for sharing them. To t...Interesting lists! Thanks for sharing them. To tell you the truth, I did very little reading for pleasure in college. I was much too busy read biochemisty books and memorizing structures of amino acids. (Seriously.)Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07208766776468157501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8995634.post-66314194600668919612008-04-21T21:13:00.000-07:002008-04-21T21:13:00.000-07:00I well remember that Ayn Rand trend. I was one of ...I well remember that Ayn Rand trend. I was one of the ones reading her in the Eighties. Glad to see students have moved on.Charlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14976147051582732043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8995634.post-50525931486548585582008-04-21T18:27:00.000-07:002008-04-21T18:27:00.000-07:00Ah, darn. No Pratchett on the list?Ah, darn. No Pratchett on the list?darkorpheushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02565452271408221461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8995634.post-77547989663202401902008-04-21T16:46:00.000-07:002008-04-21T16:46:00.000-07:00Students are reading?? How glorious. I'm printin...Students are reading?? How glorious. I'm printing out the article, blowing it up poster size, and hanging it in my office just as encouragement. <BR/>Thanks for the heads up.Andihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13059619056144553609noreply@blogger.com