tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110576180775734754.post7739120149403776777..comments2017-12-02T06:39:59.791-05:00Comments on Grief Journey to Reading Journey: "Villette" Read-A-Long: Chapters 6 - 11Josh's momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02557596295055675267noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110576180775734754.post-70496662521999363612011-02-18T16:57:21.078-05:002011-02-18T16:57:21.078-05:00I agree that Lucy's a great observer, but I fe...I agree that Lucy's a great observer, but I felt she was a little too disapproving of everything around her. I could not find one single person that she thought well off, except maybe Dr John (and he was an English gentleman, which seemed to help!).Alex (The Sleepless Reader)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03083761152675156469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110576180775734754.post-55126492911467862852011-02-18T16:52:59.115-05:002011-02-18T16:52:59.115-05:00I'm also finding it an interesting exercise to...I'm also finding it an interesting exercise to reflect on a book in a concentrated manner before finishing it. I'm surprised that I have so many thoughts to discuss...I'm thinking that it may be a great way to get through the classics.<br /><br />Lucy is surprisingly resourceful, isn't she? I tried to imagine myself, an introspective, observant person, take control of a Melodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08151339860580266808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110576180775734754.post-48563581500334163992011-02-18T16:00:42.089-05:002011-02-18T16:00:42.089-05:00I am loving a lot having to stop at some milestone...I am loving a lot having to stop at some milestones and being forced to reflect on what I've read! I'm sure I would not get as much from the book otherwise!<br /><br />I find it interesting that Lucy hardly talks about herself, she shuts herself from us (what is she hidding?), but then the people she meets & her actions let us have glimpses on her personality!<br /><br />I am Madyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04392612801936796107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110576180775734754.post-76150768896714214002011-02-18T13:16:08.201-05:002011-02-18T13:16:08.201-05:00She mentions something, fleetingly, about her fami...She mentions something, fleetingly, about her family; how people will assume the worst and she will let them. I have a feeling they are dead since she wears only mourning clothes and has not a soul to care about whether she lives or dies. <br /><br />I, too, would be terrified. But I wonder, if there is nothing left to be afraid of (because everything has already been taken from you) maybe that Wallacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03863174371731131344noreply@blogger.com