tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287848437808779650.post2776384196507013263..comments2023-05-11T05:27:14.661-04:00Comments on Owl Reads: The Thorn BirdsOwlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15129478506301722194noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287848437808779650.post-35152496430184139532011-12-02T16:05:52.910-05:002011-12-02T16:05:52.910-05:00I was a young high school student, working as a pa...I was a young high school student, working as a page (person who reshelves returned books) in our town library, when <i>The Thorn Birds</i> came out. The library rented NINE copies. Hardback. It was great: you could fill up practically a whole trolley shelf with <i>The Thorn Birds</i> and reshelf it it all instantly, at the M's.<br /><br />I never read it, though.<br /><br />It sounds like just the thing to keep you from musing too long and hard on melancholy things like friendship and ephemerality, Sounds, anyway, like you and Pandabum will find a way to grow into whatever new twists and turns your friendship is going to take.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287848437808779650.post-63507224477328891962011-12-01T15:41:38.686-05:002011-12-01T15:41:38.686-05:00It was "sticky." That's the word I u...It was "sticky." That's the word I use for that weird and compelling quality where you can't put a book down and you don't know why. McCullough just kept the action going and she foreshadowed a ton.Owlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15129478506301722194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287848437808779650.post-91269266807901709592011-12-01T15:16:04.375-05:002011-12-01T15:16:04.375-05:00It's so good to read a post from you again! I&...It's so good to read a post from you again! I'm curious- what is it about The Thorn Birds that you liked? Most of your feedback about it on here is negative, yet it got you through the day. Was it the pure escapism of it? Was the plot captivating, if not particularly profound? Or was it just fun to concern yourself with these fictional people's concerns because they were not your own? <br />Also, I hear you. Being starved for reading material- it's horrible.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com