Well, it's January and I am about halfway finished reading my first novel of the year. Yes, it's always Gone With the Wind - the first grown-up book I ever read. Okay, my first adult book might have been Mistress of Mellyn by Victoria Holt, but I'm fairly sure it was GWTW. I wish I could say why I love it so much, or why it inspires me to write, but I can't. It's just a great book. I actually hate that scheming, ruthless bitch Scarlett, but I adore Mammy and Rhett and Melanie. I have absolutely no idea whatsoever Scarlett (or Melanie) ever saw in that wimpy Ashley Wilkes and it irks me that the movie left out characters and messed with the timeline, but I still love to visit the world Margaret Mitchell created.
I'm sending Paige to spend some time with you. You two can pick apart GWTW. She has read 3-4 times and she's only 14. She doesn't like how the movie changed things either and can't stand Ashley W. It is a great piece of literature I know, but I've never read it thru. Makes my daughter mad.
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I've always enjoyed reading Civil War novels! GWTW was one of the first I read at a very young age and have revisited a few times. What a fabulous American classic!
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