tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22863570.post4345432005437987426..comments2024-02-25T09:46:28.218-05:00Comments on The Park Bench: Fiction, schmiction, he's still a man, isn't he?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22863570.post-15023640644087895372013-02-09T08:08:01.801-05:002013-02-09T08:08:01.801-05:00Now, Ramses from the later Amelia Peabody books (o...Now, Ramses from the later Amelia Peabody books (once he's all grown up), Maddyn from Katharine Kerr's Deverry series, Kate Ross's Julian Kestrel. When I was little, Prince Caspian and Gilbert Blythe and Almanzo Wilder.Michellenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22863570.post-50019407889054391682013-02-08T17:29:49.115-05:002013-02-08T17:29:49.115-05:00btw, definitely agree about Rochester...he didn;t ...btw, definitely agree about Rochester...he didn;t know the first wife was a nut job when he married her. He had to lock her up for everyone's safety. Shipping her off to an institution back then would have been a death sentence and much her than locking her up. So, I forgave him because his romance with Jane was very gentle and tender. Sleepymamanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22863570.post-80819555970454147842013-02-08T17:24:28.897-05:002013-02-08T17:24:28.897-05:00Okay, so now I have to read practically every book...Okay, so now I have to read practically every book on both of these lists to figure out the best guy out there. I do, however, still swoon over Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch in the movie version of To Kill a Mockingbird! ( Sigh!)Sleepymamanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22863570.post-82135283875700161812013-02-07T21:03:11.405-05:002013-02-07T21:03:11.405-05:00Jen, I know exactly what you mean. I broke down an...Jen, I know exactly what you mean. I broke down and Wikipedia'd Cromwell halfway through the first book. I just couldn't resist....<br /><br />Ruth, what a sweet story about the school bus driver. I love it. And Yossarian is a GREAT choice. God, I need to re-read that book.<br /><br />Kaylia, amen to that. But it least it gives us the chance to make our own lists. :)Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03732174528471795168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22863570.post-2458342833632536702013-02-07T20:29:28.657-05:002013-02-07T20:29:28.657-05:00I'm with you... they missed some mighty fine m...I'm with you... they missed some mighty fine men.<br /><br />Kaylia Metcalfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12527164450365029203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22863570.post-36927146945020622012013-02-07T15:46:29.166-05:002013-02-07T15:46:29.166-05:00I've been falling in love with fictional chara...I've been falling in love with fictional characters since I was a small child and I fell in love with some school bus driver in one of those cheap little golden picture books. I think he was known as Joe. My mom always referred to him as my " first boyfriend". Mr.Rochester was another major love as well as Yossarian from Catch 22. Ruthnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22863570.post-77591193808170380052013-02-07T13:48:33.276-05:002013-02-07T13:48:33.276-05:00History *does* have the worst spoilers. I watched ...History *does* have the worst spoilers. I watched The Crucible the other day (for the first time) and at every dramatic moment when it looked like they might avoid the high body count, I started running through my memories of the Salem witch trials. I knew Daniel Day-Lewis' character's name rang a bell, so I was pretty sure which way things were going to go for him. At least I was able to keep myself from googling to make sure before the movie ended.Jen Andersonhttp://www.fashionablylatetotheparty.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22863570.post-27930002712553785402013-02-07T13:24:38.342-05:002013-02-07T13:24:38.342-05:00Liz: The Vorkosigan series, the Amelia Peabody boo...Liz: The Vorkosigan series, the Amelia Peabody books, Emma Bull's <i>Falcon, Looking for the Madhi</i>, and <i>Tea with the Black Dragon</i> are probably available at your library. Those Burnetts are extremely out of print, but you can get them free at Project Gutenberg. <br /><br />I agree with you about Rochester; he's an ass, but nonetheless vital and attractive...and has a sense of humor! Quillnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22863570.post-64721832119497423312013-02-07T12:59:05.331-05:002013-02-07T12:59:05.331-05:00Harper, I know what you mean about Odysseus. He...Harper, I know what you mean about Odysseus. He's great in The Iliad but then he just becomes kind of dull in The Odyssey. I think it's because Homer gave him a sense of humor in The Iliad before turning him mopey for the sequel. Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03732174528471795168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22863570.post-52403321500547048672013-02-07T12:57:00.421-05:002013-02-07T12:57:00.421-05:00Penprickle, I don't think I've read any of...Penprickle, I don't think I've read any of those books but am now intrigued! Time to head to the library. Agree 100 percent on Cyrano. He breaks my heart.Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03732174528471795168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22863570.post-19893354803312777622013-02-07T12:45:17.178-05:002013-02-07T12:45:17.178-05:00I despise Achilles too. When I finally read the I...I despise Achilles too. When I finally read the Iliad a couple of years ago, I actually kind of fell for Odysseus - weird since he left me cold in The Odyssey! Duncan Idaho in the Dune trilogy. Sherlock Holmes. When I was a kid, Sam from My Side of the Mountain.Harperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00831291068861524089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22863570.post-54408241771686658662013-02-07T11:47:17.394-05:002013-02-07T11:47:17.394-05:00Aral Vorkosigan, hands down, from Lois McMaster Bu...Aral Vorkosigan, hands down, from Lois McMaster Bujold's Vorkosigan series. Lord Coombe from Frances Hodgson Burnett's <i>The Head of the House of Coombe</i> and <i>Robin</i>. Ramses Emerson, Cyrano de Bergerac, Nikki Falcon, John Halton, Mayland Long. <br /><br />Yum. Penpricklenoreply@blogger.com