Que dramatic Tara Music....
In my quest for 52 books... I just finished reading
Gone With the Wind!
AMAZING!
It wasn't the easiest read in the world...Basically a discourse on Southern living pre and post Civil War...
With a little bit of romance thrown in for good measure!
And am I glad it was thrown in!
Rhett and Scarlett... LOVED THEM!
Ashley... Really Scarlett? What were you thinking?
I read all sorts of reviews on it before I read it and there were so many claiming this to be such a racist book...I don't think so!
Margaret Mitchell explained EXACTLY what it was like,I felt like I had been transported back in time.
Scarlett- Let's talk about the original DIVA!
She was strong,and beautifu, and manipulative, and pretty much a brat...
AND I loved her.
Too bad there are no more kids for me... I would be all about
having a daughter named Scarlett...
I wasn't as familiar with the story as I thought I was... I kept waiting for Rhett and Scarlett to just get over it and live happily ever after!
I still think that they will end up together!
Rhett Butler... The scalawag, carpetbagger, devil, perpetual bad-boy...
LOVED him even more than Scarlett!
I loved how he was who he was...like him or not!
And the line...
"Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn!"
I can see why both the book and the movie have stood the test of time.
If nothing else great comes from my little 2010 reading challenge, that is okay...I found one of my new favorite books!
I am not a real lover of the classics... but this one
is a must read!
I have always been somewhat curious/obsessed about the South and the Southern way of living...
This just added to that desire... bring on the Civil War, Pat Conroy, and a trip to the Bayou.
I gotta get to the original Dixie!
