tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3239332589974235100.post507471894916348488..comments2023-06-18T09:57:56.176-04:00Comments on Booknapped: "I've survived a lot of things, and I'll probably survive this."Marie Devershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09410825838254396691noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3239332589974235100.post-43106596490983466602010-02-07T17:35:33.952-05:002010-02-07T17:35:33.952-05:00Just catching up on blogs, Marie. Sorry I missed ...Just catching up on blogs, Marie. Sorry I missed this. I loved Catcher in the Rye in high school. And in college. Not as much now. But there's no question Salinger was brilliant. <br /><br />Minor point about crummy phonies: didn't Salinger spell it crumby? That always bothered me, for some reason.Joanne R. Fritzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08076959910493197255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3239332589974235100.post-21562481693125327392010-02-04T06:12:58.893-05:002010-02-04T06:12:58.893-05:00Laura, The Lennon aspect definitely haunts me. We ...Laura, The Lennon aspect definitely haunts me. We just have to remember that Chapman was crazy. I have actually thought about this in depth. If anything, reading <i>Catcher</i> opens your eyes to how lonely and depressed Chapman must have been to relate to Caulfield on such a level.Marie Devershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09410825838254396691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3239332589974235100.post-34680431614002352962010-02-03T18:23:52.536-05:002010-02-03T18:23:52.536-05:00I had never heard of it until Mark Chapman blamed ...I had never heard of it until Mark Chapman blamed it for his shooting John Lennon and after that I didn't want to like the book and so I didn't. <br />But I think I'm grown up enough now to be objective about it. I hope.Laura Canonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16574566234310522696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3239332589974235100.post-21862611955920080492010-02-03T10:58:44.251-05:002010-02-03T10:58:44.251-05:00Yeah, I read it in high school. I have to admit, ...Yeah, I read it in high school. I have to admit, when I read it I didn't really get it. I should really read it again.Nataliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00861022355718378425noreply@blogger.com