tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post5633034049945939158..comments2024-03-18T09:00:31.992-04:00Comments on Doctor Grumpy in the House: Done too soonGrumpy, M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09858110332436246760noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-41341387013791080062013-02-07T09:30:27.578-05:002013-02-07T09:30:27.578-05:00I ordered this book on Amazon after reading your p...I ordered this book on Amazon after reading your post. It arrived yesterday. I was hooked from the first paragraph. Nearly stayed up the whole damn night. Thank you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-52115282147489466472013-02-06T14:11:54.053-05:002013-02-06T14:11:54.053-05:00I love this post about Confederacy of Dunces! It i...I love this post about Confederacy of Dunces! It is a great book. I am also delighted to see the reader references to Master and Margarita, which is possibly my favorite book.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-11520397902849115092013-02-03T21:39:34.645-05:002013-02-03T21:39:34.645-05:00One of my favorites. Especially the dialogue. He h...One of my favorites. Especially the dialogue. He had such an ear. I'm gonna go wrench out my glass in the zink. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-85057678812017964842013-02-02T14:50:47.078-05:002013-02-02T14:50:47.078-05:00As another fan of Confederacy of Dunces, I'll ...As another fan of Confederacy of Dunces, I'll second the recommendation of Master & Margarita -- though the thought of there being a significant overlap in their readership hadn't occurred to me before.girlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-26690937264450333492013-02-01T21:19:55.996-05:002013-02-01T21:19:55.996-05:00One of my husband's favorite books. He even ga...One of my husband's favorite books. He even gave it to a friend for a wedding gift (silly fellow--both of them).RehabRNhttp://rehabrn.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-78994952956653539072013-01-30T09:53:55.844-05:002013-01-30T09:53:55.844-05:00Ok, so I will try and get through it one more time...Ok, so I will try and get through it one more time, which is # 5 or 6at last count. <br /><br />Always struck me as another of "those" books that Englsh Teachers jam down on HS students, <br />Catcher in the Rye, The Pearl, The Old Man and the Sea. (Daughters description, boring, boring, boring piss over side of boat), and the one that got me kicked out of High School for 3 days: Great Expectations---used word Sucked in my critique.--- How times have changed.Packerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10790343423937405624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-5513205669628486632013-01-29T23:20:20.829-05:002013-01-29T23:20:20.829-05:00I absolutely love that book. Read it a few years ...I absolutely love that book. Read it a few years ago for the first time. Laughed a ton. Got tears.<br /><br />So many people in this world are stunted because our society does not support mental health care, which I think is as important, if not more so, than physical issues. I'll bet neurology is a great bridge here. <br /><br />Thanks for the biographical info - fleshed out what little I knew of the author's life (tragic suicide, never getting to realize his success). I have been a loyal follower for years, and will continue as long as you have something to say. Thanks for your efforts, they are much appreciated.Gizabeth Shyderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04084807460427610182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-48628450337488077582013-01-29T20:51:45.127-05:002013-01-29T20:51:45.127-05:00I'd stopped reading classics by the time I hit...I'd stopped reading classics by the time I hit organic chemistry, but my son and I used to have our own summer reading programs. One summer we had a 'Dickens of a Summer' watching Dickens remakes, and videos, read the books, listened to audio books, etc. If there had been a Dickens manga we'd have read it from beginning to end. <br /><br />We discovered Jeeves and Bertie and the rest and got all the books still in print, that we could find.<br /><br />Had I heard of this book, it would have been required reading. <br /><br />At Dr. G's review, I went to read it online and laughed so hard my stomach hurt. <br /><br />But, it's a kind of sympathetic (or guilty?) laughter. I don't know exactly. My sister has schizophrenia, and other relatives are so honestly observant in some aspect of their illness. Seemingly without the social graces of not saying something that wasn't asked for. I am sorry that the fellow committed suicide.<br /><br />This is the sort of humor that my husband and I used to indulge as his English is a very different second language from his first, and our language is so full of idioms and inflections based on past and dangling participles that it is difficult to track and simply hilarious where we ended up in some conversations. <br /><br />On the other hand, what can one say about the English school he attended? " "Hello." "Hello." "How are you?" "I am fine, thank you. How are you?" "I am fine, too. What do you have in your bag?" "Grasshoppers." "Grasshoppers?" "Yes, I have grasshoppers in my bag hopping up and down." Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-68552091514127016692013-01-29T19:38:52.129-05:002013-01-29T19:38:52.129-05:00I read the book several years ago and loved it. Th...I read the book several years ago and loved it. Thanks for writing about him - a good reminder to re-read it.kdogladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13158760172704277611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-53129353101620573842013-01-29T16:02:34.626-05:002013-01-29T16:02:34.626-05:00Being from New Orleans the characters and places w...Being from New Orleans the characters and places were familiar. Truly a work of a genius. In fact, I think I may have met up with him once or twice under the Holmes clock on Canal streetAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-26087976986218803122013-01-29T15:05:22.994-05:002013-01-29T15:05:22.994-05:00How can anyone not love "A Confederacy of Dun...How can anyone not love "A Confederacy of Dunces?" Oh, my valve... I need to sit down and have a cold Dr. Nut... what do you mean, they don't make Dr. Nut anymore?Whelk Lad!noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-79691449086082031912013-01-29T12:31:33.612-05:002013-01-29T12:31:33.612-05:00I remember a friend recommending it years ago but ...I remember a friend recommending it years ago but somehow I never picked it up. Since everyone is so divergent in opinion, I will check the library instead of Amazon!bunkywisenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-91570267187976502032013-01-29T12:01:56.857-05:002013-01-29T12:01:56.857-05:00I didn't really like A Confederacy of Dunces, ...I didn't really like <i>A Confederacy of Dunces</i>, like, at all. I can appreciate the skill in Toole's writing, but I really really hated the book.<br /><br />xoxheidikinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00525478381785640543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-22445364481249253072013-01-29T11:51:26.409-05:002013-01-29T11:51:26.409-05:00I agree that it's a masterpiece. One of my fav...I agree that it's a masterpiece. One of my favorite games is trying to cast it as a movie. Over the years, the actors change, but I still think John Candy woulda been a great Ignatius.Phaedrushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07194288101696845506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-24034276273643025552013-01-29T10:21:57.365-05:002013-01-29T10:21:57.365-05:00Put me in hte "meh" camp. It is a good b...Put me in hte "meh" camp. It is a good book, but it did not tickle the way it does for many.<br /><br />Just call me brain-damaged.Ms. Donnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11945753071493117365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-23153291974402672622013-01-29T10:12:05.973-05:002013-01-29T10:12:05.973-05:00Master and Margarita is another love it or hate it...Master and Margarita is another love it or hate it book to try...<br />the devil made me do itAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-9323315131255916402013-01-29T08:18:48.149-05:002013-01-29T08:18:48.149-05:00It's funny you mention this, because I'm i...It's funny you mention this, because I'm in the process of reading it for the first time right now. I'm still pretty on the fence about it, but a book has to be really bad for me not to finish it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-17708505007147721512013-01-29T08:10:45.011-05:002013-01-29T08:10:45.011-05:00My uncle recommended the book to me when I was in ...My uncle recommended the book to me when I was in grade 10. I read it, hated the first chapter, but had already told my teacher I was going to do a book report about it so I had to keep going. By the end of chapter 2 I couldn't put it down, and it remains my all-time favourite book.Jen Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02627948857260467381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-58200000313464027692013-01-29T04:49:46.801-05:002013-01-29T04:49:46.801-05:00One of all-time favorite books, honestly laughed s...One of all-time favorite books, honestly laughed so hard I cried. Husband loved it, best friend hated it. Thanks for honoring him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-23027756764113986452013-01-29T04:37:04.707-05:002013-01-29T04:37:04.707-05:00A Confederacy of Dunces was one of the books that ...<i>A Confederacy of Dunces</i> was one of the books that my husband brought to our marriage. I started it once, a few years back, but couldn't really get in to it. Someday I'll try again, but I guess I'm one of the few people for whom it was an "eh".Sara L. Uckelmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14716054827293611237noreply@blogger.com