[carton253]

As you are well aware, taste do change. At 14, I thought The Hobbit was the worst book ever written. Now, I know better. So, maybe, you should give GWTW another try. When you are rested and feel up to the challenge.

[JenB]

Shall I not mention that I would rather have hot pokers shoved into my eyes? My tastes were, I fear, fairly set by the time I was fourteen - ie, I loved Tolkien, fantasy in general, SF, hard sf in particular... and I hate anything to do with romance, and anything with stupid or manipulative heroines. And I see Scarlett as both. Sorry, but "saving the family farm" doesn't mean it's ok to ruin other people's lives.

[rightwingreligiousfanatic]

Hey Smeagol, did you ever see my post to you here http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/646314/posts?page=38458#38458

Just curious....

BTW, I agree wholeheartedly about tastes changing. I tried reading Moby Dick in high school and hated it. Read it a couple of summers ago, and now I think (I know) it is one of the greatest books ever written. I've never read GWTW, but might give it a try someday....