I love books with other people's notes in them -- it's like eavesdropping on the conversation the other person is having with the book. I had a copy of Pride and Prejudice once that had been marked up by a (probably female) high school student; the awesome thing was that she started out bored to death, became more and more amused, clearly enjoyed Lady Catherine de Bourgh, and then absolutely fell under the book's spell when... well, I'll let you guess. I read that copy to pieces, and when it utterly fell apart I felt as though I were losing a friend. I can replace the text, but not the notes.
I had thought for sure that this was the Nebraska book by a Nebraska author that my Nebraskan high school teachers had us read in Nebraska. But, once I looked into it, that's very not true. I may have been thinking of Willa Cather. The name seems awfully familiar, but I can't say I remember reading any of her books specifically. I thought it had won an award, but I don't think it was One of Ours. It seems like O Pioneers! or My Antonia are more likely.
Oh well.. If I remember the specific book, I'll let you know what it was.
Y'know, one of my classmates is a descendant of Willa Cather. She's been using it as an excuse to go into creative writing. (We all need excuses. English isn't the most lucrative major.)
The book sounds amusing, though it's very much not Catcher in the Rye, so yeah. Lemme know when you figure it out. ;P
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I hated Scarlet Letter in high school, but I'm pretty sure I'd enjoy it now. :) I'm going to give it another read at some point.
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Oh well.. If I remember the specific book, I'll let you know what it was.
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The book sounds amusing, though it's very much not Catcher in the Rye, so yeah. Lemme know when you figure it out. ;P
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