tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8381983259145260439.post1811015931019859067..comments2023-11-02T08:00:18.340-07:00Comments on Finnegan Begin Again: Summer reading...better late than neverMargarethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08668487489667818687noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8381983259145260439.post-84764506156223125882011-09-24T07:47:59.066-07:002011-09-24T07:47:59.066-07:00Now that I have children my relationship with my m...Now that I have children my relationship with my mother has changed... it's been a process but we are closer now, and I see things from her perspective in a way that only in-your-face experience can bring. To hear that there is a book out there about mother/daughter schtuff is cool..I'll check it out.Coppertophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00090138105387539054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8381983259145260439.post-56281281163175926092011-09-23T00:04:16.362-07:002011-09-23T00:04:16.362-07:00Have I mentioned "Midnight in the Garden of G...Have I mentioned "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil," yet? (No, I haven't seen the movie.) Also loved "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society: A Novel" (did they make a movie? If they did, I haven't seen it). Both of these I found fantastic. Am I repeating myself? Handy hint for increasing your serenity factor: keep a copy of Marcus Aurelius' (marvelous) "Meditations" by your bedside, and read a few paragraphs every night before turning out the lights.Starhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06350579051520505525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8381983259145260439.post-78700813391338466152011-09-22T20:17:07.156-07:002011-09-22T20:17:07.156-07:00YES I'll be reading this.
WHY In Cold Blood, w...YES I'll be reading this.<br />WHY In Cold Blood, why?Desireehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00331108175137673106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8381983259145260439.post-22803199258505074012011-09-21T21:53:45.210-07:002011-09-21T21:53:45.210-07:00Oh, I can't wait to read this book! Just reali...Oh, I can't wait to read this book! Just realized I never sent you my address - I will send it your way now! :) Thanks for passing it on to me.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18326168648983174337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8381983259145260439.post-24846687053907871122011-09-21T16:12:21.389-07:002011-09-21T16:12:21.389-07:00I like Breakfast at Tiffany's (and don't c...I like Breakfast at Tiffany's (and don't confuse the book with the movie; they have little in common)far more than In Cold Blood. In Tiffany's, he never uses one word too many. <br /><br />I just started The Fabric of Reality by David Deutsch and My Uncle Oswald by Raold Dahl.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8381983259145260439.post-42660256273584500332011-09-21T10:59:12.364-07:002011-09-21T10:59:12.364-07:00Funny how different books speak to us at different...Funny how different books speak to us at different times in our lives. I remember reading the Grapes of Wrath in high school and hating it. But then I had to teach it as a grad student in US history and I thought it was so beautiful. Also, I loved How to Be Good by Nick Hornby when I first encountered it, but then I tried reading it this summer (the summer of disenchantment and couldn't do it.) I did re-read Moo by Jane Smiley. I can't even say how much I love that book.Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08668487489667818687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8381983259145260439.post-76823627689513295382011-09-21T10:46:37.845-07:002011-09-21T10:46:37.845-07:00In defense of Didion, there is great wisdom in her...In defense of Didion, there is great wisdom in her experience, especially when your going through a period of grief. <a href="http://www.shambhalasun.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=3021&Itemid=0&limit=1&limitstart=0" rel="nofollow">This article,</a> struck a chord with me. <br /><br />A favorite passage in the article and why I returned to "Magical Thinking"<br /><br />"When I mention Didion’s belief that we are not allowed time to grieve, her eyes fill with tears. “After just a few days,” she says, “even friends don’t want to hear about it. They would rather you act ‘normal.’<br /><br />@Susan...please pass it on to me. The last two books I read through were Karr's "Liars Club" and "Cherry; A Memior" I couldn't make it through Lit but I did earn a rather sizable library fine on it. Yes, another book I'm ready to return to.Pasadena Adjacenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09031325790590238246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8381983259145260439.post-80187421744091752472011-09-21T07:24:55.241-07:002011-09-21T07:24:55.241-07:00I read The Monk memoir and thought of you so I'...I read The Monk memoir and thought of you so I'm glad you have read that. My sister-in-law is getting the Cleopatra book for Christmas. I read IN Cold Blood in high school and really never forgot it.Olgahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00692441479616299920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8381983259145260439.post-60751358456007308892011-09-21T07:12:20.827-07:002011-09-21T07:12:20.827-07:00I've read Sue Monk Kidd's other books and ...I've read Sue Monk Kidd's other books and enjoyed them so will have to try this one too! I find "serious" books take longer because I read a little and think a lot. Someone passed on two Dean Koontz books and I've indulged in them both. Also good for murder, mayham, spookiness! ;-)<br />BarbaraWatsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16609173450576055443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8381983259145260439.post-35839053436995277692011-09-21T06:23:36.174-07:002011-09-21T06:23:36.174-07:00I know my Carrie will love the book from you, Marg...I know my Carrie will love the book from you, Margaret. She has me reading "A Million Miles in a Thousand Years" by Donald Miller at the moment and I really like it. (I think she mentioned this to you on the day we met for lunch...)Deb @ PaperTurtlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00957816023851249171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8381983259145260439.post-58066430083977561742011-09-21T05:43:34.587-07:002011-09-21T05:43:34.587-07:00Thanks for this recommendation! Strangely enough ...Thanks for this recommendation! Strangely enough I had a hard time reading this summer to- the books I had on stock just didn't do it for me.Creepy Query Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18115161057496086972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8381983259145260439.post-13012455126456650032011-09-21T01:40:14.288-07:002011-09-21T01:40:14.288-07:00I'd like to read about Cleopatra. I'm sha...I'd like to read about Cleopatra. I'm shamefully ignorant about her, and if there are jewels, I'd like to rectify that. By somewhat of a contrast, I've just checked two Seth Godin books out of the library. I'll have to get back to you on those.Shell Sherreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00477843748741838608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8381983259145260439.post-65785313523303784862011-09-20T22:47:59.496-07:002011-09-20T22:47:59.496-07:00I hate that I don't have time to read these da...I hate that I don't have time to read these days. But I did enjoy a memoir over the summer, purely by chance when I picked it up at LAX: Lit by Mary Karr. Happy to pass it on if anyone's interested. <br /><br />Cleopatra bio sounds great.Susan Campisihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07255628787592008617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8381983259145260439.post-35750605213384591602011-09-20T21:13:55.255-07:002011-09-20T21:13:55.255-07:00I think I know why you're attracted to nonfict...I think I know why you're attracted to nonfiction right now. Sometimes when you're writing fiction, the writer's tricks are too obvious to you and you need a break. You can't get into fiction because you can't read it without analyzing it.<br /><br />Or maybe not.<br /><br />I'm currently reading Kidd's "The Mermaid Chair" and having that experience.<br /><br />I read Didion's book and found myself unsympathetic, not to her grief, that is awful, but to her lifestyle. Not only do most of us not get to go to Paris even when it's inconvenient, <i>but enough with the Dan Brown italics already.</i><br /><br />I've been hooked on the Writers on Writing podcasts lately and have listened to a lot of memoir writers telling their tales. Keeping a list.<br /><br />I'll stop now. Books on the brain.Petrea Burchardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13043950465171821852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8381983259145260439.post-79042045528725450072011-09-20T20:34:33.642-07:002011-09-20T20:34:33.642-07:00AHH! I read Capote's *In Cold Blood* when I wa...AHH! I read Capote's *In Cold Blood* when I was pregnant with my little girl. Now I can't think of the horrible brutality without linking it to my newborn. But it was a lovely, dark, twisted book, and I don't regret reading it. The timing is another story...Liz Reinhardthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15431422051251925133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8381983259145260439.post-87227501856080875702011-09-20T19:41:26.025-07:002011-09-20T19:41:26.025-07:00Joanne: The Cleopatra bio just sounds weighty. I...Joanne: The Cleopatra bio just sounds weighty. It reads like a popular novel. <br /><br />PA: I know how it ends, but I've never read anything by Capote and I thought that was wrong.Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08668487489667818687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8381983259145260439.post-27813700979753002432011-09-20T18:43:29.983-07:002011-09-20T18:43:29.983-07:00In Cold Blood? I won't tell you how it ends.
...In Cold Blood? I won't tell you how it ends. <br /><br />I just finished (after two previous attempts) Didion's "The Year of Magical Thinking." I was ready and it was worth it. Now I'm waiting my turn for "Bed: a Novel" and when I get some ink for my printer I'll start on Dez's novel.Pasadena Adjacenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09031325790590238246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8381983259145260439.post-28707302051289535902011-09-20T16:01:38.222-07:002011-09-20T16:01:38.222-07:00I tried the Monk memoir, just couldn't connect...I tried the Monk memoir, just couldn't connect with it and didn't finish it. As for your other two reading projects, wow. You'll have to stop by Whole Latte Life for a little "lite" diversion!Joannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03972054718663959694noreply@blogger.com