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Comment on Reading fast? I’m too hungry. by Into the fictional wild, part I « bookconscious

Into the fictional wild, part I « bookconscious — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 06:01:49 +0000

[...] Empire Settings. I loved this book. I’ve read other books set in South Africa, including The Syringa Tree, which is also told from a white South African’s point of view. Empire Settings is similar to [...]

Comment on Looking for quiet gifts by Michael Harris

Michael Harris — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:10:20 +0000

Wow, makes me tired to read about all that you do! We also saw Bright Start in October.

Comment on My gone away world: the annual not-back-to-school post by Michael Harris

Michael Harris — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 21:47:02 +0000

Your writing moves me.

Comment on My gone away world: the annual not-back-to-school post by Ann

Ann — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:55:00 +0000

Deb: I never had the opportunity of meeting the LOL (your dad’s moniker) but the stories I heard made me admire her from afar. And, I am likely the only person outside of your family who both knows where Allegan is and has been there!

Comment on My gone away world: the annual not-back-to-school post by Steve

Steve — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 19:35:38 +0000

A great woman and I’m lucky to have known her and spent time with her.

Comment on Mildew and mysteries by Ann

Ann — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:40:50 +0000

Deb
I found this comment ” I’ll never be black or male, but Thomas dragged me into the emotional turmoil of his protagonist, who is both, and made it possible for me to identify with him even though we have almost no life experiences in common.” exceptionally well written, insightful, and one I think is a gift that writers give to us – the ability, sometimes, to take a small walk in anothers’ shoes.

thanks

Comment on Not back to school, part I: exploring the fantastic, the implausible, and the outrageous by Fiction and food, the familiar and the faraway « bookconscious

Fiction and food, the familiar and the faraway « bookconscious — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 02:40:38 +0000

[...] While I enjoyed reading Olive Kitteridge, I had a hard time with all of the “issues” — every story featured something appalling straight out of the headlines. It felt like too much to me. A linked story collection, also set in Maine, that I liked better was Monica Wood’s Ernie’s Ark. [...]

Comment on April in paradise, part III: book buying heaven by Fiction and food, the familiar and the faraway « bookconscious

Fiction and food, the familiar and the faraway « bookconscious — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 02:40:33 +0000

[...] up Volume 5, Hearing Voices, in his series of “Mostly True Stories and Drawings” at the Five Colleges Book Sale last spring. Andreas writes in his introduction that his creative process is about listening: [...]

Comment on What would Thoreau think? by Fiction and food, the familiar and the faraway « bookconscious

Fiction and food, the familiar and the faraway « bookconscious — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 02:40:30 +0000

[...] Eliot’s “The Four Quartets” in our literary circle. In an earlier bookconscious post, I explained that the Teenager requested Eliot and we’ve been reading our way through some of [...]

Comment on Let evening come by Fiction and food, the familiar and the faraway « bookconscious

Fiction and food, the familiar and the faraway « bookconscious — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 02:40:25 +0000

[...] Preteen just read an Enola Holmes book by Nancy Springer, The Case of the Cryptic Crinoline. She pronounces this latest mystery [...]