tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post1746513977348704260..comments2024-03-17T13:13:58.214-07:00Comments on Blue-Hearted Bookworm: June Reading: One Dozen!Bybeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10061186489010154661noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-52141552090941268062008-07-07T13:26:00.000-07:002008-07-07T13:26:00.000-07:00Executioner's Song is on my top 10 list of books. ...Executioner's Song is on my top 10 list of books. It is just a powerful read -- and while long it zooms by at rocket speed.GFS3https://www.blogger.com/profile/15759347763430390352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-5351186674359406152008-07-04T04:43:00.000-07:002008-07-04T04:43:00.000-07:00I'm saving Heart Shaped Box for the fall. I'm glad...I'm saving Heart Shaped Box for the fall. I'm glad you liked it!Chrisbookaramahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11972547663609480210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-77233569790775658512008-07-03T20:11:00.000-07:002008-07-03T20:11:00.000-07:00I can't remember the name of that sled dog book, e...I can't remember the name of that sled dog book, either, but I've had it on my wish list at paperback swap for . . . oh, about 18 months or so. I think I've been first on the list for a year. Nobody wants to part with it. Sigh.Bookfoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247136634069540446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-25629396701959683232008-07-03T11:50:00.000-07:002008-07-03T11:50:00.000-07:00High Sierra looks like fun. Just the sort of thin...High Sierra looks like fun. Just the sort of thing for summer reading.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for entering my contest. Thisredhead was the winner.I hope you enjoyed the read-a-thon.<BR/><BR/>Stop by my blog again for more contests.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06906212382849291562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-75725769656470593632008-07-02T17:36:00.000-07:002008-07-02T17:36:00.000-07:00Carrie,You must've gotten a lot of crap about that...Carrie,<BR/>You must've gotten a lot of crap about that in school, right? Same as a girl I knew -- Christine.<BR/><BR/>Yes, it's the novel the Bogie movie was based on, so that added to my enjoyment of the novel.<BR/><BR/>Tara,<BR/>I'll never forget Middlesex -- many of the scenes are quite vivid in my mind...which is a compliment to the author. I was thinking about that creepy doctor the other day, for instance, and his report which said something to the effect, oh well Callie won't feel much sexual sensation, but so what? She'll conform; she'll be fixed! Shudder.Bybeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10061186489010154661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-29782161972468456262008-07-02T17:26:00.000-07:002008-07-02T17:26:00.000-07:00I am one who loved Middlesex. Interesting to read...I am one who loved Middlesex. Interesting to read the differing viewpoints at Sam's review. I read a nonfiction book about the same topic - botched circumcision, so parents changed him to a girl. I don't remember the details in either book, but I'm guessing if you've lived your entire life feeling like something is wrong, as though you are somehow not right, finding out the truth could be so freeing and you could immediately accept it. my 2 cents.Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07208766776468157501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-83906458440662474412008-07-02T15:39:00.000-07:002008-07-02T15:39:00.000-07:00You love The Little Prince. Admit it. I still have...You love The Little Prince. Admit it. <BR/><BR/>I still have not forgiven Uncle Stevie for "Carrie". The nerve. Have to check out W R Burnett. Is that the basis for the Bogie movie?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-40742456742956281652008-07-02T02:53:00.000-07:002008-07-02T02:53:00.000-07:00Care,I want to read Saint Exupery's nonfiction stu...Care,<BR/>I want to read Saint Exupery's nonfiction stuff about flying.<BR/><BR/>Raidergirl3,<BR/>I can hardly wait to read Cousin Joe's book of short stories. Did you see the movie of Persepolis?<BR/><BR/>Eva,<BR/>I went through a horror stage in 1974-75, and that's when I first encountered Steven King's Carrie. I thought his writing style was beyond strange.<BR/><BR/>Bookfool,<BR/>Now I'd like to read Paulsen's book about that famous sled dog race...what's it called? Old lady memory, indeed! Isn't that High Sierra cover a dandy? I had to have it when I saw it..cost me four bucks, and the cover price was originally 35 cents when it was issued in 1950!<BR/><BR/>ratherbereading,<BR/>French is so beautiful-looking on the page; I bet TLP is fun to read in the original language.<BR/><BR/>Jeane,<BR/>I also linked to an article/obit where one of her daughters was interviewed and they said she was such a wonderful, loving mom, and her friends said that she wasn't skinny, but she wasn't at all the monster she made herself out to be. I never say this about books, but I'm not sure that manuscript should have ever seen light of day in that form.<BR/><BR/>Susan,<BR/>I'm sure that those who like Moore's book praise it because it's "so honest"...but is it really? It was like she wrote it perched in the funhouse at the carnival staring fixedly into those warped mirrors.<BR/><BR/>Les,<BR/>I think you'd be disappointed with TVS. It suffers from having the wrong narrative viewpoint.Bybeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10061186489010154661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-75925174102099975632008-07-01T22:05:00.000-07:002008-07-01T22:05:00.000-07:00Isn't Heart-Shaped Box great?!! I loved it. I also...Isn't Heart-Shaped Box great?!! I loved it. I also loved Middlesex. Now I wonder if I should bother with Virgin Suicides...Leshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08345657431432380804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-9169654774571234142008-07-01T19:57:00.000-07:002008-07-01T19:57:00.000-07:00oh, and I agree with what raidergirl3 said about U...oh, and I agree with what raidergirl3 said about Uncle Steve and Joe. Exactly!!! but I have to read Cousin Joe now!!Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09095246748581382752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-46717967222766021212008-07-01T19:56:00.000-07:002008-07-01T19:56:00.000-07:00i've read mixed reviews of Moore's book -mostly pe...i've read mixed reviews of Moore's book -mostly people have disliked it, because of her negativity towards herself. I'm going to have to get this book - I grew up with overweight women, and now I've joined that group. I blame our Polish genes! and/or middle-age *sigh* I'm putting off reading the book because it will bring back bad memories of how my mother treated my sister growing up, but it was because my mother was big also and wanted my sister to not be like her. It's all painful stuff, isn't it? Just sad that Moore couldn't get to like herself at all before her death.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09095246748581382752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-73665098408397642332008-07-01T18:40:00.000-07:002008-07-01T18:40:00.000-07:00I didn't know that Judith Moore passed away after ...I didn't know that Judith Moore passed away after her book was published. I wish I had; I might have judged the book more gently. At the time I found the incessant negativity towards herself in the pages almost exasperating; and now I feel badly for that.Jeanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02270303640902731044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-17662520777952157702008-07-01T18:14:00.000-07:002008-07-01T18:14:00.000-07:00I love The Little Prince! I first discovered it i...I love The Little Prince! I first discovered it in French class in high school and still love it.firstlinefictionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07791334570848415998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-90947457509075735872008-07-01T16:48:00.000-07:002008-07-01T16:48:00.000-07:00You had a great month. That copy of High Sierra l...You had a great month. That copy of High Sierra looks like a treasure. I haven't read Heart-Shaped Box, but I was quite enamored of Joe's style in his book of short stories (which is, in fact, on the keeper shelf). I love Gary Paulsen and sailing books; what a great combination. I'll have to look for that one (after I go back to remind myself of the title, oops, old lady memory).Bookfoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247136634069540446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-69844833769830076632008-07-01T15:19:00.000-07:002008-07-01T15:19:00.000-07:00Congrats! I loved Hill's book way more than I lov...Congrats! I loved Hill's book way more than I loved any King books. But then, I only read about five kings during middle school, lol.Evahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06703372903532502944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-33342151814422768692008-07-01T11:52:00.000-07:002008-07-01T11:52:00.000-07:00re: cousin Joe. Exactly! It's like he has the edit...re: cousin Joe. Exactly! It's like he has the editor I always wished Uncle Steve had. It's not that King's aren't good, they are and I love them, but I always wondered what they would be like a little tighter. I just read Heart-Shaped Box, and now I know.<BR/>Also, Middlesex doesn't even feel like it is from the same author as Virgin Suicides.<BR/>And, Persepolis was awesome.<BR/>Great month of reading!raidergirl3https://www.blogger.com/profile/03629915042716259349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-40329943467592477452008-07-01T05:56:00.000-07:002008-07-01T05:56:00.000-07:00wow - there's a lot here! and I'm intrigued by al...wow - there's a lot here! and I'm intrigued by all. I must buy myself The Little Prince (I loved Wind, Sand, and Stars btw) and I'm off now to go explore who Judith Moore is... OH! and Persepolis is going on my Xmas wish list.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com