tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post6297149909845476492..comments2024-03-17T13:13:58.214-07:00Comments on Blue-Hearted Bookworm: Ten Years Ago -- 1998Bybeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10061186489010154661noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-52758787027984211322008-01-30T07:17:00.000-08:002008-01-30T07:17:00.000-08:00A Widow For One Year is my favourite Irving and on...A Widow For One Year is my favourite Irving and one of my favourite novels of all time. But, yeah, Irving really doesn't pull any punches, which makes it sometimes harsh.Remihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09625785161080840227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-50443536859207856812008-01-30T06:58:00.000-08:002008-01-30T06:58:00.000-08:00I've read a couple of these...I'm a huge Laura Ing...I've read a couple of these...I'm a huge Laura Ingalls Wilder fan, so I've read that...you were right, just OK. I read "Wasted", which scared the crap out of me, as I have family in that same situation (who read my blog, so I do NOT talk about it there). And I read Widow for One Year, which I remember as being very, very sad, and that a couple had to sons, who died in a head on collision with a snow plow or something like that, and they decided they wanted a child to replace the sons, so they had a baby girl, who grew up to be the widow in question. Of course, the story is much more about her life, but that's the part that stuck with me all these years later.Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00653383372182667361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-14925092061762168222008-01-30T01:02:00.000-08:002008-01-30T01:02:00.000-08:00High Fidelity was a book I just stumbled across in...High Fidelity was a book I just stumbled across in some sale bin. What a great great find it was.Remihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09625785161080840227noreply@blogger.com