tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post6990958031628850138..comments2023-10-15T11:42:21.659-04:00Comments on pages turned: The GatheringSFPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17439972994357205049noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-63936024292674737442007-11-11T13:15:00.000-05:002007-11-11T13:15:00.000-05:00Oh, and Gentle Reader, I do post-apocalyptic bleak...Oh, and Gentle Reader, I do post-apocalyptic bleak very well! Hmmm, I should try to come up with a list of books that were too bleak even for me. I know there have been a few. . .SFPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17439972994357205049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-68895151665643104122007-11-11T13:12:00.000-05:002007-11-11T13:12:00.000-05:00I don't know, Sarah. I know some people who'd say ...I don't know, Sarah. I know some people who'd say I read all the time, but there are days when I don't even open a book. I even feel guilty sometimes because I know I'm wasting time that could be put to good use reading (or exercising, or cleaning hourse, or solving the world's problems. . .). I guess I'm fortunate in that I work only part-time, in a library where I can safely read without getting myself into trouble when things are slow, and I don't watch a lot of TV or movies. And there are plenty of book bloggers who read double or three times as much as I do!SFPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17439972994357205049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-53025864899713465112007-11-11T12:00:00.000-05:002007-11-11T12:00:00.000-05:00I recently read a review of this and am interested...I recently read a review of this and am interested in reading it, too. I think the Booker Prize usually manages to pick a better book than the Pulitzer does.<BR/>But first, I'm curious how you manage to read so much. Are you in a reading group? I looked down at your list and you've read over 50 books this year. How do you manage that? <BR/>Just curious.<BR/>thanks,<BR/>sarahSarahJanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02497062670296130228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-77966692719281783322007-11-10T11:28:00.000-05:002007-11-10T11:28:00.000-05:00I had never heard of Anne Enright before she won t...I had never heard of Anne Enright before she won the Booker. The Gathering sounds great--bleak and literary never puts me off, unless it's also post-apocalyptic also--it's going directly onto my list. Thanks!Gentle Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09102364083044797155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-16714101039909209742007-11-09T21:09:00.000-05:002007-11-09T21:09:00.000-05:00Hahahahaha! Sigh. It's funny because it's true. Us...Hahahahaha! Sigh. It's funny because it's true. Usually people assume I must be reading it for class because what other possible reason could I have for spending time on it? For a long time even one of the used book store proprietors assumed I was an English major.Imanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09647980707788075258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-89963788557813457952007-11-09T13:18:00.000-05:002007-11-09T13:18:00.000-05:00Heh. You know, when I was working at the polls on ...Heh. You know, when I was working at the polls on Tuesday and co-workers asked what the book was about, I told 'em it has just won the Booker, and was beautiful but bleak. Otherwise they'd have asked what it was about and then their next question would have been Why do you want to read about THAT?!?! and then they're recommending Nicholas Sparks to me and I have to feign enough interest that their feelings aren't hurt.SFPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17439972994357205049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-24128335481212042442007-11-09T12:55:00.000-05:002007-11-09T12:55:00.000-05:00It's funny (to me) how newspapers can describe tho...It's funny (to me) how newspapers can describe those prize winning books in the most boring, just-another-bleak-"literary"-book terms imaginable, and then you get the book, try a line or two, and are completely blown away. That was my reaction to the Enright book. I'm glad I managed to get a copy (though I haven't read it yet). Those Irish writers are something.Imanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09647980707788075258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-36712157451363569032007-11-09T11:19:00.000-05:002007-11-09T11:19:00.000-05:00Oh yes.This one wouldn't take long. You could read...Oh yes.<BR/><BR/>This one wouldn't take long. You could read it start to finish over the weekend and then return to the others. :)SFPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17439972994357205049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-36621907155051283272007-11-09T09:12:00.000-05:002007-11-09T09:12:00.000-05:00I want to read this and have it sitting at home by...I want to read this and have it sitting at home by my bed. At the rate I am starting books (and at the much slower rate that I am finishing them), I'll soon have 20 books on the go at once. Still, I want to start it. It grabs you from the first paragraph, doesn't it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com