tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3910091443817192109.post5682894145027766835..comments2024-03-26T14:59:45.234-07:00Comments on Vintage Reads: Summer readingVintage Readinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05971819409379613967noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3910091443817192109.post-79623650458361230562011-07-13T12:15:19.955-07:002011-07-13T12:15:19.955-07:00This arrived today - looking forward to reading it...This arrived today - looking forward to reading it. It will be my first book by this author.<br />Margaret Pgalanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14190356279359463949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3910091443817192109.post-33588482616113721332011-06-24T14:44:24.644-07:002011-06-24T14:44:24.644-07:00Constance, I agree with you. There was nowhere fo...Constance, I agree with you. There was nowhere for the novel to go after the event. <br /><br />Steph, it started out very much as domestic fiction and then takes a completely unexpected turn. S&S is completely appropriate for this anniversary year! I will look for your posts. <br /><br />Mad Housewife, I didn't even know that Quindlen wrote columns! I will google her.<br /><br />potterjotter, just don't get so engrossed in a novel you get sunburnt - it happened to me!<br /><br />Penny, I would read more AQ - now I know she writes for the media I will check out her journalism. But I need some Austen!<br /><br />Sunday, I'm feeling guilty because Howard's End is still sitting on my shelf unread!<br /><br />Anbolyn, yup, we're too discerning!!<br /><br />Nan, terrific quote!!Vintage Readinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05971819409379613967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3910091443817192109.post-35411660659480959412011-06-20T10:03:57.573-07:002011-06-20T10:03:57.573-07:00The name Storm J. seemed familiar to me, and then ...The name Storm J. seemed familiar to me, and then I remembered I offered a quote from her once - a great one.<br /><br />http://lettersfromahillfarm.blogspot.com/2008/09/quote-du-jourstorm-jameson.html<br /><br />I like AQ's nonfiction, but not her fiction. I just don't care for all that depressing dramatic stuff. :<)Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3910091443817192109.post-42210079757898297432011-06-18T14:12:52.039-07:002011-06-18T14:12:52.039-07:00Sometimes a good novel is good enough. But too man...Sometimes a good novel is good enough. But too many of those leaves me running after greatness!Anbolynhttp://gudrunstights.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3910091443817192109.post-59800040174139965602011-06-18T07:53:29.368-07:002011-06-18T07:53:29.368-07:00That same thing happens to me after I read a cont...That same thing happens to me after I read a contemporary novel that leaves me cold. Bring on the classics! I am reading "The Tiger's Wife" right now, a contemporary book which I am enjoying. However, my favorite book I read in the last few months was "Howard's End" by E.M. Forster.Sunday Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13148090705938196599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3910091443817192109.post-41850537289749962732011-06-17T12:08:29.671-07:002011-06-17T12:08:29.671-07:00I think I'm going to give this writer a miss. ...I think I'm going to give this writer a miss. When there are so many great ones around, I'd grudge the time, but sometimes when you've already started a book, and you realise the way of writing's not for you, you want to keep reading just to find out what's happened. But when you just don't care what happens...<br /><br />Jane Austen will come as a welcome relief! First person/present tense seems to be the fashion these days.Pennyhttp://svh2.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3910091443817192109.post-92025768435670134702011-06-17T08:31:30.301-07:002011-06-17T08:31:30.301-07:00I haven't read any of hers, but I too would fi...I haven't read any of hers, but I too would find that present tense a tad irksome. Am lagging behind a bit in my reading, so will give this one a miss - beach holiday coming up in two weeks though, so gonna catch up!potterjotterhttp://potterjotter.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3910091443817192109.post-39605474260600218802011-06-16T10:39:18.372-07:002011-06-16T10:39:18.372-07:00I can't read Anna Quindlen. Her columns were ...I can't read Anna Quindlen. Her columns were all right, but the one novel of hers I read baffled me. Here was this earnest but intelligent columnist writing a very corny novel about a baby found on a doorstep.<br /><br />I had to read it for a book group and no one liked it much. Maybe it was her worst, though.Kat at Thornfield Hall Reduxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525125671217787722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3910091443817192109.post-37516731689332237902011-06-16T08:39:26.890-07:002011-06-16T08:39:26.890-07:00I haven't read any Anna Quindlen and I'm n...I haven't read any Anna Quindlen and I'm not sure I will... I don't mind what I term "domestic fiction", but I think there are writers who can take that area of life and write a great book rather than simply a good one.<br /><br />As for Austen, I went on a mini-binge this weekend and watched S&S (Emma Thompson version) as well as P&P (Colin Firth version). It was delightful and now I've definitely decided that my Austen of 2011 will be S&S. It has been too long since I ensconced myself in its pages!Stephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03855744670509136619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3910091443817192109.post-69637260084506816142011-06-15T21:15:48.856-07:002011-06-15T21:15:48.856-07:00The unexpected event left me feeling totally slamm...The unexpected event left me feeling totally slammed and stunned...but then after that, I felt that Quindlen sort of lost steam. The story of Mary Beth's recovery just wasn't very INTERESTING. I mean, it was an interesting premise in theory, but boring to read about in actuality.<br /><br />I felt a little like Quindlen didn't know if she wanted her book to be a good, soapy, Jodi-Picoultish summer read or a Serious Literary Endeavor. <br /><br />Oh, well!Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16475183245822795384noreply@blogger.com