tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3910091443817192109.post8091591500141107023..comments2024-03-26T14:59:45.234-07:00Comments on Vintage Reads: Return to GileadVintage Readinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05971819409379613967noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3910091443817192109.post-88163950677594693722020-06-14T23:44:47.406-07:002020-06-14T23:44:47.406-07:00I just finished reading this. So now, of course, I...I just finished reading this. So now, of course, I must read her other books. It's not often I read modern fiction & I'm usually disappointed but not this time.Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06820925595506920754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3910091443817192109.post-15309000667793187242014-12-29T14:22:04.745-08:002014-12-29T14:22:04.745-08:00Hi Artie, will be checking our your Lila post!Hi Artie, will be checking our your Lila post!Vintage Readinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05971819409379613967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3910091443817192109.post-36456958943212238392014-11-30T21:51:12.039-08:002014-11-30T21:51:12.039-08:00What a privilege to see Marilynne Robinson in pers...What a privilege to see Marilynne Robinson in person! I just finished this book last week, so I've been preparing a post on this as well. Good to see your perspective on the Gilead books. I've enjoyed them all, and Housekeeping too. Artihttp://rippleeffects.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3910091443817192109.post-34767851025987239182014-11-29T15:45:51.908-08:002014-11-29T15:45:51.908-08:00Anbolyn, hi, yes I think you probably do need to r...Anbolyn, hi, yes I think you probably do need to read them in order - Gilead is the best!<br /><br />Audrey, now murder mystery is a subject I know very little about! (But, yes, Dorothy L Sayers, had the same characters throughout!)<br /><br />Bellezza, one day we wil have that cup of tea! Thanks for the reading recommendation!<br /><br />Sunday, I do love Oxford! Yes at one time I used to love to go and see bands, now it's writer! Must be an age thing ...<br /><br />Penny, yes, Gilead is the best of the three!<br /><br />Peggy Ann, I adore Gilead. You must read it again!<br /><br />Amy, hope you enjoy it, please review!<br /><br />Simon, yes, Lila is a very different novel to Gilead and Home is different again, strange but it works!<br /><br />Kat, Iowa City Book Festival sounds fabulous, so many talented writers have come from Iowa.<br />Vintage Readinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05971819409379613967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3910091443817192109.post-78530639051347752342014-11-01T21:35:07.787-07:002014-11-01T21:35:07.787-07:00I loved Gilead and Home and am looking forward to ...I loved Gilead and Home and am looking forward to Lila. I heard Marilynne Robinson at the Iowa City Book Festival last month, and it is definitely the best literary event I've been to in years. I'm sure you'll enjoy seeing her at Oxford.Kathttp://mirabiledictu.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3910091443817192109.post-21041909834447684412014-11-01T16:36:47.020-07:002014-11-01T16:36:47.020-07:00It's a beautiful novel, and makes me want to g...It's a beautiful novel, and makes me want to go and re-read Gilead to find out why I thought Lila was so very different!<br /><br />I am still not sure about the event in Oxford - I'm in London during the day, but thinking about trying to get back in time for it (and, if so, could certainly have a drink afterwards, which would be lovely, but wouldn't be back in time to do so before.) But I suppose it might be sold out anyway?StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3910091443817192109.post-87539816654202640082014-10-28T13:18:11.521-07:002014-10-28T13:18:11.521-07:00Housekeeping was a wonderful novel, but I've n...Housekeeping was a wonderful novel, but I've never read any of these books... despite having Gilead on my shelf for the past couple of years. What am I waiting for??JoAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13691864361197071517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3910091443817192109.post-14015432485021645612014-10-28T12:01:26.824-07:002014-10-28T12:01:26.824-07:00Just went the library and picked up Gilead. Thank...Just went the library and picked up Gilead. Thanks for the review!Amy https://www.blogger.com/profile/15353920822811597411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3910091443817192109.post-41564477701958223112014-10-28T07:28:17.583-07:002014-10-28T07:28:17.583-07:00I got Gilead as a Christmas gift from my pastor bo...I got Gilead as a Christmas gift from my pastor boss one year and never did get around to reading it. I think I passed it on unread. I have the second in the series now though. I will have to get Gilead again and start there. Peggy Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00426356514707257708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3910091443817192109.post-83708205185599162922014-10-27T09:20:28.093-07:002014-10-27T09:20:28.093-07:00I am eagerly anticipating reading this, more so no...I am eagerly anticipating reading this, more so now after your review. I loved, still think about, the first two books and it sounds like this just keeps weaving the words together. :)Penny O'Neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14665025558373015362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3910091443817192109.post-11950457267646100002014-10-27T06:31:48.440-07:002014-10-27T06:31:48.440-07:00This book sounds wonderful and is definitely on my...This book sounds wonderful and is definitely on my TBR list. How lucky that you get to hear her speak. And in Oxford! One of my favorite things is to hear writers talk about their books. Enjoy and please share the experience with us!Sunday Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13148090705938196599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3910091443817192109.post-10766909930617716732014-10-26T15:21:23.743-07:002014-10-26T15:21:23.743-07:00Wish I could meet you for a cup of tea! This is on...Wish I could meet you for a cup of tea! This is one of the down sides of living in the States, when so many blogging friends (and wonderful publishers!) are in the UK. I haven't read much of Robinson, but the photograph in your sidebar by Dorthea Lange, and the bits in your post about the Dust Bowl, remind me of a wonderful historical fiction novel you may also enjoy: Mary Coin is the name of it, telling the imagine story of the migrant family in the photo.Bellezza https://www.blogger.com/profile/18073864187188953633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3910091443817192109.post-44481424230331215402014-10-26T03:23:44.157-07:002014-10-26T03:23:44.157-07:00I've never read her! But I was just thinking y...I've never read her! But I was just thinking yesterday how odd it is that I usually only get to meet characters again and again in murder mystery series, and wouldn't it be good to find more of this in fiction!Audreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14912114716426828436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3910091443817192109.post-14656280962883220532014-10-25T19:18:51.251-07:002014-10-25T19:18:51.251-07:00I loved Housekeeping, but I've never read any ...I loved Housekeeping, but I've never read any of the Gilead books. Do they need to be read in order? I saw the Sheldonian when I was in Oxford a few weeks ago, but I didn't get to go inside. It seems like a beautiful venue in which to hear such a fascinating writer. I hope you enjoy it and that you'll tell us all about it. Anbolynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10080054175904900094noreply@blogger.com