tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879347314635530398.post5768338476274552745..comments2023-09-29T01:01:15.423-07:00Comments on Traveling Through Time and Space: Literary FriendshipsFantastic Forresthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08044290192610027408noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879347314635530398.post-22307335670589281482009-02-25T14:12:00.000-08:002009-02-25T14:12:00.000-08:00Totally charmed. I want to catch a poem by its ta...Totally charmed. I want to catch a poem by its tale!!<BR/><BR/>I like both authors. A lot.<BR/>I read Eat Pray Love on a beach in Antigua. It was a really excellent beach book.<BR/><BR/>Have you read Patchett's book about her friendship with fellow writer Lucy Greely (sp?)? Fascinating. I can't remember the title, because I gave it to a woman who was sitting next to me on a plane.Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02375981493145612394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879347314635530398.post-58477832739966091302009-02-13T10:47:00.000-08:002009-02-13T10:47:00.000-08:00Rachel Fox - Well, he's a fellow UK'er, so sort of...Rachel Fox - Well, he's a fellow UK'er, so sort of countryman! :) <BR/><BR/>JaPRA - thanks! Let me know what you think about Patchett.<BR/><BR/>Lisa - yeah, sure, I believe you... ;)Fantastic Forresthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08044290192610027408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879347314635530398.post-11208407123786852262009-02-13T08:11:00.000-08:002009-02-13T08:11:00.000-08:00I commented here yesterday.Pinky swear!I think I s...I commented here yesterday.<BR/><BR/>Pinky swear!<BR/><BR/>I think I said I was jealous, catching two readings in one fell swoop...<BR/><BR/>(What's up, blogger?)Lisa Wheeler Miltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07386193798727387546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879347314635530398.post-35490076059290825452009-02-13T06:47:00.000-08:002009-02-13T06:47:00.000-08:00Insanely, INSANELY envious. I haven't read Patchet...Insanely, INSANELY envious. I haven't read Patchett yet (putting her on my list right now), but I know I will be even more envious once I do. I liked EPL, even though I couldn't relate to much of it. It was an interesting read all the same.<BR/><BR/>Yes, yes, happy for you too, lucky girl. ;-)TBMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05587580447766102705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879347314635530398.post-37746184323114580372009-02-12T10:01:00.000-08:002009-02-12T10:01:00.000-08:00My Mum reads them and loves them. I haven't read a...My Mum reads them and loves them. I haven't read any yet so can't offer an opinion. <BR/>Is he my countryman? I'm not sure. I am English (mostly) but live in Scotland and have various family connections. I am doing a blog about home some time soon.<BR/>xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879347314635530398.post-11099756521150284762009-02-12T09:35:00.000-08:002009-02-12T09:35:00.000-08:00My book group read Eat, Pray, Love. I probably w...My book group read <I> Eat, Pray, Love</I>. I probably wouldn't have picked it myself. I got pretty turned off even from the beginning, where she talked about sobbing on her bathroom floor, despairing at the expectation others like her husband had that she would have children. I just couldn't empathize. I know there are some people who SHOULDN'T have children, and I'm fine with people who don't want them, but having experienced the incredible love from being a mom, I just felt I didn't have much in common with her. If you can see her speak, though, I think it's well worth it. She sparkles like a really good actress.<BR/><BR/>I'm curious - as one of his fellow countrymen, what do you think of Alexander McCall Smith? His books are always in my reading pile. :)Fantastic Forresthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08044290192610027408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879347314635530398.post-198926793582276412009-02-12T02:54:00.000-08:002009-02-12T02:54:00.000-08:00Yes - I looked up the first author and she has won...Yes - I looked up the first author and she has won the Orange prize here so I should have heard of her but I never have. My daughter was one that year so maybe I was otherwise engaged!<BR/><BR/>I have a stack of 'to read' books right now but I will look in the library some time later in the year.<BR/><BR/>I am very unreligious so anything with 'pray' in the title would not leap off a shelf at me. Maybe that's why I've not noticed the other one.<BR/>xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879347314635530398.post-50525069205326084312009-02-11T14:51:00.000-08:002009-02-11T14:51:00.000-08:00Rachel - I was a little surprised by your comment....Rachel - I was a little surprised by your comment. They've definitely made their way to the UK. The Montrose library has all 3 books in their collection. Bel Canto and Run are checked in, Eat Pray Love is due back soon. Quite honestly, I'm not sure I'd recommend EPL because it is a little self indulgent. I've heard her earlier book of short stories, Pilgrims, is very good. And I liked Run a lot. <BR/><BR/>Patchett spoke as part of a group of U.S Authors at the 2007 Edinburgh International Book Festival. But she doesn't really like to travel, so I don't know if she'll show up again anytime soon.<BR/><BR/>I, on the other hand, would warmly welcome another trip to Edinburgh. So would the rest of my gang!!Fantastic Forresthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08044290192610027408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879347314635530398.post-5159207662535683452009-02-11T13:39:00.000-08:002009-02-11T13:39:00.000-08:00I've never heard of either of them. Maybe they hav...I've never heard of either of them. Maybe they haven't got this far yet...or maybe I'm just very out-of-date!Rachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.com