tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post5096369742817716130..comments2024-03-28T06:47:24.428-04:00Comments on As the Crowe Flies (and Reads!): Top Ten Tuesday: Unexpected PleasuresAs the Crowe Flies and Readshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12110661562901480120noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-47620007101090426372011-11-11T18:55:27.406-05:002011-11-11T18:55:27.406-05:00Now you've gone and forced me to add another b...Now you've gone and forced me to add another book to my TBR: The Last Werewolf.<br />And right now Song of Achilles is my curl-up-in-bed semi-guilty pleasure. (This time last year, I would have been long finished, but now I spend at least 3 hours every night reading student work and whatever I'll be teaching, so pleasure reads take a back seat. Boo hoo. Or not: I actually adore my current students and enjoy dipping back into the Greeks.)<br />FYI: I responded to your comments over at What She Read and am off to find a copy of that Dante you mentioned...Lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15101403269247563087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-68330463426799471522011-11-09T07:05:40.396-05:002011-11-09T07:05:40.396-05:00I suppose I'm opposite of you. Don't like ...I suppose I'm opposite of you. Don't like Picoult and find little writing challenges like Dictionary charming.Deb Nance at Readerbuzzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12128529491888701996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-45436037644773144562011-11-08T20:44:17.504-05:002011-11-08T20:44:17.504-05:00I like Picoult. I always find that she helps drag ...I like Picoult. I always find that she helps drag me out of a reading slump.<br /><br /><a href="http://hawthornescarlet.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Laura @ The Scarlet Letter</a>.LBChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08565867574821169945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-19955516443380135582011-11-08T20:02:18.369-05:002011-11-08T20:02:18.369-05:00@Laura and Crowe,
I've only read two Piccoult...@Laura and Crowe, <br />I've only read two Piccoult books, The Pact and Salem Falls, The Pact was really quite good but I wouldn't bother with Salem Falls. <br />The subject content is really quite different, but the books are very formulaic in the way they're set up and explored. I doubt I'll read any others since I've heard they're all a bit like that.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09259549933849264277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-60120151868585480042011-11-08T17:49:18.227-05:002011-11-08T17:49:18.227-05:00Laura, I have read a handful of Picoult books sinc...Laura, I have read a handful of Picoult books since My Sister's Keeper. Since she basically takes one hot-topic issue and writes around it with multiple narrators in each book, I feel that her books are similar in terms of being formulaic but not necessarily in content (except for two of them). I will probably continue to dip into her books from time to time, either for myself or for work. I have to say that Ms. Picoult is definitely one of the most engaging *speakers* I've ever listened to. She did a great bookstore event with us last year and she was really fantastic on stage.As the Crowe Flies and Readshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12110661562901480120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-19118332030813736822011-11-08T16:04:33.394-05:002011-11-08T16:04:33.394-05:00Important Picoult question- have you read any of h...Important Picoult question- have you read any of her other books except for My Sister's Keeper? Because I liked that one well enough (poor prose style aside) but then I read another one of her books and it was like same story, slightly different situation, and I hear they're alllll like that... Disturbing.<br /><br />Also, so impressed with your Chaucer liking! I kind of respect him from a distance, but that's about it...Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-65381799908270961162011-11-08T15:08:40.854-05:002011-11-08T15:08:40.854-05:00I LOVE #9--always a good choice. The top book on ...I LOVE #9--always a good choice. The top book on my list would be "Gone With the Wind." :0)Crazy Life of a Writing Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16064939499412649850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-44671249112245491372011-11-08T15:06:42.823-05:002011-11-08T15:06:42.823-05:00The Name of the Star was a book I was surprised I ...The Name of the Star was a book I was surprised I enjoyed too, especially because, like you, I'm not a big fan of scary/creepy.<br /><br />And I love Anne of Green Gables :)Alexa S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13185723439360170259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-83384947157741960552011-11-08T14:14:10.453-05:002011-11-08T14:14:10.453-05:00Ooh such an interesting list! The main character i...Ooh such an interesting list! The main character in The Last Werewolf got on my last nerve - I just wanted to tell him "Man Up!" Lol. And I've been on the fence about reading Lover's Dictionary, but you make it look very promising, so I might just have to give it a go.Tanya Patricehttp://www.girlxoxo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-16520215710610198762011-11-08T10:39:37.027-05:002011-11-08T10:39:37.027-05:00I haven't read Anne of Green Gables, but now a...I haven't read Anne of Green Gables, but now after reading your post I think I should pick it up ;) Thanks!Neahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13388968180535346918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-7842388792117572032011-11-08T10:14:21.894-05:002011-11-08T10:14:21.894-05:00I have Midwife of Venice on my TBR shelf. I have m...I have Midwife of Venice on my TBR shelf. I have mixed expectations . . .Trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18273468231529654323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-24917876597440929062011-11-08T10:00:02.832-05:002011-11-08T10:00:02.832-05:00I haven't been able to post any comments in ag...I haven't been able to post any comments in ages...something wrong with my browser...but I'm hoping it's fixed now. I really have to read Some We Love, Some We Hate....you keep talking about it. And Jodi Picoult, too, I guess. I pick up her books in the bookstore and have the same reaction you did. Also, I haven't read Lolita in a long time, but I did like it back when I did read it. I'm contemplating a re-read before I comment on your post.Robyn Rylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07510195754917893035noreply@blogger.com