tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post8102385897190529618..comments2024-03-28T06:47:24.428-04:00Comments on As the Crowe Flies (and Reads!): Review: Almost Famous Women by Megan Mayhew BergmanAs the Crowe Flies and Readshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12110661562901480120noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-13097959039426760902015-01-12T21:34:35.682-05:002015-01-12T21:34:35.682-05:00I'm so excited for this one. But I fear that w...I'm so excited for this one. But I fear that when I really like reading this one, I will have to go back and read her first story collection. My tbr list is weeping....Lindseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00333927782181943347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-73018070238053743212015-01-12T12:33:30.967-05:002015-01-12T12:33:30.967-05:00The lyrics are hooooorrible, but the music is awes...The lyrics are hooooorrible, but the music is awesome. So what I am saying is -- yes. Yes go do that.Reading Rambohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12614467198216577755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-78123267756221733452015-01-12T11:29:49.004-05:002015-01-12T11:29:49.004-05:00I...guess I mean Daisy and Violet? I don't re...I...guess I mean Daisy and Violet? I don't remember their names, much to my shame. But sure, let's go with that. I don't know the musical Side Show, so perhaps I need to check it out!As the Crowe Flies and Readshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12110661562901480120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-18793782016663055732015-01-12T09:30:49.186-05:002015-01-12T09:30:49.186-05:00Oh do you mean DAISY AND VIOLET HILTON, about whom...Oh do you mean DAISY AND VIOLET HILTON, about whom the musical Side Show is based? (you totally do; there are no other conjoined twins from that time period who were famous enough ladies) Damn I love that musical.<br /><br />I WILL READ THIS, EMS.Reading Rambohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12614467198216577755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-82520665323559516572015-01-10T21:39:52.620-05:002015-01-10T21:39:52.620-05:00I get that you don't want to break resolutions...I get that you don't want to break resolutions so early and whatnot, but how can using the library be a *bad* thing? Just expand your resolutions to include using the library when something really great is published and you're golden.As the Crowe Flies and Readshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12110661562901480120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-18059258625022831692015-01-10T21:38:46.643-05:002015-01-10T21:38:46.643-05:00I really *is* a good premise for a collection!I really *is* a good premise for a collection!As the Crowe Flies and Readshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12110661562901480120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-47666435195892325392015-01-10T18:47:41.909-05:002015-01-10T18:47:41.909-05:00THANK you for reminding me about this. I loved Bir...THANK you for reminding me about this. I loved Birds of a Lesser Paradise SO MUCH...and I think I bought it at a library sale last year so I could reread it (HA!).<br /><br />So anyway, because of you I made it only 11 days into the new year before breaking my resolution and adding to my library hold list. *sigh*Megshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10967657695336270359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-58219832936580642062015-01-10T09:50:56.180-05:002015-01-10T09:50:56.180-05:00This sounds really interesting - what a good premi...This sounds really interesting - what a good premise for a collection of short stories! Thanks for the review :)Sam (Tiny Library)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16375434438465319913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-32368280683716851082015-01-09T21:51:39.452-05:002015-01-09T21:51:39.452-05:00You could have totally played it off like you just...You could have totally played it off like you just remembered all that. Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456600806188531803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-17315496538711379842015-01-09T21:14:58.224-05:002015-01-09T21:14:58.224-05:00Well, don't be *too* impressed. The book was ...Well, don't be *too* impressed. The book was published on Tuesday, so I opened the finished copy at the store and made notes about the main character in each chapter. I probably only would have remembered more than 4-5 of them otherwise!As the Crowe Flies and Readshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12110661562901480120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-31359673332169446102015-01-09T20:52:20.987-05:002015-01-09T20:52:20.987-05:00"Not unless by some miracle I got hired for b..."Not unless by some miracle I got hired for big bucks so I could quit my dab job in order to write really vague and occasionally unprofessional reviews" - that is the dream<br /><br />I am impressed by how much you remembered about the book without having it there to refer to. <br /><br />I do like the idea of shifted points of view...Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456600806188531803noreply@blogger.com