tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36200388.post7930854109085816470..comments2023-07-01T11:03:20.380-04:00Comments on BooksEtc.: Review Time...Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14110235078325434919noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36200388.post-37297299859893900082007-02-07T15:07:00.000-05:002007-02-07T15:07:00.000-05:00patricia:
No "fault" or blame to be assigned re:...patricia: <br />No "fault" or blame to be assigned re: our travels.<br />Some people are better able to leave the past behind than others.<br />Before you try therapy, try finishing those short stories in the dusty drawers. (When you have time...)<br />Trust me, writing about events in the past really can help - it's just a different kind of therapy.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14110235078325434919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36200388.post-86794472414247951422007-02-07T13:56:00.000-05:002007-02-07T13:56:00.000-05:00Beth, re: the past thing. It's entirely my fault. ...Beth, re: the past thing. It's entirely my fault. Though I am for the most part a happy person who is very content to live in the present, there is a secret part of me who still to this day dwells in the past, re-living old haunts and especially old hurts. You could say and you would be right that I may indeed have<br />'issues'. I have numerous unfinished short stories tucked away in dusty Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36200388.post-70221241337255896332007-02-07T11:35:00.000-05:002007-02-07T11:35:00.000-05:00coffee mom: It's tough to find reading time when ...coffee mom: It's tough to find reading time when you have little ones.<br />You could also try Elizabeth Berg's novels. I love them all.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14110235078325434919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36200388.post-8576154756662346752007-02-07T11:14:00.000-05:002007-02-07T11:14:00.000-05:00I don't read books, mostly because I don't have ti...I don't read books, mostly because I don't have time, but also because I have never been able to find a series that I can fully enjoy. But with the reveiw you have just given I am seriously thinking about borrowing this book form the local library. Thsi book sounds especially interesting to me, especially the old age part (I work with seniors part-time, and see first hand the affects of old ageAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36200388.post-29647113214506924412007-02-07T10:12:00.000-05:002007-02-07T10:12:00.000-05:00patricia:
Blonde and blue-eyed. Yes.
Well-dressed...patricia: <br />Blonde and blue-eyed. Yes.<br />Well-dressed. No. <br />Browner. Yes.<br />Cool crowd - about two tiers down.<br />"Loser" gangs can be mean too.<br />(Why are you and I always travelling to our girlhood pasts?)Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14110235078325434919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36200388.post-52954575479385425002007-02-07T09:54:00.000-05:002007-02-07T09:54:00.000-05:00You were a mean girl? For shame! ;)
I was never p...You were a mean girl? For shame! ;)<br /><br />I was never part of any cool crowd as a kid. Except the 'browner' crowd, which really wasn't something to brag about back then. I can distinctly remember in grade 6 a group of girls who all sat together (why did the teachers encourage this?) -- they were all the blonde and blue-eyed, and very pretty, well-dressed girls. I'm not kidding. About 5 or 6 Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36200388.post-33334964887602461602007-02-07T09:38:00.000-05:002007-02-07T09:38:00.000-05:00patricia: My favourite Atwood novel is also Cat's...patricia: My favourite Atwood novel is also Cat's Eye. I remember when I was young (and evil) the gang of girls I hung out with in public school decided that each day someone would be excluded from the gang. What the hell were we thinking? Very funny - ha ha. NOT. Particularly not funny when it was your turn. And as I recall, the girl who thought up this brilliant idea was never excluded. A Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14110235078325434919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36200388.post-60993964239328896372007-02-07T08:52:00.000-05:002007-02-07T08:52:00.000-05:00Great review. I really enjoyed this collection, to...Great review. I really enjoyed this collection, too. Didn't you notice a change in tone, though? Still very well written, yes, and very perceptive, but not as wickedly sharp and somewhat cynical as her earlier works. Not that it needed to be. At the moment I'm dipping into some of her old stuff -- 'Dancing Girls' to be exact, and you can really notice a difference. But of course, she was younger Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36200388.post-14779124031045147052007-02-07T08:49:00.000-05:002007-02-07T08:49:00.000-05:00OK I will start off by saying that I am part of th...OK I will start off by saying that I am part of that segment that does not enjoy her work, indeed what I have read of it I have found nearly terminally depressing. I am not taking away from her writing, just she makes me very very blue. I'll try again...which do you recommend..don't say a Handmaid's Tale, because I WON'T read it again.orenetahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616103982088424715noreply@blogger.com