tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432615092204334311.post539726680154246774..comments2023-08-10T06:57:45.911-04:00Comments on Questioning my Intelligence: Epiphany #642Susan Raihalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03018860599601419989noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432615092204334311.post-46411112435869110952011-07-24T11:21:22.185-04:002011-07-24T11:21:22.185-04:00A famous composer (whose name escapes me at the mo...A famous composer (whose name escapes me at the moment) one wrote "If a piece of music is technically correct but not easy on the ear then the composer has missed the point" and it seems from your remarks Susan that Mr Gruber has, indeed, missed the point.<br />Why has he invented such awful characters? Does he not know any people with redeeming traits on whom he can base his fictional characters?gardenpinkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13174376745178217681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432615092204334311.post-23912325624811598782011-07-23T17:50:37.662-04:002011-07-23T17:50:37.662-04:00Isn't the GL and PPPS book the best???? Love ...Isn't the GL and PPPS book the best???? Love it!<br />I'm currently reading A Good Dog bye Susan Wilson...very interesting.....Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12439416856778344867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432615092204334311.post-43142611702998360052011-07-22T23:45:07.027-04:002011-07-22T23:45:07.027-04:00I, too, loved that book. Passed it on to my husban...I, too, loved that book. Passed it on to my husband, who loved it, then to my sister-in-law, and have recommended it to many. And it really is based on similar events! I love books like that!Betsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10621256290452796775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432615092204334311.post-47633549374452355242011-07-22T22:44:39.568-04:002011-07-22T22:44:39.568-04:00Loved, loved, loved the Potato Peel Society. As a...Loved, loved, loved the Potato Peel Society. As a teacher of English, when I ask kids to choose books from the library for pleasure reading, I allow them to abandon them if they can give me a good reason other than, "It was boring." Reading for pleasure is supposed to be pleasurable.Ginny Neil, The Singing Farmwifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11098392391259327445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432615092204334311.post-69772543621322151082011-07-22T16:00:35.932-04:002011-07-22T16:00:35.932-04:00Oh you are going to love the Potato Society, didn&...Oh you are going to love the Potato Society, didn't think I would but couldn't put it down. You're right characters do need to have 1 redeeming feature, even the baddies you can like.<br /><br />A few years ago The Riders by Tim Winton (Australian author) was recommended to me. It starts very slowly and I had a sense that nothing was going to change by the end of the book and it didn't. I don't normally skip to the end but did and very glad I didn't waste any more time on it. His book Cloud Street is very good however.Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01692056925159395126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432615092204334311.post-74001076229321108612011-07-22T14:00:53.368-04:002011-07-22T14:00:53.368-04:00I'm with V-Grrrl. I despised every character i...I'm with V-Grrrl. I despised every character in The Corrections. I stopped reading it about a quarter of the way through and never regretted it.Franciehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15548903306772165074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432615092204334311.post-16672597087567754722011-07-22T11:15:51.760-04:002011-07-22T11:15:51.760-04:00Susan, you've made me laugh out loud. Thank yo...Susan, you've made me laugh out loud. Thank you so much. Talking of books with thoroughly awful characters; may I just put a word in for Crime and Punishment? Ugh! Horrid! I'm scarred for life. Not a single character to empathise with or like. NOT ONE! Thank goodness I never have to read it again.<br /><br />As for Thomas Hardy; don't even go there. Despicable is the only word I can use to describe his work. It's miserable in every sense of the word. There! I feel cleansed. Thanks for that. <br /><br />I'm currently enjoying The Beckoning Lady by Margery Allingham. The Help and The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society have now been added to my wish list. It's a looooooooong wish list. Will I ever get to read all these books? Who knows?<br /><br />Happy 3rd Blogiversary by the way and how's the repetitive strain injury? Hope you're on the mend. We all miss your crafty capers. LxLauren Hatwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17774296308613840184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432615092204334311.post-71551689326754447052011-07-22T10:07:44.861-04:002011-07-22T10:07:44.861-04:00Loved the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie So...Loved the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society too. I spent years reading all books to the end, even when not enjoying them (no matter how well they were written). Now I've decided that life is too short!Janet a.k.a. swanlady21https://www.blogger.com/profile/11967516564810839917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432615092204334311.post-73671736852401263902011-07-21T21:36:07.950-04:002011-07-21T21:36:07.950-04:00I've finished The Help, which I thoroughly enj...I've finished The Help, which I thoroughly enjoyed. I also enjoyed the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society when I read it. I am about to start The City of Tranquil Light. We'll see how that goes.Heather Thttp://blog.heathertelford.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432615092204334311.post-16485790920408683702011-07-21T19:41:15.542-04:002011-07-21T19:41:15.542-04:00I read The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie S...I read The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society this summer and enjoyed it! Easy to read a letter then be interrupted, but since no letter was terrible long, it also took longer than I expected to read it with no late nights, I HAVE to finish this chapter(s).Cyndyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09013093889215271415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432615092204334311.post-40831539679783580472011-07-21T18:24:14.859-04:002011-07-21T18:24:14.859-04:00I felt that way when I started reading The Correct...I felt that way when I started reading The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen. The writing was brilliant but the characters--UGH.V-Grrrlhttp://www.v-grrrl.comnoreply@blogger.com