tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3354429728039534096.post3125500821958526772..comments2024-01-29T08:16:59.673-08:00Comments on In one eye, out the other...: Mailbox Monday: I can't think of an edition editionSusan Tunishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17393038397678961337noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3354429728039534096.post-73207215796924664002011-11-10T20:57:26.491-08:002011-11-10T20:57:26.491-08:00Susan, I would love the galley! The characters so...Susan, I would love the galley! The characters sound interesting even if the plot and beginning are slow.Saorse Eilidh Care Lykinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09961257179484971447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3354429728039534096.post-28111672048679257952011-11-10T12:44:33.120-08:002011-11-10T12:44:33.120-08:00SL,
Yours are not the first raves I've heard ...SL,<br /><br />Yours are not the first raves I've heard for The Story of Beautiful Girl, but it doesn't sound like my cup of tea. <br /><br />Also, Eco--GAH! (As you might say.) We'll be discussing this in more depth when I see you in a few weeks.<br /><br />Becky,<br /><br />I hope you're off to someplace fun! I'm still trying to decide if I'm going to attend Mr. Maguire's book signing this weekend. Please let us know how the book is. And, safe travels!<br /><br />Care,<br /><br />Years ago I tried to read Foucault's Pendulem and couldn't get through it--a very rare event. I have copies of most of his subsequent novels on my shelf, but have not tried to read him again until now. I REALLY picked the wrong book. I suspect that you're right, and that The Name of the Rose would be much more my speed, but at this point I'm very tempted to write the talented Mr. Eco off. There are so many good books to read. Do I really have to read his. I think we have a toxic relationship, LOL.<br /><br />As for The Time in Between, obviously I think it could have used some serious culling. But I will say that every other review on Amazon has been way more positive than mine. (I used to be so nice; now I'm turning into a literary curmudgeon!) Also, I think that you will be significantly more interested in the history than I was. If you want to read it, I'll mail a galley to you (I couldn't work up the enthusiasm for a giveaway on the blog.) or you can grab an electronic copy through Net Galley. If I had to guess, I think you might like it a bit more than me.Susan Tunishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17393038397678961337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3354429728039534096.post-47708638271341477572011-11-10T00:05:09.735-08:002011-11-10T00:05:09.735-08:00Oh, dear, my comment on another of your threads ab...Oh, dear, my comment on another of your threads about Eco's book is far too late! I have read three of his: The Name of the Rose, Foucault's Pendulum, and The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana. He is one of my favorites. I think I can stomach The Prague Cemetery because I know him as a writer; I know that the darkness is not about him or about me, but is truly about immersing into the plot and characters. As Sara Leigh stated, the best word for his writing is "dense". I only reached about page 175 and decided to set it aside until I have read a nonfiction book that will give me some background on the history and people of the events in the plot. Trying to make sense of conspiracy theories (which I find very fun) interwoven through events of which I have no knowledge is not working for me. I do look forward to returning to the book after I finish the Italian history work I checked out from the library. That said, I will definitely be skipping the diatribe at the beginning of the book-nobody needs to subject themselves to that more than once.<br /><br />Have you ever read The Name of the Rose? I would think that you might like that one.<br /><br />I am really wavering on The Time in Between. On one hand it sounds like very much my kind of novel, yet everything I have read makes it sound as if an editor with a ruthless streak could have made it a much better book. I am not afraid of novels that are either long or meandering (books do not even have to be plot driven if the writing is good where setting and characters are concerned), as long as they are not stuffed with inconsequential filler. What do you think of this one and me? Even though you and I often differ in opinion, you know me fairly well...Saorse Eilidh Care Lykinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09961257179484971447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3354429728039534096.post-34205511086571425172011-11-08T01:31:08.080-08:002011-11-08T01:31:08.080-08:00Oh, it's been craziness over here as well. Up ...Oh, it's been craziness over here as well. Up at 2:30 about to shuttle to the airport and Gregory Maguire's Wicked is in my bag. We'll see if it's riding on a plane with four hours of sleep reading.Becky LeJeunehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01030931605009567165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3354429728039534096.post-71269568959066288112011-11-07T20:35:29.605-08:002011-11-07T20:35:29.605-08:00I finished reading The Story of Beautiful Girl by ...I finished reading The Story of Beautiful Girl by Rachel Simon. Loved it! It begins in 1968 with a couple from the local state School for the Incurable and Feebleminded escaping, taking refuge at the home of a widow with Beautiful Girl's newborn baby girl, then getting caught. Beautiful Girl asks the widow to hide her baby while Homan escapes out a window into the storm. The book then follows each of these characters through the next 43 years. Simon is best known for her memoir Riding the Bus with my Sister.<br /><br />I also finished Black Magic Sanction, which means I'm all out of Hollows books to read. Gah!<br /><br />So I'm now starting Hammered by Kevin Hearne and Elysiana by Chris Knopf.<br /><br />I have read several Eco novels. He's one of my favorite writers. The last one I started, though, I had to set aside and haven't gotten back to yet, The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana. His books are dense, but they're worth it. I kept this one and two others when I purged my library.Sara Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18257302421725766079noreply@blogger.com