tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3664770405628418296.post8614385550904022717..comments2024-02-10T09:48:34.683+01:00Comments on What am I reading?: Browsing the BookshelvesKathleen Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07645566938871914385noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3664770405628418296.post-14329709932600295512010-03-03T01:00:44.924+01:002010-03-03T01:00:44.924+01:00Hi Jodie - yes, I agree about the Niall Williams t...Hi Jodie - yes, I agree about the Niall Williams title - he's a little too much saccharine for me. Next up is Heresy and then the Larrson trilogy. Just as soon as I've marked a pile of student assignments!Kathleen Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07645566938871914385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3664770405628418296.post-30552504483198059712010-03-02T17:35:19.705+01:002010-03-02T17:35:19.705+01:00I just made a horrible face when I read the title ...I just made a horrible face when I read the title 'As it is in Heaven'! I'm sure it's lovely for indulgence as you say, but what a terrible title. <br /><br />I like your pile of books picture and the tulips which are gorgeous. Do you have plans to read the Larsson book soon? 'Heresy' looks pretty indulgent and yummy in a dark, historical kind of way.Jodiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11462660276240016464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3664770405628418296.post-428902204407436682010-02-24T00:36:58.379+01:002010-02-24T00:36:58.379+01:00I'm so glad it's not just me! The structu...I'm so glad it's not just me! The structure just didn't work at all. Like you, I think the Poisonwood Bible was wonderful (though there is that last section that is almost another novel). My favourite book of hers is Animal Dreams.Kathleen Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07645566938871914385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3664770405628418296.post-20386651336953869462010-02-23T12:42:08.621+01:002010-02-23T12:42:08.621+01:00Am also reading The Lacuna at the moment, Kathleen...Am also reading The Lacuna at the moment, Kathleen, and I'm having a very similar reaction. The first section, which covers the central character's Mexican boyhood, has echoes of early Isabel Allende and Latin American magical realism. But Allende has already been there, written the book - and rewritten it. I shall have to return to The Poisonwood Bible to remind myself what a truly excellent writer Kingsolver can be.60GoingOn16https://www.blogger.com/profile/14216400213406672396noreply@blogger.com