tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post2981427331597225957..comments2024-03-28T09:38:23.219-05:00Comments on Book Chase: My Biggest Book - Of All TimeSam http://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-54246148010182945412009-09-13T15:49:08.709-05:002009-09-13T15:49:08.709-05:00I enjoyed both of those also, Mayra. Lehane is on...I enjoyed both of those also, Mayra. Lehane is one of my favorites, especially his early detective series.Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-80028470050103986292009-09-13T01:56:49.503-05:002009-09-13T01:56:49.503-05:00I read "The Given Day" by Dennis Lehane,...I read "The Given Day" by Dennis Lehane, and I was very impressed. It's 700 pages long and covers a year in the life of two men- one black and one white- in 1919-20. I was halfway through and I bought "Shutter Island" because I really want to keep reading his stuff.Mayrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00388819264870321470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-13003510614392557762009-09-07T19:50:57.037-05:002009-09-07T19:50:57.037-05:00Gautami, most poetry is "big" to me beca...Gautami, most poetry is "big" to me because it takes me forever to come close to the poet's intended meaning. I just don't have an ear for poetry.Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-77804882699618803002009-09-07T19:49:45.290-05:002009-09-07T19:49:45.290-05:00Gaston, I'm about 40% of the way through "...Gaston, I'm about 40% of the way through "South of Broad" and I like it a lot to that point. I sure hope I don't agree with you by the time I finish, though.Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-23163062661219529302009-09-07T19:48:59.682-05:002009-09-07T19:48:59.682-05:00Couldn't resist, Ted. :-)Couldn't resist, Ted. :-)Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-54746426589577116792009-09-04T08:46:11.371-05:002009-09-04T08:46:11.371-05:00That is big!
I read a poetry book last week. It i...That is big!<br /><br />I read a poetry book last week. It is only 56 pages. But took me a while. It is small in size but big otherwise!<br /><br /><a href="http://readbookswritepoetry.blogspot.com/2009/09/booking-through-big.html" rel="nofollow">Booking through Big</a>gautami tripathyhttp://readbookswritepoetry.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-4120594282695227472009-09-04T07:53:11.843-05:002009-09-04T07:53:11.843-05:00I recently finished Pat Conroy's "South o...I recently finished Pat Conroy's "South of Broad", a book I had been waiting on like everyone else for 14 years. Much to my disappointment, it doesn't live up to his past works.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16813508472498593787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-53606642858790574572009-09-03T17:20:23.306-05:002009-09-03T17:20:23.306-05:00Literalist! (haha)Literalist! (haha)Tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05511240514127283024noreply@blogger.com