tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post3073362316366312870..comments2024-03-28T16:20:18.628-05:00Comments on Book Chase: Like a Runaway Horse - Random Thoughts on the End of 2019Sam http://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-21397899039223226272019-12-07T16:21:57.472-06:002019-12-07T16:21:57.472-06:00I just finished it this morning - and posted a rev...I just finished it this morning - and posted a review just a minute ago. It's pretty near as good as all the hype it gets. Not quite, but pretty close.Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-75292299102712351242019-12-07T15:05:26.590-06:002019-12-07T15:05:26.590-06:00December is going by much too fast for me, too. An...December is going by much too fast for me, too. And I still haven't read Where the Crawdads Sing, so I'm even more behind than you. ;DLark https://www.blogger.com/profile/13777891312147377769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-21331774834338081802019-12-07T13:51:59.502-06:002019-12-07T13:51:59.502-06:00Finished it this morning, Jenclair. And I was impr...Finished it this morning, Jenclair. And I was impressed all the way through. Even with the ending that I kick myself for not having already seen coming by the time I got there.Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-21513819989455907932019-12-07T13:50:46.097-06:002019-12-07T13:50:46.097-06:00The main reason I balk at celebrity book clubs is ...The main reason I balk at celebrity book clubs is that they strike me as being a bit like a New York Times bestseller list...predictable and underwhelming when you drill down into them. They are largely list of lowest-common-denominator books by people like Patterson, Steele, Grisham on the fiction side, and political books written by ghost writers for our current group of extremely irritating Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-16975058533915808802019-12-07T13:43:50.427-06:002019-12-07T13:43:50.427-06:00Our book-blogging problems are kind of nice ones t...Our book-blogging problems are kind of nice ones to have when compared to those of the real world, Cath, that's for sure. I read that Erik Larson book a while back and enjoyed it. I'm a fan of the guy's writing, and his books have so far never failed to both entertain and inform me. I've learned a lot of rather obscure history from the guy. <br /><br />I just finished Crawdads Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-32062741429379272592019-12-07T08:09:23.785-06:002019-12-07T08:09:23.785-06:00I avoided Crawdads for a long time until this summ...I avoided <i>Crawdads</i> for a long time until this summer a friend threatened to cancel our friendship (ominous after more than 50 years) if I didn't read it. She was right, although we frequently disagree about books--I loved the writing and descriptions. jenclairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06046532245054911248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-81079087556849164042019-12-06T19:06:59.631-06:002019-12-06T19:06:59.631-06:00Celebrity book clubs don't bother me. I'll...Celebrity book clubs don't bother me. I'll take reading suggestions from just about anyone! I'm just glad that they promote reading, which makes it hip, which means more people want to do it. That's okay in my book. It doesn't mean I rush out to get the books Oprah or Reese Witherspoon are backing, but I take their suggestions into account just like I would anyone else's.<Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05344704891037668456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-47286806770978384362019-12-06T08:56:27.459-06:002019-12-06T08:56:27.459-06:00Your post made me smile because I could have writt...Your post made me smile because I could have written it. Well, apart from the Crawdads book, which I've been aware of for quite some time but not really got around to investigating yet. The book I must read before the end of the year is In the Garden of the Beasts by Erik Larson. It's the last book for the World at War challenge I've been doing and I know it will good, I just didn'Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06371069000185280668noreply@blogger.com