tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29676853.post772270034610615944..comments2024-01-02T07:58:59.135-06:00Comments on Asparagus & Mayonnaise: Literary frustration and stupid groundhogsSushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09184460047216084152noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29676853.post-66641757044916981152007-04-13T13:02:00.000-06:002007-04-13T13:02:00.000-06:00Well it sounds to me like these books were simply ...Well it sounds to me like these books were simply FRAUGHT with significance. ;) The way I figger it, once you're a grown up, you can read whatever you damn well please and you don't have to like something just because everyone else thinks it's a big deal. Confession: I read Hamlet. I understand it. I think it's a boring story about a spoiled, indecisive, morose prince. Nyah, nyah, nyah. Personally, I like a story that's inspiring in some way, with an idea I can take with me after the story is over. That said, have you read any Ursula LeGuin? I don't love her, but I bet you would. Just a thought.Triciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13130900344456653778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29676853.post-87472429835985361182007-04-12T13:44:00.000-06:002007-04-12T13:44:00.000-06:00Absolutely mind numbing reading that requires litt...Absolutely mind numbing reading that requires little or no thought at all?<BR/><BR/>The Plant People - Dale Bick Carson. Crazy Aunt Purl reminded me of it when she was looking for two books from her youth. It turns out one of them was that one and I remember reading it and getting all creeped out in my preteen years. Might be just the bit of mindless teen sci-fi you need.Dorothyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16148292775860672247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29676853.post-42471365495107188262007-04-11T19:31:00.000-06:002007-04-11T19:31:00.000-06:00WOW - You read two books which weren't text books....WOW - You read two books which weren't text books... I'm trying to think of the last time I did that. Always nice when a book doesn't have the word "mitochondria" in it, though now I'd be happy with one which didn't mention electrons...<BR/><BR/>I totally hear you about the need for beer in Wisconsin. I dropped off my kids at the gym's kids place when I went to workout this morning, and told the lady there that I had two choices when I learned that our schools had been closed for the day -- either grab the wine, or go to the gym. She noticed that I was at the gym, and it was early, so I'd probably have time today to do both. Hadn't thought of that..... I always love Mary Higgens-Clark books, though they are quite formulaic -- but when I read for fun, I'm happy with not having to think too much about it. I guess that makes me "unquirky"... :-)YarnThrowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13261414607842071918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29676853.post-28461280551436890882007-04-11T14:34:00.000-06:002007-04-11T14:34:00.000-06:00Okay, the thing about the character wanting "to be...Okay, the thing about the character wanting "to be just like" her best friend hit a little close to home here....:) When you mentioned not reading anything containing the word "mitochondria", it reminded me of the first time I heard the word...it was in the wonderful book from childhood by Madeline L'Engle, A Wrinkle in Time. (or maybe it was one of the others in the trilogy...)<BR/>So, it's not actually going to snow here, but the weather totally sucks, and one day last week, I did....with my own two eyes....actually see a groundhog in our back yard. Who the f**k knows???????????Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09352226815489110209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29676853.post-37363870127816399642007-04-11T10:22:00.000-06:002007-04-11T10:22:00.000-06:00Have you read "Moo"? Or "The Fool on the Hill"? ...Have you read "Moo"? Or "The Fool on the Hill"? Or "Devil in the White City"? Or anything by Kathy Reichs? (Though that may be too close to science for you to qualify as escapism.) These are my all time favorites. They rock and *also* have endings.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29676853.post-46200989147017123912007-04-11T08:46:00.000-06:002007-04-11T08:46:00.000-06:00Hey, I'm with ya on that. I like my reading to be...Hey, I'm with ya on that. I like my reading to be fun and entertaining and not have words like "bonds with detachable warrents" in them. And, anyone that can use a word like "deneoument" in a sentence sounds pretty darn literary to me! Thanks for the reviews.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com