Comments on: Odds and Ends http://www.jennmanleylee.com/journal/2004/03/31/odds-and-ends Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:03:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Amy S. http://www.jennmanleylee.com/journal/2004/03/31/odds-and-ends/comment-page-1#comment-433 Amy S. Thu, 08 Apr 2004 02:29:06 +0000 http://www.jennmanleylee.com/wordpress/2004/03/31/odds-and-ends#comment-433 Jane Smiley's <i>Ordinary Love and Good Will</i>. Actually, Part One is nothing special, but Part Two... oh, wow. I have to go weep now, but in a theraputic sort of way. Jane Smiley’s Ordinary Love and Good Will. Actually, Part One is nothing special, but Part Two… oh, wow.

I have to go weep now, but in a theraputic sort of way.

]]> By: --k. http://www.jennmanleylee.com/journal/2004/03/31/odds-and-ends/comment-page-1#comment-432 --k. Fri, 02 Apr 2004 23:39:02 +0000 http://www.jennmanleylee.com/wordpress/2004/03/31/odds-and-ends#comment-432 Just a headsup, Jenn: we've got at least one Winterson in the house already. "Gut Symmetries," I think. Just a headsup, Jenn: we’ve got at least one Winterson in the house already. “Gut Symmetries,” I think.

]]> By: sara http://www.jennmanleylee.com/journal/2004/03/31/odds-and-ends/comment-page-1#comment-431 sara Fri, 02 Apr 2004 17:55:18 +0000 http://www.jennmanleylee.com/wordpress/2004/03/31/odds-and-ends#comment-431 when you're back on nonfiction, i'd strongly recommend the book i recently blogged about, <a href="http://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/biblio?inkey=8-1400061644-0" rel="nofollow">a chance meeting: intertwined lives of american writers and artists, 1854-1967</a> -- i think you and kip would both really like it. when you’re back on nonfiction, i’d strongly recommend the book i recently blogged about, a chance meeting: intertwined lives of american writers and artists, 1854-1967 — i think you and kip would both really like it.

]]> By: Dylan http://www.jennmanleylee.com/journal/2004/03/31/odds-and-ends/comment-page-1#comment-430 Dylan Thu, 01 Apr 2004 22:45:56 +0000 http://www.jennmanleylee.com/wordpress/2004/03/31/odds-and-ends#comment-430 ...Bethanne, I think that's grounds for institutionalization. But then, looking at Chris's sweater drawing, things begin to make sense to me. …Bethanne, I think that’s grounds for institutionalization.

But then, looking at Chris’s sweater drawing, things begin to make sense to me.

]]> By: bethanne http://www.jennmanleylee.com/journal/2004/03/31/odds-and-ends/comment-page-1#comment-429 bethanne Thu, 01 Apr 2004 17:00:19 +0000 http://www.jennmanleylee.com/wordpress/2004/03/31/odds-and-ends#comment-429 Of course, of course, and please feel free to send recomendations my way as well. Total bibliophile here. Amusing Anecdote: One year, the first week of my summer vacation I felt that I had not been able to read enough, so I locked myself inside and read 56 books, in a week. I don't even remember any of them now- they all kind of blurred together.... Of course, of course, and please feel free to send recomendations my way as well. Total bibliophile here.

Amusing Anecdote: One year, the first week of my summer vacation I felt that I had not been able to read enough, so I locked myself inside and read 56 books, in a week. I don’t even remember any of them now- they all kind of blurred together….

]]> By: jemale http://www.jennmanleylee.com/journal/2004/03/31/odds-and-ends/comment-page-1#comment-428 jemale Thu, 01 Apr 2004 06:02:01 +0000 http://www.jennmanleylee.com/wordpress/2004/03/31/odds-and-ends#comment-428 After two reccomendations of "The Book of Laughter and Forgetting" I think that one's a gimme. Dylan- It was actually you and Kip discussing "The Master and Margarita" that put this all in mind--and you assuming I had read a couple of books that I hadn't but had been meaning to for years. Bethanne-Not all standards to me, especially the first two, and I appreciate you putting Winterson back on the radar (as they say, duh) I'm actually going to avoid finding out too much about reccomendations, I like surprises. And I won't be gvig reviews like large hearted boy, but will tell the people who reccommended a book to me how I liked it after I've read it. Thanks you two! After two reccomendations of “The Book of Laughter and Forgetting” I think that one’s a gimme.

Dylan- It was actually you and Kip discussing “The Master and Margarita” that put this all in mind–and you assuming I had read a couple of books that I hadn’t but had been meaning to for years.

Bethanne-Not all standards to me, especially the first two, and I appreciate you putting Winterson back on the radar (as they say, duh)

I’m actually going to avoid finding out too much about reccomendations, I like surprises. And I won’t be gvig reviews like large hearted boy, but will tell the people who reccommended a book to me how I liked it after I’ve read it.

Thanks you two!

]]> By: bethanne http://www.jennmanleylee.com/journal/2004/03/31/odds-and-ends/comment-page-1#comment-427 bethanne Thu, 01 Apr 2004 04:52:03 +0000 http://www.jennmanleylee.com/wordpress/2004/03/31/odds-and-ends#comment-427 just the standards: Brautigan- either <i>So the Wind won't blow it all away</i> or <i>Sombrero Fallout</i> (I'm an addict I admit) Bukowski- particularly the collection of short stories <i>The most beautiful woman in town</i> Winterson- Duh. Ehrenreich's <i>Nickel and Dimed</i>, nothing new, but clearly written and reaffirming. <i>The Dark side of Camelot</i> is an interesting look at the Kennedy administration... Fun to read <i>Treasure Island</i> Ha Jin <i>Waiting</i> Kundera, of course, and I must say that the book of laughter and forgetting is perhaps my favorite book of all time. Nothing new or surprising I'm sure... just the standards:
Brautigan- either So the Wind won’t blow it all away or Sombrero Fallout (I’m an addict I admit)

Bukowski- particularly the collection of short stories The most beautiful woman in town

Winterson- Duh.

Ehrenreich’s Nickel and Dimed, nothing new, but clearly written and reaffirming.

The Dark side of Camelot is an interesting look at the Kennedy administration… Fun to read

Treasure Island

Ha Jin Waiting

Kundera, of course, and I must say that the book of laughter and forgetting is perhaps my favorite book of all time.

Nothing new or surprising I’m sure…

]]> By: Dylan http://www.jennmanleylee.com/journal/2004/03/31/odds-and-ends/comment-page-1#comment-426 Dylan Wed, 31 Mar 2004 23:03:23 +0000 http://www.jennmanleylee.com/wordpress/2004/03/31/odds-and-ends#comment-426 haha, another one succumbing to Bulgakov. If you want a real brainspin, read "The Book of Laughter and Forgetting" by Milan Kundera right after it. haha, another one succumbing to Bulgakov.

If you want a real brainspin, read “The Book of Laughter and Forgetting” by Milan Kundera right after it.

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