tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14395763.post116025085940746917..comments2023-09-23T11:07:44.228-04:00Comments on On Rush Hour in D.C.: Unemployment Means...Janet Kincaidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01396294382570650966noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14395763.post-1160570953231520792006-10-11T08:49:00.000-04:002006-10-11T08:49:00.000-04:00VK: I take that back: I read Five Quarters of the ...VK: I take that back: I read Five Quarters of the Orange around the same time I read Ella Minnow Pea. Hmph. I'll add it to my list of books. I liked Chocolat a bit more than FQotO, but still enjoyed the imagery around food and family.Janet Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01396294382570650966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14395763.post-1160570688135181662006-10-11T08:44:00.000-04:002006-10-11T08:44:00.000-04:00JA: I'll bet Jody has the most AMAZING collection ...JA: I'll bet Jody has the most AMAZING collection of books, like her AMAZING collection of art that I always covet when I'm over there. Truthfully, though, I am neither a "lender nor a borrower be" of books. In my experience either a) I never get them back or b) when I do get them back, the borrower has trashed them (I take good care of my books. A lot of folks think I don't read them, because they look brand new. I'm not a spine breaking, dog earring, underlining, coffee spilling book reader.) And I don't borrow because I'm notorious for not returning books in what I consider a timely manner (two weeks or less). I don't like to feel pressured into reading something just for the sake of returning it and yet, it sits in my book pile and nags at me. I once borrowed Tales of the City from my friend Eric. It took me almost two years to return it to him. BAD, BAD, BAD.<BR/><BR/>I have Miss Henderson Presents in my Netflix queue (love Dame Judi) and saw MatchPoint in the theater (the only Woody Allen movie I've ever actually liked.) I'll check out the others.<BR/><BR/>VK: I read Five Quarters of an Orange last fall, I think. I also liked it. I've heard good things about Fingersmith and will check it out.<BR/><BR/>Di: I bought Catcher in the Rye on your recommendation several years ago. Of all the books in my library, I've been wanting to read that one, and damnit, I can't find the darn thing. I'm going to have to buy a new copy.Janet Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01396294382570650966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14395763.post-1160552568911803032006-10-11T03:42:00.000-04:002006-10-11T03:42:00.000-04:00I always recommend that everyone re-read (because ...I always recommend that everyone re-read (because it's simply not possible that one has not already read it) Catcher in the Rye. It's the Great American Novel, don'tcha know. Even more so in these modern times of the Dumb Shrub.Swizzieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05140490483001953823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14395763.post-1160541133457674122006-10-11T00:32:00.000-04:002006-10-11T00:32:00.000-04:00I've recently finished "Fingersmith" - Sarah Water...I've recently finished "Fingersmith" - Sarah Waters, and "Five Quarters of the Orange" - Joanne Harris and enjoyed both. I have just started "The Feast of the Goat" - Mario Vargas Llosa, which is great so far.<BR/><BR/>Happy reading!verniciousknidshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12493126794954857798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14395763.post-1160275072555659942006-10-07T22:37:00.000-04:002006-10-07T22:37:00.000-04:00I read The Color of Water and Prodigal Summer a fe...I read The Color of Water and Prodigal Summer a few years ago and really liked both. Perhaps I'll dust them off again and save myself a few dollars. And I'll definitely check out the others. <BR/><BR/>While we're going with favorite books here, perhaps I'll dust off Corelli's Mandolin (my all time favoritest book ever), Like Water for Chocolate, and Charlotte's Web, too.Janet Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01396294382570650966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14395763.post-1160267535109332372006-10-07T20:32:00.000-04:002006-10-07T20:32:00.000-04:00I recommend:A Town Like Alice by Nevil ShuteThe Co...I recommend:<BR/><BR/>A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute<BR/>The Color of Water by James McBride<BR/>The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. (LOVED this one).<BR/>In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez<BR/>Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver.<BR/><BR/>I've been catching a lot of movies on Showtime--200 Cigarettes, The Power of One, Stage Beauty, As Good As It Gets.<BR/><BR/>Mike got the DVD on Shackelton's ill-fated voyage to the Arctic on the Endurance. Let's say it was more pleasant to watch it with him than it was with Jing.<BR/><BR/>Yours in unemployment, MEMary Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05139482655232986786noreply@blogger.com