tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2140630815526406811.post3819980295338491356..comments2015-08-04T11:22:09.720-05:00Comments on Reading, Writing, and Rambling: WELCOMING PAT O'DEA ROSENPat O'Dea Rosenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18221195882816387110noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2140630815526406811.post-57779464843084726172011-07-19T19:43:00.260-05:002011-07-19T19:43:00.260-05:00Hi, Joan! You're not alone. When Roth was awar...Hi, Joan! You're not alone. When Roth was awarded the Man Booker Prize back in May, one of the judges, Carmen Callil, quit in protest.Pat O'Dea Rosennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2140630815526406811.post-43407499781139816112011-07-19T08:13:28.003-05:002011-07-19T08:13:28.003-05:00Hello, Pat! Enjoyed your commentary. Personally, R...Hello, Pat! Enjoyed your commentary. Personally, Roth has never been my cup of tea. I think he was the male reader's choice back in the age of repressed sexuality. *g* I never knew very many women who read him, perhaps because they could not identify with his worldview.<br /><br />Best wishes,<br />Joan ReevesJoan Reeveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17622809465767116747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2140630815526406811.post-84934382686799254052011-07-18T13:37:23.010-05:002011-07-18T13:37:23.010-05:00I think Roth's holding out for LORD AND LADY S...I think Roth's holding out for LORD AND LADY SPY, Shana. In the meantime, he won't be asked to blurb fiction. Want to bet he denounced it for that reason alone?Pat O'Dea Rosennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2140630815526406811.post-5962264011546714442011-07-18T11:57:50.898-05:002011-07-18T11:57:50.898-05:00Wow, Shane, are you saying you don't think POR...Wow, Shane, are you saying you don't think PORTNOY'S COMPLAINT is the Great American Novel? :-) I don't read him either. I do read you, tho.Lark Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13363455770588651569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2140630815526406811.post-5140621641658923902011-07-18T11:36:49.781-05:002011-07-18T11:36:49.781-05:00I think Roth has always been a bit pretentious, an...I think Roth has always been a bit pretentious, and this sounds like his typical showing off. he's just too good for fiction. Well, I don't read Roth, and I'm pretty surehe doesn't read me either!Shanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06267793335415078380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2140630815526406811.post-9494617376999599652011-07-18T11:20:16.163-05:002011-07-18T11:20:16.163-05:00Hi, Kay and Suzan,
On the Women's Fiction chap...Hi, Kay and Suzan,<br />On the Women's Fiction chapter loop, the question that generated DAYS of responses was, "What are you reading now." Most of us read compulsively. Kay, I like your recent choices. Suzan, Colleen's first paragraphs exemplify risk/reward: I will be scared/I'll want to keep reading. PatPat O'Dea Rosennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2140630815526406811.post-55429351607203562932011-07-18T10:36:45.691-05:002011-07-18T10:36:45.691-05:00Hey, Pat and Lark! *waves* I think everyone chang...Hey, Pat and Lark! *waves* I think everyone changes up what they're reading for a lot of different reasons. I had to stop reading Colleen Thompson books for a while because of nightmares. LOLSuzan Hardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04600258874634909988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2140630815526406811.post-90245292610764240212011-07-18T10:31:02.274-05:002011-07-18T10:31:02.274-05:00Know what you mean, Kay! The books from NY are gla...Know what you mean, Kay! The books from NY are glaring at me from my office bookshelf!Lark Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13363455770588651569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2140630815526406811.post-46197230207628727222011-07-18T10:20:32.830-05:002011-07-18T10:20:32.830-05:00I wish I had more time to read anything at all! J...I wish I had more time to read anything at all! Just finished Steve Berry's <i>The Emperor's Tomb</i>, just started Janet Evanovich's <i>Smokin' Seventeen</i>, but I also have some nonfiction piled up, on writing, history, etc. I love it all.Kay Hudsonhttp://kayhudson.comnoreply@blogger.com