Comments on: Passages http://meghanward.com/blog/2010/07/22/passages/ Reading, Writing, and Publishing Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:37:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Meghan Ward http://meghanward.com/blog/2010/07/22/passages/comment-page-1/#comment-2462 Meghan Ward Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:54:47 +0000 http://meghanward.com/blog/?p=1383#comment-2462 KarenG - thanks for the tip! Ani - Christine is friends with Novella, and I think some Grotto people know her, too, so I've heard about her book quite a few times. I'm not really interested in urban farming, but I bet it's fun to read about the Bay Area. KarenG – thanks for the tip!

Ani – Christine is friends with Novella, and I think some Grotto people know her, too, so I've heard about her book quite a few times. I'm not really interested in urban farming, but I bet it's fun to read about the Bay Area.

]]> By: Ani http://meghanward.com/blog/2010/07/22/passages/comment-page-1/#comment-2460 Ani Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:05:52 +0000 http://meghanward.com/blog/?p=1383#comment-2460 I am reading Farm City by Novella Carpenter. And I am a bit surprised that I like it because it's about the trials and tribulations of be(com)ing an urban farmer, a subject that I am not really interested in. But then again the author's farm is in Oakland (where I live) and it's peppered with characters and themes that are so bay area. The writing too is clean and very readable. I am reading Farm City by Novella Carpenter. And I am a bit surprised that I like it because it's about the trials and tribulations of be(com)ing an urban farmer, a subject that I am not really interested in. But then again the author's farm is in Oakland (where I live) and it's peppered with characters and themes that are so bay area. The writing too is clean and very readable.

]]> By: KarenG http://meghanward.com/blog/2010/07/22/passages/comment-page-1/#comment-2422 KarenG Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:48:18 +0000 http://meghanward.com/blog/?p=1383#comment-2422 I thought of it! Alive was the name of the book and the movie, too. I thought of it! Alive was the name of the book and the movie, too.

]]> By: Meghan Ward http://meghanward.com/blog/2010/07/22/passages/comment-page-1/#comment-2420 Meghan Ward Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:31:36 +0000 http://meghanward.com/blog/?p=1383#comment-2420 Kristan - I feel extremely jealous and forlorn and haven't even opened The Passage yet! I'm halfway through The Book Thief. I think you read that recently, too? KarenG - thanks for visiting! I don't think I've ever read Emma, but I have it and many other classics on my iPad now, so there's no excuse! Kristan – I feel extremely jealous and forlorn and haven't even opened The Passage yet! I'm halfway through The Book Thief. I think you read that recently, too?

KarenG – thanks for visiting! I don't think I've ever read Emma, but I have it and many other classics on my iPad now, so there's no excuse!

]]> By: KarenG http://meghanward.com/blog/2010/07/22/passages/comment-page-1/#comment-2419 KarenG Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:12:11 +0000 http://meghanward.com/blog/?p=1383#comment-2419 I'll put this on my to read list. I'm also drawn to the cannibalism. I read a book years ago about a soccer team stranded in the Andes when their plane crashed who also had to eat the flesh of their dead comrades to survive. I loved how they explained it-- they were all Catholic & they thought of it as the sacrament, the body & blood of Christ-- given to save them. It was pretty cool. Not graphic but very heart-wrenching. Dang it I can't think of the name of the book. There was a movie made out of it a while ago. I am writing a really long comment in hopes the name will come to me. I think the Donner story is fascinating. I lived in Gilroy, CA for awhile, and several of the Donner Party descendents still lived in that area. The best book I'm reading right now is Jane Austen's Emma. I'll put this on my to read list. I'm also drawn to the cannibalism. I read a book years ago about a soccer team stranded in the Andes when their plane crashed who also had to eat the flesh of their dead comrades to survive. I loved how they explained it– they were all Catholic & they thought of it as the sacrament, the body & blood of Christ– given to save them. It was pretty cool. Not graphic but very heart-wrenching. Dang it I can't think of the name of the book. There was a movie made out of it a while ago. I am writing a really long comment in hopes the name will come to me. I think the Donner story is fascinating. I lived in Gilroy, CA for awhile, and several of the Donner Party descendents still lived in that area.

The best book I'm reading right now is Jane Austen's Emma.

]]> By: Kristan http://meghanward.com/blog/2010/07/22/passages/comment-page-1/#comment-2417 Kristan Thu, 22 Jul 2010 10:56:07 +0000 http://meghanward.com/blog/?p=1383#comment-2417 I'm in the middle of THE CARDTURNER by Louis Sachar, and it's pretty good. (I just have a minor quibble with the parents, who are completely one-dimensional and not believable. But with half a dozen other awesome characters, they don't really matter.) I heard about THE PASSAGE and am very curious to see if it's any good. But I'm afraid that if it's not, I'll forever hate him for how successfully he played the system. (And by "hate," I mean "feel extremely jealous and forlorn, and desperately wish I had been so clever!" :P) I'm in the middle of THE CARDTURNER by Louis Sachar, and it's pretty good. (I just have a minor quibble with the parents, who are completely one-dimensional and not believable. But with half a dozen other awesome characters, they don't really matter.)

I heard about THE PASSAGE and am very curious to see if it's any good. But I'm afraid that if it's not, I'll forever hate him for how successfully he played the system.

(And by "hate," I mean "feel extremely jealous and forlorn, and desperately wish I had been so clever!" :P )

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