tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060047013304842896.post4774307307179549182..comments2024-03-08T04:06:53.808-06:00Comments on The New Dork Review of Books: Awash in Great Fall Books: A Top 10 ListGreg Zimmermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08122230426442946518noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060047013304842896.post-40863904422864180702010-11-01T14:04:57.330-05:002010-11-01T14:04:57.330-05:00Room sounds fascinating! Can't believe I had ...Room sounds fascinating! Can't believe I had not heard about it until now. Thanks for the great list.Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09543197858284977937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060047013304842896.post-37731183218407424572010-10-09T11:15:34.838-05:002010-10-09T11:15:34.838-05:00I'd love to read Room but alas alack the issue...I'd love to read Room but alas alack the issues with getting recent release English novels in Taiwan.Kathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16731173186767835989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060047013304842896.post-2761318239697273282010-10-06T16:40:28.448-05:002010-10-06T16:40:28.448-05:00I was disappointed in You Lost Me There. It had s...I was disappointed in You Lost Me There. It had some good things to say about memory and one wild old lady character but other than that I found it fairly ho-hum.<br /><br />PBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060047013304842896.post-15197559760646707602010-10-06T15:41:02.730-05:002010-10-06T15:41:02.730-05:00Greg, I pre-ordered Washington: A Life and got it ...Greg, I pre-ordered Washington: A Life and got it on Monday. I can't wait to start it (it's next + 1).<br /><br />http://www.ManOfLaBook.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060047013304842896.post-11949394915550284242010-10-06T11:55:39.648-05:002010-10-06T11:55:39.648-05:00@David - Thanks for reminding me about The Wilding...@David - Thanks for reminding me about The Wilding - heard wonderful things about the book. Checked out the other ones you suggested, too, and of those, West of Here really, really caught my attention. <br /><br />@Kristi - Ha - me too. As is Washington, officially, now. <br /><br />@Kathy - Sorry to hear you didn't like Fall - but great review. I love the fact that Follett incorporates real historical figures into his fiction. That's my favorite kind of historical novel.<br /><br />@Janna - No problem - looking forward to comparing notes in the near future!Greg Zimmermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08122230426442946518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060047013304842896.post-27974762705692369792010-10-06T11:04:34.616-05:002010-10-06T11:04:34.616-05:00Great post. I hadn't heard of a couple of the...Great post. I hadn't heard of a couple of these books. Thanks for bringing them to my attention. Just added them to my TBR list.Jannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05557437845667317036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060047013304842896.post-76600352798798335242010-10-06T06:13:52.858-05:002010-10-06T06:13:52.858-05:00Good lookin' list! I have read an ARC of Fall...Good lookin' list! I have read an ARC of Fall of Giants. It was just OK, I expected more after his Pillars of the Earth books - review here http://bookdiary2010.blogspot.com/2010/09/fall-of-giants.html <br />I am reading Room right now, an amazing book!Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18053033021483581140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060047013304842896.post-1090815663696565132010-10-05T15:15:08.559-05:002010-10-05T15:15:08.559-05:00No Alexander Hamilton yet... It is on the proverb...No Alexander Hamilton yet... It is on the proverbial 'list'Kristihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06740407235304163454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060047013304842896.post-24826894312374698862010-10-05T13:04:08.939-05:002010-10-05T13:04:08.939-05:00Great list; and pretty closely aligned to my own. ...Great list; and pretty closely aligned to my own. In addition to Skippy Dies, The Instructions, Nemesis, and You Lost Me There, I'm anxious to start Tom McGuane's latest (Driving on the Rim), Jonathan Evison's "West of Here," and Sheri Holman's "Witches on the Road Tonight." Another good one (which I *have* read) is Benjamin Percy's "The Wilding." I'm an evangelist for that book.David Abramshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06013514596973186440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060047013304842896.post-79287187339438479852010-10-05T09:00:40.668-05:002010-10-05T09:00:40.668-05:00@Teresa - Better than The History of Love?! Yes! T...@Teresa - Better than The History of Love?! Yes! That's great news - really looking forward to it.<br /><br />@Bookshelf - That good, eh? That seems to be the consensus! <br /><br />@TNBBC - Your comment was the straw that broke the camel's back - just ordered Room.<br /><br />@Suzanne - Yeah, the summary doesn't make it sound that interesting to me either, but the overwhelming number of comments here made me decide to give it a shot. <br /><br />@lady T - Based only on what I've read in these comments, Room should be a cinch for the Booker! ;) Bad behavior, indeed.Greg Zimmermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08122230426442946518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060047013304842896.post-78521788860415529372010-10-05T08:25:41.933-05:002010-10-05T08:25:41.933-05:00@Rachel - Sounds like, based on your comment and t...@Rachel - Sounds like, based on your comment and the comments below, Room should be moved up my priority list! Follett: Yeah, he's great. Is it weird, though, that because I know this is the first of a trilogy, I want to wait until all three are out to start the first one?<br /><br />@Katie - Please let me know what you think of Broom of the System! It's the only DFW I haven't read - sort of saving it so I always have at least one thing by DFW that I can look forward to. Skippy Dies is pretty high on my list, too.<br /><br />@Sandy - I wish there were more rational, reasonable, intelligent book-buyers like you out there! ;)<br /><br />@Kristi - Did you read Alex Hamilton, too? I'm joining you in the one-finger salute to the one-star whiners!<br /><br />@Amy - I guess that's true - I had this impression that it was like Titanic: You know the ending going in, but you still want to read to see how we got there.Greg Zimmermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08122230426442946518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060047013304842896.post-48728240621249073662010-10-04T21:40:35.121-05:002010-10-04T21:40:35.121-05:00Room was a wonderful read and I'm so rooting f...Room was a wonderful read and I'm so rooting for it to win the Man Booker-Team Donoghue,all the way!<br /><br /> I'd love to read Fall of Giants as well but may have to wait for the holidays to indulge in that. *sigh* I respect e-books but some of the people who insist upon acting like Veruca Salt whenever something goes awry with them really do the whole format a disservice with such behavior.lady thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16287907577241697874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060047013304842896.post-38017732475126340222010-10-04T21:26:35.126-05:002010-10-04T21:26:35.126-05:00Room is wonderful. I'm surprised to say that,...Room is wonderful. I'm surprised to say that, given its subject matter, but it is a novel worth reading.<br /><br />To the End of the Land is on my to-read list, as is Fall of Giants. I have to say that I was put off by the e-book price so I just put a hold on it at the library.Suzannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17027628103746160956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060047013304842896.post-57709263436594624492010-10-04T20:54:47.759-05:002010-10-04T20:54:47.759-05:00I read Room a few weeks back and fell in love with...I read Room a few weeks back and fell in love with Jack and his 5 year old innocence. This book is making huge waves, and deserves all the praise and hype it has been getting!TNBBC Super Modhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15153016306489908880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060047013304842896.post-63152948986526590812010-10-04T19:00:38.459-05:002010-10-04T19:00:38.459-05:00I just finished Room in one day. It was pretty ama...I just finished <i>Room</i> in one day. It was pretty amazing.A Bookshelf Monstrosityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14674115889348650429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060047013304842896.post-22232917024274210782010-10-04T16:19:47.129-05:002010-10-04T16:19:47.129-05:00I read Great House a couple of weeks ago, and I li...I read Great House a couple of weeks ago, and I liked it *more* than I did History of Love. I can see why not everyone would like it. It certainly doesn't have a strong narrative drive. For me the key was approaching it as a series of connected stories rather than a novel with a single narrative. It's a beautiful book, IMO.<br /><br />One of these days, I want to read Skippy Dies and Room, but neither is a high priority.Teresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09896331683344872038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060047013304842896.post-92128249726699984162010-10-04T16:08:43.473-05:002010-10-04T16:08:43.473-05:00Oh, now, you don't know the end of Skippy Dies...Oh, now, you don't know the end of Skippy Dies, you only know the beginning. :-)<br /><br />I found the Grossman piece interesting too and will probably get the book from the library.Amyhttp://www.newcenturyreading.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060047013304842896.post-70459014164610131302010-10-04T15:50:50.235-05:002010-10-04T15:50:50.235-05:00I am working my way through Washington: A Life - w...I am working my way through Washington: A Life - wonderful history with lots of detail. <br /><br />I started Fall of Giants. I am a big fan of Follett's work and I'm sending a big one-finger salute to all the 1 star reviewers.Kristihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06740407235304163454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060047013304842896.post-49125275264034638322010-10-04T15:17:40.770-05:002010-10-04T15:17:40.770-05:00I'm going to buy that Follett book on my Kindl...I'm going to buy that Follett book on my Kindle JUST BECAUSE. Big whiny idiots. Plus I really do love the man's work.Sandy Nawrothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00564390728106776030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060047013304842896.post-65750188665590622872010-10-04T15:00:52.757-05:002010-10-04T15:00:52.757-05:00I've only read one of those books, Room, but o...I've only read one of those books, Room, but oh, it was so good. Really incredible, actually.<br /><br />I would be interested in reading The Instructions, but I'd need it to be released for the Kindle first. There's no way I can carry around books more than 300 pages, now that I have my handy dandy e-reader.<br /><br />I think my next read (after The Broom of the System, which I'm super late in getting to) will be Skippy Dies. I read the first chapter, but wasn't drawn in too much by the second one. I think I need to give it a better chance, though.Katiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08986037474152101242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060047013304842896.post-66947223076886563462010-10-04T14:46:25.348-05:002010-10-04T14:46:25.348-05:00I'm reading Room at the moment and loving it s...I'm reading Room at the moment and loving it so far. And I totally bought the hardcover of Fall of Giants, because I loved Pillars of the Earth so much. I had a coupon though, so instead of the $35 list price, I only paid $22 for it. But I love a big, heavy tome of a book :)Rachelhttp://homebetweenpages.comnoreply@blogger.com