Tell me what you've read!
In this period of my life, I commuted by car to West Hartford then East Hartford and then by bus for three months to Hartford. The glorious life of a temp. But that bus ride was super, for a commute. Sixty-one dollars a month bought an hour every day to sleep, listen to books, or write illegibly (exchanged for an hour of stressful driving and automotive depreciation).
I think this is the last book I had from Hartford Public before
we moved, and when I knew I wouldn't finish it before we left, I shed no
tear. I love LeGuin often; possibly this doesn't translate well to audio.
Also I like more her ecological stories, less the sf.
July 1995
Does anyone else remember an ABC After School Special bastardizing this? Something about the President's Kid, so all the coronation tension was futile. Anyway. Amusing, light, as unlikely as a Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's court.
A treat for the ear. Of course I had read this before, but some things are
written for the ear (A River Runs through It, Their
Eyes Were Watching God), and this is the best of them. And all the poems
and songs were recited well, and it's impossible to cheat by skimming over.
A delight.
June 1995
RDC recommended this as wonderful
whether or not you like fly-fishing, and it is. Lyrical. Haunting. I have
since read all the stories he published. Perhaps he wouldn't've written
as well if he started before he was--what?--80, but in that case he should
have lived much longer. I am haunted by waters.
May 1995
It's a nineteenth-century British novel! In this one, every body dies.
May 1995
I had tried to read this on paper a few times with no luck. Now I've reread
in on paper. Plus I've seen the film, which seems like a showcase for every
male actor who was or would be big in the '70s ("The Outsiders" of
1967). Magnificently anti-war. Hilarious. Backs and forths in narrative--the
only way I could keep track of what happened when is by figuring out how many
missions they had to fly. The sequel is on my to-read list.
April 1995
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