Comments on: Last Days of Summer

By: Susan

Susan — Wed, 17 Nov 2021 13:08:10 +0000

In reply to babypose. Thanks much babypose. I guess you meant this comment for my Nov. 14 post. Not sure how it got here, but I appreciate what you said & thanks for stopping by.

By: babypose

babypose — Wed, 17 Nov 2021 05:52:53 +0000

The girls seem were ready for walks and they are beautiful. Hope covid will be vanished soon. Have a safe trip to South Ca.

By: Susan

Susan — Fri, 10 Sep 2021 12:52:43 +0000

In reply to Ti.

Hi Ti — glad it’s an ounce cooler there. I know Redlands got a thunderstorm and actually got a little rain?! The Stars Go Dark was a bit too much trauma …. but somehow I made it through. Detective Anna Hart was interesting enough. Hope all is well with your daughter and that she is not sick any longer. Have a good weekend.

By: Ti

Ti — Thu, 09 Sep 2021 14:41:21 +0000

I enjoyed When the Stars Go Dark but it WAS quite dark. It was like book 3 in a series of books that happened to include sexual abuse in some way so I was wanting to be done with the trauma but I thought the story unfolded quite nicely.

It is starting to feel like fall here. A little cool in the morning and getting dark sooner.

By: Susan

Susan — Thu, 09 Sep 2021 14:14:35 +0000

In reply to Deb Nance at Readerbuzz.

Hi Deb, yes I’m looking forward to Towles’s new novel too. I enjoyed Ruth Ozeki’s last novel so I might check it out though it sounds a bit different and is 560 pages long. Hmm. We will see.
I hope fall gets to you there. I think it’s okay to wait on the Wolves novel — parts of it I liked and other parts not as much. I’m on the wait list for the Lauren Groff novel. I’d like to hear her talk with Inprint though we are planning to be at a cabin in the woods then – so don’t think we will have reception. Enjoy your week.

By: Deb Nance at Readerbuzz

Deb Nance at Readerbuzz — Thu, 09 Sep 2021 11:47:34 +0000

It’s actually gotten a little cooler here over the last couple of days. I hope fall is coming. It has been such a long tedious summer.

I decided to pass on Once There Were Wolves for now. I just can’t seem to get into it. That’s been a problem for me lately. But I’d rather find something that clicks with me rather than forcing myself to read on.

I have high hopes for the new Amor Towles book. I’m also looking forward to the new Ruth Ozeki book and the Anthony Doerr book.

By: Susan

Susan — Wed, 08 Sep 2021 22:23:41 +0000

In reply to Athira.

Hi Athira … I appreciate your thoughts about the Convenience Store Woman. It’s a bit of an odd novel … but I liked how it spoofed expectations etc. Still there wasn’t a lot going on – as you said – so I had to push myself to continue with it. The whole spectrum issue perhaps doesn’t matter, though kept me wondering. Have a great week.

By: Susan

Susan — Wed, 08 Sep 2021 22:17:31 +0000

In reply to Carmen.

Hi Carmen, thanks for the word. Yeah I agree … I need a break from trauma too … both McLain and McConaghy were trauma plots … and I had once considered The Paper Palace but I hear that one is trauma too … so I will skip for the time being. I will wait to hear what you think of Cuckoo Land. Right now I’ve just started The Plot … and hope it moves quickly. The McLain novel seemed to have a few pluses & minuses about it … though I sort of liked the detective Anna Hart and wonder if she’ll be back. Enjoy your September.

By: Athira

Athira — Wed, 08 Sep 2021 16:40:25 +0000

I enjoyed reading your thoughts on Convenience Store Woman. I actually wondered the same about whether Keiko was maybe on the spectrum but it never is mentioned in the book or in interviews with the author. I took it to mean that it was up to us what we wanted to make of it. But the more I thought of it, I accepted that it didn’t matter. When I know of a label, I may have responded differently, but not knowing it meant I assume that the person may need help but not really judge the person differently. I don’t think I am making sense. It just felt good to read about a neurodivergent character without having to explain the character’s neurodivergence. That said, I didn’t love the book either – it didn’t seem to have much going on.

It’s getting cooler here as well. I feel like Summer just flew by and I completely missed it.

By: Carmen

Carmen — Wed, 08 Sep 2021 13:06:22 +0000

I never plan reading specifically for summer, though I make a list at the start of the year, which shapeshifts a lot before year’s end. I think we are on the same page with McLain’s novel. I told you it was dark and a very slow burn. Once There Were Wolves has been on my radar, I guess because of the atmospheric cover because I didn’t have an idea what it was about. I’m not ready for more trauma in my reading. Still reading Cuckoo Land, which has slowed down a bit, or maybe it’s me that I’m tired lately.