Comments on: February Preview

By: Susan Wright

Susan Wright — Fri, 12 Feb 2016 01:45:07 +0000

In reply to Diane. Glad to share some of these Diane. Enjoy your February books!

By: Susan Wright

Susan Wright — Fri, 12 Feb 2016 01:43:16 +0000

In reply to JaneGS. Thanks Jane. Yeah I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on Breaking Wild if you can get it at your library. Since it's set in Colorado, I'm interested too. We'll see about Georgia and Yann Martel's new one.

By: Diane

Diane — Fri, 12 Feb 2016 00:06:07 +0000

All of these are “new to me” titles. Thanks for sharing them with us.

By: JaneGS

JaneGS — Thu, 11 Feb 2016 16:19:11 +0000

I will probably read Yann Martel’s new book–Life of Pi, though the ending bothered me, was still brilliant and will forever be hard to him to compete with.

I read a bio of O’Keefe about 30 years ago, and I loved it–fascinating life. I love to visit Santa Fe and the areas of NM where she spent the second part of her life. It’s so interesting to see the world to which she was drawn and resonated so strongly with. I have mixed feelings about fictionalized books about real people–when they’re good, they’re great but most are either wooden or unbelieveable or denigrating. Hope Georgia is great!

Now I have to go get on the library list for Breaking Wild–it’s set in CO, so I have no choice in the matter! 🙂

Happy February–we have an extra day to read this month!

By: Susan Wright

Susan Wright — Thu, 11 Feb 2016 12:57:55 +0000

In reply to Katie @ Doing Dewey. Thanks for the feedback on Jansma, Katie. I'm hoping to try this latest one out.

By: Katie @ Doing Dewey

Katie @ Doing Dewey — Wed, 10 Feb 2016 22:57:45 +0000

Why We Came to the City and Georgia are on my to-read list too! I’m especially excited for Why We Came to the City because I read a short story by Jansma last year and I really enjoyed it 🙂

By: Susan Wright

Susan Wright — Tue, 09 Feb 2016 20:38:05 +0000

In reply to Bryan G. Robinson.

Hi Bryan, oh yes Bridge of Spies was quite good; glad you liked it. I also look forward to Hail, Caesar — the Coen brothers are fun in their quirky ways.
That’s good that your library already has the book Breaking Wild. I’d like to get my hands on a copy — and will check my library too. thx.

By: Bryan G. Robinson

Bryan G. Robinson — Tue, 09 Feb 2016 15:50:10 +0000

Oh, that’s where I saw that book: Breaking Wild. We just got that in at the library. Was trying to remember where I saw it before and it was here on your post. 🙂 My wife and I also want to see Hail, Caesar as we love the Coen brothers. We actually watched a movie last night that we didn’t expect them to be involved with: Bridge of Spies. They were co-writers on it and the movie was great. I think Race also looks like it be a good one, but I think we’ll wait for Zoolander 2 to come to DVD.

By: Susan Wright

Susan Wright — Tue, 09 Feb 2016 12:36:22 +0000

In reply to BermudaOnion(Kathy). Yeah Kathy, if you get to it before I do, would love to know what you think. Didn't realize it was the Pick at Costco.

By: Susan Wright

Susan Wright — Tue, 09 Feb 2016 12:34:46 +0000

In reply to Laurel-Rain Snow. Yeah Laurel: I think I get into Georgia as well. Too many books, too little time!