tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14254421.post8874062821973832356..comments2024-03-23T19:16:04.564-07:00Comments on Quotidian Life: Tolle Lege 2013Quotidian Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15621964632808884901noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14254421.post-41607850042342192322013-02-02T11:01:21.160-08:002013-02-02T11:01:21.160-08:00Thanks for your comment and encouragement, Holly. ...Thanks for your comment and encouragement, Holly. I'm looking forward to reading Gilead. I think it will by my fiction read after I finish Silence.<br /><br />Laura, I'm just half-way through and I get the feeling that the stage is now set for the rest of the book. I perceive there has been some foreshadowing but I don't yet know how it will all play out. I first heard of this book last year when I was reading Wolfe's, Beauty Will Save the World. I mentioned it to Andrew, who just happened to have just finished reading it for one of his classes at Gordon! He brought home his copy for me since it's not on Kindle. Nice :)Quotidian Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15621964632808884901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14254421.post-1489661797226526522013-01-31T04:47:57.816-08:002013-01-31T04:47:57.816-08:00What a nice start to your book list! And you just...What a nice start to your book list! And you just reminded me that I've been meaning to read Silence for years. How do you like it?<br /><br />I did read a book of Chekov short stories a couple of years ago, and enjoyed them. I find that a good translator makes a big difference. I don't know if Pevear and Volokonsky have translated these, but I'm gradually reading all their work, because I think their translations are quite lively.<br /><br />I'll look forward to checking on this list as the year progresses!Laura Ahttp://llasblog.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14254421.post-90441033970564993372013-01-26T16:30:24.006-08:002013-01-26T16:30:24.006-08:00Hi Melissa, I have read your blog sporadically ove...Hi Melissa, I have read your blog sporadically over the years, and find your writing inspirational and stimulating! I listened to Marilynne Robinson's Gilead on my iPod without realizing what I was getting into, and absolutely loved it. You're so right though that it takes real time to read something like this, even to listen to it. Sometimes I would turn it off and just think for awhile, I felt I must. Now I have Home to read, looking forward to it.Holly Newmannoreply@blogger.com