tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594341074652821017.post7635108629395365091..comments2023-08-14T10:44:59.007-04:00Comments on Novel Spaces: Of too little reading and drunk men on horsesKeVin K.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14792797517571690942noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594341074652821017.post-51670552125444704092018-01-09T22:48:09.557-05:002018-01-09T22:48:09.557-05:00Thank you, Molly. :) It's been a rough year in...Thank you, Molly. :) It's been a rough year in many ways but we're determined 2018 is going to be better. Your puppy is beautiful! Just saw some pics in my news feed. (Is Facebook psychic or what?) LOL re the comment on your son. He'll be fine. We're happy you've joined the NS group. Happy New Year!!! 🎉Liane Spicerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05035607144500219524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594341074652821017.post-19489353580069123972018-01-06T03:20:44.334-05:002018-01-06T03:20:44.334-05:00What a lovely post - I always adored Mr. Rochester...What a lovely post - I always adored Mr. Rochester and never liked Heathcliff btw :)<br />And I have just added Shadow of the Vampire to my TBR list. Thanks Liane, and thanks for letting me be a part of this group. I have struggled the last three months with the joy and pain (literally with hands bitten to shreds and sore from being in and out of water (!)), and the depression of not being able to write. I am determined to return to my passion this January and it is as though Pepper, our Newfie puppy, has read my mind. She is clean in the house, a lot less bity and a delight to live with. I feel I can now have longer periods of time to concentrate on writing in between her needs. Oh and those of my son whose moved down the rankings somewhat. Happy new year xAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01960257984251363434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594341074652821017.post-2476254627695431042018-01-04T01:16:11.942-05:002018-01-04T01:16:11.942-05:00Kevin, I think you'll find Absalom worth the e...Kevin, I think you'll find <i>Absalom</i> worth the effort. I loved <i>The Sound and the Fury</i> (in a horrified kind of way) but admit that if I'd just picked it off the shelf and tried to read it instead of reading it while simultaneously analyzing it under the guidance of a brilliant professor--the same one who shared the anecdote about Faulkner--I would probably not have gotten beyond the first chapter.<br /><br />2017 was one for the books. I'm surprised that anyone got anything done at all, tbh. <br /><br />I saw <i>Cat Ballou</i> decades ago. No wonder that Lee Marvin image looked so familiar!<br /><br />Thank you for the good wishes, K, and wishing the same for you and the family. Liane Spicerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05035607144500219524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594341074652821017.post-42825789581492177542018-01-03T00:06:12.055-05:002018-01-03T00:06:12.055-05:00My TBR pile can't take another book. Except Ab...My TBR pile can't take another book. Except <i>Absalom Absalom</i> - I remember disliking <i>Sound and the Fury</i> and both liking and admiring <i>Go Down, Moses</i>, both read four decades ago and remembered. So I think I'm ready to tackle <i>Absalom, Absalom</i>.<br /><br />My own 2017 was tumultuous, and I read nothing that wasn't political or research for my historical novel. A writer of fiction must read fiction - the classics and the new - to keep their own mind sharp to possibilities and techniques in storytelling.<br /><br />Reading more in 2018 is a resolution I think I'll be able to keep.<br /><br />(That's Lee Marvin portraying William Faulkner, by the way. Actually, he was playing Kid Sheleen, a “retired” gunslinger, in <i>Cat Ballou</i> - a mid-60s comedy western.)<br /><br />Hope your 2018 is satisfying, productive, and full of things that make you happy.KeVin K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14792797517571690942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594341074652821017.post-4393451219837711332018-01-02T20:30:36.988-05:002018-01-02T20:30:36.988-05:00Thank you, Linda! Wishing the same to you and the ...Thank you, Linda! Wishing the same to you and the hubby! Liane Spicerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05035607144500219524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594341074652821017.post-16478894303385890032018-01-02T20:04:39.959-05:002018-01-02T20:04:39.959-05:00I have way too many TBR books too and I'm gett...I have way too many TBR books too and I'm getting slower at getting to them. Same thing here regarding News Years resolutions. I make "general" ones as they are more likely to happen that way. <br />Hope you have an outstanding 2018! Hope we all do.authorlindathornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02605805996356003012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594341074652821017.post-59636219481182990352018-01-02T13:26:50.578-05:002018-01-02T13:26:50.578-05:00Hoping the same for you and yours in 2018, Amy!Hoping the same for you and yours in 2018, Amy!Liane Spicerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05035607144500219524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594341074652821017.post-11225410835532100272018-01-02T12:53:15.110-05:002018-01-02T12:53:15.110-05:00I think I'll pick up a copy of Absalom, Absalo...I think I'll pick up a copy of Absalom, Absalom! at the library. I hope 2018 is better for you than 2017!Amy M. Readehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13313132085132011921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594341074652821017.post-61802980969510679072018-01-02T11:50:51.480-05:002018-01-02T11:50:51.480-05:00Charles, yes! I love it!Charles, yes! I love it!Liane Spicerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05035607144500219524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594341074652821017.post-73711820632840279742018-01-02T11:13:30.275-05:002018-01-02T11:13:30.275-05:00oh, wow, that Faulkner story. Very cooloh, wow, that Faulkner story. Very coolCharles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.com