tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post8273424385535426709..comments2024-03-21T12:51:21.667-04:00Comments on Whisky Prajer: Summer Readingdpreimerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09905531259256800022noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post-79422267686743421032007-05-23T06:27:00.000-04:002007-05-23T06:27:00.000-04:00Colour me intrigued, DV. I'll see if I can't get m...Colour me intrigued, <B>DV</B>. I'll see if I can't get my hands on a copy in the next week or two.Whisky Prajerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14076228013022881173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post-42021468781878381022007-05-22T08:11:00.000-04:002007-05-22T08:11:00.000-04:00WP,Hear me out! (Well, read me out, I mean)this b...<B>WP</B>,<BR/>Hear me out! (Well, read me out, I mean)<BR/><A HREF="http://www.amazon.ca/Me-Blondes-Teresa-Toten/dp/0143053078/ref=sr_1_1/702-5007822-2088810?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1179835433&sr=1-1" REL="nofollow">this book</A> was sent to us by a good (as opposed to a bad) Canadian friend who also happens to be a most excellent children's librarian in the Edmonton library system.<BR/>Yes, the book is classified as "Young Adult" (a curse, if there ever was one, as which young adult would ever read a book marked as such except a "very young" adult in the 9-10 range...not really an "adult").<BR/><BR/>It's a great book! Funny, insightful, has a cast of Slavic characters and Toronto bluebloods. I highly recommend it for every adult, young or old. Ms. Toten has a crisp, tart, and witty style about her.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and yes, the young adults will also enjoy it in a few years. Nothing racy except for the gab of the grandmothers.DarkoVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11572734667248592785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post-91116215295123163582007-05-22T07:23:00.000-04:002007-05-22T07:23:00.000-04:00JV - something lighter will definitely be on tap w...<B>JV</B> - something lighter will definitely be on tap when I've finished the book. I'll certainly give Sullivan a look.<BR/><BR/><B>DV</B> - re: Oprah's pick, I was as surprised as anyone. Not that she shies away from dark reading, but following so soon on her endorsement of <I>The Secret</I>? Very, very strange. Maybe she went with McCarthy to atone for her earlier choice of Frey. "Look, people: you don't have to resort to a BS biography to be a bad-ass!" It's just very strange.Whisky Prajerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14076228013022881173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post-88485705232057206332007-05-21T09:05:00.000-04:002007-05-21T09:05:00.000-04:00Well, I'll be very interested in reading your opi...Well,<BR/> I'll be very interested in reading your opinion. Haven't read it, but all the hoopla around it makes it seem like the abandoned love-child of Wes Craven and John Carpenter, adapted by Stephen King. Can't be more disturbing than <A HREF="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0191754/" REL="nofollow">28 Days</A> if it was picked up by Oprah.DarkoVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11572734667248592785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post-53709863786837815522007-05-20T14:12:00.000-04:002007-05-20T14:12:00.000-04:00I loved the book but, yikes! Summer reading? You m...I loved the book but, yikes! Summer reading? <BR/><BR/>You might want to chase it with something by Ian Frazier or Garrison Keillor.<BR/><BR/>Or perhaps Cross Country by Robert Sullivan (which I'm reading now, even though it's not your country).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com