tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13933987.post3358543128642313005..comments2023-10-30T12:16:47.441+01:00Comments on U Krakovianki: The Best Books of 2008Karen G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00680320370181357559noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13933987.post-36884666165642920972010-08-24T16:41:48.444+02:002010-08-24T16:41:48.444+02:00I saw your comment on Semicolon and had to come he...I saw your comment on Semicolon and had to come here and say that I am *still* working on this lovely list. Almost two years later. Thank you!Carol in Oregonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01857397650456513967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13933987.post-6290729860876203112009-01-15T22:15:00.000+01:002009-01-15T22:15:00.000+01:00Great list! I appreciated the Frye as well, it was...Great list! I appreciated the Frye as well, it was so thought-provoking. And Middlemarch -- I must read it this year! I love your description of it as a tapestry filling a wall... now it is irrestible.Melwykhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04885378201188978664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13933987.post-40859580626720108362009-01-04T20:09:00.000+01:002009-01-04T20:09:00.000+01:00I absolutley need to read Jayber Crow this year. ...I absolutley need to read Jayber Crow this year. I've heard so much about it. I'm always looking for books to make me laugh and Wodehouse does that for me.Framedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13703547279309902320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13933987.post-70667839571296062342009-01-03T23:17:00.000+01:002009-01-03T23:17:00.000+01:00I haven't read any of the books on your list, but ...I haven't read any of the books on your list, but Small Island, and The Road are on my list for 2009. The others look interesting - I'll have to add a few to my wish list!<BR/>Thanks for pointing them out!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07698068501004755678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13933987.post-44219913959622626932009-01-03T20:06:00.000+01:002009-01-03T20:06:00.000+01:00I loved Middlemarch, too, and absolutely agree wit...I loved Middlemarch, too, and absolutely agree with your summation. Just recently read Jayber Crow and loved it. Hard to describe Berry's books - I just shove them at friends and urge them to read them.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17775836987596716063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13933987.post-22313545701451578192009-01-03T19:11:00.000+01:002009-01-03T19:11:00.000+01:00I'm supposed to be cleaning my house (possibility ...I'm supposed to be cleaning my house (possibility of a guest tonight) and I cannot break away from reading lists of best books. <BR/><BR/>Yours is spectacular. Absolutely arresting. I'm nodding with agreement at the books I've read (Middlemarch is one of my faves; my favorite quotes EVER come from this book.) <BR/><BR/>The ones I haven't read, I haven't even heard of, but I'm getting them. (I love to be introduced to new books/authors) One of my best friends grew up in Zimbabwe and loves all things Africa. I must read Arrow of God and give it to her if she hasn't. <BR/><BR/>I interrupted reading the post until I put Northrup Frye's book on my PaperBackSwap wish list. I interrupted writing this comment to see if our library had it. <BR/><BR/>The cover of Small Island SHOUTS read me. I can't read any other version of it. I must have that cover. <BR/><BR/>Wendell Berry, Jan Karon, George Eliot, P.G. Wodehouse...are we wealthy beyond imagining or what?<BR/><BR/>Thank you, oh thank you. I'm not sure my husband thanks you, but he's put up with my distracted reading for three decades. I am indebted to you for all these great recommendations.Carol in Oregonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01857397650456513967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13933987.post-29857711448767941472009-01-01T01:31:00.000+01:002009-01-01T01:31:00.000+01:00I loved Middlemarch too. I was puzzled by it at f...I loved Middlemarch too. I was puzzled by it at first, but then drawn in.<BR/><BR/>I know I'm going to have to read Jayber Crow at some point, but I'm not ready to add it to the stack yet. Maybe this summer.Katiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13875603488434952711noreply@blogger.com