Comments on: Since all I ever do is talk about books . . .

By: Kari

Kari — Tue, 07 Jun 2005 12:10:32 +0000

Thanks, Brett, for those lovely words, and for the link. I read her column on Salon, but I hadn’t seen the TPM cafe. Please do stick around!

Lauren: It’s kind of like we’re trading. I am excited that you get to read Bird by Bird for the first time, and you can be excited for me to read A Severe Mercy. hehe.

By: Roger

Roger — Tue, 07 Jun 2005 01:25:15 +0000

I like to read.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Tue, 07 Jun 2005 01:09:29 +0000

I agree with all of Brett’s points! I just finished Plan B two days ago and it was absolutely fantastic. I love Anne Lamott. She’s such a wonderful writer and I admire her in many ways. Today I started reading Bird by Bird and I am excited to be reading it.

By the way, A Severe Mercy is one of the most beautiful stories I’ve ever read in my entire life. You will love it. Savor it.

Keep up the great posts, Kari!

Lauren

By: Brett

Brett — Mon, 06 Jun 2005 21:35:02 +0000

Hi Kari,

I’ve been an admirer and reader of your blog for the past 6 months or so. I stumbled across it by following links from a friend’s blog to a friend’s blog to a friend’s blog to yours, and I was immediately drawn in by the clarity, warmth, and thoughtfulness of your writing (plus the frequency with which you write, which is something I’ve always struggled for). Many are the times that something you wrote left me deep in thought for some time afterward, or just gave me a good and hopeful feeling inside. I admire your honesty and skill with the written word, and I wanted to let you know.

I’m also replying today because I, too, am an Anne Lamott fan, and because I just encountered the quote that you cited on a blog that I was reading earlier today. It seems that Anne is now a contributor to a political blog called tpmcafe. While her writing there so far is not nearly as thoughtful or insightful as that found in Traveling Mercies and many of her other books, I thought you might be interested to know of her new venue. Her first post can be found here: http://www.tpmcafe.com/story/2005/5/29/14433/2877

Thank you for writing such honest and poignant words. I hope you don’t mind if I continue to read.

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By: Geof F. Morris

Geof F. Morris — Mon, 06 Jun 2005 19:11:32 +0000

I guess I’m the reverse … I said nothing about the vast amount of Criminally Bad Fiction [much of it in the "technothriller" genre] that lines my bookshelves … … but I don’t mind my musical tastes being weird.

:highfive: ?

By: Kari

Kari — Mon, 06 Jun 2005 18:43:15 +0000

Well, the music one was much harder for me. I also don’t worry as much about my taste in books being “acceptable.”

By: Geof F. Morris

Geof F. Morris — Mon, 06 Jun 2005 15:17:51 +0000

Oh, I hear you. Let’s see what the ol’ Poopsenga has to say, since I tabbed him. Maybe he won’t be as passÃ© as I am. [I had a hard time answering the question, which is why I grumbled to Spencer about him picking me. ]

By: Kari

Kari — Mon, 06 Jun 2005 14:51:14 +0000

Yes, you are a cheater. hehe.

Actually, I was just thinking how I hate it when Christian authors or artists are asked what their favorite book is, and they’re all, “The Bible.” Because it seems like they’re giving it because it’s the “right” answer. And I wouldn’t classify the Bible in the same way that I classify The Chronicles of Narnia, because I approach it completely differently. And that’s even though I hold to the concept of story as truth, and not reading the Bible as a textbook.

By: Geof F. Morris

Geof F. Morris — Mon, 06 Jun 2005 14:41:09 +0000

Did you just call me a cheater, Kari? I’m seriously gonna cry. [Okay, so that was a lie.] I mean, I get your point, but … books just don’t have the same effect on me as they do you, for whatever reason. I think we could divine it if we talked about it as much as we talked about, oh, Luke Danes. [Did I just say that out loud?]