tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9967255.post117041826051221527..comments2024-03-01T17:39:13.909+08:00Comments on 30 in 2005: The Poisonwood Bible30in2005http://www.blogger.com/profile/18355411393246220231noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9967255.post-1171378996534872612007-02-13T23:03:00.000+08:002007-02-13T23:03:00.000+08:00Beks: Now it's one of my favourites as well!John: ...Beks: Now it's one of my favourites as well!<BR/><BR/>John: It's fiction alright. But I think some part of her writing as with loads of fiction is that it is based on some reality/ historical events/ author experience. <BR/><BR/>Surya: Glad you are inspired enough to want to read it. It was a stunning book, vast in scope and detailed in beautiful detail. Do let me know what you think of it when you are done.<BR/><BR/>Small talk: Yes, you are absoltely right, there is not nearly enough exemplary writing on African nations problems and people. This is a wonderful book that for a short time allows us to picture a world so removed from our own.<BR/><BR/>Pea: I like this impulsive trait of yours and wish I had more of the quality myself. Do tell what you think of it when you are done reading it. How is Sun on a broken column (name seems familiar and I may have read it)?<BR/><BR/>Maisnon: This is such different writing from her normal American focus, but as an only African novel she has hit the nail on the head. I had no problem getting into it. I was hooked instantly. Glad you stuck with it and liked it as much as I did!30in2005https://www.blogger.com/profile/17890962493413799278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9967255.post-1171135657315498972007-02-11T03:27:00.000+08:002007-02-11T03:27:00.000+08:00Kingsolver is one of my favorite authors. (Althoug...Kingsolver is one of my favorite authors. (Although, most of her other stuff is VERY different - most take place in the American Southwest - "Animal Dreams", "The Bean Tree", and "Pigs in Heaven", and one (so far) takes place in the Virginia/Kentucky area - "Prodigal Summer.")<BR/><BR/>Much as I love her writing, I found this a difficult book to get into. I'm not sure why, exactly. But once in, I was <B>hooked</B> and it has become one of my favorites.maisnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17029850501161570128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9967255.post-1171132050223217332007-02-11T02:27:00.000+08:002007-02-11T02:27:00.000+08:00Sounds very interesting. Ordered it on an impulse ...Sounds very interesting. Ordered it on an impulse from Amazon.. now have to practise some patience till it gets here. Though not difficult, am reading an interesting book at the moment called Sunlight on a broken column.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9967255.post-1171004028681354702007-02-09T14:53:00.000+08:002007-02-09T14:53:00.000+08:00thanks for this review. sounds really interesting....thanks for this review. sounds really interesting. africa is such a forgotten place - anything worth reading on it should be read. will definitely pick it up if i see it in a bookstore.small talkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07067866444227186612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9967255.post-1170796648779431362007-02-07T05:17:00.000+08:002007-02-07T05:17:00.000+08:00Nice review. I had started it, put it down about q...Nice review. I had started it, put it down about quarter way through (can't rem why) and its been idle on my bookshelf ever since. Think I will start on it as my next read - you review definitely makes me wanna read it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9967255.post-1170526605646930282007-02-04T02:16:00.000+08:002007-02-04T02:16:00.000+08:00Uhh, i'm reading Freakonomics and the Bio of Sharo...Uhh, i'm reading Freakonomics and the Bio of Sharon Osbourne at the moment.<BR/><BR/>Is this non-fiction?? Long time no see, hope you doing fine. Ms. 31 ;)Mr. Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06404143392019746895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9967255.post-1170515884134008512007-02-03T23:18:00.000+08:002007-02-03T23:18:00.000+08:00ohh I love the Poisonwood Bible, one of my favouri...ohh I love the Poisonwood Bible, one of my favourites...a definite must read.Kochukandharihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08642153626804433509noreply@blogger.com