Comments on: Booklist vs. the Tribune http://blog.booklistonline.com/2007/07/09/booklist-vs-the-tribune/ Behind the Book Reviews--The Official Blog of Booklist Online Sun, 07 Sep 2008 04:29:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Keir http://blog.booklistonline.com/2007/07/09/booklist-vs-the-tribune/#comment-58553 Keir Wed, 11 Jul 2007 19:42:34 +0000 http://blog.booklistonline.com/2007/07/09/booklist-vs-the-tribune/#comment-58553 Stevie, what a great way to say it. I've had that same feeling, too -- wanted to reread a book I love but couldn't start because I knew it wouldn't be as good as the first time. Stevie, what a great way to say it. I’ve had that same feeling, too — wanted to reread a book I love but couldn’t start because I knew it wouldn’t be as good as the first time.

]]> By: stevie http://blog.booklistonline.com/2007/07/09/booklist-vs-the-tribune/#comment-58439 stevie Tue, 10 Jul 2007 22:36:16 +0000 http://blog.booklistonline.com/2007/07/09/booklist-vs-the-tribune/#comment-58439 No book has touched me as deeply as Richard Russo's "Empire Falls" in the last ten years, except for books published so long ago they can't qualify ("All the King's Men," for example). I sometimes wish I'd never read "Empire Falls" so I could read it for the first time again. No book has touched me as deeply as Richard Russo’s “Empire Falls” in the last ten years, except for books published so long ago they can’t qualify (”All the King’s Men,” for example). I sometimes wish I’d never read “Empire Falls” so I could read it for the first time again.

]]> By: Keir http://blog.booklistonline.com/2007/07/09/booklist-vs-the-tribune/#comment-58323 Keir Mon, 09 Jul 2007 21:33:46 +0000 http://blog.booklistonline.com/2007/07/09/booklist-vs-the-tribune/#comment-58323 I agree. To maintain one's dignity, one should wait a minimum of one year before changing one's mind. More seriously: yes. If she's not going to stick with it for more than a few days, then we're just tuning in to watch her change her mind. I agree. To maintain one’s dignity, one should wait a minimum of one year before changing one’s mind.

More seriously: yes. If she’s not going to stick with it for more than a few days, then we’re just tuning in to watch her change her mind.

]]> By: Pete http://blog.booklistonline.com/2007/07/09/booklist-vs-the-tribune/#comment-58321 Pete Mon, 09 Jul 2007 21:11:19 +0000 http://blog.booklistonline.com/2007/07/09/booklist-vs-the-tribune/#comment-58321 Keller's bold opinion lasted less than a week. Now, for the moment anyway, her pick for the Great American Novel is "Silas Lapham" by William Dean Howells. From Ellis to Howells in just a few days - when one's opinion is that pliable, it seems pretty pointless to state it publicly at all. Keller’s bold opinion lasted less than a week. Now, for the moment anyway, her pick for the Great American Novel is “Silas Lapham” by William Dean Howells. From Ellis to Howells in just a few days - when one’s opinion is that pliable, it seems pretty pointless to state it publicly at all.

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