Comments on: Happy Bloomsday

By: NMK

NMK — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:36:43 +0000

The Poisonwood Bible was published after the list was made.

By: SnoLepard

SnoLepard — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 05:44:57 +0000

And not only that but I keep forgetting to list The Poisonwood Bible as deserving a space on this list.

By: Debby

Debby — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 04:39:33 +0000

Oh, Tom, you made me laugh out loud with that George Eliot crack. Thanks!

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 03:59:30 +0000

Wow. Gay marriage has really screwed this country up. Next thing your going to tell me George Elliot was a girl!

By: SnoLepard

SnoLepard — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 01:01:57 +0000

Tom, read Peter Matthiesen while you’re at it. Specifically, The Snow Leopard.”

And by the way; my wife’s second oldest sister is also Tom.

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:54:44 +0000

Shoot. I thought he was a girl. I mean, SnoLepard is kind of a girl’s name. I was imagining…well, it’s none of your business what I was imagining.

Now I’m going to have to go read some Hemingway.

By: Emmett

Emmett — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:35:55 +0000

Just like a brother I imagine – snark

By: NewMexiKen

NewMexiKen — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:23:09 +0000

He’s always been just like a brother to me.

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:16:45 +0000

Wait: is SnoLepard a fellah?

By: Emmett

Emmett — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:41:56 +0000

Elise,
We are just SO thrilled we knock wood and REFUSE to question it further lest you begin to wonder too. ; )

So yeah – lets hear it for WooHoo!

By: NewMexiKen

NewMexiKen — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:39:50 +0000

Actually Tom, your point of view on these kinds of lists and the books on them would be very interesting I’m certain.

By: Elise

Elise — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:36:00 +0000

These comments are so much fun.

Especially the one in which SnoLepard’s wife asks him why he likes her.

We women always want (need) to know that, don’t we? It really is important to us. Men so don’t care.

She likes me!

Really? Why?

Don’t know! Don’t care! She likes me! Woohoo!

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:34:02 +0000

Me: “And stop me if I missed something, but was Huck Finn missing from the list? Doesn’t that automatically make the list invalid in any way, shape or form?”

SnoLepard (who said it second but sounds sexier than NMK): “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was written in the 19th Century.”

Stop me if I’m wrong, but doesn’t my apparent inability to read make my criticism invalid in any way, shape and form?

By: Emmett

Emmett — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:36:56 +0000

But in addition to being well crafted – shouldn’t a “Best of ” list also require something is being said that transcends the actual plot and characters? Either transcends the period to say something about people?

Speaking of which – where is Mark Helprin? Umberto Eco?

And I don’t read fiction – fiction readers can probably come up with way more.

By: SnoLepard

SnoLepard — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 05:36:05 +0000

My bad. NMK pointed out in comment 12 that Huck Finn was ineligible. Sorry for the redundancy.