tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15714418.post6821248579522488609..comments2024-03-25T19:05:07.205-06:00Comments on Reading, Writing, Working, Playing: Top Ten Tuesday: Gateway Books/AuthorsJaneGShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11094501834387622997noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15714418.post-4696416272897898832014-06-07T05:25:07.480-06:002014-06-07T05:25:07.480-06:00What you said in your comment above: 'Rebecca...What you said in your comment above: 'Rebecca is really a masterpiece of authorial manipulation' describes the book so well. Loved it!Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06820925595506920754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15714418.post-48258060707507394952014-04-06T18:11:41.102-06:002014-04-06T18:11:41.102-06:00DMM's work is definitely not fluffy and overly...DMM's work is definitely not fluffy and overly romantic, if that's what you dub "girly." On the contrary, I find it sharp-edged, and at times even a-romantic. Rebecca is really a masterpiece of authorial manipulation :)JaneGShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11094501834387622997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15714418.post-88542874443863273492014-04-05T19:50:52.712-06:002014-04-05T19:50:52.712-06:00For some reason I was always scared to read Rebecc...For some reason I was always scared to read Rebecca, thinking it was a "girly" book, whatever that means. I found myself loving it, and have read another novel and a short story collection of hers.Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17786139533776263328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15714418.post-88804608121066846332014-04-05T14:10:11.862-06:002014-04-05T14:10:11.862-06:00Actually Rutherford was the author I originally pi...Actually Rutherford was the author I originally picked, and then realized that Michener had led me to Rutherford. I love his books--London is my favorite, but I also really like Sarum, New York, The Forest, the Princes and Rebels of Ireland. I want to read Paris next!JaneGShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11094501834387622997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15714418.post-62503609881549987132014-04-05T07:10:03.822-06:002014-04-05T07:10:03.822-06:00I just saw the comment on Chesapeake - I read that...I just saw the comment on Chesapeake - I read that one too! Did you go on to read any of the Edward Rutherford books? London, Sarum, etc.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09095246748581382752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15714418.post-41318800977384828722014-04-05T07:08:48.952-06:002014-04-05T07:08:48.952-06:00Interesting and fun list, Jane. I like how books l...Interesting and fun list, Jane. I like how books lead us into new things we would never explore otherwise. I would never have guessed that Nevada Barr would get you hiking! How wonderful :-) I love her mysteries, in one of my alternate wish lives I am a park ranger like her. Or a naturalist. I have some of Donna Leon's books so am getting ready to read this series. I do enjoy seeing how Jane Austen pops up on your lists! LOL <br /><br />I read James Michener many years ago, Centennial, Poland, are two I remember vividly. I hope he comes back into vogue, he was quite a good writer and I really enjoyed them. It's good to see him on your list.<br /><br />I'll have to think about what books have been gateways for me. An interesting post idea. Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09095246748581382752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15714418.post-29348629776347267682014-04-04T00:19:08.420-06:002014-04-04T00:19:08.420-06:00Some great books on your list, Jane, including som...Some great books on your list, Jane, including some by some of my favourite authors. <br /><br />I haven't read any of Mary Stewart's Romance books and that illustration with its text just doesn't appeal to me at all - a cold, salty kiss that seemed to last for ever - yuck! But I have just finished reading the 3rd book in her Arthurian Saga trilogy and thoroughly enjoyed it - no long fishy kisses in that book :)<br />BooksPleasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08721650104596705715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15714418.post-31839208587716220832014-04-03T03:03:20.456-06:002014-04-03T03:03:20.456-06:00Great list Jane.
years ago when I was in my teens...Great list Jane.<br /><br />years ago when I was in my teens a read a couple of sprawling James Michener books. I liked them. I particularly remember "Space", which at the time had a fairly big impression me.Brian Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15139559400312336791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15714418.post-91855711649762086662014-04-03T02:34:01.962-06:002014-04-03T02:34:01.962-06:00I forgot Centennial!! How could I forget Centennia...I forgot Centennial!! How could I forget Centennial?<br />I managed to read this huge tome of a book when I was only 13/14. The series was on TV and I loved the big, sweeping history lesson and personal drama so much I had to read it myself....even the long early chapters all about geology and dinosaurs :-)<br />I'm an historical fiction tragic to this day!Bronahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11110584237325026052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15714418.post-24157472395323069762014-04-02T19:11:00.962-06:002014-04-02T19:11:00.962-06:00Chesapeake is on my TBR shelf--now I really want t...Chesapeake is on my TBR shelf--now I really want to drop everything and read it!JaneGShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11094501834387622997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15714418.post-20140273925604656072014-04-02T18:19:50.043-06:002014-04-02T18:19:50.043-06:00Michener was my other choice for an author who tau...Michener was my other choice for an author who taught me that epic, enormous books could be "unputdownable." Those opening pages in "Chesapeake" about the migration patterns of the geese remain with me 25 years after I read the book.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05554217416500328610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15714418.post-78130182520490409942014-04-02T17:54:00.546-06:002014-04-02T17:54:00.546-06:00Mary Stewart and Jane Austen were big influences o...Mary Stewart and Jane Austen were big influences on me when I was a teen; I love their books, too. It took me longer to appreciate non-fiction books, but now I can't imagine NOT reading them. Great post.Lark https://www.blogger.com/profile/13777891312147377769noreply@blogger.com