tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15714418.post2397762094397347742..comments2024-03-25T19:05:07.205-06:00Comments on Reading, Writing, Working, Playing: Crossing PurgatoryJaneGShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11094501834387622997noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15714418.post-84791281159548523092014-03-29T19:20:02.362-06:002014-03-29T19:20:02.362-06:00Sounds like a winner and how great that it had suc...Sounds like a winner and how great that it had such a personal connection.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05554217416500328610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15714418.post-29905355692754990192014-03-25T14:31:31.320-06:002014-03-25T14:31:31.320-06:00I hit enter too soon. The Brenda Vaccaro TV series...I hit enter too soon. The Brenda Vaccaro TV series was called "Sara." Of course, I had Mitchner's Centennial on the brain--that was also a wonderful mini-series!JaneGShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11094501834387622997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15714418.post-1174780788337757922014-03-25T14:28:08.160-06:002014-03-25T14:28:08.160-06:00I loved Angle of Repose too.
I loved Westerns wh...I loved Angle of Repose too. <br /><br />I loved Westerns when I was young and still do--books, TV, movies. I thought High Noon was brilliant, and The Big Country and Shane, and later Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. I was devoted to Bonanza and Alias Smith & Jones and a short-lived series that took place in Colorado called Centennial and starring Brenda Vaccarro. <br /><br />I wonder if I would get many takers if I hosted a Westerns Reading Challenge next year. JaneGShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11094501834387622997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15714418.post-62339827359109624682014-03-25T03:33:34.399-06:002014-03-25T03:33:34.399-06:00Great commentary on this book.
I have not read ma...Great commentary on this book.<br /><br />I have not read many Westerns but there are clearly many good ones out there that are very worthy. This sounds like one of them.<br /><br />I also tend not to read a lot of new books. There is so much to read and so little to do it in!Brian Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15139559400312336791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15714418.post-55738875757619831332014-03-25T01:20:08.720-06:002014-03-25T01:20:08.720-06:00I don't read many new books either - and espec...I don't read many new books either - and especially so far this year as I've been reading books from my to-be-read shelves and so all old books.<br /><br />I'm interested in this book because I loved watching 'Wagon Train' and 'Rawhide'on TV years ago and I think the only book I've read about the American West is Wallace Stegner's 'Angle of Repose', which I thought was brilliant.BooksPleasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08721650104596705715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15714418.post-39769214678045558452014-03-24T21:35:38.112-06:002014-03-24T21:35:38.112-06:00I really enjoy books about the settlers and pionee...I really enjoy books about the settlers and pioneer life and how people fared. This one looks interesting, thanks for the post. <br /><br />I'm like you, looking to expand my reading a bit. Westerns, too, I used to read a few when I was younger, mostly if it involved pioneers - and the Indians weren't too badly drawn. I suppose that's my criteria, how are the aboriginal people presented in the westerns? before I read them. <br /><br />So far this year I've read 8 biographies of mountaineers! I'm most surprised by this, it's very unexpected, though I am enjoying the newness and the discovery and learning a lot about Mount Everest and K2 and the people who climb them. My new genre of reading, I think. It's kind of strange to read stories of adventure that are true.<br /><br />I'm curious to see how you find seeing the places and compare or 'see' what hte writer saw in creating his work, in Crossing Purgatory. I find that one of the fun things to do when seeking out where a writer lived, or walked, or wrote. I hope you enjoy your trip to the places in Crossing Purgatory. Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09095246748581382752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15714418.post-69367079730621006672014-03-24T21:25:17.148-06:002014-03-24T21:25:17.148-06:00I have been thinking myself about how few new book...I have been thinking myself about how few new books I read - like you, unless they are by authors I already know. I do get recommendations from the library (an email newsletter), so maybe I'll start reading that more carefully. And I agree with you about the fun of visiting sites mentioned in books - or having visited them before, when you come across them.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17782561487396697870noreply@blogger.com