tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-318218493790650833.post2040617177857389121..comments2014-04-22T11:57:40.688-07:00Comments on books and stuff: The Bean TreesDianne Hieberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15496383596621636990noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-318218493790650833.post-10032129276631794012010-12-24T14:07:34.390-08:002010-12-24T14:07:34.390-08:00No, I only bought it in October. Funny we had the ...No, I only bought it in October. Funny we had the same "airport" experience. Shows how a big name sells. I agree - it seems like kind of an amateurish book. Do you read books more than once if you really like them? I never do, but sometimes think I should.Dianne Hieberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15496383596621636990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-318218493790650833.post-41310257793668618862010-12-23T19:19:37.751-08:002010-12-23T19:19:37.751-08:00Now I'm second guessing myself and thinking I ...Now I'm second guessing myself and thinking I might have read it at your place this summer! Is it possible????Carol Caronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10410983587119992746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-318218493790650833.post-45878798255040162912010-12-23T19:18:17.141-08:002010-12-23T19:18:17.141-08:00I too bought this book in an airport because I'...I too bought this book in an airport because I'd read and loved the Poisonwood Bible, but have to say that while I read it from cover to cover, I left it exactly where I finished it, and felt no need to bring it home to add to my collection of "must read again" books.Carol Caronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10410983587119992746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-318218493790650833.post-83042469281927413362010-12-09T22:51:24.212-08:002010-12-09T22:51:24.212-08:00Yes, no comparison between those two of Miriam Toe...Yes, no comparison between those two of Miriam Toews's books. The Flying Troutmans for me ranked with The Summer of my Amazing Luck,which I didn't like much at all, whereas Complicated Kindness was as good as or (considering it won the GG) maybe even better than Swing Low. Or just different, since Swing Low is kind of in a category by itself. And these various qualities are all mixed up chronologically. I keep wondering what she'll come up with next.Dianne Hieberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15496383596621636990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-318218493790650833.post-53095099691971516042010-12-09T21:42:46.996-08:002010-12-09T21:42:46.996-08:00Interesting. I think I gave up on The Flying Trout...Interesting. I think I gave up on The Flying Troutmans at some point, maybe just because it had to go back to the library...but more likely because I wanted it to be A Complicated Kindness and it wasn't. Perhaps I should return to it.Jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01293317607000363396noreply@blogger.com