tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12974012.post5158131278101982314..comments2024-01-31T23:35:23.799-05:00Comments on try harder: newsyCarriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11333774834458788336noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12974012.post-73929696397338770682008-09-16T15:10:00.000-04:002008-09-16T15:10:00.000-04:00Aw, thanks for the link!Aw, thanks for the link!amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09039488548874385815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12974012.post-77782435876819272572008-09-12T15:29:00.000-04:002008-09-12T15:29:00.000-04:00Sara, if you like first lady fiction, you should c...Sara, if you like first lady fiction, you should check out A.M. Homes' "The Former First Lady and the Football Hero." It was maybe the only story that I really liked in the collection.Carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11333774834458788336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12974012.post-26680849260825988372008-09-12T14:42:00.000-04:002008-09-12T14:42:00.000-04:00I'm reading the new Curtis Sittenfeld, and it's ma...I'm reading the new Curtis Sittenfeld, and it's made me curious to read more about Laura Bush. I'm about halfway through and so far I feel a great admiration for the character in the book who's based on Laura. I wonder how much they're actually alike though!Sara Corbetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02541043718853213962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12974012.post-66966256997398151882008-09-12T14:11:00.000-04:002008-09-12T14:11:00.000-04:00I am always intrigued by the interjection of a rea...I am always intrigued by the interjection of a real person into a largely fictional story. Like the book I am reading right now, which brough about a few interesting convergences. <BR/><BR/>The author of this book lives in my neighbourhood, so reading it is a lot like walking to the store or cycling home from the office...the novel is staged here, and the bars, shops, streets, sights are all familiar.<BR/><BR/>But, the main character has a girlfriend and she is allegedly a descendent of a real-life author...a great-granddaughter. Chances are any such real relatives would also still be alive today...<BR/><BR/>Last night, I went to a movie roughly based on the early career of Orson Welles, but involving a fictional person who works for him in 1937. In this movie, Orson goes on a rant, and mentions the same novel written by the above-noted real author, of whom the fictional character in the novel I am reading is supposed to be a great-granddaughter.<BR/><BR/>All very strange.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00890830564045484092noreply@blogger.com