tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959297.post115653701831717132..comments2024-03-21T07:37:30.475-04:00Comments on Light reading: The Emperor's ChildrenJenny Davidsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02295436498255927522noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959297.post-1156958244569131122006-08-30T13:17:00.000-04:002006-08-30T13:17:00.000-04:00Thanks for this clear breakdown (and for the blog ...Thanks for this clear breakdown (and for the blog in general). I'll definitely refer back it when Messud's book finally arrives from Amazon.Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06920755776786553962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959297.post-1156609086916900262006-08-26T12:18:00.000-04:002006-08-26T12:18:00.000-04:00You know, I often feel like you and I have at once...You know, I often feel like you and I have at once intense similarities and intense differences, and you may have just nailed it, because I feel hopelessly at home on the Upper West Side (at least, I did from about 1970, when I became aware, till the most recent of yuppie Bugaboo infestations), while I have always felt like I SHOULD feel at home in the Lower East Side, especially in the 80s, when various friends were living in squats and the like with much cooler boys than I ever dated--OK, that's not true, I dated some cool boys, they just always did have homes--but I always felt better once I got on the 1 heading uptown...Beccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12002802440403969922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959297.post-1156545953854840902006-08-25T18:45:00.000-04:002006-08-25T18:45:00.000-04:00I'd like to read both the Messud and the Jones -- ...I'd like to read both the Messud and the Jones -- they both sound great. I read this amazing review of Jones's book in -- Harpers? -- somewhere, and it was totally inspiring.Rebecca H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10825532162727473112noreply@blogger.com