tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959297.post5467052471051615789..comments2024-03-21T07:37:30.475-04:00Comments on Light reading: Faded?Jenny Davidsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02295436498255927522noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959297.post-45681398707908071952008-05-29T15:12:00.000-04:002008-05-29T15:12:00.000-04:00I think It's All Right Now by Charles Chadwick is ...I think <I>It's All Right Now</I> by Charles Chadwick is worthy of becoming a classic, but aside from a rave by David Gates in <I>Newsweek</I> and a maddening review by Allison Pearson in the <I>NY Times</I>, it was mostly ignored.<BR/><BR/>I share a name with the author of <I>Stoner</I>, and have been meaning to read it for a while -- not for that reason, of course. A couple of friends have highly recommended it.JMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04110424331373895549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959297.post-27798319015667700822008-05-26T01:59:00.000-04:002008-05-26T01:59:00.000-04:00Another Bullshit Night in Suck City is pretty well...<I>Another Bullshit Night in Suck City</I> is pretty well-known, I think; it was a bestseller. But it's a good book.<BR/><BR/>I'd definitely add Joy Williams' books <I>Honored Guest</I> and <I>The Quick and the Dead</I>. She deserves a wider audience.GHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05057998083009739890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959297.post-45059428829718021572008-05-25T13:03:00.000-04:002008-05-25T13:03:00.000-04:00I'm a big fan of both "The Car Thief" and "Stoner....I'm a big fan of both "The Car Thief" and "Stoner." Nice to see them getting a shout out.Phil Dyess-Nugenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16979900896034692570noreply@blogger.com