tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625804658511612758.post49986087678272236..comments2023-03-26T00:27:29.147-07:00Comments on Perseus Q: The RoadPerseushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11292281862441986618noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625804658511612758.post-69208645292807022612010-01-09T08:58:01.748-08:002010-01-09T08:58:01.748-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625804658511612758.post-50179169628549320282008-05-10T03:54:00.000-07:002008-05-10T03:54:00.000-07:00ok, have blood meridian now, but also bought anoth...ok, have blood meridian now, but also bought another ian mc ewan. am reading that first but not sure how i feel about it thus far.<BR/><BR/>a child in time.<BR/><BR/>er, is this thread closed?Melbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02257719342445833725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625804658511612758.post-41821509004894154882008-05-04T18:15:00.000-07:002008-05-04T18:15:00.000-07:00I think BM is a purer strand of McCarthy nihlism t...I think BM is a purer strand of McCarthy nihlism than The Road. Also, when I read BM, I didn't have kids. <BR/><BR/>Massacres of tribes of Indians when I read it 15 year ago? graphic and confronting. Protecting a 10yo boy from cannibals 6months ago? I was far more emotionally engaged because I've one child not far off that age.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625804658511612758.post-48085605702767553902008-05-01T20:29:00.000-07:002008-05-01T20:29:00.000-07:00hmmmm well I got to this quicker than I thought du...hmmmm well I got to this quicker than I thought due to The Mortdecai Trilogy being a complete pig in the bag (which you can read ALL about on my blog). I read half of The Road last night with my $20 stand-in glasses from the Chemist. This gave me a headache but I didn't care because I was gripped by it<BR/><BR/>But it must have got the adrenalin going because it took me two hours to get to sleepsquibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10744419106501810243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625804658511612758.post-69222372194858375642008-05-01T04:31:00.000-07:002008-05-01T04:31:00.000-07:00hey when i said i'd be reading exodus, what i mean...hey when i said i'd be reading exodus, what i meant to say was "i'll be reading your take on exodus" along with the other reviews you have here.<BR/><BR/>ooh, blood meridian. will hunt out right away.Melbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02257719342445833725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625804658511612758.post-87424550831821301882008-04-30T18:16:00.000-07:002008-04-30T18:16:00.000-07:00PG: Is Blood Meridian better?PG: Is Blood Meridian better?Perseushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11292281862441986618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625804658511612758.post-47438514518380916942008-04-30T18:15:00.000-07:002008-04-30T18:15:00.000-07:00Melba - I wish I read No Country after The Road as...Melba - I wish I read No Country after The Road as well. I kinda rushed it I think. Though, everyone says Blood Meridian is his best so I'll be giving that a shot in the next few months. <BR/><BR/>Don't worry about Exodus. Genesis is worth a read, but Exodus to Genesis is like Rocky II to Rocky.Perseushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11292281862441986618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625804658511612758.post-73143283705296152212008-04-30T04:21:00.000-07:002008-04-30T04:21:00.000-07:00well i've finished it. i liked it and yes, so dark...well i've finished it. i liked it and yes, so dark. now am back on no country... am enjoying it more. i just have to forgive the movie for being so exactly like the book. not that i didn't enjoy the movie.<BR/><BR/>am working up to exodus. haven't been dedicating my life of late to reading all of this here, too busy. talk about big words...Melbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02257719342445833725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625804658511612758.post-1377191921599952212008-04-28T23:31:00.000-07:002008-04-28T23:31:00.000-07:00It made me vey sad, and it also made me want to re...It made me vey sad, and it also made me want to read Blood Meridian again. A sure fire way to get emotional investment is to have kids at risk. . .or eaten. (shudders)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625804658511612758.post-22764586191595217862008-04-23T20:18:00.000-07:002008-04-23T20:18:00.000-07:00They sure don't make poems like they used toI migh...They sure don't make poems like they used to<BR/><BR/>I might give The Road a go when my new glasses get here and after I've finished The Mortdecai Trilogysquibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10744419106501810243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625804658511612758.post-7676813063313528412008-04-22T20:26:00.000-07:002008-04-22T20:26:00.000-07:00it was hazzard. i've got the fire book but haven't...it was hazzard. i've got the fire book but haven't read it. and maybe that's the way it shall stay.Melbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02257719342445833725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625804658511612758.post-90212861517614055582008-04-22T00:28:00.000-07:002008-04-22T00:28:00.000-07:00Melba: Yeah, the reason he didn't get an A or A+ ...Melba: Yeah, the reason he didn't get an A or A+ was because of the odd baby line. He's no Orwell. He's not even a Hemingway. He's just much much much much better than, say, Shirley Hazzard. Or is it Buzzard? The one that wrote The Great Fire and won a Miles Franklin. It was THE WORST BOOK EVER! <BR/><BR/>Grocer: I'm coming! I only posted The Road on the weekend, and I have a day job which is quote often a night job as well. For instance, I have spent the last 48 hours writing a Government Tender, and I dont if you've ever seen one of 'em but they are bigger than War & Peace. EXODUS, by (allegedly) Moses is next up... might be there tomorrow.Perseushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11292281862441986618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625804658511612758.post-21399331577211710522008-04-22T00:22:00.000-07:002008-04-22T00:22:00.000-07:00i have started and i like it so far. there was one...i have started and i like it so far. there was one sentence that made me worried, something along the lines of "would he be able to do it? if it came to it?" as the conversations go between him and his boy, who is scared and they are so alone so far.Melbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02257719342445833725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625804658511612758.post-24466042953181962932008-04-22T00:11:00.000-07:002008-04-22T00:11:00.000-07:00Is there any danger of an update? Are you ready t...Is there any danger of an update? Are you ready to branch out into the detritus of life without the books as your crutch? <BR/><BR/>I'm a blog-healer in my other life. YOU CAN DO THIS!!!!The Book Grocerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17215052255819550207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625804658511612758.post-21231421105632827062008-04-20T23:47:00.000-07:002008-04-20T23:47:00.000-07:00i've got this in my bookshelf, after a friend lent...i've got this in my bookshelf, after a friend lent me it, amongst others (no country for old men, and a couple more).<BR/><BR/>i will start this tonight.Melbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02257719342445833725noreply@blogger.com