http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1452 Reading, Writing, Movies and Mothering in Minneapolis, Mostly Thu, 14 May 2026 17:57:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1452&cpage=1#comment-12110 carolyn Mon, 19 May 2008 19:34:09 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1452#comment-12110 i didn't outright love 'tree of smoke' either...but i did think it was worth reading and very much imprinted on one the "feeling" of that kind of war (or maybe any war). love 'the things they carried' but i also loved phil caputo's "a rumor of war" which I don't see on your list yet. and in nonfiction accounts i remember really liking "dispatches" by michael herr. i didn’t outright love ‘tree of smoke’ either…but i did think it was worth reading and very much imprinted on one the “feeling” of that kind of war (or maybe any war). love ‘the things they carried’ but i also loved phil caputo’s “a rumor of war” which I don’t see on your list yet. and in nonfiction accounts i remember really liking “dispatches” by michael herr.

]]> http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1452&cpage=1#comment-12102 Carrie K. Sat, 17 May 2008 21:30:30 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1452#comment-12102 I have to echo Kate - The Things They Carried is brilliant. I've had Tree of Smoke on my maybe list for a while - I think I'll give it a try. I'm currently reading A Quiet American. I didn't like Heart of Darkness, though. I have to echo Kate - The Things They Carried is brilliant. I’ve had Tree of Smoke on my maybe list for a while - I think I’ll give it a try. I’m currently reading A Quiet American. I didn’t like Heart of Darkness, though.

]]> http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1452&cpage=1#comment-12101 Kate Sat, 17 May 2008 18:17:57 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1452#comment-12101 The Things They Carried is amazing. Disturbing, yes, but simply amazing. The Things They Carried is amazing. Disturbing, yes, but simply amazing.

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