Comments on: March Madness Approaches! http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1755 Reading, Writing, Movies and Mothering in Minneapolis, Mostly Mon, 11 May 2026 23:27:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Chavonne http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1755&cpage=1#comment-16278 Chavonne Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:31:48 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1755#comment-16278 Thank you so much for posting this! I am making mention of this in my blog as well. I've not read any of these books, so I'm going to get right on it! Thank you so much for posting this! I am making mention of this in my blog as well. I’ve not read any of these books, so I’m going to get right on it!

]]> By: Steph http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1755&cpage=1#comment-16267 Steph Thu, 15 Jan 2009 03:43:00 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1755#comment-16267 Well, certainly very few (if any) of the judges for ToB will read all of the novels on this list, so I think it's acceptable for someone to use it as a guide to inform her reading, but not necessarily follow it blindly. If there's something on there that really doesn't appeal to you as a reader, then I see no need to force yourself through it. In that vein, I don't know that the roster for the ToB should supplant one's own reading priorities. No reason you still can't read Edgar Sawtell and House on Fortune Street (the latter, I've never heard of, btw)! Well, certainly very few (if any) of the judges for ToB will read all of the novels on this list, so I think it’s acceptable for someone to use it as a guide to inform her reading, but not necessarily follow it blindly. If there’s something on there that really doesn’t appeal to you as a reader, then I see no need to force yourself through it. In that vein, I don’t know that the roster for the ToB should supplant one’s own reading priorities. No reason you still can’t read Edgar Sawtell and House on Fortune Street (the latter, I’ve never heard of, btw)!

]]> By: girldetective http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1755&cpage=1#comment-16264 girldetective Wed, 14 Jan 2009 22:37:13 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1755#comment-16264 I am on Facebook and am off to find you there, now. FYI, I'm on facebook under my real name. Many regular readers know my real name, but if I haven't and you want to find me at FB, let me know. I'm not sure about this list, either. There are things on it that I deliberately didn't read, like 2666, and a bunch of things like Edgar Sawtelle and House on Fortune Street that I want to read, but aren't on it. I am on Facebook and am off to find you there, now.

FYI, I’m on facebook under my real name. Many regular readers know my real name, but if I haven’t and you want to find me at FB, let me know.

I’m not sure about this list, either. There are things on it that I deliberately didn’t read, like 2666, and a bunch of things like Edgar Sawtelle and House on Fortune Street that I want to read, but aren’t on it.

]]> By: Amy http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1755&cpage=1#comment-16263 Amy Wed, 14 Jan 2009 22:18:28 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1755#comment-16263 Woo hoo! Who cares about silly sports? Hey, are you on Facebook? I am: amycrea. I dunno, though...I read The White Tiger and was seriously underwhelmed. Woo hoo! Who cares about silly sports?

Hey, are you on Facebook? I am: amycrea.

I dunno, though…I read The White Tiger and was seriously underwhelmed.

]]> By: Steph http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1755&cpage=1#comment-16251 Steph Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:38:20 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1755#comment-16251 Hurrah! This sounds great, and you can definitely count me in. I did, after all, find one of my favorite books of last year (and perhaps all time!) through the tournament - Then We Came To The End. Time to start putting in requests at the library, me thinks! Hurrah! This sounds great, and you can definitely count me in. I did, after all, find one of my favorite books of last year (and perhaps all time!) through the tournament - Then We Came To The End.

Time to start putting in requests at the library, me thinks!

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