Comments on: Jim will tell you what to read http://www.dystel.com/blog/2010/03/jim-will-tell-you-what-to-read/ Mon, 26 Jun 2017 15:15:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.15 By: Readerly Person http://www.dystel.com/blog/2010/03/jim-will-tell-you-what-to-read/comment-page-3/#comment-18169 Fri, 11 Jun 2010 16:37:00 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2010/03/jim-will-tell-you-what-to-read/#comment-18169 I finally got around to reading The White Tiger, your suggestion for me, and I loved it! It reminded me a little of Ilustrado, by Miguel Syjuco. Anyway, thanks so much for the suggestion.

– Rebecca

]]> By: Lynn http://www.dystel.com/blog/2010/03/jim-will-tell-you-what-to-read/comment-page-3/#comment-16786 Sat, 03 Apr 2010 01:56:25 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2010/03/jim-will-tell-you-what-to-read/#comment-16786 Thanks Jim, I'll let you know!!!

]]> By: Clix http://www.dystel.com/blog/2010/03/jim-will-tell-you-what-to-read/comment-page-3/#comment-16757 Wed, 31 Mar 2010 18:34:24 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2010/03/jim-will-tell-you-what-to-read/#comment-16757 Hurray! Thank you, Jim – it sounds awesome!

]]> By: DGLM http://www.dystel.com/blog/2010/03/jim-will-tell-you-what-to-read/comment-page-3/#comment-16756 Wed, 31 Mar 2010 17:08:20 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2010/03/jim-will-tell-you-what-to-read/#comment-16756 Argh, Demon Hunter. I thought I was done! :)Okay, I recommended this author before, but not this book: Fledgling by Octavia Butler.

P.S. Hope you loved Carrie's book.

]]> By: DGLM http://www.dystel.com/blog/2010/03/jim-will-tell-you-what-to-read/comment-page-3/#comment-16755 Wed, 31 Mar 2010 17:05:36 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2010/03/jim-will-tell-you-what-to-read/#comment-16755 Okay, I'm a sucker for this, so I'm going to offer choices for the four of you who popped by since my last visit.

Lynn, I'm more confident in my recommendation to you than I have been in many others. Which either means I'm more off base, or I've really hit the nail on the head. You can let me know which if you give Gilead by Marilynne Robinson a read.

Tess, you've got some seriously diverse titles there. How about Everyman by Philip Roth? He has his ups and downs, but I actually thought this late-career gem was truly underrated.

JoAnn, this one is beating me up. I came up with a few titles off the top of my head, but I've already recommended them! So for the first time since I started, I'm throwing this one to guest recommender Miriam Goderich whose suggestion is Mythago Wood by Robert Holdstock.

Elizabeth, how do you feel about short stories? My recommendation: ZZ Packer's fab collection Drinking Coffee Elsewhere.

]]> By: Demon Hunter http://www.dystel.com/blog/2010/03/jim-will-tell-you-what-to-read/comment-page-3/#comment-16754 Wed, 31 Mar 2010 16:53:37 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2010/03/jim-will-tell-you-what-to-read/#comment-16754 Great idea, Jim. 😀

Angelology by Danielle Trussoni

The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan

Skinwalker by Faith Hunter

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

Blood Colony by Tananarive Due

]]> By: Elizabeth Lynd http://www.dystel.com/blog/2010/03/jim-will-tell-you-what-to-read/comment-page-3/#comment-16747 Wed, 31 Mar 2010 01:21:53 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2010/03/jim-will-tell-you-what-to-read/#comment-16747 Still open? If so:

The Weight of Silence (Heather Gudenkauf)
The Secret Sisters (Joni Rodgers)
The Belly Dancer (Deanna Cameron)
While I'm Falling (Laura Moriarty)
Noah's Compass (Anne Tyler)

Thanks for this, sounds like fun. Interested to hear what you suggest and see how it goes.

]]> By: fatcaster http://www.dystel.com/blog/2010/03/jim-will-tell-you-what-to-read/comment-page-3/#comment-16746 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 23:03:06 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2010/03/jim-will-tell-you-what-to-read/#comment-16746 Thank you, Jim! Beasts of No Nation it is. Low Life is already one of my keepers. Sometimes, dark leads to great writing. May I in turn suggest Wanderer, Sterling Hayden's autobiography? Thanks again.

]]> By: JoAnn http://www.dystel.com/blog/2010/03/jim-will-tell-you-what-to-read/comment-page-3/#comment-16744 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 21:20:44 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2010/03/jim-will-tell-you-what-to-read/#comment-16744 This is interesting, since I am always wondering about what I should read next…and it seems like my kindle gets confused about what to recommend. My last 5 were:

1. The Princess Bride – William Goldman
2. Bridge to Terabithia – Katherine Paterson
3. Dead and Gone – Charlaine Harris
4. A Reliable Wife – Robert Goolrick
5. The Lost Symbol – Dan Brown

]]> By: NinaP http://www.dystel.com/blog/2010/03/jim-will-tell-you-what-to-read/comment-page-2/#comment-16743 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 20:31:58 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2010/03/jim-will-tell-you-what-to-read/#comment-16743 Thanks for busting out a romance recommendation for me, Jim. A copy of The Marriage Test is its way to me. How did you know I enjoy stories featuring Knight heroes?

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