tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567668315717895367.post6566052827234129583..comments2024-02-25T05:03:48.092-07:00Comments on Eudaemonia: Your Nominations PleaseLisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00665632105920753931noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567668315717895367.post-49135154020156360502007-08-17T13:17:00.000-06:002007-08-17T13:17:00.000-06:00Ross! My Lighthouse friend! I've read all of your ...Ross! My Lighthouse friend! I've read all of your picks but Rabbit at Rest -- which is weird because I own it. I feel like I need to read the other three Rabbit Angstrom books before I read it (I can't even remember why I have it), but maybe not? Thanks for commenting!Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00665632105920753931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567668315717895367.post-73623257660160223792007-08-17T13:10:00.000-06:002007-08-17T13:10:00.000-06:00Here are the ones have stuck with me, and that I f...Here are the ones have stuck with me, and that I feel have fantastic writing (not always the same thing!). Personal tastes have got to have a big influence.<BR/>In no particular order:<BR/>Cider House Rules, by John Irving<BR/>Rabbit At Rest, by John Updike<BR/>The Stand, by Stephen King<BR/>Breathing Lessons, by Anne Tyler<BR/>The Color Purple, by Alice WalkerAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03803340351495554655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567668315717895367.post-40944064713166176832007-08-15T13:02:00.000-06:002007-08-15T13:02:00.000-06:00OK, so it's been more than a couple of days. Somet...OK, so it's been more than a couple of days. Something has happened -- life is intruding on my good intentions!<BR/><BR/>Including and in addition to many of the fine nominations, I think mine would have to include:<BR/><BR/>Sophie's Choice, by William Styron<BR/>The Shipping News, by Annie Proulx<BR/>The Stand, by Stephen King<BR/>A Prayer for Owen Meany, by John Irving<BR/>Life of Pi, by Yann Martel<BR/><BR/>This list made me realize there are a lot more writers out there that I still need to read. I suspect I'd nominate a Philip Roth and a Saul Bellow, but I need to read more of both to decide which ones. Maybe some Tobias Wolff, maybe some Richard Ford, maybe some others -- we'll have to revisit this every few months! Thanks to all for contributing.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00665632105920753931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567668315717895367.post-62307790196306605162007-08-13T17:11:00.000-06:002007-08-13T17:11:00.000-06:00I'll second the Kent Haruf nomination. I'll add T...I'll second the Kent Haruf nomination. I'll add The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien and The Cider House Rules by John Irving.Judy Merrill Larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06675069484490433295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567668315717895367.post-18221894237198016552007-08-12T21:18:00.000-06:002007-08-12T21:18:00.000-06:00All, these are really great nominations. Some are ...All, these are really great nominations. Some are books I've read and loved and some are books I've not read or heard of and will now have to check out. I'll leave this post up for another day or so and then post the whole list of what we end up with plus my own picks. Thanks to you all and if you think of more, please come back and add them.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00665632105920753931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567668315717895367.post-10932418914714123552007-08-12T17:54:00.000-06:002007-08-12T17:54:00.000-06:00Patti's so right. Commercially popular writers an...Patti's so right. Commercially popular writers and their works deserve to be recognized as modern day classics.Larramiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14788910637361812265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567668315717895367.post-31377853825720724432007-08-12T10:16:00.000-06:002007-08-12T10:16:00.000-06:00i have been thinking of the authors of the past th...i have been thinking of the authors of the past that possibly weren't critically acclaimed but were loved by the masses, so i throw any works by these authors into the hat:<BR/><BR/>Stephen King<BR/>John Grisham<BR/>Pat Conroy (critically loved and also much beloved regionally and beyond)<BR/>Michael Crichton<BR/><BR/><BR/>One of my all-time favorite books is John Grishom's first, and in my opinion best, A Time To KillPattihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05716215892504806470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567668315717895367.post-56320249811526716142007-08-12T04:29:00.000-06:002007-08-12T04:29:00.000-06:00Leo the African - Amin MaloofAny HUman Heart - Wil...Leo the African - Amin Maloof<BR/>Any HUman Heart - William Boyd<BR/>The Thirteenth Tale - Diane Setterfield ( for pure beauty of the descriptions)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02744937536946299450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567668315717895367.post-44498749478309107602007-08-11T19:46:00.000-06:002007-08-11T19:46:00.000-06:00Okay, here's my list:The Living, by Annie DillardA...Okay, here's my list:<BR/><BR/>The Living, by Annie Dillard<BR/>Atonement, by Ian McEwan<BR/>A Thousand Acres, by Jane Smiley<BR/>Beloved, by Toni Morrison<BR/>Sophie’s Choice, by William Styron<BR/>Stones From the River, by Ursula Hegi<BR/>All the Pretty Horses, by Cormac McCarthy<BR/>The Shipping News, by Annie Proulx<BR/>Plainsong, by Kent Haruf<BR/>The Kiterunner, by Khaled Hosseinikristen spinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12099514779097752438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567668315717895367.post-74886707889617709172007-08-11T18:12:00.000-06:002007-08-11T18:12:00.000-06:00Excuse the repetition, but:The Time Traveler's Wif...Excuse the repetition, but:<BR/><BR/><I>The Time Traveler's Wife</I> by Audrey Niffenegger<BR/><BR/>This seamlessly written love story -- that endures the test of time between its covers -- should prevail in real time as well.Larramiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14788910637361812265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567668315717895367.post-91532729386134941642007-08-11T09:39:00.000-06:002007-08-11T09:39:00.000-06:00I think Cormac McCarthy's work will be remembered....I think Cormac McCarthy's work will be remembered. Probably "Blood Meridian" and "The Road." <BR/><BR/><BR/>Peter Matthiessen's work, particularly, "The Snow Leopard," my favorite book of all time.<BR/><BR/>I hope James Sallis will be remembered. He's a phenomenal writer.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567668315717895367.post-48502174456790711202007-08-11T04:02:00.000-06:002007-08-11T04:02:00.000-06:00Iain Banks: The Crow RoadNeil Gaiman: American God...Iain Banks: The Crow Road<BR/>Neil Gaiman: American Gods<BR/>Audrey Niffenegger: The Time Traveller's Wife<BR/><BR/>and though I don't think the deserve it from a writing POV, The Harry Potter Chronicles.Rachel Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13048590167153841615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567668315717895367.post-47691296317455209872007-08-11T02:33:00.000-06:002007-08-11T02:33:00.000-06:00I actually did write this in response to your last...I actually did write this in response to your last post. for some reason it disappeared. My list would be<BR/><BR/>Gabriel Garcia Marquez.: <BR/>Love in the time of cholera.<BR/>Chronicle of a Death Foretold.<BR/><BR/>The God of Small things by Arunditha Roy.<BR/><BR/>Those I can think off from the top of my head.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com