tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034524072677822639.post8905399235079579210..comments2023-08-15T09:52:09.380-05:00Comments on To Be Perfectly Frank: Read, read, readAmyKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15135800194414722976noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034524072677822639.post-47325576530406103902011-06-17T08:36:00.234-05:002011-06-17T08:36:00.234-05:00Ironically my security word was "genre."...Ironically my security word was "genre." Ha!Kassiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15666684690537983937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034524072677822639.post-64298119928244342432011-06-17T08:35:35.191-05:002011-06-17T08:35:35.191-05:00Now this makes me want to read The Blind Assassin ...Now this makes me want to read The Blind Assassin again. I feel like I could read Margaret Atwood's book about four times each before I absorb all the brilliance she's filled them up with. And I plan to poach that quote from Mar's article. It perfectly sums up what always seemed like a "duh" kind of realization for me. Book worms, especially fiction book worms, are some of the most sensitive, empathetic, thoughtful people I know. Good post!Kassiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15666684690537983937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9034524072677822639.post-10556594160206619712011-06-15T09:50:54.876-05:002011-06-15T09:50:54.876-05:00Fiction can also be confusing. One of my favorite ...Fiction can also be confusing. One of my favorite memories is from a time when my roommate and I were both reading the Tales of the City books, and out of the blue one evening my roomie turned to me and said, in complete oblivious seriousness, "I wonder what Mona's up to tonight? We should give her a call." I stared at her for a minute, wondering if she was having a stroke, and then she blushed and buried her face in her hands: Mona, of course, was simply one of Armistead Maupin's characters. But that's how real a novel can become sometimes.TT.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14699282223544538076noreply@blogger.com