http://www.barbarafeldman.com/what-i-read-during-my-summer-vacation/ If my life had a tagline, it would go here. Wed, 23 May 2012 09:25:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.barbarafeldman.com/what-i-read-during-my-summer-vacation/comment-page-1/#comment-2036 pat Wed, 10 Dec 2003 20:22:14 +0000 http://www.barbarafeldman.com/blog/what-i-read-during-my-summer-vacation/#comment-2036 You were discreet as could be, Barbara! I think Nick Hornby writes more believable female characters than John Updike. I like all his books and enjoyed How To Be Good though it is not as funny as About a Boy or High Fidelity. He has a great book of essays about pop music called Songbook which is sad in parts and laugh-out-loud funny in others. I loved his comments about Ani DeFranco. Thanks for mentioning the Jane Hamilton book A Map of the World! I started to read it years ago & it got pushed aside for higher priority items. Now that you have reminded me I will look for it again. Thank goodness for the public library system! I like to support my local independent bookstores but our budget won't bear all the books I want to buy. Oh, that reminds me. Thanks for the online resources you recommend, we use them, but at gift giving times, what I give every child is a book. You were discreet as could be, Barbara! I think Nick Hornby writes more believable female characters than John Updike. I like all his books and enjoyed How To Be Good though it is not as funny as About a Boy or High Fidelity. He has a great book of essays about pop music called Songbook which is sad in parts and laugh-out-loud funny in others. I loved his comments about Ani DeFranco. Thanks for mentioning the Jane Hamilton book A Map of the World! I started to read it years ago & it got pushed aside for higher priority items. Now that you have reminded me I will look for it again. Thank goodness for the public library system! I like to support my local independent bookstores but our budget won’t bear all the books I want to buy. Oh, that reminds me. Thanks for the online resources you recommend, we use them, but at gift giving times, what I give every child is a book.

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