tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5750282299627894194.post7282955404034761849..comments2024-02-02T22:31:03.045-08:00Comments on Mt. Hope Chronicles: Incandescent. Earthy. Piercing. Rambling.Heidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05878817427434603915noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5750282299627894194.post-90948800817161024532013-09-24T13:35:24.572-07:002013-09-24T13:35:24.572-07:00Hmmmm. A few years ago I read another of her books...Hmmmm. A few years ago I read another of her books (I think it was called Housekeeping), and I just couldn't love it. The writing style just wasn't for me. I'm open to trying her again, though!<br /><br />I've just been getting into the Father Brown mysteries of G.K. Chesterton. Are you familiar?Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11034180396689442335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5750282299627894194.post-61101795582786756312013-09-23T06:06:30.875-07:002013-09-23T06:06:30.875-07:00one of my favorite books ever!one of my favorite books ever!Jessica Stockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08944990982584233095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5750282299627894194.post-42602397165678299232013-09-21T11:46:18.211-07:002013-09-21T11:46:18.211-07:00I'm reading this now too! I've been so unf...I'm reading this now too! I've been so unfocused the past few weeks its taking me forever, but really like it. Glad to see you're enjoying it! jeanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09810018388555836612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5750282299627894194.post-5150915381946229022013-09-21T10:12:53.777-07:002013-09-21T10:12:53.777-07:00Hi Heidi, since you comment so regularly on my blo...Hi Heidi, since you comment so regularly on my blog, I thought I'd return the favor. :)<br /><br />I read Gilead several years ago in a men's book club I'm a part of. I enjoyed it very much. As an evangelical Christian, it gave me a greater appreciation for the perspective of mainliine Christians, like the narrator. <br /><br />I always find it interesting when male writers choose a female persona to write through -- like Lewis' Till We Have Faces -- and vice versa -- like this book. <br /><br />I struggled a bit early in the book because I found the perspective to be unmistakably feminine and therefore not quite believable. By the book's end, however, I had forgotten that early impression. Not sure if the character changed or if I just came to accept him for what he is. <br /><br />It did help that Ms. Robinson's prose is so elegant and beautiful. Brian Waskohttp://blog.writeathome.comnoreply@blogger.com