Comments on: Reading Roundup http://jenfunkweber.com/reading/reading-roundup-29.php Jen Funk Weber on needlework, reading, writing, and life. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:17:05 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jen http://jenfunkweber.com/reading/reading-roundup-29.php/comment-page-1#comment-10088 Jen Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:15:45 +0000 http://jenfunkweber.com/?p=2473#comment-10088 I haven't read any of these (including The Chinese Siamese Cat). I like it when authors read well enough to narrate their own work. You know you're getting the interpretation the author has in mind. Cloud shadows bruising hillsides = Line We Love! I'll look into Saving Fish from Drowning. Thanks! I haven’t read any of these (including The Chinese Siamese Cat). I like it when authors read well enough to narrate their own work. You know you’re getting the interpretation the author has in mind.

Cloud shadows bruising hillsides = Line We Love!

I’ll look into Saving Fish from Drowning. Thanks!

]]> By: Becca http://jenfunkweber.com/reading/reading-roundup-29.php/comment-page-1#comment-10076 Becca Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:38:24 +0000 http://jenfunkweber.com/?p=2473#comment-10076 I've been listening more than reading recently. I listened to Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah. Well read (I can't recal the narrator right now.) Very good book, wonderful study of friendship. There were times when I wanted to slap each of the main characters (one for selfishness and the other for never standing up fpr herself), but I could actually think of similarities in some of my friendships, so maybe they weren't as far-fetched as I sometimes thought. Anyway, definitely worthwhile. Now I'm listening to Saving Fish From Drowning, by Amy Tan (Joy Luck Club and are you familiar with her delightful picturebook The Chinese Siamese Cat?) The audio book is narrated by the author. It is utterly wonderful, from descriptions of cloud shadows "bruising" hillsides to quietly funny insights into the human character. Two thumbs up and 5 stars on this one. I’ve been listening more than reading recently. I listened to Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah. Well read (I can’t recal the narrator right now.) Very good book, wonderful study of friendship. There were times when I wanted to slap each of the main characters (one for selfishness and the other for never standing up fpr herself), but I could actually think of similarities in some of my friendships, so maybe they weren’t as far-fetched as I sometimes thought. Anyway, definitely worthwhile.
Now I’m listening to Saving Fish From Drowning, by Amy Tan (Joy Luck Club and are you familiar with her delightful picturebook The Chinese Siamese Cat?) The audio book is narrated by the author. It is utterly wonderful, from descriptions of cloud shadows “bruising” hillsides to quietly funny insights into the human character. Two thumbs up and 5 stars on this one.

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