tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255886452367019317.post3904425851282207429..comments2024-03-24T02:23:19.870-05:00Comments on Reading In Color: Mini Reviews: The Long Song, White is for Witching, Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool SelfMissAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11042352415616854651noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255886452367019317.post-14400620500837673852011-06-20T13:19:25.361-05:002011-06-20T13:19:25.361-05:00Pssst! I heard via Constance Ash that THE LONG SO...Pssst! I heard via Constance Ash that THE LONG SONG won the Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction <br /><br />http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/jun/20/andrea-levy-wins-walter-scott-prize<br /><br />Reminds me that I really need to read this...trishhttp://www.triciasullivan.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255886452367019317.post-31880367789761252222011-01-18T02:30:27.171-06:002011-01-18T02:30:27.171-06:00Thank you for your comments to my livejournal entr...Thank you for your comments to my livejournal entry. I wasn't sure if my response there would get back to you.<br /><br />However, yes I do think the contrast between how slavery ended in the British colonies and the US is fascinating, especially having spent my teenage years in the Southern part of the USA and learning that part at High School (during the late 1960s so civil rights a big issue).<br /><br />I have joined the 2011 POC Reading Challenge.<br /><br />MuseMusehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16096334745716496669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255886452367019317.post-37022511336965325302011-01-08T12:42:47.389-06:002011-01-08T12:42:47.389-06:00Loved reading your reviews! Before You Suffocate ...Loved reading your reviews! Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self sounds the most interesting to me - loved the quote you chose. Feels like my life right now, too! =/ I'll have to check all of these out, I love the titles and covers.Maggie Desmond-O'Brienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16007811452527769309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255886452367019317.post-38685078480139666142011-01-08T11:20:37.094-06:002011-01-08T11:20:37.094-06:00I love White is for Witching -- glad you (more or ...I love White is for Witching -- glad you (more or less) enjoyed it! :) Even when I don't understand everything in Helen Oyeyemi's books, her writing's so gorgeous I don't mind. I can't wait for whatever she's going to do next.Jennyhttp://jennysbooks.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255886452367019317.post-77138748947253394972011-01-08T05:00:39.440-06:002011-01-08T05:00:39.440-06:00I loved all your reviews but if I had to choose on...I loved all your reviews but if I had to choose one book, I would choose the first one. "The Long Song" really intrigued me.Anachronisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10398058819007642332noreply@blogger.com