tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7543676375857581295.post2671092354662252402..comments2024-02-10T11:02:03.896-05:00Comments on Reader in the Wilderness: New Reads Off the Shelves for the New YearJudithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06435116453270981662noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7543676375857581295.post-13427971333551614492021-01-05T08:11:22.674-05:002021-01-05T08:11:22.674-05:00What a lovely story, Judith! I have put The New Yo...What a lovely story, Judith! I have put The New York Trilogy on my list. Thank you.JoAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13691864361197071517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7543676375857581295.post-49847770174188806772021-01-04T19:25:27.540-05:002021-01-04T19:25:27.540-05:00Diane,
I'm so very curious about Sleepless Nig...Diane,<br />I'm so very curious about Sleepless Nights, since you have written about it! I have been aware of the author for some years, but have never read anything of hers. I MUST DO!Judithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06435116453270981662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7543676375857581295.post-85282522739523069572021-01-04T19:17:09.973-05:002021-01-04T19:17:09.973-05:00JoAnn,
So many great books--and I have never read ...JoAnn,<br />So many great books--and I have never read an "off" book by Auster. Thus said, I wonder if starting with his New York Trilogy would be a great place to begin. I have an incredibly fond memory of this trio (which can be read as a single novel, although three short novels). Ken and I were returning to home to Boston after three glorious days in NYC, where at a small used bookstore on the upper West Side, I picked up The New York Trilogy. We had reservations for the train, but it was over-booked, and it looked like standing room only for us. Ken desperately needed a seat (because his MS was acute at that time), so I pushed a seat on him and went to the cafe car, where I stood sipping coffee and reading New York Trilogy all the way to Providence. The novel held me so enthralled that I did not know I was standing for hours--. In Providence, a kind man offered me his seat, which I gladly and thankfully accepted, but we were nearly home by then. In any case, it is an incredible tribute to Auster that I hardly knew I was standing for over three hours. Judithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06435116453270981662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7543676375857581295.post-61058826095990692392021-01-04T18:50:02.917-05:002021-01-04T18:50:02.917-05:00Tracy,
I think The New York Trilogy is a wonderful...Tracy,<br />I think The New York Trilogy is a wonderful, fantastic way to start reading Auster. Judithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06435116453270981662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7543676375857581295.post-17120347423108480932021-01-04T14:09:56.357-05:002021-01-04T14:09:56.357-05:00Auster has been on my "authors to try" l...Auster has been on my "authors to try" list for years. What a good idea to start the year by reading a favorite writer. Any suggestion on where I should start?JoAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13691864361197071517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7543676375857581295.post-67818693482178342082021-01-03T16:07:08.792-05:002021-01-03T16:07:08.792-05:00I don't think I have read anything by Auster. ...I don't think I have read anything by Auster. I have had a copy of The New York Trilogy for years, which includes City of Glass, Ghosts, and The Locked Room. Maybe I will get to the first of those novels this year. Although the book is buried in a box in the garage, which I need to go through some time this year. Which is what I said last year.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7543676375857581295.post-3827407548126648562021-01-03T09:50:59.387-05:002021-01-03T09:50:59.387-05:00Judith, A Winter Journal sounds similar in style t...Judith, A Winter Journal sounds similar in style to my first book of 2021, Sleepless Nights, Hardwick, which I really enjoyed.(Diane) Bibliophile By the Seahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10519875632878992728noreply@blogger.com