tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983386.post114168925931426405..comments2024-03-12T04:51:46.468-05:00Comments on Blue Gal: Doo Wah DidionFran / Blue Galhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18293627981248346055noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983386.post-1141851832642109842006-03-08T15:03:00.000-06:002006-03-08T15:03:00.000-06:00Thanks for the review, BlueGal. I've had this boo...Thanks for the review, BlueGal. I've had this book on my wish list ever since it came out. It was my idea of Christmas holiday reading, but Greatest Husband opted to give me the wild river adventures of Teddy Roosevelt instead - a book with a slightly different feel to it. <BR/>I stopped reading Didion years ago because her angst + my angst = scary, unbearable angst. But, having lost my father and several close friends, I feel there is an imperative to revisit JD at this time in my life. Now, for sure, I will do so.threadingwaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160933882285696582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983386.post-1141848552953602602006-03-08T14:09:00.000-06:002006-03-08T14:09:00.000-06:00It is a wonderful book. I first heard about it in ...It is a wonderful book. I first heard about it in Oprah magazine, she had an interview in it. <BR/>It gave me a lot of insight into how others deal with crisis and live with loss. Very memorable.annabkrrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08033268173660347898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983386.post-1141793604259549872006-03-07T22:53:00.000-06:002006-03-07T22:53:00.000-06:00Hi,I'm glad you found my blog (how did you?) becau...Hi,<BR/>I'm glad you found my blog (how did you?) because I really enjoyed reading your review of the book. I would like to link it to my series, probably on Friday when I post the last segment. I just finished the book today--I need to make a few adjustments to what you read in my first post. She is a fascinating person. I'm amazed, in fact, that she can get outside the beautiful mind and mind-boggling society she keeps in order to get such a steady flow of universal truth on the page. What a writer!<BR/>Thanks for coming by. There is more on the series later tonight, then through Friday. Tomorrow I'll dig more into Didion's book. I'll be hanging out a bit at your place tomorrow to. It looks interesting. <BR/>Rickvanxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10643695820028757800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983386.post-1141793250410989702006-03-07T22:47:00.000-06:002006-03-07T22:47:00.000-06:00Nice review... New ShoesNice review... <A HREF="http://apoeticjustice.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">New Shoes</A>Mark Prime (tpm/Confession Zero)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04683863540465969835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983386.post-1141787527824632302006-03-07T21:12:00.000-06:002006-03-07T21:12:00.000-06:00I just realized tonight that you aren't on my blog...I just realized tonight that you aren't on my blogroll because I did the blogroll link wrong....Sounds like an amazing book...thanks...<BR/><BR/>( also thanks for going over to jp and giving some support...very nice)enigma4everhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06589997090173140019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983386.post-1141776736549350622006-03-07T18:12:00.000-06:002006-03-07T18:12:00.000-06:00Well, Doug, she tells her story, which is what she...Well, Doug, she tells her story, which is what she is really good at, btw, but yeah, I think she is perhaps hiding behind her own mental adroitness in this one. <BR/><BR/>I was about to say "we can't blame her for wanting some privacy in her grief" but heck, she went out and wrote a National Book Award winner about it (and went on a book tour, too) so how much privacy does she want? Her interview on Fresh Air was very good, too, and is available online at the url below:<BR/><BR/>http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4956088Fran / Blue Galhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18293627981248346055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983386.post-1141772381116711302006-03-07T16:59:00.000-06:002006-03-07T16:59:00.000-06:00Fine review, Blue Gal.Sometime in the distant past...Fine review, Blue Gal.<BR/><BR/>Sometime in the distant past, I mentioned on my blog that it isn't my death that scares me, but illness. But the death of my loved ones -- my wife and son especially -- scares the crap out of me. It didn't help that for the first seven years of our marriage, we were death-obsessed. Even though I'm thankful those days are past, I never forget that it would take nothing more than a twist of fate, a bit of bad luck to put us back there once again.<BR/><BR/>What I find most interesting, based on your review, is the fact Didion shows relatively little insight into her own unique circumstances.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983386.post-1141762284271200442006-03-07T14:11:00.000-06:002006-03-07T14:11:00.000-06:00Thank you for sharing this. I lost by parents wit...Thank you for sharing this. I lost by parents within 90 days of each other almost exactly, three years ago.<BR/><BR/>I will read this. Thanks for calling my attention to it.QuakerDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10727729821155579518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983386.post-1141761238967956732006-03-07T13:53:00.000-06:002006-03-07T13:53:00.000-06:00Of all the nagging fears that ruin our days and ke...Of all the nagging fears that ruin our days and keep us up at night, I would safely wager that the fear of death is paramount. <BR/><BR/>However, that fact to me is not terrifying. I know that my stay here on earth is time-limited. I derive a sort of comfort knowing that I ought to laugh more and worry less.<BR/><BR/>I do not intend for the last thought on my death bed to be: <I>I spent all this time worrying about things I cannot change and didn't enjoy the things I could.</I>Comrade Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11393718048145784837noreply@blogger.com