tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3883970092765312318.post8295626467375024769..comments2024-03-29T00:01:27.290-06:00Comments on fountains of home: What I've Been Reading Lately - October editionChristy from fountains of homehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11130888193737436970noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3883970092765312318.post-19754651908656046882016-11-18T11:31:39.306-07:002016-11-18T11:31:39.306-07:00I was trying to post comments on Elena Ferrante an...I was trying to post comments on Elena Ferrante and the weather. Sorry if I succeeded and this proves repetitious, but everything just jumped on me.<br /><br />I read "My Brilliant Friend" this winter as it happens. You are right, its wonderful stuff. I keep waiting, however, for the part where I can assess the length, depth and weight of her anti-clericalism/anti-Catholicism. Maybe in Italy attacks on the Church are passe. I recall that the priest in charge of the protagonist's college is censorious, and paranoid about communism. This may be a fair portrait, but since the scene is 1960s Naples, I am a bit mystified by the absence of any overtly devout characters. I don't recall any. Ferrante should at least flatter us with a critique.<br /><br />Then there is the weather. It's 80 degrees here today, which is not normal for Louisville in mid November. This is the warmest autumn I can ever recall by far and I am no longer young. I was thinking about how the weather in Canada might be improving, but your blog among other sources makes the Canadian government sound very discouraging for a Catholic. Not that we don't have our own political shortcomings here in the US of course. It has not rained in Kentucky in two months. If an environmental catastrophe actually ensues would you advise emigration to Canada?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16815466305511297728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3883970092765312318.post-28422471125915756402016-10-31T10:39:16.873-06:002016-10-31T10:39:16.873-06:00I finally got off the hold list for "My Brill...I finally got off the hold list for "My Brilliant Friend" on OverDrive and I'm about halfway through. Well worth the wait! You're right about "The Madwoman Upstairs" - a good rom-com with literary panache. Still waiting on Miss Prim, and look forward to listening to the podcast once I finish it. Thanks for the great recommendations, as always!Karen Perezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16532393447421391840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3883970092765312318.post-19192851925550337692016-10-24T21:28:40.043-06:002016-10-24T21:28:40.043-06:00I have been wanting to read The Madwoman Upstairs ...I have been wanting to read The Madwoman Upstairs but want to read a Bronte sister book first so that I can understand some of it better. <br /><br />Here are my Sept reads: https://elle-alice.blogspot.ca/2016/09/september-book-reviews.htmlElena Alicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15685353322770187159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3883970092765312318.post-59933111003690757162016-10-21T12:46:42.183-06:002016-10-21T12:46:42.183-06:00Just put Miss Prim on hold at the library! Can...Just put Miss Prim on hold at the library! Can't wait to read it!Christina @ a gentle motherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03577999054685534337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3883970092765312318.post-795264276894047172016-10-20T18:36:59.429-06:002016-10-20T18:36:59.429-06:00I've been waiting for the Prim podcast! Thank...I've been waiting for the Prim podcast! Thanks for the heads up. :)Alicia @ Sweeping Up Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18166554346293304750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3883970092765312318.post-56673398961961230722016-10-20T16:35:49.817-06:002016-10-20T16:35:49.817-06:00I look forward to this post every month! I need to...I look forward to this post every month! I need to start a new book because WHAT ELSE are you going to do when it SNOWS in October. Other than drink wine...<br />I liked the book Miss Prim but I could see where the writing style could lose people. Prudencia annoyed me a little though!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07695795301416710338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3883970092765312318.post-3269314514648595532016-10-20T13:51:37.504-06:002016-10-20T13:51:37.504-06:00I wanted to Like Miss Prim so badly ... it just .....I wanted to Like Miss Prim so badly ... it just ... I ... it was so badly written. (Or maybe just badly translated?) I mean yes they talked about Chesterton and Little Women and said some lovely things, but the book as a whole, I just couldn't ... Please don't hate me!! Rosemaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17699055172049185864noreply@blogger.com