tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post111320710062228096..comments2024-02-25T19:19:39.854+11:00Comments on I prefer reading: My Year of Carol Shields in 2015lynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04509400868331534237noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-22490965608619408692014-09-05T10:04:28.214+10:002014-09-05T10:04:28.214+10:00I'm really looking forward to rereading her no...I'm really looking forward to rereading her novels & especially the short stories which I don't remember nearly as well.lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04509400868331534237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-53929634709292810912014-09-05T08:22:18.757+10:002014-09-05T08:22:18.757+10:00I LOVE her work. This is such a lovely idea!I LOVE her work. This is such a lovely idea!Caryshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01742938391561952220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-64057690700446924982014-08-24T20:01:13.663+10:002014-08-24T20:01:13.663+10:00Thank you! I haven't read any of the writers y...Thank you! I haven't read any of the writers you've suggested, so will look into them. :)JShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01609363673222817913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-85874345210160586952014-08-24T11:27:30.183+10:002014-08-24T11:27:30.183+10:00Jasmin, I don't read a lot of contemporary fic...Jasmin, I don't read a lot of contemporary fiction any more so I'm not sure who to suggest. Joanna Trollope is very good but doesn't have as much humour. Barbara Pym has the humour & she's also someone I can reread. Have you read Helen Simpson? She's a short story writer who has some of the same qualities.lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04509400868331534237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-28209393697284787082014-08-23T01:54:53.635+10:002014-08-23T01:54:53.635+10:00Oh, what a delightful project! I am also a huge Ca...Oh, what a delightful project! I am also a huge Carol Shields fan. I've read all of her books, some of them not once but several times. I've just read "Happenstance" for the second time. Shields' novels can be re-read again and again, I find. Every time her stories come to an end, I feel a little saddened. I do not want to leave her characters behind. I crave for more writing of this kind - the kind that is optimistic without being daft, which leads you so close to its "characters", who are really just you & me. Alice Munro gives me a similar sense of belonging and well-being - which is the closest I can come to describe my feelings. Also, though differently, "The Summer without Men" by Siri Hustvedt. Can you recommend any other authors who remind you of Carol Shields? I would really appreciate your input! Thank you in advance. JasminJShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01609363673222817913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-742418424831345742014-08-20T11:01:06.699+10:002014-08-20T11:01:06.699+10:00I hope you enjoy her Katrina. Republic of Love is ...I hope you enjoy her Katrina. Republic of Love is a good one to start with.lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04509400868331534237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-12995491428080586252014-08-19T21:42:01.669+10:002014-08-19T21:42:01.669+10:00I haven't read anything by Carol Shields but I...I haven't read anything by Carol Shields but I've just checked and they are all available in Fife libraries. Thanks, I'll give her a go.Katrinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18138715309807238198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-62110003320160483682014-08-19T16:32:09.376+10:002014-08-19T16:32:09.376+10:00I'm looking forward to reading her novels agai...I'm looking forward to reading her novels again, it's been a while since I read any of them.lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04509400868331534237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-71832283893608182372014-08-19T16:25:09.547+10:002014-08-19T16:25:09.547+10:00I noticed the reference to Carol Shields over at S...I noticed the reference to Carol Shields over at Sue Hepworth's and now here with you too..and I realised that I<br />read her novels as a very young woman. Time for a return visit indeed...marmeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03704741638865010421noreply@blogger.com