tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post864956043992764745..comments2024-02-25T19:19:39.854+11:00Comments on I prefer reading: Song of the Lark - Willa Catherlynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04509400868331534237noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-25460221604062122422012-08-25T12:53:02.854+10:002012-08-25T12:53:02.854+10:00I've read PH but it was many years ago. I thin...I've read PH but it was many years ago. I think I prefer the prairie novels too. I'm glad you're enjoying Thea.lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04509400868331534237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-4360338499246633392012-08-25T10:42:52.647+10:002012-08-25T10:42:52.647+10:00I liked The Professor's House and Death Comes ...I liked The Professor's House and Death Comes for the Archbishop, but I think I really prefer her prairie novels. I wonder if it's because the characters in those two books are men and the others I've read were women? Not sure. <br /><br />However, I'm about halfway through Song of the Lark and I'm loving it, I think it's my favorite Cather so far. I'm especially loving the parts in Chicago since I lived there for ten years. I think Thea must have lived in Andersonville which is a Swedish neighborhood on the north side, close to where I lived for several years. I don't know if the Art Institute really had the Venus de Milo though!! <br /><br />I still have a big stack of more Cathers on the TBR shelf and hope to read some more soon. Karen K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13483190930383406559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-22078238975137742802012-08-22T18:49:41.929+10:002012-08-22T18:49:41.929+10:00Thanks for recommending DCFTA, I will get to it on...Thanks for recommending DCFTA, I will get to it one day! Hopefully you'll get to SOTL soon as well, Ed.lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04509400868331534237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-75233653829358863602012-08-22T14:32:56.482+10:002012-08-22T14:32:56.482+10:00This book is currently on my TBR pile. I enjoy Cat...This book is currently on my TBR pile. I enjoy Cather's books, and it is nice to read of an American West which is not just about gunfighters, much as I like westerns. I would certainly recommend Death Comes for the Archbishop as well.Ednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-88109476519736678892012-08-21T18:05:24.788+10:002012-08-21T18:05:24.788+10:00I agree, Audrey, that cool serenity is very soothi...I agree, Audrey, that cool serenity is very soothing. I think his wife often modelled for him & the mystery is why she's often turned away from the viewer. I haven't read DCFTA but it's one of the books on my list.lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04509400868331534237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-83480155426020558312012-08-21T08:20:18.091+10:002012-08-21T08:20:18.091+10:00Oh, I love Hammershoi too - I think you may have b...Oh, I love Hammershoi too - I think you may have been the one who introduced me to him! (Maybe it's because I'd like to feel as quiet and calm and peaceful as the women he paints!) I haven't read enough of Willa Cather - I need to remedy that. I did read Death Comes for the Archbishop a year or so ago, and was surprised at how much I enjoyed it, if only because the subject matter and the setting are far what I usually gravitate toward. Audreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14912114716426828436noreply@blogger.com