tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post391020668453943049..comments2024-03-28T19:31:00.203-04:00Comments on Shay's Word Garden (Poetry & Such Like): Book Review: "Middlesex"Fireblossomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040525704916368792noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-68389237231453451112015-04-21T13:04:55.353-04:002015-04-21T13:04:55.353-04:00I read that several years ago - a book club choice...I read that several years ago - a book club choice. I kept it because I wanted to read again and will at some point. Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13984802196897920610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-66331812347448577992015-04-20T20:16:35.528-04:002015-04-20T20:16:35.528-04:00I plan to pick this one up.I plan to pick this one up.Maude Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03669688074743095866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-10007430166972327042015-04-19T23:11:26.514-04:002015-04-19T23:11:26.514-04:00I've picked up that book in bookstores and the...I've picked up that book in bookstores and then set it back down.<br /><br />Thanks for the honest and to-the-point review, Shay.<br /><br />Wally Lamb--in "She's Come Undone"--also does a great job of writing from a woman's perspective.Sioux Roslawskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17924021828536277618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-77878778872826861992015-04-19T20:52:44.893-04:002015-04-19T20:52:44.893-04:00I read this when it hit the bookstores, seems ages...I read this when it hit the bookstores, seems ages ago. I thoroughly enjoyed the book .. And as you have reported, the writing is excellent. The Marriage Plot and Virgin Suicides are also excellent reads!! Go Tigers ~ Go Cards.Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16619199535376925989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-27661966213610880032015-04-19T20:38:09.705-04:002015-04-19T20:38:09.705-04:00Thanks for this very informative review
ALOHA f...Thanks for this very informative review<br /><br /><br /><br />ALOHA from Honolulu,<br /><a href="http://comfortspiral.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">ComfortSpiral</a><br /> =^..^=Cloudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853753108637831069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-57713896618132471592015-04-19T19:59:06.403-04:002015-04-19T19:59:06.403-04:00I read that a couple of years ago. I did enjoy it...I read that a couple of years ago. I did enjoy it. I can understand why Cal seems so 'muted and ghostly'. he was socialized as a girl not a boy. he doesn't know how to be a boy or a man. he only knows how not to be a girl.ellen abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-82512763230155224282015-04-19T19:33:00.513-04:002015-04-19T19:33:00.513-04:00I hate it when authors do that--drop you from a ch...I hate it when authors do that--drop you from a character you like into a new version that no longer seems at all the same. I have stopped mid-way through a book I liked because it made me so frustrated. A great review, as always Shay, and it sounds like it could be a very interesting book, though not up my personal alley.hedgewitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13090696134322515899noreply@blogger.com