tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8479372804252937102.post9151675698008163244..comments2023-06-23T10:23:45.427-04:00Comments on Always Reading: American Authors: Part OneAvid Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11941594574518793056noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8479372804252937102.post-49817494355908093872009-01-03T22:46:00.000-05:002009-01-03T22:46:00.000-05:00Beatrix Potter - wrote Squirrel Nutkin Grace Spruc...Beatrix Potter - wrote Squirrel Nutkin<BR/><BR/> Grace Spruch -Squirrels at my Window:Life with a REMARKABLE Gang of Urban Squirrels.<BR/><BR/>Graham Taylor- wrote about Squirrels<BR/><BR/>Kim Long-- squirrel writer<BR/><BR/>Dian Swanson- Welcome to the World of SquirrelsSquirrelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16459620834878853588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8479372804252937102.post-31562041816349614022009-01-03T11:23:00.000-05:002009-01-03T11:23:00.000-05:00av: that's a tough question. It's a toss-up betwee...av: that's a tough question. It's a toss-up between Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse and The Plague of Doves. <BR/><BR/>I didn't know the first thing about Erdrich until I was introduced to The Plague, then went on to read Last Report. If you can really only choose one, I say: shuffle the books behind your back and pick the one in whichever hand you've decided. You can't go wrong anyway.R.L. Bourgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02850533057828782722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8479372804252937102.post-29815946106785458252009-01-03T10:56:00.000-05:002009-01-03T10:56:00.000-05:00RL-- which Louise Erdrich do you suggest if I were...RL-- which Louise Erdrich do you suggest if I were to only read one?<BR/><BR/>On my way to a couple of area libraries right now...Avid Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11941594574518793056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8479372804252937102.post-68994470233391662462009-01-03T01:36:00.000-05:002009-01-03T01:36:00.000-05:00In alphabetical order:Joan DidionLouise ErdrichJim...In alphabetical order:<BR/><BR/>Joan Didion<BR/>Louise Erdrich<BR/>Jim Harrison (can he count for two?)<BR/>Denis Lehane<BR/>Jack London<BR/>Annie Proulx<BR/>John Steinbeck<BR/>Mark Twain<BR/>Edith WhartonR.L. Bourgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02850533057828782722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8479372804252937102.post-61441145905756548152009-01-03T00:43:00.000-05:002009-01-03T00:43:00.000-05:00Thanks Kurt-- (frantically adding to library list...Thanks Kurt-- (frantically adding to library list) <BR/><BR/><BR/>Anon never heard of Pico Ilyer (off to look at Amazon ) <BR/>not to buy just to look ...Avid Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11941594574518793056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8479372804252937102.post-84989697031481380622009-01-02T22:13:00.000-05:002009-01-02T22:13:00.000-05:001. John Grisham2. Scott Turow3. John Updike4. Pico...1. John Grisham<BR/>2. Scott Turow<BR/>3. John Updike<BR/>4. Pico Iyer<BR/>5. Ann Rice<BR/>6. David Sedaris<BR/>7. John Steinbeck<BR/>8. Raymond Chandler<BR/>9. John Irving<BR/>10.James Patterson<BR/>I think these are all Americans.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8479372804252937102.post-64285874857960448992009-01-02T15:57:00.000-05:002009-01-02T15:57:00.000-05:00Living:Tobias WolffLydia DavisSteven MillhauserGeo...Living:<BR/>Tobias Wolff<BR/>Lydia Davis<BR/>Steven Millhauser<BR/>George Saunders<BR/>Mark Richard<BR/>Julie Hecht<BR/>Ron Carlson<BR/><BR/>Dead:<BR/>William Steig<BR/>Bernard Malamud<BR/>Flannery O'Connor<BR/>J. F. Powers<BR/>Peter Taylor<BR/>Henry James<BR/>Mark TwainKurthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03076973960956565537noreply@blogger.com