Lara’s Comments (group member since Mar 07, 2009)

Lara’s comments from the fiction files redux group.

belated thanks to you all. haven't been round these parts much so missed all of your lovely messages. damn, i'm so grateful. really. xxx

. . . yeah, we can convene at my house the morning of the 28th . . . are you guys staying in seattle or on the island on the 27th?

in seattle on 27th. will make our way to you on the morning of the 28th...

Shel wrote: "All that is really just to say that I plan to go out to JE's on the morning of the 28th... so if a ride is needed I can help."

That would be awesome, Shel. Kerry? What say you? Ferry or comfy rental car for July 28th trip to The Island?

booked my flights a couple of weeks ago - arrive on the 27th and will be spending the night in a hotel with Kerry. oo-er.

are we all going to meet up at yours on the 28th, je? cannot wait! was only at your place for a day and a night, but it feels like home you guys were so hospitable.

i'm personally looking forward to drunk bingo.

Yay for Michael's superb pushing of this book!

Like Abi, I studied the book at uni, but had read it a few years prior to that. Normally studying a piece of literature you already love more than anything spells disaster - picking apart the wonder and all - but this book lends itself to such a wide range of discussions and each reading opens your eyes to more and more: the doppelganger, the Bible, mythology, magic realism, metafiction, the concept of time, the worship of the prostitute, the effects of colonialism and foreign plundering, incest, love, lust, hate, war... All this and so much more comes out at you with the most powerful imagery, well, imaginable.

It's outstanding. A veritable literary, erm, maelstrom.

And I may have to read it again after all this.

Happy Birthday from Earth, Mo!
You're an angel, you are.

All you guys who haven't picked up 100 years, please do. You'll be so glad you did. It really is a masterpiece. I've read it three times, once in Spanish and the other times in English, and there are fantastic scenes and images in there that will stay with me forever. It's a phenomenal piece of work with the best opening line ever.

Haven't read any DeLillo. Doesn't appeal too much right now. Maybe one day.

As for reader's block, I've had that for about two years now, reading about a whopping 4 books in that time. It's been a horrible drought, but hopefully books will rain down on me now!