Jonathan’s Comments (group member since Mar 05, 2009)

Jonathan’s comments from the fiction files redux group.

. . . not too soon, dan! . . . helpful for reservations . . . the consensus among this year's attendees was that folks would like to go back to the roslyn area perhaps . . . cliff jumping and cooper lake were big hits . . .

. . . fuckin' a right, alan!

. . . love for the newcomers this year: brock, elizabeth, gloria, les, and his amazing bandmates! . . .we love you . . . and of course love to all the old standbys . . . aren't we lucky to have a guaranteed blissful week once a year?

. . . okay, so is there an actual street name and number i can punch into my gps . . . because i can't just use county road 98, and it can;t find fuller lake . . .?

. . . actually, i was on lopez island when they made their only non-tribal stop to be on "west coast live"!

. . . west of here is 2011, but you read it in 2010, danny boy . . .

. . .matt, two others that are on my TBR list that i've heard really good things about:

john sayles a moment in the sun, and michael crummey's galore . . .

okay, so i've got a bingo set, and some white elephant gifts . . . brock and i will stop and get a few cases of beer on our way up . . .anybody who is driving got a little green bud? you know me, i like to self-medicate!

. . . also heard great things about:

alan heathcock's volt, and jesse ball's the curfew . . .

. . . yo, matt, here's a few of my favs from this year:

zazen by vanessa veselka
the sisters brothes - by patrick dewitt
the art of fielding by chad harbach (comes out in sept)
american masculine by shann ray

. . . irving has taken a nosedive since his sweet spot . . . his books are all about 200 pages too long, and his characters are getting repetitive along with his themes . . . i'd agree with roth, too . . .

. . . so glad you enjoyed, les! . . . so glad you sympathize with my characters! . . .

. . .okay, i bought a bingo set that is a little more portable for the trip! . . . everybody needs to bring a WHITE ELEPHANT GIFT for drunk bingo!!!!

. . .ha! . . . bring on the imaginary play!

. . . sounds like a love-in to me . . . how do you and your friends look in a giraffe night shirt and no undies? . . . you may end up in a calendar!

. . .ok, david, you've got to explain the sweater aversion!

yes, susan, welcome! get an avatar, so we can put a face to you!

yes, gloria, looki forward to meeting you at the dork!

. . .p.s. sean, it makes perfect sense to me that you'd love waugh . . .one of the funniest writers EVER! . . . strangely, the work he's best remembered for (brideshead)is among my least favorite . . . love love love a handful of dust, and black mischief (in spite of its decidedly non-PC skew)!

. . . ahoy sean and gloria!

. . . the series, while partly inspired by the book, is not the book, just so you know . . .