tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post8835185330928889303..comments2023-09-20T17:55:43.908-05:00Comments on BookLust: Gary to Flint via HoovervilleAartihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02354873119188597611noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-24904347340360109102014-06-01T13:04:51.860-05:002014-06-01T13:04:51.860-05:00Oooh, this sounds good. The Great Depression is no...Oooh, this sounds good. The Great Depression is not really my era of choice, but it sounds like this might be a good exception for me.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10939074543470696025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-47845993808515086622014-05-09T19:56:09.041-05:002014-05-09T19:56:09.041-05:00Yay! I'm glad you enjoyed this one. Now you HA...Yay! I'm glad you enjoyed this one. Now you HAVE to read Bud, Not Buddy. Deza plays a small role in that book. Vasillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08463689838763126048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-86942808160873376382014-05-08T20:58:45.838-05:002014-05-08T20:58:45.838-05:00Okay okay. I will try it. I never read books set d...Okay okay. I will try it. I never read books set during the Great Depression, and I know that is not the best aspect of my reading personality. :p (True fact: When I was taking my American History AP test in high school, I studied super hard but I got bored and skipped studying about the Depression and the New Deal. And then of course that's what the big essay question was about. And I still didn't learn my lesson because I haven't read anything set during the Great Depression since then.) But it'll be easier maybe if the book's not set in Kansas/Oklahoma where everything was miserable (as you would expect) + dusty. It's the dustiness I get tired of.Jenny @ Reading the Endhttp://readingtheend.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-70450967491066578792014-05-08T20:48:27.656-05:002014-05-08T20:48:27.656-05:00I don't think I've ever read anything set ...I don't think I've ever read anything set in The Great Depression - at least not a book that actually spoke about the depression anyway. This sounds like a good start.Trishahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13917705393662132891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-25506806855799078682014-05-08T13:47:02.694-05:002014-05-08T13:47:02.694-05:00I do a terrific job of collecting his books and a ...I do a terrific job of collecting his books and a terrible job of reading them; the only one I've read is The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963. There is an incident in that story too, which felt a little at-odds with the rest of the story, but it was used as an incentive for a character's later decision; I'm wondering now if there is a relationship between this scene and the one you've described because it would seem to have some aspects in common; I'll have to read TMMM to know for sure. In any case, I loved the characterization of TWGTB1963 and the fact that, though set in the past, the story felt tremendously relevant. Buried In Printhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00808249065026802365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7343567357202223317.post-79750527177074400462014-05-08T13:09:18.825-05:002014-05-08T13:09:18.825-05:00I ordered this the other day and now I'm extra...I ordered this the other day and now I'm extra glad I did :DAna S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16092495983972185943noreply@blogger.com