tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4788728147009985845.post1553749224868009747..comments2008-10-22T02:55:15.202-04:00RfPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16893174259391576697readforpleasure@gmail.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4788728147009985845.post-84034728731774777432008-10-22T02:55:00.000-04:002008-10-22T02:55:00.000-04:00

Hi, CrankyOtter. I like Harris' quirkiness too. Also the cleverness, which I notice in all her work but especially the stories. Hope you'll enjoy them.

RfPhttp://www.readforpleasure.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4788728147009985845.post-10444847446219689272008-10-22T01:51:00.000-04:002008-10-22T01:51:00.000-04:00

Thanks for the review. I rather liked the quirkiness of Chocolat but I had the same notion that it went on a little too long. Perhaps the short stories will do the trick.

CrankyOtterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02863609824154763580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4788728147009985845.post-7521559930147557802008-10-12T15:48:00.000-04:002008-10-12T15:48:00.000-04:00

Thanks, CJ. I liked the characters' lack of self-consciousness about their strange worlds (though they were often self-conscious about themselves fitting in, just as in the ordinary world), so it was interesting to find that quote on Harris' website. One more reason she strikes me as such a deliberate writer!<BR/><BR/>I'm still thinking over how she merged the mundane and the bizarre. I didn't

RfPhttp://www.readforpleasure.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4788728147009985845.post-64331789891860564852008-10-03T10:30:00.000-04:002008-10-03T10:30:00.000-04:00

Thanks for this review. This sounds like a very interesting and thoughtful book, and I love how you brought in the author commentary on the juxtaposition you point out ("they all think of themselves as perfectly normal, however unconventional their lifestyle...")

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