Comments for Great Penformances http://greatpenformances.wordpress.com Contemporary reviews of vintage novels Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:14:39 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on 100 years on, The Man in Lower Ten is still tip-top by Alba http://greatpenformances.wordpress.com/2009/10/28/man-in-lower-ten/#comment-286 Alba Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:14:39 +0000 http://greatpenformances.wordpress.com/?p=529#comment-286 Hiya ... I found this website by mistake. I was searching in Yahoo for Registry software that I had already purchased when I came upon your site, I have to say your page is pretty informative, I just love the theme, its amazing!. I don't have the time at the moment to totally read your entire site but I have bookmarked it and also will sign up for your RSS feeds. I will be back in a day or two. Thanks again for a awesome site. Hiya … I found this website by mistake. I was searching in Yahoo for Registry software that I had already purchased when I came upon your site, I have to say your page is pretty informative, I just love the theme, its amazing!. I don’t have the time at the moment to totally read your entire site but I have bookmarked it and also will sign up for your RSS feeds. I will be back in a day or two. Thanks again for a awesome site.

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]]> Comment on What to expect for the rest of 2009 by Linda Aragoni http://greatpenformances.wordpress.com/2009/09/16/what-to-expect-for-the-rest-of-2009/#comment-280 Linda Aragoni Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:57:01 +0000 http://greatpenformances.wordpress.com/?p=499#comment-280 Interlibrary loan only works if the book I want is in my library system: very few classic novels are. My library does not borrow out of system, so if I want something from a library 30 miles away in another system, I have to drive there. My best sources of vintage novels are college libraries. They not only have good libraries but honest-to-goodness librarians. Local libraries are fortunate if their "librarian" has gone past high school. Interlibrary loan only works if the book I want is in my library system: very few classic novels are. My library does not borrow out of system, so if I want something from a library 30 miles away in another system, I have to drive there.

My best sources of vintage novels are college libraries. They not only have good libraries but honest-to-goodness librarians. Local libraries are fortunate if their “librarian” has gone past high school.

]]> Comment on What to expect for the rest of 2009 by Library Lady http://greatpenformances.wordpress.com/2009/09/16/what-to-expect-for-the-rest-of-2009/#comment-279 Library Lady Sun, 11 Oct 2009 19:58:35 +0000 http://greatpenformances.wordpress.com/?p=499#comment-279 Try interlibrary loan from your library! Try interlibrary loan from your library!

]]> Comment on Land lures, blood ties by Tnelson http://greatpenformances.wordpress.com/2009/09/09/joseph-and-his-brethren/#comment-278 Tnelson Thu, 01 Oct 2009 03:52:30 +0000 http://greatpenformances.wordpress.com/?p=489#comment-278 what a great site and informative posts, I will add a backlink and bookmark your site. Keep up the good work! what a great site and informative posts, I will add a backlink and bookmark your site. Keep up the good work!

]]> Comment on Peder VictoriouSuffers Fractures by Linda Aragoni http://greatpenformances.wordpress.com/2009/08/19/peder-victorious/#comment-272 Linda Aragoni Sat, 22 Aug 2009 17:31:07 +0000 http://greatpenformances.wordpress.com/?p=472#comment-272 Perhaps you are right, but I think a novel must stand or fall on its own merits. The shifting point of view in <strong>Peder Victorious</strong></em> made me think of a food processor set to pulse. To be honest, all I can remember of <strong>Giants in the Earth</strong><em> is that there was a lot of prairie land in it. Let's say it didn't make a strong impression on me. Even read together, the Rolvaag novels have more to recommend them from a historical standpoint than as entertainment for 21st century readers. Perhaps you are right, but I think a novel must stand or fall on its own merits.

The shifting point of view in Peder Victorious made me think of a food processor set to pulse. To be honest, all I can remember of Giants in the Earth is that there was a lot of prairie land in it. Let’s say it didn’t make a strong impression on me.

Even read together, the Rolvaag novels have more to recommend them from a historical standpoint than as entertainment for 21st century readers.

]]> Comment on Peder VictoriouSuffers Fractures by John Byers http://greatpenformances.wordpress.com/2009/08/19/peder-victorious/#comment-271 John Byers Sat, 22 Aug 2009 15:47:00 +0000 http://greatpenformances.wordpress.com/?p=472#comment-271 The book's plot feels far less "fractured" if you've read the first book in the trilogy "Giants in the Earth". The book’s plot feels far less “fractured” if you’ve read the first book in the trilogy “Giants in the Earth”.

]]> Comment on All Still Disquieting in WWI Tale by worldwar1letters http://greatpenformances.wordpress.com/2009/07/22/all-quiet-on-the-western-front/#comment-264 worldwar1letters Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:18:46 +0000 http://greatpenformances.wordpress.com/?p=459#comment-264 Hi Linda: You will also enjoy Soldier's Mail which posts letters from U.S. Sgt Sam Avery while at the front during World War One on the same date they were written over 90 years ago: http://worldwar1letters.wordpress.com. Hi Linda:
You will also enjoy Soldier’s Mail which posts letters from U.S. Sgt Sam Avery while at the front during World War One on the same date they were written over 90 years ago: http://worldwar1letters.wordpress.com.

]]> Comment on My 5 top picks of 1939’s top 10 novels by Linda25 http://greatpenformances.wordpress.com/2009/07/13/top-1939-pick/#comment-263 Linda25 Fri, 17 Jul 2009 04:07:09 +0000 http://greatpenformances.wordpress.com/?p=450#comment-263 Amazing site! Thanks Amazing site! Thanks

]]> Comment on Wickford Point Punctures Literary Windbags by Davis http://greatpenformances.wordpress.com/2009/06/03/wickford-point/#comment-260 Davis Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:25:46 +0000 http://greatpenformances.wordpress.com/?p=417#comment-260 thanks for the recommendation thanks for the recommendation

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