Comments on: The Optimist’s Daughter

By: Joanne

Joanne — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 13:04:56 +0000

I've read a couple of Welty's short stories and I really liked the actual stories but the dialect in some of them nearly drove me mad. .-= Joanne´s last blog ..TLC Book Tour ♦ The Cougar Club by Susan McBride =-.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 18:48:26 +0000

I read this one a long long time ago, college maybe? probably?, and remember thinking it was a good thing it was over when it was. .-= Lisa´s last blog ..3. Free For All by Don Borchert =-.

By: Kari

Kari — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:44:56 +0000

I’ve been intending to read Eudora Welty since high school. I can’t decide between Delta Wedding and The Collected Stories Of…I guess whichever I can get my hands on first!
.-= Kari´s last blog ..Chunkster: Dodgy history =-.

By: Amy

Amy — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:57:34 +0000

It’s so funny to me that you refer to the characters as odd. When I read this book, I recognized the characters in people I know. Of course, I’ve lived in a small Southern town my whole life. I guess we are odd

By: Andi

Andi — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:08:22 +0000

I snagged this one at the used book store awhile back, and I think it even made the cut when I boxed up a bunch of stuff to go to storage. I love a slim classic (thank you, waning attention span!). .-= Andi´s last blog ..Article: "The Man in the Glass House" =-.

By: Beth F

Beth F — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 14:12:09 +0000

I haven't read this one, but I really like Welty. .-= Beth F´s last blog ..Let the BLOB Game Begin! =-.

By: Nymeth

Nymeth — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 10:55:47 +0000

lol, I love your description of how you ended up reading Eudora Welty. I read this and The Robber Bridegroom right one after the other, and the contrast surprised me. The latter is a fairy tale-esque romp, which I enjoyed very very much. I enjoyed this as well, but I see what you mean about holding the past in high esteem. .-= Nymeth´s last blog ..Blankets by Craig Thompson =-.

By: She

She — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 05:17:36 +0000

I feel ya on the walking around the book store, coming home with random authors. This sounds like it would be a beautiful story, but I think it would stress me out. I like traditions! I don't want to see them die! .-= She´s last blog ..The Unfinished Angel – Sharon Creech =-.

By: Jenners

Jenners — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 03:36:45 +0000

I love your story of how you came to read this book. Sounds like you need to be supervised on future trips ... or you'll wake up in an alley clutching a copy of something by George Eliot. .-= Jenners´s last blog ..Show Me 5 Saturday: "Black Out" by Lisa Unger =-.

By: Steph

Steph — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 02:44:43 +0000

I haven’t read any Welty either, but kind of feel like she’s an author I should try. I’ve been in the mood for “quiet fiction” this year, so she may be an author I do finally hit up in 2010.

And kudos to you for being so adventurous in the bookstore. I generally only do so in the used bookstore because the prices are so cheap!
.-= Steph´s last blog ..“The Bookshop” by Penelope Fitzgerald =-.