tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358688278511338877.comments2023-11-17T03:09:55.262-08:00Third Place BlogThird Place Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06590510929892828645noreply@blogger.comBlogger90125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358688278511338877.post-22293987214461452172016-10-25T22:02:48.210-07:002016-10-25T22:02:48.210-07:00goodgoodAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14753156555223561443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358688278511338877.post-79031048674415988212016-10-04T08:05:05.869-07:002016-10-04T08:05:05.869-07:00Erin, I'm a fellow bookseller (The Golden Note...Erin, I'm a fellow bookseller (The Golden Notebook in Woodstock, NY) and have been shoving "Castle" into the hands of everyone who walks through the door. I exaggerate, but believe me when I say I share your zeal. This is one of the most remarkable novels I've read in my LIFE. I wrote Kia a fan letter in which I said it should be winning every prize in the world, including the Fields Medal. Thanks for this! I just posted it to our store's FB page. :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14449607351207798063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358688278511338877.post-14366989334157493162016-10-01T18:08:03.700-07:002016-10-01T18:08:03.700-07:00Erin, I've just finished it. I thank you *so* ...Erin, I've just finished it. I thank you *so* much for writing this blog post about it as I'd never have picked it up otherwise (such a weird title and unattractive cover design). The story, though! It was incredible. I admit there are a few bits (257-260, 345-348, and 714-717) where maybe I didn't read every word--and there were a lot of disturbing times when the daily news and the events in the book felt just too similar for comfort. So--not a *comfortable* book, but an incredibly good one.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16988552680114857345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358688278511338877.post-64243076526887112242016-09-20T18:43:25.318-07:002016-09-20T18:43:25.318-07:00Mary, I'm so glad you're enjoying it. I...Mary, I'm so glad you're enjoying it. I'm waiting on my copy of The Astrologer. should be here this week. I'll let you know how it goes!<br /><br />-ErinThird Place Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06590510929892828645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358688278511338877.post-84624199527182135122016-09-18T19:25:53.384-07:002016-09-18T19:25:53.384-07:00Erin, damn you. I started "The Castle Cross T...Erin, damn you. I started "The Castle Cross The Magnet Carter" late Friday night, and I've scarcely accomplished *any* of the things I'm supposed to get done this weekend thanks to my need to read "just a couple more pages." It really *is* an amazingly engaging book. Thank you for your blog post about it.<br />Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16988552680114857345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358688278511338877.post-43109887302788794052016-08-31T11:58:25.013-07:002016-08-31T11:58:25.013-07:00Okay, you sold me. The burrito did it.Okay, you sold me. The burrito did it.Patricenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358688278511338877.post-26112614403529359772016-08-30T16:02:47.575-07:002016-08-30T16:02:47.575-07:00I'm ordering a copy on your website now (no fr... I'm ordering a copy on your website now (no free shipping, sigh). I trust you to get a copy of "The Astrologer" and share your thoughts about it. Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16988552680114857345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358688278511338877.post-2012370526037298932016-08-30T10:58:07.972-07:002016-08-30T10:58:07.972-07:00Deal. -ErinDeal. -ErinThird Place Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06590510929892828645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358688278511338877.post-61897978781747171422016-08-29T22:23:59.647-07:002016-08-29T22:23:59.647-07:00I'll buy and read *your* shuttled-to-the-sidel...I'll buy and read *your* shuttled-to-the-sidelines book if you'll read mine: Scott G. F. Bailey's "The Astrologer" (http://www.mdabooks.com/books-3/the-astrologer/). Deal?Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16988552680114857345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358688278511338877.post-34104343821511510902016-07-19T09:05:15.376-07:002016-07-19T09:05:15.376-07:00Don't forget Bruce Willis' bio pic of Shak...Don't forget Bruce Willis' bio pic of Shakespeare, Die Bard. And Die Bard 2: Die Barder.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09164878207252972542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358688278511338877.post-16453238186828869502016-07-16T11:03:24.930-07:002016-07-16T11:03:24.930-07:00I love you third place books! Great recs.I love you third place books! Great recs.Professorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11454614773849247222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358688278511338877.post-76496337707593228422016-06-20T07:24:28.220-07:002016-06-20T07:24:28.220-07:00"Older than Betty White by six years." P..."Older than Betty White by six years." Priceless!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09164878207252972542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358688278511338877.post-66913720846920509672016-06-03T21:45:53.632-07:002016-06-03T21:45:53.632-07:00Engaging, insightful experience. Thank you for sh...Engaging, insightful experience. Thank you for sharing Lizzie. - Trent Trent Lattahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05900084178953652211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358688278511338877.post-59459003935898937752016-03-15T10:04:35.751-07:002016-03-15T10:04:35.751-07:00"Flop rockets." Great description. I hav..."Flop rockets." Great description. I haven't read this yet, definitely inspired to take a look now. As much as I enjoy fiction, I sometimes dismiss it in the search for something more substantial. Non-fiction can also seem "too dry" for me at times. When history and fiction are skillfully blended it becomes a strange alloy.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09164878207252972542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358688278511338877.post-63569553139526993742016-02-07T22:57:28.010-08:002016-02-07T22:57:28.010-08:00Read Fangirl, whether you already love Rowell'...Read Fangirl, whether you already love Rowell's writing or have only heard good things about it. And be prepared to fall in love with the raw honesty you'll find within these pages.<br /><br />Info site for Ketchikan Fishing Halibuthttp://www.truealaskancharters.com/_startup.phpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358688278511338877.post-36234429382763368082016-01-31T09:34:04.937-08:002016-01-31T09:34:04.937-08:00I'm definitely putting In the Skin of a Lion a...I'm definitely putting In the Skin of a Lion and People's History on my reading list. They both sound great. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09164878207252972542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358688278511338877.post-11638618101998150362016-01-30T12:29:07.033-08:002016-01-30T12:29:07.033-08:00Great post. That line about all the time spent rea...Great post. That line about all the time spent reading White Teeth and Ian McEwan was priceless. Priceless! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09164878207252972542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358688278511338877.post-22412996333931214412016-01-13T13:57:11.644-08:002016-01-13T13:57:11.644-08:00AgreedAgreedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358688278511338877.post-5143102086109076192015-12-28T17:43:43.737-08:002015-12-28T17:43:43.737-08:00Not just cheaper, but in the format in which books...Not just cheaper, but in the format in which books are meant to be read . . . print on paper. There's nothing so satisfying as turning a real page.purrlgurrlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06519835482606629362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358688278511338877.post-46692726681719689862015-08-06T19:33:27.846-07:002015-08-06T19:33:27.846-07:00Congratulations on being caught with your sketchbo...Congratulations on being caught with your sketchbook out!!!Joan Tavolotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11290923567339587417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358688278511338877.post-7911783617152094642015-06-10T14:14:29.534-07:002015-06-10T14:14:29.534-07:00Hello, stranger.
I'm the author of "I Ha...Hello, stranger.<br /><br />I'm the author of "I Hate Cheryl Strayed." My blog site tracks where page views originate; this is how I found your post.<br /><br />Since you're wondering, I wrote that blog for three reasons. 1) "Wild" was the first book I had ever read that actually *made me angry*. I had read it months before the idea of writing a blog about it had even crossed my mind, and months later, it still pissed me off whenever I thought about it because it was so clear that its author had fabricated the entire thing. As a real distance hiker, I wanted to let off some steam about all of her lies. 2) I genuinely thought that I would only be entertaining a handful of my friends. It never occurred to me that I would soon have readers in over 110 countries. Fancy that. I thought I was just gonna give my friends a few laughs. 3) It is a dangerous book. PCT Search and Rescue felt the need to coin a new term-- The Strayed Effect-- due to all of the idiots who read her book and decided to go out onto the PCT completely unprepared and ultimately needed to be rescued. This is a dangerous book. Distance hiking is no easy thing. People are going to die.<br /><br />I feel it's important to call authors out on their b.s. There's a growing trend in the field of memoirs in which "facts" are whatever the author wants them to be, whether or not they are actually factual by definition. I and countless other real hikers take genuine offense to Strayed's "memoir." She takes credit for doing something (incredibly difficult) that she didn't actually do. Her mileage doesn't add up. Her descriptions of the trail don't match the trail itself. She says things that make no sense whatsoever. She uses the PCT as a background extra in her own story of supposed redemption (though no real redemption occurs). She encourages people to do dangerous things. This is not to mention that the book is poorly written, poorly edited and the author is completely unlikable.<br /><br />I just hated the book. I decided to review it, and if I start something, I finish it. Hence, 39 posts. The movie review came into being because my readers begged for it; the (partial) review of her next book happened because my readers didn't want me to stop (I eventually retired the blog because it just wasn't healthy for me to be so angry all the time). Nevertheless, my review gave countless people a good, well needed laugh, and there's nothing wrong with giving the world a reason to laugh.<br /><br />I'm not an angry person. I just couldn't stomach Strayed's outright lies without having my say.<br /><br />Cheers,<br />CaliCalifohioanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11663315815873691593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358688278511338877.post-67113199484399464442015-06-07T17:25:07.967-07:002015-06-07T17:25:07.967-07:00I never hate a book. Instead, I will find it borin...I never hate a book. Instead, I will find it boring or predicable or a story that doesn't grab me at all so I don't read past the first couple of chapters. There are too many other good books out there waiting for my attention.purrlgurrlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06519835482606629362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358688278511338877.post-73734221751659756192015-03-01T09:26:58.143-08:002015-03-01T09:26:58.143-08:00I am having this experience with the staff picks a...I am having this experience with the staff picks at Ravenna. You all have impeccable taste. The Lock Artist, The Southern Reach Trilogy, Stoner....J.M.E Lacanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12098368195582245654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358688278511338877.post-92058395953760920642015-01-02T23:05:01.905-08:002015-01-02T23:05:01.905-08:00MORE TOP TEN LISTS!!!!!!!!MORE TOP TEN LISTS!!!!!!!!amihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01169668349948418705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358688278511338877.post-73803461729626195162014-06-21T22:09:47.382-07:002014-06-21T22:09:47.382-07:00Tomorrow is a great time to stop by Third Place Bo...Tomorrow is a great time to stop by Third Place Books in Lake Forest Park or Seattle for 40 percent off used books!Joni Sharrahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07783192867887085043noreply@blogger.com