tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18710479.post115434675401710855..comments2023-10-19T03:40:40.815-04:00Comments on Go Knit In Your Hat: Bookworm Report: JulyCarolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07651035210994960810noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18710479.post-1154431169576445932006-08-01T07:19:00.000-04:002006-08-01T07:19:00.000-04:00Kristin - The story of the crime is horribly grues...Kristin - The story of the crime is horribly gruesome, but what fascinated me was the way she wove into her story all these other observations and perspectives: how the community was both deeply shocked by the crime and yet helped facilitate the attacker not getting charged; victim's rights and how your life and psyche change after being the victim of such an attack; the whodunit of figuring out her attacker's identity; the issue of pure evil in our society and how that is addressed (or not) in the criminal justice system; and so on.<BR/><BR/>Kath & Mar, don't worry, I have no intention of becoming a lymochondriac, but Mar's right - it helps to understand what you're dealing with.<BR/><BR/>Mar, I love your new South Park photo. Um, but what's the deal with the rifle?! Slovenians driving you over the edge?<BR/><BR/>Jay - sounds cool! Is it anything like Oprah's book club? (Actually, I hope it's a bit more wide ranging; Oprah's picks were nearly always victimization stories - clitorectomy, stalking, wifebeating - that depressed me.Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651035210994960810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18710479.post-1154411722957329952006-08-01T01:55:00.000-04:002006-08-01T01:55:00.000-04:00I'm so psyched! I don't have a local book club, so...I'm so psyched! I don't have a local book club, so I'm really looking forward to the first episode of ABC new book club show (can't remember what it's called... that's how hyper I got when they advertised it last night!). Now, that news will be totally uninteresting to you as ABC is an Australian channel... just thought I'd share.<BR/>Lyme disease... doesn't sound nice.Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03769340725015584577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18710479.post-1154394599031048002006-07-31T21:09:00.000-04:002006-07-31T21:09:00.000-04:00I agree with Kath to some degree. However, it's al...I agree with Kath to some degree. However, it's always good to understand what you've got.<BR/><BR/>I'm reading <I>Vile Bodies</I> by Evelyn Waugh. In the summer, I try to read those classics that I never got around to doing. Henry James is another on my list. Waugh is too much! Great book.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00285597626042261061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18710479.post-1154388946029914342006-07-31T19:35:00.000-04:002006-07-31T19:35:00.000-04:00Honey dear, after you finish the Lyme book, take i...Honey dear, after you finish the Lyme book, take it right back to the library.<BR/>I once owned a Merck Manual for a while.<BR/>It's too easy to become obsessed with your illness.<BR/>My doctor told me to get rid of it.<BR/>He was so right.<BR/>I am far less worried about what COULD happen now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18710479.post-1154382801053347502006-07-31T17:53:00.000-04:002006-07-31T17:53:00.000-04:00Terri's experience happened not too far from here ...Terri's experience happened not too far from here and she has been in town a couple of times to read from her book. I find the story too grim for me so I don't think I'll read it.<BR/><BR/>However, her story has significance for me because my dad did the TransAmerica trail last year and there was always the feeling that anything could happen to him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com