tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6637440206562155541.post6452452879069340162..comments2024-03-02T20:13:07.434+00:00Comments on Tiny Library: The Sisters Brothers by Patrick DeWittSam (Tiny Library)http://www.blogger.com/profile/16375434438465319913noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6637440206562155541.post-73710770537681545102014-10-26T10:25:19.929+00:002014-10-26T10:25:19.929+00:00This book can be read superficially and be thoroug...This book can be read superficially and be thoroughly enjoyed. However, this book can be read and analyzed as a piece of literature and be thoroughly enjoyed. I loved the characters, tone, pacing, and themes. It may seem simplistic to a casual reader, but I feel it is full of lessons and truths. I hope this author writes more novels soon.<br /><a href="http://www.onlineperformancemarketing.com" rel="nofollow">Top Recommended Dallas SEO Information</a>Marlene Detierrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09035816972520443608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6637440206562155541.post-61220652957342709842013-12-16T11:20:16.914+00:002013-12-16T11:20:16.914+00:00This sounds like a good one. Just the title alone ...This sounds like a good one. Just the title alone caught my attention.<br /><br />Charmaine Smith (<a href="http://www.kingfishercharters.com" rel="nofollow">For more on Alaska Fishing Lodges</a>)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16187660743195500166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6637440206562155541.post-49587290851058011302012-11-28T22:24:03.447+00:002012-11-28T22:24:03.447+00:00Great review and you're so right that the book...Great review and you're so right that the book transcends the genre and is so much more. It's impressive that not only was deWitt able to write a book that's funny, adventurous, and sad, but that it could be all three things at once. It takes skills to make a scene both hilarious and heartbreaking at once.Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456600806188531803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6637440206562155541.post-78046083696966470792012-11-27T14:47:00.447+00:002012-11-27T14:47:00.447+00:00Got this as a Xmas present from my daughter last y...Got this as a Xmas present from my daughter last year.@parridhlanternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12793548943992250238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6637440206562155541.post-75289610536587877102012-11-24T19:13:49.591+00:002012-11-24T19:13:49.591+00:00Thanks for linking to your review, I'm off to ...Thanks for linking to your review, I'm off to check it out :)Sam (Tiny Library)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16375434438465319913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6637440206562155541.post-86683230445749643382012-11-24T19:13:31.266+00:002012-11-24T19:13:31.266+00:00I've not heard of Louis L'Amour, but I'...I've not heard of Louis L'Amour, but I'm going to look it up. I remember long summers reading everything in the house too.Sam (Tiny Library)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16375434438465319913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6637440206562155541.post-48295344918370646922012-11-24T19:12:49.619+00:002012-11-24T19:12:49.619+00:00I don't know if it's formulaic as I have n...I don't know if it's formulaic as I have nothing to compare it too, but it was definitely a fun read. Thanks for recommending The Searchers, I'll keep an eye out for it :)Sam (Tiny Library)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16375434438465319913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6637440206562155541.post-50510406898746315792012-11-24T19:12:02.668+00:002012-11-24T19:12:02.668+00:00Please get on your soap box because I am in total ...Please get on your soap box because I am in total agreement with you! I don't care what genre a book comes from, I will read and love it if it is a good book.Sam (Tiny Library)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16375434438465319913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6637440206562155541.post-55349051350511561282012-11-24T19:11:22.263+00:002012-11-24T19:11:22.263+00:00I really liked Eli, he had such a gentle side to h...I really liked Eli, he had such a gentle side to him that was completely unexpected given his job. What stopped you from warming to him?Sam (Tiny Library)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16375434438465319913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6637440206562155541.post-21004571025740442712012-11-24T19:10:31.998+00:002012-11-24T19:10:31.998+00:00I think it might be making my best of the year lis...I think it might be making my best of the year list too :)Sam (Tiny Library)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16375434438465319913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6637440206562155541.post-20898051661438545272012-11-24T19:10:08.169+00:002012-11-24T19:10:08.169+00:00I didn't even watch the spaghetti Western film...I didn't even watch the spaghetti Western films as a child so I really wasn't expecting to enjoy it as much as it did. 2011 was a great Booker year in my opinion, I also loved Jamrach's Menagerie.Sam (Tiny Library)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16375434438465319913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6637440206562155541.post-56834302759231517542012-11-24T19:08:55.923+00:002012-11-24T19:08:55.923+00:00I didn't expect to love it as much as I did ei...I didn't expect to love it as much as I did either. Which made enjoying it all the better :)Sam (Tiny Library)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16375434438465319913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6637440206562155541.post-8471269998740820712012-11-24T19:08:20.331+00:002012-11-24T19:08:20.331+00:00The cover is gorgeous, isn't it? Hope you get...The cover is gorgeous, isn't it? Hope you get a chance to read it one day.Sam (Tiny Library)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16375434438465319913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6637440206562155541.post-72606494962526101302012-11-24T19:07:36.531+00:002012-11-24T19:07:36.531+00:00I don't usually enjoy Booker nominated books, ...I don't usually enjoy Booker nominated books, so this one was a really pleasant surprise. Thanks for recommending the Jack Shaefer book, I'll see if I can get hold of a copy :)Sam (Tiny Library)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16375434438465319913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6637440206562155541.post-80468624568110897682012-11-24T19:06:17.576+00:002012-11-24T19:06:17.576+00:00Hmm, I was on the fence initially but I started to...Hmm, I was on the fence initially but I started to really enjoy it as I got more into the story. It was one of those books where I only realised how much I loved it once I finished it and thought back on it. I too will be reading anything deWitt writes in the future.Sam (Tiny Library)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16375434438465319913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6637440206562155541.post-57974648287122058522012-11-24T19:05:00.157+00:002012-11-24T19:05:00.157+00:00I hope you get a chance to read and enjoy it as mu...I hope you get a chance to read and enjoy it as much as I did, Joanne.Sam (Tiny Library)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16375434438465319913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6637440206562155541.post-25056874432367615482012-11-24T19:01:58.070+00:002012-11-24T19:01:58.070+00:00Great minds think alike Lyndsay :)Great minds think alike Lyndsay :)Sam (Tiny Library)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16375434438465319913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6637440206562155541.post-69907870932469004482012-11-24T19:00:14.915+00:002012-11-24T19:00:14.915+00:00What Westerns would you recommend? You don't ...What Westerns would you recommend? You don't see many of them here.Sam (Tiny Library)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16375434438465319913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6637440206562155541.post-49327054389964953812012-11-24T18:59:18.333+00:002012-11-24T18:59:18.333+00:00I feel like I could attempt more Westerns now, som...I feel like I could attempt more Westerns now, something I never thought I would say!Sam (Tiny Library)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16375434438465319913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6637440206562155541.post-25747024925224302062012-11-24T08:19:53.073+00:002012-11-24T08:19:53.073+00:00Me too! Me too!
Here was my post on it: http://wel...Me too! Me too!<br />Here was my post on it: http://wellreadfish.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-sisters-brothers.html<br /><br />I love when I unexpectedly enjoy a book.The Well Read Fishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03167945406739745504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6637440206562155541.post-67584433194300321872012-11-24T04:50:05.717+00:002012-11-24T04:50:05.717+00:00I've been looking forward to reading this one....I've been looking forward to reading this one. I do like some westerns, like Louis L'Amour books (my dad had many of them and I lived far from kids my age). Summer boredom meant I read just about anything in the house. I have a feeling I will like this book regardless though.Alycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10919057159829023714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6637440206562155541.post-15535602807600503972012-11-24T01:19:20.154+00:002012-11-24T01:19:20.154+00:00I live in the Western US, but don't enjoy West...I live in the Western US, but don't enjoy Westerns very much. However, this one sounds better than the typical, formulaic Western - and much better written! I'll have to give it a try.<br /><br />The Searchers by Alan LeMay is an older Western, but I read it a few years ago and really enjoyed it.Anbolynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10080054175904900094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6637440206562155541.post-82023732487728715332012-11-24T01:16:16.458+00:002012-11-24T01:16:16.458+00:00Ugh, I HATE when people act as though genre fictio...Ugh, I HATE when people act as though genre fiction is not worthy of awards. I won't get on my soap box here, but ALL FICTION IS SOME SORT OF GENRE FICTION. <br /><br />I'm glad you really enjoyed this one, too. I did it as an audiobook and the narrator was excellent.Aartihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02354873119188597611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6637440206562155541.post-74776248271846632392012-11-23T22:49:07.431+00:002012-11-23T22:49:07.431+00:00I enjoyed this book too. Although I couldn't q...I enjoyed this book too. Although I couldn't quite make myself like the characters, not even Eli, I did get caught up in the adventure. I agree that it was literary because it had quite a bit of depth to it, despite its humor and its setting. Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07567954521782974033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6637440206562155541.post-19221716657970476992012-11-23T21:19:18.845+00:002012-11-23T21:19:18.845+00:00I loved this book too and I agree that Eli is a gr...I loved this book too and I agree that Eli is a great character. I read it around this time last year, just in time for it to make my best of the year list! Like you I would probably never have read it if it hadn't been for all the hype, as I would never have expected to enjoy a Western so much. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com