tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33488349.post494227614501400757..comments2023-09-30T05:02:16.269-07:00Comments on Pulitzer Palaver: Gilead - Winner, Fiction, 2005AKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02280727900552306005noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33488349.post-62784134157010900112008-03-21T17:06:00.000-07:002008-03-21T17:06:00.000-07:00ak! I love Gilead it's my favorite.I'm glad you've...ak! I love Gilead it's my favorite.<BR/><BR/>I'm glad you've caught this one (remember, I'm all caught up to date on most of the pulitzer's from the past 10 years in fiction).<BR/><BR/>But i can understand how audio-car wise this might not work the best...<BR/><BR/>It's more of a read in the dark with a flashlight and a blanket type of book (not too long...but more of an engrossing, listening to an old man in a quiet room so you're concentrating type of way).<BR/><BR/>my grandfather was a pastor of small churches in the mid-west and so I connected in that way as well.RChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11340006144797496514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33488349.post-16374066791330845582008-03-20T15:23:00.000-07:002008-03-20T15:23:00.000-07:00Ryan read Gilead some time in the last year or so ...Ryan read Gilead some time in the last year or so and when he would breifly tell me about it piqued my interest. I think I would still like to read it some time, even more after reading your description because I enjoy stories that show how the past shapes the future in people's family lives.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33488349.post-16013672498298894092008-03-20T15:22:00.000-07:002008-03-20T15:22:00.000-07:00Ryan read Gilead some time in the last year or so ...Ryan read Gilead some time in the last year or so and when he would breifly tell me about it piqued my interest. I think I would still like to read it some time, even more after reading your description because I enjoy stories that show how the past shapes the future in people's family lives.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33488349.post-91042894911382692572008-03-18T13:22:00.000-07:002008-03-18T13:22:00.000-07:00Oh yes it does! I'll do anything I can to get thi...Oh yes it does! I'll do anything I can to get things done!AKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02280727900552306005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33488349.post-46403170671604211602008-03-18T13:03:00.000-07:002008-03-18T13:03:00.000-07:00ok, I hate to be technical but it doesn't count if...ok, I hate to be technical but it doesn't count if you don't actually read it...Ashley C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05910438363352744186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33488349.post-71714814500682839992008-03-15T12:56:00.000-07:002008-03-15T12:56:00.000-07:00I agree with Allison's recommendation of not liste...I agree with Allison's recommendation of not listening to the audio version of this book... especially at night, on a dark road, in the pouring rain.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33488349.post-49598081269674190882008-03-13T05:49:00.000-07:002008-03-13T05:49:00.000-07:00Yes - it is odd. I didn't know how much detail to...Yes - it is odd. I didn't know how much detail to go into. He married his childhood sweetheart young and she died in childbirth as did the baby. He didn't marry again until he was 70 - when he married someone in her 30s. I guess it happens...AKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02280727900552306005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33488349.post-80990724214801623662008-03-12T21:00:00.000-07:002008-03-12T21:00:00.000-07:00I had to read that line twice...the one about the ...I had to read that line twice...the one about the pastor in his late 70s writing to his 7 year old son. <BR/><BR/>Sounds like an interesting read!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18073562008290776228noreply@blogger.com