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... Dinesen or Karen Blixen,
Freedom From Fear by David M. Kennedy, and a gift from a very dear L.T. friend: Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner.
belva is in book hog heaven!~!
hugs to all,
belva ... good. I'm working rather half-heartedly on Wild Magic - Weatherill, a fairy Pied Piper that could be a lot better, and Crossing to Safety, which is a little too slow-paced to be keeping my interest. ... one another.
I hope you enjoy Angle of Repose. Wallace Stegner is one of my favorites. If you like that one, try Crossing to Safety.
See what I mean? ... others I mentioned.
Currently reading: The Essential Father Brown or something like that
Wild Magic - Weatherill
Crossing to Safety - slow going
1066 The Year of the Conquest
Next 5:
The Alienist
Tanglewreck
The Other Book - wrong touchstone
Mable Riley
The Mysterio ... ... all the credit for the Wallace Stegner renaissance! Friends in the "Bonnie Bunch", among others, had been raving about Crossing To Safety and since I had read and loved Angle of Repose, it was time to dig it out of the tbr and give it a shot! He's a great writer and I'm looking forward to ... I can tell already your thread is going to be a dangerous place for me to hang out! I already picked up Crossing to Safety at the library the other day and now am adding Rendezvous with Rama to the BlackHole. whew... nothing for me to add from your review this week, Mark. I've already read Crossing to Safety and loved it! 1) Crossing To Safety by Wallace Stegner ****1/2
Of course there are a multitude of novels out there that explore the complexities of friendship but I don't feel many probe as deep and perceptibly as Stegner does here. This story follows two couples over several decades, as they deal with ... Smiley & Molly- Sounds like a sitcom! Nice to hear all the Stegner talk! Of course, I just finished and loved Crossing To Safety. I also think Angle of Repose is a masterpiece, it's worthy of a re-read one of these days. I also wishlisted Beyond the Hundredth Meridian and The Spectator Bird, ... Smiley -- I love Crossing to Safety and I agree it would be a shame if it's all of Stegner that people read. I think Angle of Repose is a great book and I do admire Big Rock Candy Mountain. There are so many aspects to Stegner's work. I'm especially fond of a collection of his ... ... underline good bits. Besides we only read a page at a time.
#113-alphaorder, & #122-LouisBranning,
Can't say I see Crossing to Safety the same way. It is a good book but I think Angle of Repose and especially The Big Rock Candy Mountain which can be favorably compared with The Grap ... ... am reading more due to the fact that people keep giving me new authors and books that become must reads. I have now added Crossing to Safety to my list, thank you very much, it joins Lark and Termite -which is on the NYT 100 Notable Books- which was also added due to you.
I think I'll ... ... Chicago area too!
>Stasia- You are one of the LT giants! It's an honor!
>Donna & Daryl- I'm working on a mini-review of Crossing to Safety. He's a monumental writer!
> bonniebooks- I hope you enjoy "Z". It was a big hit here!
>Jerry & Joanne- BLT, (before LT) I usually read 40-50 books a ... Great to see you here, Mark! I'll have to look for Crossing to Safety, after reading the reviews about it. ... so I am glad to see you jumping in with both feet!
I have read Stegner's Angle of Repose which I really liked, but not Crossing to Safety.l If you are giving it 4 1/2 stars, it must be something special. I will have to look for it.
Yes, I'm joining the big guns here! I'm somewhat intimidated but I know this is where the fun is! This past year I was in the the 50 Book Challenge and thanks to many incredible LTers, I had an incredible time! Here is the link back to my 50 Book Challenge: http://www.librarything.com/topic/72418
... Crossing to Safety fans (one of my favs) should also try Stoner by John Williams.
Coppers - love to hear more of your thoughts on the Munro when you finish. I read it too and she is a master! Never fails. #110, Mark, I'm also a fan of Crossing to Safety, truly one of Stegner's best I think.
I finished Joyce Carol Oates' Little Bird of Heaven and really liked it, a typical Oates' novel with tons of family troubles and mountains of angst, though I didn't think it quite so good as her 2008 book ... I finished Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner and it's another excellent novel by a master! I don't read much sci-fi but a friend passed Rendezvous With Rama by Arthur C. Clarke, on to me and it's been highly enjoyable. I also don't listen to audiobooks (this could change) but I ... ... I loved Broken for You. BTW - we still need to talk abt Await Your Reply!
> 219: I am so glad you finally found Crossing to Safety. I agree with you - I reread it every couple of years, but it has become almost too familiar for me. Maybe this year I reread Stoner instead.
Startin ... Mark, I read Crossing to Safety in the early 90's as I did most of Wallace Stegner's books. He is terrific! Glad you're enjoying him. 219 msf59: Crossing to Safety "This is why we read!"
Yes. Enjoy. ... da best!
Jerry- We will never forget you in 50-book land! I do remember my roots, good sir!
BTW- I'm over halfway through Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner and it's magnificent! If you love literary fiction, this is a true master!
... Funny I read and loved Empire Falls but have had Bridge of Sighs sitting in my tbr for ages!
I'm over halfway through Crossing To Safety by Wallace Stegner. This is why we read! Complete brilliance! Stegner fans rejoice! Hi Donna- I loved your reference to "dog tales" & "crime novels! Yes, we will politely look away!
I just started Crossing to Safety and I think I will be immersed in this one for awhile! Beautiful!
Have a great Thanksgiving, my friend!
... regards to his work!
I finished The Cellist of Sarajevo and cannot recommend it higher! Excellent read! I just started Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner and this looks to be another exceptional read! The hits keep coming!! ... qualify.
I appreciate all of the input. The campus + fiction should yield some good findings.
I HIGHLY recommend both Crossing to Safety and Stoner.
Need to pick up more David Lodge - have only read the one...
Will check out the Robertson Davies too. I haven't read him. ... for "campus, fiction" http://www.librarything.com/tag/campus,+fiction comes up with these and a few more.
I haven't read Crossing to safety or Stoner, but they sound much more serious than the Lodge/Bradbury type novels. The Lodge novel that is most like them might be How far can you go?, ... ... hoping that my LT friends will help me find gems out there in this particular niche.
I would say two of my favorites are Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner and Stoner by John Williams. (touchstones not working)
David Lodge has often been recommended to me. I did read Small World.
... ... for that.
Cutting for Stone was a 5 star read for me - loved it. I also love anything by Wallace Stegner. I read Crossing to Safety in the early 90's and loved it; might be time for a reread. ... & terrific reviews! I'm just going to follow along behind you and pick winner after winner. Next up: Cellist of Sarajevo, Crossing to Safety and Cutting For Stone. I am reading (slowly!) Crossing to Safety. I'm enjoying, but not loving it. And I'm in no rush to finish either. Then I've been reading some old mysteries around here too. I finished Cheerful Money: Me, My Family, and the Last Days of Wasp Splendor by Tad Friend and started Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner. msf59: Crossing to Safety is one of those books I find myself reading aloud -- I don't plan to do it; it happens involuntarily, like breathing. And there's no one else here, so I'm not reading to anyone, except maybe all these other books.
The poet Donald Hall once wrote,
"I love my ... ... Thanks for the useful info on the Wolff brothers! I also saw your comments on Wallace Stegner on another thread. I've had Crossing to Safety sitting in my tbr forever. That's bad! 125 and 130, thanks for the validation...I am loving Stegner! I just talked to a friend who said Crossing to Safety was one of his all time favorites. >124 and 125 Don't forget Stegner's Crossing to Safety but Angle of Repose is one of my desert isle books. Absolutely divine. ... is killing me. I read Angle of Repose a few years ago and was blown away! It lingered with me for a long time. I have Crossing to Safety sitting, horribly neglected, in my tbr. Bad bad man!
Finished Where Men Win Glory and I am organizing my thoughts! Donna,
I loved Crossing to Safety and almost anything else that Wallace Stegner wrote (especially Angle of Repose). Have you read any of his other books? Straight Man is my favorite Richard Russo book. It may be time for a re-read. I didn't start tracking my reads until 2001 so ... ... an annual reading list for over 20 years and a book journal since October 21, 1997. The first books I wrote about were Crossing to Safety and Straight Man, which I read during a Colorado blizzard. We were homebound for several days with no electricity. Ah, the good ol' days.
I ... ... Bicycling Routes in the City Different by Elaine Pinkerton
Country Roads of Massachusetts by Michael Tougias
Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner
Reading Lolita in Tehran; a Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi
What Are Big Girls Made Of? By Marge Piercy
... David Copperfield and The Hunger Games, both for a book club. Now I'm reading Inspector French's Greatest Case and Crossing to Safety. Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner. ... I'm also a huge fan of Angle of Repose. It's a book that has stayed with me for years. I need to read more by him. I have Crossing to Safety sitting in my tbr someplace. After reading your comment, I've already put Crossing to Safety on next month's book order list. I'll wait a bit for The Spectator Bird.
I'm in the midst of writing the review for volume 2 of Welles diary, I just wish I'd started the Foner sooner. I'm 41 pages into it; at the moment, I'm ... ... to the list. Just what I needed--another book on the wishlist.
As to Stegner: I did comment on your profile about Crossing to Safety, but just got over here since my computer was "wonky" last night. I have also read The Big Rock Candy Mountain and The Spectator Bird. I have tried ... I'll check out Crossing to Safety, Marian. Angle of Repose is good, but Crossing to Safety & All the Little Live things are books I've read twice.
I was a fan of Joyce Carol Oates' short storied. when she started writing novels, I tried to keep up with them, but she got ahead of me --way ahead. I still read her short stories in T ... Favorites:
1. Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
2. Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
3. Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner
4. Passage to India by E.M. Forster
5. Le Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
6. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
7. Palace Walk ... In no particular order but all recommended.
Affinity by Sarah Waters
Eva Trout by Elizabeth Bowen
Crossing To Safety by Wallace Stegner
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje ... It was very hard to choose, but I recently read (and loved) Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner, so I'll choose his Crossing to Safety. ... have a husband who likes it when you're happy. :)
Today from Barnes and Noble:
Haunted Ground by Erin Hart
and
Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner Ich lese zurzeit Stegners Crossing to safety im Original. Das meiste verstehe ich (glaube ich), aber ein Satz macht mir wirklich Kopfzerbrechen. In der deutschen Übersetzung (von Chris Hirte) wird er auch einfach ausgelassen. Der Satz lautet: "She'll has to sleep with Grandpa when she comes". Ich ... ... this will give me some (though in a different setting).
Then I got a couple of books that were inspired by LT.
Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner
People were raving about his writing and his books. This was the only one in the used store so I picked it up. It is about the ... ... Gentlewoman by Laura Talbot
and
The Life and Death of Harriett Frean by May Sinclair.
I also bought:
Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner (I've seen this recommended quite a few times)
Lettice Delmer by Susan Miles (a Persephone Book which I also have a ... ... read it twice, and still own my original reviewer's copy of it from 1971. Just in the past year I've read the wonderful Crossing to Safety, and also Stegner's most personal novel The Big Rock Candy Mountain, from 1943, which I can't recommend any higher. I must also recommend Phil Fradkin' ... >AMQS- I read Angle of Repose a few years ago and also thought it was amazing. I've had Crossing to Safety in my tbr for quite sometime (what's new, right?) and that is supposed to be incredible.
>jhowell- Also loved the Shaara trilogy, but agree the old man kicked it off with the best one, Th ... I have also read Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner and thought it was achingly lovely. Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner
Ysabel by Guy Gavriel Kay
Trickster's Choice by Tamora Pierce
Free Man of Color by Barbara Hambly
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman The republic of Love Carol Shields
North of hope Jon Hassler
Crossing to safety Wallace Stegner
The pull of the moon Elizabeth Berg
The Prince of Tides Pat conroy Glad you brought up Stegner again. Crossing to Safety is one of my all time favorite books - I reread it every few years. In the past few days I finished Wallace Stegner's 1987 novel Crossing to Safety, which I thought was absolutely great, and plan to read The Big Rock Candy Mountain later in the year, along with the new Stegner biography too. Then I went on to David Hajdu's The Ten-Cent Plague: The Grea ... ... attitude, was often hilarious and mostly fun all the way through.
I'd never read Wallace Stegner's 1987 novel Crossing to Safety, but I started it last night, am about a hundred pages along right now, and it's all going down like butter, just great stuff so far.
Teelgee -
You read two of may favorite books back to back earlier this month - Crossing to Safety and Astrid and Veronika. I hope you enjoyed them.
Have you read Stoner by John Williams? A classic in an academic setting - just terrific.
Alphaorder Finished Crossing to Safety last night and am now about 1/2 way through Astrid and Veronika by Linda Olsson. Beautiful writing. Simple, stark. 38. Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner. I enjoyed Stegner's Angle of Repose so much years ago, I really looked forward to this novel, but I struggled to get into it. There wasn't much to draw me in. I'm about half way through Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner. I almost gave up on it a hundred pages ago, but I'm sort of into it now. It's not as great as Angle of Repose to be sure. Sort of mindless reading, which is what I need right now, what with a flu bug and not much energy or ... I'm Crossing to Safety with Wallace Stegner in Madison, Wisconsin during the depression. I read Crossing to Safety first, and I got sucked in after a while. I ended up enjoying it. But it hasn't stuck with me like Angle of Repose. kerrlm -- look for the straight brackets instead of the squiggly ones. They're the ones that trigger the touchstones (when they work!) It should look like this:
... Crossing to safety by Wallace Stegner. Such a poetic writer. ... Waters: Fingersmith
Margaret Atwood: Blind Assassin
Annie Proulx: Accordion Crimes
Wallace Stegner: Crossing to safety
Sandra Cisneros: Caramelo
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich: A Midwife's Tale (to replace the one I loaned out several years ago that never found its ... I think Crossing to Safety might be an easy recommend. But Melville and Austen make me think humor. (Not on topic, but I assume he's read Bleak House?) And humor right now makes me think Wizard of the Crow. I'm enjoying it so much. Also Middlesex (less funny/more epic) and When ...
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