Comments on: When These Mountains Burn

By: susan

susan — Thu, 27 Aug 2020 20:34:52 +0000

It sounds like Southern grit or grit lit … is that right? I didn’t realize you grew up in Colorado, nice! I was a ski bum there for a few years after college … and I sort of never wanted to leave … but I did. Bahhh. Speaking of Holt, Co., my husband and I just watched Our Souls at Night (my second time seeing it). It’s sort of a gem of a movie. I probably could watch once a year. ha

By: Catherine

Catherine — Thu, 27 Aug 2020 16:33:02 +0000

In reply to Susie | Novel Visits. Right? Especially Raymond. He touched me. It's just hard that his books are so bleak.

By: Susie | Novel Visits

Susie | Novel Visits — Mon, 24 Aug 2020 14:12:03 +0000

Your reviews are always so beautifully written. You described When These Mountains Burn perfectly. I’m very glad I wrote my review before reading yours! I’ve found over the last few days that I keep thinking about this book. The further I get from it, the more I seem to like it.

By: Laurie Besteman

Laurie Besteman — Fri, 21 Aug 2020 18:47:54 +0000

Nancy Pearl told me about you – she said your blog and mine (bestlau.wordpress.com) were the two she reads, so I immediately subscribed to yours. I was interested that you moved to Ann Arbor, as my longtime friend Sue Darrow has lived and been active there for decades. It’s a lovely place, and I hope you’re enjoying it (except for mosquitoes – I’m from Wisconsin, so I know).

I was moved to write you because of your mention of Kent Haruf – I loved his stories, haunting and deceptively simple, and was so sad when I learned that he had died. His writing will stay with me.

Good wishes to a fellow book lover!