Comments | calico_reaction: McDonald, Sandra: Diana Comet and Other Improbable Stories

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McDonald, Sandra: Diana Comet and Other Improbable Stories

Jun 04, 2010 20:19

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blog: reviews, form: short fiction, sandra mcdonald, , ratings: must read, fiction: feminist

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cywrain June 5 2010, 01:01:43 UTC

Bah, I couldn't finish The Magicians and Mrs. Quent either when I tried reading it a couple months back. I look forward to hearing what you think of it.

And I love your new journal layout. Is that new, or have I just not been paying attention of late?

calico_reaction June 5 2010, 02:27:49 UTC

No, I've been fiddling with it all this week. :) So it's definitely new. :) This layout went up Wednesday, I believe...

yanneng June 5 2010, 04:53:31 UTC

Thanks for the review! I think I'm definitely going to get this book - I'm hoping it sells in Singapore. >< Can't be sure due to all the censorship that has been going around of late.

calico_reaction June 5 2010, 20:34:31 UTC

Do you have a Kindle? I'm pretty sure you can get it that way. Or what about Book Depository?

yanneng June 11 2010, 08:25:08 UTC

I don't have a Kindle. I'll try getting it off Amazon at the worst. Thanks for the suggestions!

yanneng June 11 2010, 13:34:18 UTC

Oh I see it in Book Depository! Thanks!

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faith_adeline June 5 2010, 06:58:42 UTC

I, too, like the new layout! (:

This sounds like a promising collection of short stories. I've been on the lookout for some new short story collections to read this summer, so I'll definitely be checking this out! (:

calico_reaction June 5 2010, 20:34:55 UTC

Thanks!

Let me know if you end up getting this! I'd love to hear your thoughts!

faith_adeline June 6 2010, 05:24:37 UTC

All right! (:

p2c2e June 7 2010, 06:20:27 UTC

This is definitely going on my to-read list!

aliciaaudrey August 20 2010, 14:25:41 UTC

Finished it last night (see what horrid things Nook ownership is doing to me? I read Four and Twenty Blackbirds and Diana Comet in the same day, although this is in part because I am stuck at my parent's house with nothing to do but read or watch TV and I don't watch TV anymore ( ... )

calico_reaction August 20 2010, 20:01:54 UTC

Oh, I love this comment! You hit the nail on the head, and every time I think back on this book I worry that I was seeing things that weren't there. But you're right on with the criticism. I still think the book is well-worth the read, but you're RIGHT ON with the criticism.

I, too, hope we get more Diana Comet stories!

And BTW: thanks so much for commenting on old reviews. I love hearing what my friends think of books I've already read. :)

aliciaaudrey August 20 2010, 23:57:55 UTC

Not a problem. I realized that I tend to look back at your old reviews when I am going "Hmmmm, what shall I read next?" and I don't think I'm such an original thinker than I'm the only person who does it.

I think if I were to read this book (and I likely will; I did like it) again I'd skip the more preachy stories this time around. Clearly McDonald can DO subtle. Diana is handled subtly most of the time, and it was Diana's stories (even the ones where she's mostly a cameo) I liked best.