Comments on Rose City Reader: Favorite Unknown

As far as my favorite obscure authors so far on th...

2010-01-22T05:00:33.016-08:00

As far as my favorite obscure authors so far on the ML 100 list (books 100-85) I would have to root for Erskine Caldwell and Arnold Bennett. Bennett's "The Old Wives' Tale" is fantastic, and anyone who loves Jane Austen or any English books of manners will love it. "Tobacco Road" by Erskine Caldwell cracked me up in parts. Very well written and the story definitely does move along, which is more than I can say for some of the more famous authors I've read on this list so far! :)

I really have to read both Powell and Amis. I hope...

2010-01-21T19:06:36.655-08:00

I really have to read both Powell and Amis. I hope to get to Amis's Booker Prize winner this year in particular.

I've had A Dance to the Music of Time on my tb...

2010-01-21T15:49:13.329-08:00

I've had A Dance to the Music of Time on my tbr list for ages...

What a great title, Dance to the Music of Time. Ni...

2010-01-21T13:30:57.199-08:00

What a great title, Dance to the Music of Time. Nice choice. Mine is at The Crowded Leaf.

Yes, yes, yes! Well, as you know, I'm a big An...

2010-01-21T12:50:55.698-08:00

Yes, yes, yes! Well, as you know, I'm a big Anthony Powell fan. But I also really love Kingsley Amis (Lucky Jim is one of the greatest comic novels of all time). And I actually almost mentioned Helen McInnes in my post, too - I think I've read just about all her novels at one time or another. Don't know why she seems to have fallen out of favor. But I've never tried Frances Parkinson Keyes - I'll have to put her on my "check this out" list.

Its fun to discover people's Desert Island Rea...

2010-01-21T12:45:22.173-08:00

Its fun to discover people's Desert Island Reads!

I will definitely look into Anthony Powell. He so...

2010-01-21T12:40:04.087-08:00

I will definitely look into Anthony Powell. He sounds like an author I might love and I haven't heard of him. I am enjoying this question today!

The more I read on different sites about this seri...

2010-01-21T11:51:17.901-08:00

The more I read on different sites about this series, the more excited I am to tackle all the volumes when I get there. I love sagas and historical fiction so that should be great.