New Leaf Vote for August • Tasty Morsels, Short and Sweet - Page 2

CRussel · 07-25-2020, 03:40 PM

THIS IS NOT WHERE WE DISCUSS THE UPCOMING BOOK!!!

Please, there will be an open discussion. But there will not be one in the nomination or voting thread of this or any other book. Behave, or leave. Pure and simple.

Jon, I'm going to single you out in public, something I prefer not to do. Stop now! I've asked, more than once, in private. This is your LAST and FINAL warning.

issybird · 07-25-2020, 05:48 PM

At the risk of incurring Charlie’s wrath, I thought I’d say that Sunshine Sketches has been on my TBR for a long time, so that when I saw the posts here I thought I’d bump it up. I like it. It’s not uproarious, but it’s funny enough for my tastes and very effective as a snapshot of a time and place. And while I take astrangerhere’s reference to Winesburg, Ohio which I think is spot-on, I also get a distinct Mark Twain vibe.

I’m really just posting to say that it’s not as bad as all that, the contrary, in fact. It won’t make my ten-best list, but it’s a pleasant and amusing read, especially for summer. I’m glad the selection has got me to read it.

astrangerhere · 07-27-2020, 01:49 PM

I dropped it as well.

View Poll Results: What will we discuss in Auguest, 2020
*Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal* by Mary Roach	1	20.00%
*Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town* by Stephen Leacock	3	60.00%
*Bruno, Chief of Police* by Martin Walker (APA Death in the Dordogne	2	40.00%
*The Honey Bus: A Memoir of Loss, Courage and a Girl Saved by Bees* by Meredith May	1	20.00%
*Dark Tales* by Shirley Jackson	2	40.00%
*Welcome to the Monkey House* by Kurt Vonnegut	0	0%
*The Paper Menagerie* by Ken Liu	2	40.00%
*Made Things* by Adrian Tchaikovsky	1	20.00%
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07-25-2020, 03:40 PM	#16
CRussel (he/him/his) Posts: 12,161 Karma: 79742714 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sunshine Coast, BC Device: Oasis (Gen3),Paperwhite (Gen10), Voyage, Paperwhite(orig), Fire HD 8	THIS IS NOT WHERE WE DISCUSS THE UPCOMING BOOK!!! Please, there will be an open discussion. But there will not be one in the nomination or voting thread of this or any other book. Behave, or leave. Pure and simple. Jon, I'm going to single you out in public, something I prefer not to do. Stop now! I've asked, more than once, in private. This is your LAST and FINAL warning.

07-25-2020, 05:48 PM	#17
issybird o saeclum infacetum Posts: 20,232 Karma: 222235366 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: New England Device: H2O, Aura One, PW5	At the risk of incurring Charlie’s wrath, I thought I’d say that Sunshine Sketches has been on my TBR for a long time, so that when I saw the posts here I thought I’d bump it up. I like it. It’s not uproarious, but it’s funny enough for my tastes and very effective as a snapshot of a time and place. And while I take astrangerhere’s reference to Winesburg, Ohio which I think is spot-on, I also get a distinct Mark Twain vibe. I’m really just posting to say that it’s not as bad as all that, the contrary, in fact. It won’t make my ten-best list, but it’s a pleasant and amusing read, especially for summer. I’m glad the selection has got me to read it.

07-27-2020, 01:49 PM	#18
astrangerhere Professor of Law Posts: 3,640 Karma: 65925980 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Chapel Hill, NC Device: Kobo Elipsa, Kobo Libra H20, Kobo Aura One, KoboMini	I dropped it as well.

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