tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post1854344328910744272..comments2024-03-26T08:06:19.661-04:00Comments on The Road Less Travelled: "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver loribethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09272814565916935113noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-7625517354979453462021-11-24T14:50:48.834-05:002021-11-24T14:50:48.834-05:00I read this forever ago, I have a beat up paperbac...I read this forever ago, I have a beat up paperback copy from 1999. :) I love Barbara Kingsolver's earlier work, but have had a harder time with her more recent works too. I loved Prodigal Summer, and The Bean Trees, but oh man, Flight Behavior was so promising and then I HATED the end. Poison Tree Bible was a favorite when I read it, maybe I should reread! Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15868505568965284742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-8213457491376455602021-11-21T21:58:46.286-05:002021-11-21T21:58:46.286-05:00I know some people have an issue with books set in...I know some people have an issue with books set in developing countries, as seen from a Eurocentric or North American perspective... but sometimes reading those books will introduce you to other cultures and make you want to learn more. So I can't see that as an entirely bad thing. :) loribethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09272814565916935113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-63271570972857850782021-11-21T16:40:18.686-05:002021-11-21T16:40:18.686-05:00I loved this book, and it is my favourite of all B...I loved this book, and it is my favourite of all Barbara Kingsolver's books. (I'm struggling to finish her last one.) It was the first book I picked for our bookclub, on the recommendation of my CEO at the time. (The other was Annie Proulx's "The Shipping News" which is also wonderful.) So I haven't read it since the late 1990s, but I did love it. It was unlike anything I'd read before, and even though told from the US perspective, it has opened me up to books from all over the world. (Though I still think it might be the only one I've read set in the Congo!) <br /><br />Anyway, you should try non-US/Canadian books! All the English-speaking world - there's so much wonderful stuff from India and Africa as well as South Africa, Australia and New Zealand (which might be more familiar to a US/Canada perspective).Malihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03928262526502319303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-70666089974821896792021-11-20T12:28:32.260-05:002021-11-20T12:28:32.260-05:00I remember reading this probably about the time yo...I remember reading this probably about the time you picked up your paperback. I remember liking it -- for the historical backdrop and for the voices of the narrators -- but not loving it. Thanks for the reminder!Lori Lavender Luzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15394441222262940632noreply@blogger.com