tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post5869935573275145092..comments2024-03-29T07:29:32.276-04:00Comments on Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Vacation Reading!Janet Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00615380335938685231noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-1850798309387946742014-09-02T19:51:40.394-04:002014-09-02T19:51:40.394-04:00Am I the only one who finds it telling that Janet,...Am I the only one who finds it telling that Janet, a literary agent who reads for a living more or less, reads for fun while on vacation?<br /><br />Man, that's dedication. ;)Ardenwolfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14053900506482830292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-14195603171414230392014-09-02T17:17:43.129-04:002014-09-02T17:17:43.129-04:00My husband just got a kindle gift certificate for ...My husband just got a kindle gift certificate for his birthday... so if I buy this, I can count it as a present for him, right? Right.Amy Schaeferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17263719891092841767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-54489557190641612042014-09-02T10:24:13.867-04:002014-09-02T10:24:13.867-04:00Added to "1,000,000 books to read before I di...Added to "1,000,000 books to read before I die" list.<br /><br />List growing alarmingly fast.<br /><br />List owner feeling more and more like the protagonist of that joke about the creative writing college admission commission interviewing a candidate. When asked about favorite books and authors, the candidate says: "None. Joe is not a reader. Joe is a writer."<br /><br />General sentiment of self-addressed peevishness explainable by circumstances entailing a dulled sense of comedy and ignoble pilfering from folklore.<br /><br />Generally inane tone hereof justifiable by severe sleep deprivation.<br /><br />Decision to post this comment anyway triggered by general inability to shut up.Anastasia Stratuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11764155253217520531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-91683918076093709092014-09-02T09:24:09.409-04:002014-09-02T09:24:09.409-04:00I did what Kitty did, regarding the kitchen floor,...I did what Kitty did, regarding the kitchen floor, "I think I'll stretch out here." Love it. You sure can pick-em Janet.<br /><br />Off topic and back to YOUR WIP. You like painting your walls so much that I should submit my SF novel, it has everything to do with painting walls, getting lost and trying to find a way back. <br />Of wait, you don't handle SF and the book is in progress. Back to stretching out on the kitchen floor.Carolynnwith2Nshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18394998702410764388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-65384542841966264192014-09-02T07:29:57.604-04:002014-09-02T07:29:57.604-04:00I love just about any book set in the south...but ...I love just about any book set in the south...but especially one in Mississippi - the state I call my second home. Even the little snippets you provided manage to convey the voice. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-42694514970428865662014-09-02T07:25:36.645-04:002014-09-02T07:25:36.645-04:00I checked it out on Amazon in order to read the fi...I checked it out on Amazon in order to read the first page, and he hooked me in the 3rd sentence: <i>He eased up behind me--I heard the joists complain....</i>Kittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11772310179223546476noreply@blogger.com