tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5258224106731736323.post283645150095547878..comments2023-09-20T10:58:32.510-04:00Comments on The Year in Books: a rethink, a rant revisit and a really cool publisherNancyOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12027036137062767840noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5258224106731736323.post-32399684080665620192013-02-01T23:10:38.066-05:002013-02-01T23:10:38.066-05:00Forthright I am, for sure, although it's tempe...Forthright I am, for sure, although it's tempered in some cases. It struck me when writing this post that I was so tired of having to struggle when I read to get all of the literary references or literary allusions and I'm just not a fakey kind of person to try to BS my way through something. I've also decided that I'm just reading what I want to read, rather than what's trendy in uber-literary circles. It's just not me. <br /><br />re the overseas books -- I notice it especially in crime fiction. I just read Brenner and God by Wolf Haas which is the first book in that series to be translated but is #7 in the overall series. I'm one of those people who likes to watch characters grow and develop over the range of a series. #7 as an opener just doesn't cut it. <br /><br />I read non-US publisher catalogs to check out forthcoming books and end up spending $$$ to get the ones I think will be interesting but yet won't be out in the US for a year or two. It's ridiculous. <br /><br />you're so kind!NancyOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12027036137062767840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5258224106731736323.post-67873346975490835252013-02-01T20:04:30.176-05:002013-02-01T20:04:30.176-05:00I just saw this long saga, and I'm thrilled th...I just saw this long saga, and I'm thrilled that you added your pain about overseas availabilities and US restrictions. Other writers in larger forums are discussing this at this very moment and...once again, publishers are a little slow off the mark. But everyone has skin in this game, so perhaps soon the answers will be better than now. In the past, we had no idea what was being published overseas. <br /><br />Additionally, love the mini-trauma about not knowing enough, or having read enough, or being able to sound like you have...forget that. That's an old one, being able to make all those allusions. It's more a morale boost for the reviewer to make those connections than for the folks reading the reviews...we like you as you are, plain speaking and forthright.Trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00246455872244287099noreply@blogger.com