Comments on: Holiday Gift Books, Part II

By: FS

FS — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 19:34:16 +0000

Oh Oh Oh…..Lileks!!!! Oh, how wonderful….my second most favorite site – after this, of course! Another, with the same hilarious retro feel to it is … http://www.candyboots.com/wwcards.html …. with – of all things – Weight Watchers recipe cards from the 60′s and 70′s. Thanks heavens for the South Beach diet!

By: dimestore lipstick

dimestore lipstick — Tue, 06 Dec 2005 01:59:28 +0000

“Mommy Knows Worst”, the latest Lileks, is a bit thin, but every bit as hilarious and enjoyable as “The Gallery of Regrettable Food and “Interior Desecrations”.

By: gidget bananas

gidget bananas — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 02:33:10 +0000

Truly, the readers of the Manolo have the best of taste! The Robertson Davies! the Lileks! the Guy Gavriel Kay! The Gidget has read only the Deptford Trilogy, but feels compelled now to read every other book written by the Davies!

By: polly

polly — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 22:15:54 +0000

Oh, so excited to see my two blog crushes together…Lileks and the Manolo!

By: tinka

tinka — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 21:34:56 +0000

Many thanks to the Manolo and the readers for their enthusiastic suggestions. I can’t wait to try many of these books!

A usage quibble for the Manolo: The whole comprises its parts; the parts do not comprise the whole. So the masterwork of Robertson Davies comprises the three novels.

Or so the tinka, who is neither the writer nor the grammarian and is often confused, thinks. But the cultivated Manolo, he might wish to check. But the wit,
it is really what matters!

By: Moe Lane

Moe Lane — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 16:45:23 +0000

If the Manolo is having the problems with the badness of the books, the Manolo he should be perusing the works of the Guy Gavriel Kay and the Louis de Bernieres.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 02:21:54 +0000

I am ashamed, now, to admit that all I know of Robertson Davies is his mention in the Moxy Fruvous song “My Baby Loves a Bunch of Authors.” (A song which I suspect the Manolo would enjoy.)

I am curious which novels arise the ire of the Manolo for their solipsism.

By: desertwind

desertwind — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 01:51:29 +0000

Recently, one of the Manolo's commenters posted that there was a new interview with the Miuccia (sp?) in the Sunday Times of London. I couldn't find it, but instead read there an interview with Frank McCourt who's got a new memoir, "Teacher Man" out. And so, the question of what to get my bruddah the teacher was solved! Received it today. It's not "Angela's Ashes", but a lovely read nonetheless. Teacher Man

By: wichitagirl

wichitagirl — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 01:19:09 +0000

One of my favorite bloggers (Manolo) discovers another (James Lileks)!

I laughed myself sick over Interior Desecrations. The images are hysterically funny by themselves; his captions put me over the edge.

I will have to check out this other guy everyone is raving about.

By: Heather

Heather — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 23:43:41 +0000

I bend a knee to the Manolo, yet again, for the recommendation of the genius of Canadian literature, Robertson Davies. As an expat Canuck, it is such a treat to know others read him too. I do love the Cornish trilogy, but agree with Gina about his final two books, “The Cunning Man” and “Murther and Walking Spirits”. As well, his “High Spirits” is a great quick read for the nights around the fire and popping of the corn…