Comments on: Road Trip Slows in Ol’ Virginny

By: Donna Hull

Donna Hull — Thu, 13 May 2010 01:07:12 +0000

To read humorous books about southwest Virginia (you know, the other part), read novels such as Big Stone Gap by http://www.adrianatrigiani.com/welcome.html
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By: Donna Hull

Donna Hull — Thu, 13 May 2010 00:56:47 +0000

Although I’m not a cat lover (they’re okay), I did live 16 years in Roanoke, Virginia. Of course that is the part of Virginia that falls off the map after Charlottesville. However, I relate to the author’s mention of tradition in Virginia. When I moved to southwest Virginia in 1986, I quickly learned that we shouldn’t tinker with anything that Thomas Jefferson invented or had an opinion about.

By: Laura Hartness

Laura Hartness — Thu, 06 May 2010 03:10:50 +0000

This cat lover would like to interject: Cat mysteries should never be a dirty little secret! Enjoy them out in the open, not just on airplanes! Is there any other animal who could fit the bill? I don't think so! Thanks for your post. Very interesting! I lived in Richmond for a few months before I was born, and I still have family up there. Lovely area. Laura Hartness Owner of Callie, age 15 The Calico Critic .-= Laura Hartness hopes you will read blog ..Book Review and Giveaway: From Twilight to Breaking Dawn: Religious Themes in the Twilight Saga =-.

By: anjuli

anjuli — Wed, 05 May 2010 23:18:55 +0000

I so enjoy every post you put up- I get to see a glimpse of various parts of the US- of different cultures- different literature – and I even learn something from the comments

By: Kerry Dexter

Kerry Dexter — Wed, 05 May 2010 19:19:47 +0000

it’s not *about* Virignia. exactly, but it is set there and you do learn about the seasons on the land — Barbara Kingsolver’s Animal Vegetable Miracle.
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By: Richard Mussler-Wright

Richard Mussler-Wright — Wed, 05 May 2010 16:50:49 +0000

Hi – I mean no harm in my previous post. Just caught off guard.
I appreciated the review of Rita Mae Brown’s “Sister Jane’s Foxhunting Books”. I have friends who raise racehorses, and travel to Virginia.

By: Laura B

Laura B — Wed, 05 May 2010 16:43:33 +0000

Virginia wineries? Who would have thought. Also I’m not so sure I’d enjoy the foxhunting book, but I do not know much about it. Sometimes things surprise me.

By: pen4hire

pen4hire — Wed, 05 May 2010 16:03:51 +0000

Alexandra: I was so sorry to see the bookstore go, too. It was adorable. But when she was selling more books on the Internet than from the store, despite all kinds of events, it became clear that it made no sense to pay rent. At the same time, she was offered her present good job. Her garage is still packed with books, and she still sells on line. I should have provided the link for Price & Sons Books.

By: pen4hire

pen4hire — Wed, 05 May 2010 16:00:20 +0000

I think she was applying a bit of irony there. She had prefaced it by saying that she generally never read anything but non fiction, and now she is telling us that she thought “the stupid cat book” was beneath her. However, she definitely changed her mind!!

By: Richard Mussler-Wright

Richard Mussler-Wright — Wed, 05 May 2010 15:09:44 +0000

I apologize, but I stopped when I read you picked up “The Stupid Cat book.” What? -r