NP : A Blurb Reckoning

David Morris fqmorris at gmail.com
Sun Apr 2 03:13:38 CDT 2017


OK.  I'll slog on.
On Sat, Apr 1, 2017 at 11:32 PM Becky Lindroos <bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net>
wrote:

> I also enjoyed it quite a lot.   Yes,  it gets better -  a lot better.
>  After grandma gets involved it gets downright magical/mystical - ? -   I
> read it twice.   It seems like Ozeki tries to cover everything probably
> because everything is connected.  It gets weird - I didn’t like the teen
> sex or the military parts but the grandma parts were superb and the
> military parts fit.   Go ahead - get all the way through though.
>
> Becky
> https://beckylindroos.wordpress.com
>
> > On Apr 1, 2017, at 8:39 PM, Keith Davis <kbob42 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I really dug it.
> >
> > Www.innergroovemusic.com
> >
> > On Apr 1, 2017, at 10:30 PM, John Bailey <sundayjb at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Me! I'm surprised as I haven't come across anyone who wasn't riveted by
> it. But different strokes and all that.
> >>
> >> On Sun, Apr 2, 2017 at 12:24 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> Upon the high praise of more than one of you all, a while ago I
> purchased "A Tale for the Time Being," and last week, being stuck in the
> purgatory of jury duty, I read it for a few hours, amidst about 250 others
> stranded in a very crowded room, all of us dreading duty's call.  It didn't
> captivate me.  At times I left it for it's tedium, despite the tedium of
> sitting and waiting and dreading the call of duty.  Other tediums beckoned.
> Now, free from that duty, I don't think I will return to it.  So, who
> amongst you blurbed me into buying this book?
> >>
> >> David Morris
> >>
>
>
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