tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259325291907281485.post6063687026282407640..comments2024-03-14T08:18:20.779-04:00Comments on Sarah Laurence: Sag Harbor by Colson WhiteheadSarah Laurencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00423008641739156182noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259325291907281485.post-9015407273205015892009-08-30T13:51:53.220-04:002009-08-30T13:51:53.220-04:00Thanks, Adrian!Thanks, Adrian!Sarah Laurencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00423008641739156182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259325291907281485.post-53727405232467617542009-08-29T18:35:04.548-04:002009-08-29T18:35:04.548-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.LR Photographyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01634383283728817474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259325291907281485.post-2114861446301561202009-08-12T08:40:22.446-04:002009-08-12T08:40:22.446-04:00Elenka, enjoy!
Alyson, sounds like your type of b...Elenka, enjoy!<br /><br />Alyson, sounds like your type of book then. We had a lovely time on Nantucket, thanks.<br /><br />Mama Shujaa, I’d love to know what you thought of this novel. Once you find reading time….Sarah Laurencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00423008641739156182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259325291907281485.post-1632272415514287802009-08-12T07:52:43.438-04:002009-08-12T07:52:43.438-04:00Thanks for the review. I borrowed the book from t...Thanks for the review. I borrowed the book from the library last weekend...:)Hana Njau-Okolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15978662559579409259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259325291907281485.post-74722120949620541722009-08-11T00:55:05.290-04:002009-08-11T00:55:05.290-04:00This book really interests me. I always find the ...This book really interests me. I always find the complexities of culture and identity fascinating. I will pick this one up immediately! Thanks for the recommend.<br /><br />Great pictures. Hope you had a great time!Alyson | New England Livinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16209837924378793507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259325291907281485.post-31156342982980885302009-08-11T00:18:05.827-04:002009-08-11T00:18:05.827-04:00Thanks for the suggestion.Thanks for the suggestion.Elenkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11377371859667172825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259325291907281485.post-90782564645543308282009-08-10T21:01:45.166-04:002009-08-10T21:01:45.166-04:00Pattinase, it was the review in the NYT that tempt...Pattinase, it was the review in the NYT that tempted me to pick up the book in an independent bookstore.<br /><br />Tina and Keri, thank you. <br /><br />Troutbirder, beach books are good even without the beach. <br /><br />Kaye, it was interesting. <br /><br />Pamela, it is FINALLY summer in Maine. After 2 MONTHS of rain, the sun is shining. <br /><br />Linda, I enjoyed the book overall, but I always read critically. Nantucket is really this gorgeous. <br /><br />ACIL, race continues to be an issue in the USA, but having a black president does at least show progress. Sag Harbor was mostly enjoyable despite TMI ice cream scooping.<br /><br />Gemma, I’m so happy to hear that you read and got something out of Olive Kitteridge. I don’t think you were meant to like Olive, only empathize with her. An author who allows us to understand an unappealing character is very skilled. <br /><br />CM, thanks.<br /><br />JAPRA, it was a peaceful moment and one I was happy to capture and share.<br /><br />Rose, I’ll be curious to hear what you think of it. <br /><br />Barrie, the talented author does speak for himself. <br /><br />Tracy and Fifi, thank you.<br /><br />Cynthia, the absence of sound was peace itself. <br /><br />Phoenix, thanks. <br /><br />Bee, interesting observation. I do feel happier with my life as I age. It’s not that it’s better being older (my knees would argue otherwise), but more like I’ve gotten a better sense of what I want and closer to achieving it. I would have liked to hear more about Whitehead’s personal story. Whitehead’s prose also showed this contrast between natural beauty and emotional turmoil. Definitely worth reading. <br /><br />Anil, oh dear. HBO does not capture the full picture of race relations in the USA. I’d trust books, especially by African American authors, the more. I love your comment: “as if nature melted over the sea.”Sarah Laurencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00423008641739156182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259325291907281485.post-91219584098782581622009-08-10T13:30:13.671-04:002009-08-10T13:30:13.671-04:00Most interesting.
Much of my understanding of rac...Most interesting.<br /><br />Much of my understanding of race comes from watching American films on HBO. I happened to see <i>Rosewood</i> recently. And <i>Driving Miss Daisy</i> is among my favourites.<br /><br />It must be difficult to 'fit in' and yet not to be seen to do so out on the street among those of one's own 'kind'.<br /><br />The pictures are soothing. It's as if nature melted over the sea.Anil Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02422187314611747278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259325291907281485.post-57431426651355514802009-08-09T16:49:46.194-04:002009-08-09T16:49:46.194-04:00I read in the newspaper that people tend to get ha...I read in the newspaper that people tend to get happier as they get older. (I'm sure there were provisos attached, but they were suggesting that the identity struggles of youth bog us down emotionally.) I thought of it again as I read your review, and wonder if any of the stories in Whitehead's novel give a sense of how he ultimately reconciled the different influences in his life?<br /><br />Your incredibly serene pictures offset the emotional turmoil of adolescence in an interesting way!Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02375981493145612394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259325291907281485.post-19785108247139848982009-08-09T10:10:22.869-04:002009-08-09T10:10:22.869-04:00Thanks for a brilliant review.. the pictures are f...Thanks for a brilliant review.. the pictures are fantastic!SGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07439071211238467709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259325291907281485.post-86745897318189233542009-08-09T01:25:32.370-04:002009-08-09T01:25:32.370-04:00I love the gentle landscape/seascapes here, Sarah....I love the gentle landscape/seascapes here, Sarah. It a visual image could be auditory, you have achieve it with these photographs. So silently evocative of peace. <3Cynthia Pittmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12656761837022197235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259325291907281485.post-36243632647997078112009-08-08T16:00:10.427-04:002009-08-08T16:00:10.427-04:00Sag Harbour looks BEAUTIFUL!!!Sag Harbour looks BEAUTIFUL!!!Fifi Flowershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14186646442542919342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259325291907281485.post-41475635267075333092009-08-08T06:11:58.182-04:002009-08-08T06:11:58.182-04:00Sarah
Thanks for the review and for the beautiful ...Sarah<br />Thanks for the review and for the beautiful pictures. As always a great post!<br />Tracy :)Tracy Golightly-Garciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07409307445856582227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259325291907281485.post-53533247801654469142009-08-07T02:07:04.710-04:002009-08-07T02:07:04.710-04:00I loved the excerpt!I loved the excerpt!Barriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04678698296265168217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259325291907281485.post-12615446708946808442009-08-06T21:42:35.936-04:002009-08-06T21:42:35.936-04:00"A good beach book that isn't trashy"..."A good beach book that isn't trashy" sounds intriguing. I will definitely put this on my to-read list!Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01384059342847120951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259325291907281485.post-29571705501498680602009-08-06T12:45:31.984-04:002009-08-06T12:45:31.984-04:00Sarah, your boat pictures are so peaceful. I want ...Sarah, your boat pictures are so peaceful. I want to sit on that beach and watch the sun set.TBMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05587580447766102705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259325291907281485.post-86691249712313621392009-08-06T12:38:37.195-04:002009-08-06T12:38:37.195-04:00Wow! The photos are beautiful! enJOY your day!Wow! The photos are beautiful! enJOY your day!Cheffie-Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16568520021347503121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259325291907281485.post-52744625001949618032009-08-06T04:47:04.506-04:002009-08-06T04:47:04.506-04:00Hi Sarah, what a wonderful post, really great and ...Hi Sarah, what a wonderful post, really great and kept me hooked for ages!I would love to visit Maine, you are very lucky where you live. OOOOh before i forget to tell you...I finally finished Olive Kitteridge the other day, it wasn't my usual style of book and i found Olive herself really hard to connect with as a character but saying that she did grow on me and i found the ending very satisfying as a read.....it surprised me, i wouldnt want to sit down and read it again however but im glad thatb i read it that once.Gemma Mortlockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16764071270678882554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259325291907281485.post-1710278003641283902009-08-05T14:50:02.389-04:002009-08-05T14:50:02.389-04:00Excellent review about a book that touches upon an...Excellent review about a book that touches upon an issue that will never go away, black president notwithstanding. Many thanks for your honesty (I hope you have recovered your compact form after having melted from boredom).<br /><br />Greetings from London.A Cuban In Londonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16423293358605007539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259325291907281485.post-37538700834782187682009-08-05T12:45:30.147-04:002009-08-05T12:45:30.147-04:00Glad you got something out of the book even if you...Glad you got something out of the book even if you didn't love every word. Your photos of Nantucket are spectacular! I'd love to go there some day. Enjoy.Linda McLaughlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15291670592316021851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259325291907281485.post-20285130677467356032009-08-05T12:16:06.463-04:002009-08-05T12:16:06.463-04:00I have seen this book and wondered. Thanks for th...I have seen this book and wondered. Thanks for the review!<br /><br />Is it still summer in Maine?Pamela Terry and Edwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12746603636884819522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259325291907281485.post-60345648865247828942009-08-05T12:02:47.875-04:002009-08-05T12:02:47.875-04:00sounds like an interesting read, and the pictures ...sounds like an interesting read, and the pictures were very restful.kayerjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08479123027080062607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259325291907281485.post-45488927956297934892009-08-05T11:01:28.741-04:002009-08-05T11:01:28.741-04:00I will give it a try though we have no beaches her...I will give it a try though we have no beaches here in Bluff Countrytroutbirderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14087811292280881959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259325291907281485.post-49343223918598089462009-08-05T09:28:45.716-04:002009-08-05T09:28:45.716-04:00Love coming of age stories. Thanks for the review ...Love coming of age stories. Thanks for the review and the gorgeous pics. :)Keri Mikulskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10674081854220914215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259325291907281485.post-28206029706067758692009-08-05T09:01:16.001-04:002009-08-05T09:01:16.001-04:00Such beautiful pictures! Now I'm really missin...Such beautiful pictures! Now I'm really missing Maine!tinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17415302577518111227noreply@blogger.com