tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1336931173750264195.post6016655776413444448..comments2023-11-03T09:07:11.559-06:00Comments on Depressed (but not unhappy) Mormon Mommy: Mormon Literature RoundupLaurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08214008384316494193noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1336931173750264195.post-27398903503579496472008-08-14T16:05:00.000-06:002008-08-14T16:05:00.000-06:00Oh well. Maybe it would make a good movie adaptati...Oh well. Maybe it would make a good movie adaptation and sell some popcorn...Seth R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13769247769345052208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1336931173750264195.post-41756447587748964852008-08-14T15:36:00.000-06:002008-08-14T15:36:00.000-06:00I haven't read The Backslider because it is a work...I haven't read The Backslider because it is a work that I absolutely should read, and I tend to rather adolescently rebel against such things.<BR/><BR/>I have read Canyons of Grace, though. It is quite good. I do remember some moments where I thought that it seemed a little too, ummm, like selling out to the expectations of literary realism, but it's been awhile since I read it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1336931173750264195.post-69293657256581724942008-08-14T13:22:00.000-06:002008-08-14T13:22:00.000-06:00.Somehow doing ILL at a public library instead of ....<BR/><BR/>Somehow doing ILL at a public library instead of a university seems like cheating. Which is a really strange attitude I need to do something about.Th.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16460795570237872290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1336931173750264195.post-27203635221204637882008-08-14T12:21:00.000-06:002008-08-14T12:21:00.000-06:00No-man-- I've actually heard a bit about Canyons o...No-man-- I've actually heard a bit about Canyons of Grace. I'll have to add it to my ILL list. <BR/><BR/>Seth R.--I read some Storm Testament novels in 6th grade. Even then I was rolling my eyes. If I were you I'd leave them as a memory so that you can still enjoy them :)Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08214008384316494193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1336931173750264195.post-55274301480045063022008-08-13T13:46:00.000-06:002008-08-13T13:46:00.000-06:00I remember really, really liking the Storm Testame...I remember really, really liking the Storm Testament" when I was in fifth grade.<BR/><BR/>I want to read it again. But I'm kind of afraid to. Worried I'll read it now and realize that it's a literary pile of manure.<BR/><BR/>Kind of like watching old GI Joe cartoons now - they're never as good as you remember them being.Seth R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13769247769345052208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1336931173750264195.post-54450487112525891012008-08-13T10:15:00.000-06:002008-08-13T10:15:00.000-06:00The Backslider is a fun read if you like irreveren...The Backslider is a fun read if you like irreverence. It is based on the author's Mormon upbringing in southern Utah, so he's not making up the questionable religious opinions various characters come up with.<BR/><BR/>Too bad Levi Peterson's first book, The Canyons of Grace, isn't better known. It's a beautiful series of stories, still somewhat irreverent, but also very touching in its exploration of Mormon culture. I recommend that book without reservation, even for those who might avoid The Backslider.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1336931173750264195.post-4437936424661429532008-08-12T22:32:00.000-06:002008-08-12T22:32:00.000-06:00William--I'm glad you found this post! How nice! I...William--I'm glad you found this post! How nice! I know you guys have an RSS at AMV but I haven't gotten around to figuring it out. Thanks for the linkage :)<BR/><BR/>Th.--I can't say this enough: interlibrary loan (which I can't figure out how to spell) is like magic! You request a book and it shows up, like a birthday present, a week later. Worth it. <BR/><BR/>Oh and about the Enoch Letters. I was a little let down. Because DB billed it as fiction I thought it would be fiction, but it wasn't. My Enrichment book group thoroughly enjoyed it though, so I guess it met some reader's needs. Just not mine :)<BR/><BR/>William--I actually read another by Margaret Blair Young, _Heresies of Nature_, and it was better. (I think I briefly reviewed it somewhere around here.) Devastating but good. There's something about Young and falliable priesthood holders as archetypes. I'm not sure what to think. <BR/><BR/>p.s. Why are you avoiding the Backslider?Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08214008384316494193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1336931173750264195.post-39104897771878318522008-08-12T20:09:00.000-06:002008-08-12T20:09:00.000-06:00Actually, Theric, I'm quite sure that The Backslid...Actually, Theric, I'm quite sure that The Backslider is available at numerous libraries in the Bay Area. And the Cal library has quite a few Mormon titles (although gaining access to them might be difficult). <BR/><BR/>I miss having access to an academic library -- it was one of my favorite (and most used) benefits while an employee of SF State.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1336931173750264195.post-14472998300374162472008-08-12T17:46:00.000-06:002008-08-12T17:46:00.000-06:00.I just read Mary Clyde's Survival Rates which was....<BR/><BR/>I just read <A HREF="http://thmazing.blogspot.com/2008/08/14th5of2008.html" REL="nofollow">Mary Clyde's Survival Rates</A> which was good, if only mildly Mormon.<BR/><BR/>I also just read <A HREF="http://thmazing.blogspot.com/search?q=road+heaven" REL="nofollow">Elder Maxwell's Enoch Letters</A>, which I recommend more as an applied-doctrine exercise than fiction, but still good.<BR/><BR/>(Note: everything I mention will have been read this year.)<BR/><BR/>I definitely recommend <A HREF="http://thmazing.blogspot.com/2008/04/6th-5-o2008.html" REL="nofollow">Coke Newell's On the Road to Heaven</A>.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://thmazing.blogspot.com/2008/03/5th5.html" REL="nofollow">Long After Dark by Todd Robert Petersen</A> is one of the best short story collections I've ever read.<BR/><BR/>I want to read The Backslider, but I'll never get it at a library around here and I don't know about buying it. Someday, I'm sure I'll read it, but when exactly I don't know.Th.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16460795570237872290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1336931173750264195.post-54180717373559593542008-08-12T14:00:00.000-06:002008-08-12T14:00:00.000-06:00How did I miss this post? I'm going to link to it ...How did I miss this post? I'm going to link to it right now from AMV.<BR/><BR/>Real quick:<BR/><BR/>I'm still avoiding the Backslider. <BR/><BR/>I still need to read Patricia's novel. <BR/><BR/>I liked Hooligan, but then again, I'm a boy who spent his childhood in a small Mormon town. I do wish that it was a little more cohesive and reflective.<BR/><BR/>I totally agree about Angel of the Danube. It is one of my favorites. I've made my peace with the ending. Or so I have claimed. <BR/><BR/>And I also agree that Salvador seems to have something missing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1336931173750264195.post-36602269948550372352008-05-15T22:02:00.000-06:002008-05-15T22:02:00.000-06:00Kelly--I love the memorababblia! That is too funny...Kelly--I love the memorababblia! That is too funny!<BR/><BR/>Heather--I really enjoyed the peacegiver and I hope you do get the chance to read it soon. I didn't like it so much as a book, but I liked the ideas in it. I especially enjoyed the author's thoughts on Jonah. I've always had questions about that story and the Peacegiver shed some interesting light on it.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08214008384316494193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1336931173750264195.post-50641888577736048012008-05-15T14:06:00.000-06:002008-05-15T14:06:00.000-06:00I haven't read any of those books, but they sound ...I haven't read any of those books, but they sound pretty good. I'm going to be reading a book called "The Peacegiver" by James L. Ferrell; it's not so much a story book, more like an inspirational book. I've been meaning to read it for a while, and I think today seems like a good day to start!Heathiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17217039046182434495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1336931173750264195.post-17126006696006246292008-05-14T13:53:00.000-06:002008-05-14T13:53:00.000-06:00Having only read Hooligan, let me say it is like s...Having only read Hooligan, let me say it is like sitting aroung a family reuinion with my dad, uncles, and his cousins now that they are in their 60s and almost 70s listening to them reminisce about their childhoods. There is no rhyme or reason to the stories or the order in which they are told. It's simply what pops into their heads at the time or strikes them as a funny story that needs to be told. And yes they roamed the neighborhood and tested their manhood by throwing rocks at a greenhouse a block away, shot bullets at the brick wall on the side of their house using nothing but a hammer to strike the bullet, built a levitation machine using nothing but a board balanced on a rock (let some unsuspecting younger boy find out why it's called a levitation machine), etc. Lots of what my father-in-law calls memorababblia, not so much of a moral or purpose to the story.Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09350680422969568303noreply@blogger.com