I stopped enjoying christmas over a decade ago, and it bothers me. Which is part of the reason I decided to read this. And I'm glad I did. I've been a Keillor fan most of my life, but I haven't listened to his show or picked up one of his books in years, and this reminded me of why I love him. Co...
I enjoy Garrison Keillor's books. He has such a knack for creating such quirky characters. They're always just a bit over the top. They seem to quiver on the edge of believability. But yet, you know there's someone out there that's 80% of that character; Keillor has just amplified their eccen...
Ah, I miss the old days, those innocent Goodreads days of pretzels and beer, Wittgenstein and Gertrude Stein, and of course, Celebrity Death Matches. So I'm reviving one of my personal favourites. I call it...CELEBRITY DEATH MATCH No 83.BOY GEORGE : Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome Meine Damen und...
Garrison Keillor may have fans in many mediums, but if Love Me is the standard, his writing isn’t one of them for me. Get the chainsaw ready. Given it’s a Garrison Keillor read, the protagonist, Larry Wyler, is a middle-aged, white liberal with literary leanings in somewhat small town Midwest Ame...
This book was really a mixed bag. On the one hand, Keillor can be a really fantastic writer. I've heard him called "American Magical Realism" and definatly liked that way of looking at him. He has a knack for capturing beautiful moments, for making a story absurd but not too much, and for his fam...
A fresh and funny Lake Wobegon novel about a woman with a secret life In Lake Wobegon lives a good Lutheran lady who is quite prepared to die and wishes to be cremated and her ashes placed inside a bowling ball and dropped into the lake, no prayers, no hymns, thank you very much. Meanwhile, t...
I nearly didn't post a review of this novel as initially I was disappointed after reading the reviews on the back of the book. If you are expecting a belly laugh book (as stated on the rear cover) then I think you too may be disappointed. It is worth reading however as it is amusing and very well...
ATHEISM DISCOVERED 12. ATHEISM DISCOVERED The news spread quickly on Saturday evening, and yet on Sunday morning, during the 10 a.m. service, when Pastor Ingqvist announced Evelyn’s death there were gasps and tears. Only thirty-four people in the pews and they had been pummeled hard by the substi...
“Nothing goes right for me,” she said. The treatments had failed and the failure discouraged her. She was discouraged by how discouraged she was. “Other people are braver than me, Francis. I’m not the only one who ever lost a husband. Other women keep going and I don’t know why I can’t. You’ve go...
It could remain her own secret. What a beautiful secret. The money could sit in the bank accruing interest, awaiting some fine purpose, a trip around the world, maybe. She wanted to tell him. As soon as she got things figured out. Really she did. But it wasn’t the right time. It was her money aft...
Airline terminals, as everyone knows, are designed to make people happy to board planes, and I was looking forward to mine as I approached the gate, and then I heard music. Cheerful music, tooting, like a mechanical ocarina. “Easter Parade”—the chorus. It came from a small pink plush rabbit stand...