Comments on <i>Cupid: A Tale of Love and Desire</i> -- Julius LesterTypePad2007-12-03T11:00:00ZLeilahttps://bookshelvesofdoom.blogs.com/bookshelves_of_doom/tag:typepad.com,2003:https://bookshelvesofdoom.blogs.com/bookshelves_of_doom/2007/12/cupid-a-tale-of/comments/atom.xml/cc commented on '<i>Cupid: A Tale of Love and Desire</i> -- Julius Lester'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8345169e469e200e54f9524b888332007-12-03T20:33:04Z2007-12-03T20:33:04ZccOops! Thanks for the correction, Charlotte.<p>Oops! Thanks for the correction, Charlotte.</p>Mairi commented on '<i>Cupid: A Tale of Love and Desire</i> -- Julius Lester'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8345169e469e200e54f951fa788332007-12-03T20:13:59Z2007-12-03T20:13:59ZMairiSounds like an interesting book- I have always been far too interested in retellings for my own good. And by...<p>Sounds like an interesting book- I have always been far too interested in retellings for my own good. And by Julius Lester, too- I'll not say he's my favorite author, but I like him well enough. </p>Leila commented on '<i>Cupid: A Tale of Love and Desire</i> -- Julius Lester'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8345169e469e200e54f94dd3e88332007-12-03T17:40:36Z2007-12-03T17:40:40ZLeilahttp://bookshelvesofdoom.blogs.comOh, that's it. I remember buying it for a book group, but I never got to it. (The book or...<p>Oh, that's it. I remember buying it for a book group, but I never got to it. (The book or the book group. Oops.)</p>Charlotte commented on '<i>Cupid: A Tale of Love and Desire</i> -- Julius Lester'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8345169e469e200e54fa8442a88342007-12-03T17:23:19Z2007-12-03T17:23:19ZCharlottehttp://charlotteslibrary.blogspot.comTill We Have Faces is actually by C.S. Lewis...well worth reading.<p>Till We Have Faces is actually by C.S. Lewis...well worth reading.</p>Leila commented on '<i>Cupid: A Tale of Love and Desire</i> -- Julius Lester'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8345169e469e200e54fa842e588342007-12-03T17:17:32Z2007-12-03T17:17:33ZLeilahttp://bookshelvesofdoom.blogs.comOh, yeah -- I've had that one on my shelf (or in a box somewhere) for ages. I'll have to...<p>Oh, yeah -- I've had that one on my shelf (or in a box somewhere) for ages. I'll have to dig it out sometime when I feel like getting depressed.</p>cc commented on '<i>Cupid: A Tale of Love and Desire</i> -- Julius Lester'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8345169e469e200e54fa8420f88342007-12-03T17:13:56Z2007-12-03T17:13:56ZccA good one to pair with this (for? classrooms? bookgroups?) would be Robert Graves' Till We Have Faces, which is...<p>A good one to pair with this (for? classrooms? bookgroups?) would be Robert Graves' Till We Have Faces, which is the Cupid and Psyche story from a different perspective. It's excellent, but mega-depressing.</p>Leila commented on '<i>Cupid: A Tale of Love and Desire</i> -- Julius Lester'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8345169e469e200e54f9487e088332007-12-03T15:27:57Z2007-12-03T15:27:57ZLeilahttp://bookshelvesofdoom.blogs.comI'm the same way with audiobooks -- this is the first book in a long, long time that has even...<p>I'm the same way with audiobooks -- this is the first book in a long, long time that has even tempted me. I was so happy to find that excerpt.</p>
<p>Lester is hit and miss with me, too, and I hadn't expected to like this one as much as I did, as I'd heard complaints about the voice. But I ended up really enjoying it, hooray!</p>Becky commented on '<i>Cupid: A Tale of Love and Desire</i> -- Julius Lester'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8345169e469e200e54fa8002988342007-12-03T15:20:25Z2007-12-03T15:20:25ZBeckyhttp://blbooks.blogspot.comI just love this one. I love, love, love it. I didn't expect to. Julius Lester is hit and miss...<p>I just love this one. I love, love, love it. I didn't expect to. Julius Lester is hit and miss with me. But there was something about this storyteller, this story, that I just loved. I read the book and I listened to the audio. I think it is one of the best audio books I've ever listened to. I'm not really big into audio books, by the way, because I read faster than I listen. It slows me down too much. Add that with the fact that a bad reader/narrator can ruin the mood of the book...but this one is just right. </p>TadMack commented on '<i>Cupid: A Tale of Love and Desire</i> -- Julius Lester'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8345169e469e200e54fa7e40988342007-12-03T13:28:38Z2007-12-03T13:28:38ZTadMackhttp://writingya.blogspot.comI'm so pleased you like this so well. I appreciate hearing the reading; maybe if that guy came and read...<p>I'm so pleased you like this so well. I appreciate hearing the reading; maybe if that guy came and read the story to me it would have worked out better. I don't know -- it seemed like there was just too much of the narrator, and not enough of the story -- of course, there isn't that much story there, in mythology; it's all the power of the storyteller, as you said.<br />
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