tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22616974.post3498932200658238479..comments2024-03-27T17:34:52.560-05:00Comments on A Garden Carried in the Pocket: The Spiritualist by Megan Chancejenclairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06046532245054911248noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22616974.post-90813553647709364832011-02-24T08:57:08.786-06:002011-02-24T08:57:08.786-06:00Caroline - None of the novels about Spiritualism a...Caroline - None of the novels about Spiritualism are ever quite right, but I liked <i>The Seance</i>. The <i>nonfiction</i> about the topic, however, is almost always fascinating!<br /><br />Annie liked The Spiritualist better than I did and has some great pics of the Fox Sisters and some other recommendations at Buttery Books--<a href="http://butterybooks.com/blog/spirit-rappers-and-table-tiltings/" rel="nofollow">here</a> and <a href="http://butterybooks.com/bookclubpartyideas/the-spiritualist-by-megan-chance/" rel="nofollow">here</a>.jenclairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06046532245054911248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22616974.post-85874465444309641592011-02-23T23:43:12.169-06:002011-02-23T23:43:12.169-06:00I might check out The Seance. It is a topic that f...I might check out The Seance. It is a topic that fascinates me a lot as well. I read already some books dealing with it but they were mostly unsatisfactory.Carolinehttp://beautyisasleepingcat.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22616974.post-25878070464078554662011-02-23T11:08:21.140-06:002011-02-23T11:08:21.140-06:00Annie - :) Exactly! And then adding Evie to the ...Annie - :) Exactly! And then adding Evie to the mix...!jenclairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06046532245054911248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22616974.post-30305324565245321312011-02-23T10:34:08.533-06:002011-02-23T10:34:08.533-06:00I thoroughly enjoyed this novel and you are spot o...I thoroughly enjoyed this novel and you are spot on about Chance liking to "keep things a bit edgy". I think that's one of her strong suits. I also enjoy feeling uncertain about characters. Dorothy and Michel's relationship still has me wondering ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22616974.post-24420674062928155082011-02-23T07:11:15.052-06:002011-02-23T07:11:15.052-06:00Iliana - Right, a woman from that time would proba...<b>Iliana</b> - Right, a woman from that time would probably have suspected a mistress rather than a gay relationship, but she would have suspected something.<br /><br /><b>Jenny</b> - Chance doesn't follow the expected route in a novel, does she? She throws in situations and relationships that disrupt expectations. An Inconvenient Wife was better as far as historical info goes, though. This one has the same kind of strange marriage and weird triangle.<br /><br /><b>Kailana</b> - I didn't find it riveting, either. Kind of plodded on through it.jenclairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06046532245054911248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22616974.post-4730167646292077492011-02-21T22:05:46.892-06:002011-02-21T22:05:46.892-06:00I was rather liking this, but then it got predicta...I was rather liking this, but then it got predictable and now it is taking forever for finishing it!Kailanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11136262232046813471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22616974.post-40702725597697565042011-02-21T20:39:23.374-06:002011-02-21T20:39:23.374-06:00I read An Inconvenient Wife a few years ago -- pro...I read An Inconvenient Wife a few years ago -- probably on your recommendation! -- and it sounds like I felt much the same about this author as you did. I liked her, and I definitely liked the setting, but I thought the book could have been better.Jennyhttp://jennysbooks.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22616974.post-37039334990340407742011-02-21T19:31:40.935-06:002011-02-21T19:31:40.935-06:00Totally agree with you on the review! And, I know ...Totally agree with you on the review! And, I know times were different back then and all but didn't you think she was so completely naive when it came to finding out about her husband? I mean, something had to be going on! I did enjoy it and I think I was probably very forgiving as I just like the time period and the spiritualism stuff.Ilianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07026669671843769219noreply@blogger.com