tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080965436653289398.post6592831299741952080..comments2024-03-25T20:57:40.930-04:00Comments on Gulfside Musing: TLC Book Tour: As Always, Jack by Emma SweeneyJoAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13691864361197071517noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080965436653289398.post-90078660006408028142012-08-14T18:37:14.892-04:002012-08-14T18:37:14.892-04:00Kathleen - There's something about the letter ...Kathleen - There's something about the letter format that makes it all seem even more real.JoAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13691864361197071517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080965436653289398.post-54298599008115072652012-08-13T19:30:55.603-04:002012-08-13T19:30:55.603-04:00Sounds like a sweet story and I like the letter fo...Sounds like a sweet story and I like the letter format also. Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01739982274914536036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080965436653289398.post-61509387405464341312012-07-28T11:25:37.098-04:002012-07-28T11:25:37.098-04:00Stacybuckeye - LOL, there's something about le...Stacybuckeye - LOL, there's something about letters that brings out the busybody in all of us!JoAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13691864361197071517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080965436653289398.post-43754269628972769832012-07-25T23:46:55.825-04:002012-07-25T23:46:55.825-04:00I want to read this one mainly because I'm nos...I want to read this one mainly because I'm nosy ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080965436653289398.post-40597848683753096842012-07-24T21:04:15.160-04:002012-07-24T21:04:15.160-04:00Emma - What an amazing opportunity for you to mee...Emma - What an amazing opportunity for you to meet your father through these letters! I suppose it's only human to always want more - for us, as readers, letters from Beebe. Either way, this was a very touching book and I loved the feeling of time and place it gave me. Thanks so much for visiting.JoAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13691864361197071517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080965436653289398.post-11679327268639353562012-07-23T12:10:36.080-04:002012-07-23T12:10:36.080-04:00Hi Jo Ann - thanks for your review and for reading...Hi Jo Ann - thanks for your review and for reading my book! I agree with you and the others who commented that it would be great if we had my mother's letters. I often wonder how they went astray - if she threw them out around the time he died or when she moved from Bermuda back to Coronado. I feel certain my father would have saved them and brought them back but then maybe not? I'll never know. But the thing is, even without her letters, I get such a strong sense of who she was from his letters! And I love that about his letters. I also love just reading about the movies and plays and music of WWII - you really get a sense of the period from his letters.<br /><br />Thanks to all for reading the book! IEmmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13438161270646182445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080965436653289398.post-26702486232058904162012-07-20T22:00:16.294-04:002012-07-20T22:00:16.294-04:00heathertlc - I can only imagine how she must have ...heathertlc - I can only imagine how she must have felt reading these letters for the first time... what an experience! Thanks for having me on the tour.JoAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13691864361197071517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080965436653289398.post-91711071459354959132012-07-20T14:27:40.494-04:002012-07-20T14:27:40.494-04:00What an experience for the author to get to know h...What an experience for the author to get to know her father this way - I love it!<br /><br />Thanks for being on the tour.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080965436653289398.post-71300924845045804432012-07-20T10:07:39.111-04:002012-07-20T10:07:39.111-04:00Lisa - I know exactly what you mean! The epistolar...Lisa - I know exactly what you mean! The epistolary format makes it seem so much more personal.JoAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13691864361197071517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080965436653289398.post-82279278709879006082012-07-20T00:06:29.039-04:002012-07-20T00:06:29.039-04:00Gonna have to give this one some thought. I do lik...Gonna have to give this one some thought. I do like epistolary novels. There's just something about them that pulls me through the book.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05554217416500328610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080965436653289398.post-60867794180817966772012-07-17T14:26:54.689-04:002012-07-17T14:26:54.689-04:00Kailana - Beebe's letters would have added so ...Kailana - Beebe's letters would have added so much to the book! Sigh.JoAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13691864361197071517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080965436653289398.post-11596948493674586392012-07-17T14:26:07.600-04:002012-07-17T14:26:07.600-04:00WordsandPeace - WWII buffs would love this! I'...WordsandPeace - WWII buffs would love this! I've entered you in the giveaway.JoAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13691864361197071517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080965436653289398.post-37413319931068749262012-07-17T11:18:49.225-04:002012-07-17T11:18:49.225-04:00I agree. I wish we could have seen both sides of t...I agree. I wish we could have seen both sides of the correspondence! (No need to enter me. I am on this tour, too!)Kailanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11136262232046813471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080965436653289398.post-6825284611797959862012-07-16T21:09:42.775-04:002012-07-16T21:09:42.775-04:00Thanks for the giveaway. Several members of my boo...Thanks for the giveaway. Several members of my book club love WWII books, so I would love to win a book for one of them.<br />Emma @ Words And Peace<br />ehc16e at yahoo dot comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080965436653289398.post-38151157602119935052012-07-16T21:06:26.466-04:002012-07-16T21:06:26.466-04:00Elisabeth - This is definitely something different...Elisabeth - This is definitely something different, and well worth reading! I've entered you in the giveaway.JoAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13691864361197071517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080965436653289398.post-68554780811219512822012-07-16T21:05:17.736-04:002012-07-16T21:05:17.736-04:00Nancy - You're welcome! I've entered your ...Nancy - You're welcome! I've entered your name in the drawing.JoAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13691864361197071517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080965436653289398.post-80014162922826641092012-07-16T21:04:41.084-04:002012-07-16T21:04:41.084-04:00Ti - Exactly! If this were a novel, I doubt I woul...Ti - Exactly! If this were a novel, I doubt I would have picked it up... loved the fact that it was real! Still, would have loved to see the other side of the correspondence.JoAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13691864361197071517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080965436653289398.post-4908256543522748942012-07-16T19:26:52.493-04:002012-07-16T19:26:52.493-04:00Thanks for the giveaway! I am always looking for ...Thanks for the giveaway! I am always looking for something a little different and this looks perfect. It is going on my list of books to read regardless of whether I win or not.Elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05613835412884576762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080965436653289398.post-34110449244651824912012-07-16T18:12:36.062-04:002012-07-16T18:12:36.062-04:00I really like the sounds of this one. Thanks for t...I really like the sounds of this one. Thanks for the chance to win.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16393994484025283872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080965436653289398.post-63028960074155360492012-07-16T17:35:34.782-04:002012-07-16T17:35:34.782-04:00As a novel, I think this premise has been done to ...As a novel, I think this premise has been done to death but as a non-fiction read, the addition of the letters would probably make it more compelling from a reader's standpoint. <br /><br />No need to enter me!Tihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00926060806244061354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080965436653289398.post-64278263651580637092012-07-16T14:46:50.155-04:002012-07-16T14:46:50.155-04:00Staci - It's so hard for me to resist this for...Staci - It's so hard for me to resist this format, too! There's nothing like reading letters.JoAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13691864361197071517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080965436653289398.post-30629046248695078322012-07-16T14:42:21.139-04:002012-07-16T14:42:21.139-04:00Audra - It definitely would have been a much bette...Audra - It definitely would have been a much better book with the added dimension of Beebe's letters. I really wanted to know what she was writing to Jack!!JoAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13691864361197071517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080965436653289398.post-86951166997541301802012-07-16T14:41:17.895-04:002012-07-16T14:41:17.895-04:00Jenna - This was definitely a 'feel good' ...Jenna - This was definitely a 'feel good' type of book. Thanks for visiting -it's good to 'meet' you!JoAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13691864361197071517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080965436653289398.post-25544370640631340652012-07-16T14:17:07.837-04:002012-07-16T14:17:07.837-04:00I agree that including Beebee's letters would ...I agree that including Beebee's letters would have rounded the story out a bit more. I may have to pick this one up at some point as I love the format that it is written in!Stacihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07600979915661464945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080965436653289398.post-8034005875000869072012-07-16T13:35:53.192-04:002012-07-16T13:35:53.192-04:00Sounds very sweet. I passed on it when I read it ...Sounds very sweet. I passed on it when I read it was a one-sided conversation, so to speak, because not knowing what the response was would have killed me!Audrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07511122937603890352noreply@blogger.com