Comments on: Books on the Nightstand Podcast, Episode #13: Nothing but the Truth

By: Jean Searight

Jean Searight — Tue, 24 May 2011 11:43:29 +0000

Cutting directly to the run after, Fast Five is certain to come up with a mad work at the box office. I am watching Fast Five Online right now here.

By: Mark David

Mark David — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:11:06 +0000

I made the mistake of posting my comment immediately without having finished the podcast, hehe. Yes, I have the same fear as Michael does with regards to the film adaptation of The Road. I’m not a father, but still I’m afraid that watching it on screen might be a little to painful. Like he said, at least with a book you can stop yourself from imagining it.

I have the book Revolutionary Road but I haven’t read it yet. I’m eager to see the film after I read the book

By: Mark David

Mark David — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 23:27:28 +0000

I agree with Michael that a very important factor in whether a movie turns out to be a good adaptation or not is if it captures the original tone of the book. I don’t get to watch a lot of movies adapted from books but one good example I can think of is Atonement. The film is of course a much compact version of that beautiful, beautiful story but for me it really brought the same feelings that I cherished in the book.

I’ve been holding off from watching the film adaptation of The Road since the book was so beautifully painful that I thought I might not be able to take seeing those scenes again with my eyes. And the fact that Viggo Mortenssen is such a really great actor scares me even more. Still not sure if I’d watch it one day.

By: ann

ann — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 01:10:25 +0000

Thank you, Shelley! I have wanted to read Stiff for a long time but haven’t gotten to it. (I did read her newest book “Bonk”, though. That was, um, enlightening.)

Thanks for visiting!

By: Shelley Greenberg

Shelley Greenberg — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:20:31 +0000

Great podcast, guys. I haven’t read any of your recommendations but I’m excited to. Just in the past few years have I discovered what fun and excitement lies in well-written, “novel-like” non-fiction.

Some of my favorite non-fiction titles include:
-”A Walk in the Woods” by Bill Bryson
-”Into Thin Air” by Jon Krakauer
-”Into the Wild” by Jon Krakauer
-”Stiff” by Mary Roach (not novel-like but still fascinating and very well-written)

I think that a well-told non-fiction story can be even more powerful than a well-told fictional story, because not only is it an amazing tale, but these things actually happened at some point in history to real people.

By: ann

ann — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:01:40 +0000

Thanks, Chris. I, too, like Alison Weir very much. I haven’t read her fiction, but her nonfiction have the great character development that make me forget that I’m reading a work of historically-researched fact.

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 23:55:41 +0000

Another great podcast! I’m generally a fiction reader, specifically fantasy. But, sometimes I will read nonfiction. Usually English history. I really like Alison Weir. She writes about Henry VIII, his wives and children. She also wrote a bio of Eleanor of Aquitaine. Her style is definitly narrative nonfiction. She’s written a couple of fiction books as well.

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 19:24:49 +0000

Thanks so much for your comments Ann. If you only knew how much we second guess our on-air voices, inflection, etc. sometimes!

By: Ann Handley

Ann Handley — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:33:20 +0000

p.s. Nice video find, too. How many authors play with online social media tools like this? That would make for an interesting post, at some point.

By: Ann Handley

Ann Handley — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:30:20 +0000

I confess that this was my first podcast of yours that I managed to hear all the way through (without getting interupted). And I loved it. You both have such great on-air voices and an easy style… it was a wonderful 20 minutes!

I’m particularly looking forward to “Stalking Irish Madness.” I’ve been reading a lot of Nonfiction lately, after years and years of reading almost exclusively fiction, so I’m on the lookout for new titles.