tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post8841155600506544907..comments2024-02-28T19:37:14.696+01:00Comments on moments of perfect clarity: books bring comfortjulochkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10884096685015570257noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-89771808432938170702009-06-05T06:16:27.543+02:002009-06-05T06:16:27.543+02:00This post of yours, is just one of the reasons, I ...This post of yours, is just one of the reasons, I love ya!<br />Yeah mon!christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15541888793748453425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-19441647598586414272009-06-04T03:49:46.343+02:002009-06-04T03:49:46.343+02:00And Hardboliled Wonderland. Murakami is a genius. ...And Hardboliled Wonderland. Murakami is a genius. have you rad Kafka on the Shore? amazing.Gypsyfeethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10093041971711479663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-74289568140806409022009-06-04T03:47:31.102+02:002009-06-04T03:47:31.102+02:00The Bean Trees is one of my favorites too. I just ...The Bean Trees is one of my favorites too. I just finished reading it for the third time :)Gypsyfeethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10093041971711479663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-46871369761906452962009-06-03T23:05:45.990+02:002009-06-03T23:05:45.990+02:00LOVED your list
I wrote one a week or so ago
on Be...LOVED your list<br />I wrote one a week or so ago<br />on Bee's suggestion<br /><br />I have gleaned lots of good ideas from yours!<br />greetings from NY!Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03964291132366262298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-73630834267532607452009-06-03T21:53:50.973+02:002009-06-03T21:53:50.973+02:00I'll definitely do this in my blog! Love your ...I'll definitely do this in my blog! Love your list, except Harry Potter really not a fan!<br /><br />Balderdash: Medarami: The act of reading two Murakami books at the same time. As in B was in a real Medarami, trying to read Kafka in the shore and Hard-boiled... at the same time.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04371082850268120153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-62800271695024582782009-06-03T20:22:35.632+02:002009-06-03T20:22:35.632+02:00And I forgot to mention: Have you read Siri's...And I forgot to mention: Have you read Siri's new one, <i>The Sorrows of an American</i>, yet?<br /><br />It was intelligent and intriguing, but I thought it fell off at the end. I'd like to know what you think about it.Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02375981493145612394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-3960401197682854452009-06-03T20:19:59.498+02:002009-06-03T20:19:59.498+02:00abby--start with kafka on the shore. or norwegian ...abby--start with kafka on the shore. or norwegian wood. <br /><br />little bear is by Else Holmelund Minarik, but you're right that the illustrations were by maurice sendak. he also did Where the Wild Things Are.julochkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10884096685015570257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-52858965852874723332009-06-03T20:19:46.244+02:002009-06-03T20:19:46.244+02:00LOVE the book list! I've been meaning to writ...LOVE the book list! I've been meaning to write you an email of encouragement to read the Little House books with Sabin. I think that you will find them fascinating to revisit, and she will be intrigued/entertained.<br /><br />I have bought THREE Murakami books on your recommendation (must get to them).<br /><br />Also, I (strangely) have never picked up Proust, either. I think that I'm waiting for a long illness . . . which, obviously, I don't really want to have.Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02375981493145612394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-3811252756632995942009-06-03T20:14:26.851+02:002009-06-03T20:14:26.851+02:00maurice sendak? isnt she the creator of little bea...maurice sendak? isnt she the creator of little bear? that was my favorite tv show when i was younger :)<br /><br />as for haruki murakami... all the praise you've given this author really inspires me to pick up one of the novels. any suggestions? would someone in my age group find them interesting?Abbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11047632905406077248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-72007118889939708892009-06-03T18:32:15.411+02:002009-06-03T18:32:15.411+02:00A Widow For One Year is and always will be the one...A Widow For One Year is and always will be the one that I remember loving the most. Something about the way the book ended with the same phrase it began with just squeezed my heart to bursting. Did you like The Cider House Rules?<br /><br />When I'm feeling better I'll do my book thing. I have a feeling it will be boring. I read lots of alternative medicine and herb non-fiction.Laura Doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14407229726272149440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-19785981680101204822009-06-03T17:57:31.924+02:002009-06-03T17:57:31.924+02:00childhood favorites:
alexander and ther terrible,...childhood favorites:<br /><br />alexander and ther terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day - Judith Viorst and Ray Cruz (it gets my pout out)<br /><br />little women - louisa may alcott (ditto - and i still cry when beth dies) <br />little men - louisa may alcott (loved it too) <br />the secret garden - frances hodgson burnett <br />the nancy drew mysteries - carolyn keene (read all of the ones written until i was around 13 or so)<br /><br />comfort reading (to which i return again and again)<br />harry potter series - j.k. rowling (me too - and didn't she say she did have it planned out from the beginning?) <br />eat, love, pray - elizabeth gilbert <br />one hundred years of solitude - gabriel garcia marquez (ditto)<br /><br />best i've read in the past year<br />here is my confession - i've read mostly trash this year because it's been too hard to read decent literature because it involves hardships and i've had my fill of hardships over the past 24 or so months. i've pushed back from the table on hardships. <br /><br />ones which i've only pretended to read in their entirety <br />war and peace<br />anna karina - she was such a pain that i just hated herCharhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03851293154388793520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-37746214083755869852009-06-03T17:39:05.943+02:002009-06-03T17:39:05.943+02:00Julie - I think you tapped into everyone's moo...Julie - I think you tapped into everyone's mood right now. I also think I will do this on my blog, but first I will tell you I have a huge metal file box filled w/Trixie Belden books. I love them still. Oh - and I'm adding on my post Books I've Read Aloud - the ever-wonderful Michael & I do this all the time. A wind down at the end of our day. I read, he listens. And he remembers more. <br /><br />:) Debid smith kaich joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13450581639610967780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-39478855839310632102009-06-03T17:22:54.759+02:002009-06-03T17:22:54.759+02:00I re-read Little Women as an adult and loved it so...I re-read Little Women as an adult and loved it so much more than when I was a kid. Jo! Amy! Poor Beth and Miss Meg...heart!<br /><br />Also, I have a slightly unnatural crush on Nabokov...must find Pale Fire.<br /><br />xoxheidikinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00525478381785640543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-694555000858623322009-06-03T16:58:21.889+02:002009-06-03T16:58:21.889+02:00i am on good reads. if you scroll down, you'll...i am on good reads. if you scroll down, you'll find me.julochkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10884096685015570257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-29187743328899624262009-06-03T16:57:10.750+02:002009-06-03T16:57:10.750+02:00We have pretty similar book tastes! Are you on Goo...We have pretty similar book tastes! Are you on GoodReads or Shelfari or anything?Ady Grafovnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03186398278244365898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-2544510895313391832009-06-03T16:55:53.204+02:002009-06-03T16:55:53.204+02:00I have that exact same habit, I start a ton of boo...I have that exact same habit, I start a ton of books and can never finish all of them right away... But I'd have to say that some of my favorite books right now are anything by Jodi Picoult. I love the topics she covers in her novels. And childhood books... I could make a list longer than life itself- I work in Chapters in the kids' section so I'm constantly discovering new ones that I remember reading! <br />& I really want to read the no1 ladies detective series. I've heard so many good things about it to-date but haven't gotten to it yet...melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04054076806925773231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-33941693360297384142009-06-03T16:53:42.006+02:002009-06-03T16:53:42.006+02:00i'm only just reading roald dahl's matilde...i'm only just reading roald dahl's matilde right now for the first time to sabin. i would have loved it as a kid and i'm not sure why i never read it then.<br /><br />i also thought i'd never go for harry potter and didn't read it 'til the 4th or 5th one came out, but once i did, i was hooked.<br /><br />i read trixie belden and nancy drew as a kid too and loved both, tho' i found trixie more down-to-earth. :-)julochkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10884096685015570257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-81653825630685492092009-06-03T16:26:53.583+02:002009-06-03T16:26:53.583+02:00I hope you're feeling better soon.
I've g...I hope you're feeling better soon.<br /><br />I've gotten this horrible habit of keeping six books in partial stages of completion on my nightstand that I read depending on what mood I'm in (only six? how is that?) and now here are a few more that I'll have to add to the list for future.tangobabyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01288974184200212536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-6988662584702840302009-06-03T16:08:24.036+02:002009-06-03T16:08:24.036+02:00I love this and will probably do it on my blog one...I love this and will probably do it on my blog one of these days. But I must mention my all time favorite childhood book that was left off of your list--Matilda by Roald Dahl. I've read it literally 25 times. Anything by him was great.<br /><br />Also, I highly recommend the book Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen, if anyone here hasn't read it. It's FANTASTIC.<br /><br />Thanks for the great meme idea and I hope you feel better. Rest and drink tea. And read. Yes, great idea.Fidgeting Gidgethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03903926675948152931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-39907662395919560832009-06-03T15:55:08.345+02:002009-06-03T15:55:08.345+02:00Thinking about it, I suppose my interest in readin...Thinking about it, I suppose my interest in reading comes from those first read - the ones that give excitement and the 'wow' fator to a young boy.<br /><br />Tom Sawyer<br />Rip Van Winkle<br />The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood<br />Black Beauty<br />Ivanhoe<br />Kidnapped<br />Treasure Island<br />Robinson Crusoe<br />The Three Musketeers<br />Through the Looking Glass<br />The Jungle Book<br />Gulliver's Travels<br />A Journey to the Centre of the Earth<br /><br />I've never been interested in the Harry Potter stories.willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15590217997145761582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-5048976711743629552009-06-03T15:51:40.150+02:002009-06-03T15:51:40.150+02:00Great you share with us your list... I think I cou...Great you share with us your list... I think I could get inspiration!! One of these days I build my own list... I must only verify if there's the english version of some of them :))<br />Bye!Chiara Ulivihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07943293376569693900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-28489389662062498192009-06-03T15:45:56.140+02:002009-06-03T15:45:56.140+02:00Definitely gonna copy this post because you didn&#...Definitely gonna copy this post because you didn't list my all time very favoritist book in the whole wide world that I've read about a gazillion times and probably will read again. We have similar taste (from the list you posted anyway) so be sure to check it out. Might take me a couple days. <br /><br />Also, I don't think I've read any of the Russians. Interesting. Although I'm sure if I thought hard enough I was probably *supposed* to have read them in school.rxBambihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14334316477460537688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-34464196374848205542009-06-03T15:07:38.079+02:002009-06-03T15:07:38.079+02:00...and (yes, I know, can't leave well enough a......and (yes, I know, can't leave well enough alone, but you did bring up a hot topic), for modern literature a big fan of Kingsolver. The Poisonwood Bible haunted my thoughts for weeks, but now BK is helping me and my daughter in our quest to be locavores (a more gentler way of getting under my skin).<br /><br />Rowling and Tolkein family favorites (in print, audio and video)... <br /><br />Should go blog about all this, but I think I just did, on yours...<br /><br />Rx: Tea, rest and just a couple of pages of a good book. The sun will shine tomorrow...Cyndyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01365918364420231384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-39722866948998319232009-06-03T14:59:33.656+02:002009-06-03T14:59:33.656+02:00Thanks for sharing the list! No doubt those who w...Thanks for sharing the list! No doubt those who write the best, read the best.<br /><br />Have not read Master and Margarita, but am now intrigued (adding to the list). Like the others, my list would be too long (and we know how I like to leave short comments!), but I will say that most of my favorites are the classics, especially from the 1880 - 1940 era(s). I tend to lean more towards children's literature (fantasy and adventure without sex--not a prude, just feel that most of the time it is filler for the author's sake). I grew up reading Nancy Drew (I am Nancy), and in my more mature (?) years am enjoying poetry and etiquette books. Discovered James Whitcomb Riley last year and cannot get enough of him! His midwestern lines, sometimes written in dialect form, and the beautiful b&w illustrations are simple but amazing.<br /><br />So much for the short comment. Darn it!Cyndyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01365918364420231384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-31776001127819613862009-06-03T14:28:48.677+02:002009-06-03T14:28:48.677+02:00I love the pretend to have read list...If I think ...I love the pretend to have read list...If I think about it, my list would probably be quite extensive.Optimistic Pessimisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03629722877426063916noreply@blogger.com