tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1459431979539476850.post6974648449999644432..comments2024-03-10T10:12:47.522+01:00Comments on Weighty matters: Will he get her?Marahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04464946195661953578noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1459431979539476850.post-3386017066466634072017-07-30T18:01:44.998+02:002017-07-30T18:01:44.998+02:00Love your header photo. I'm a romance reader a...Love your header photo. I'm a romance reader all the way....Debby@Just Breathehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11685398064340027809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1459431979539476850.post-52523968717269143542017-07-30T12:47:42.146+02:002017-07-30T12:47:42.146+02:00I feel like I should read both Handmaid and 1984. ...I feel like I should read both Handmaid and 1984. I've seen the movie/tv version of both, but feel a bit guilty about not reading the books. I found the Handmaid series quite absorbing.Anvilcloudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07974744042579564912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1459431979539476850.post-5615857430714619142017-07-30T00:45:41.168+02:002017-07-30T00:45:41.168+02:00I have never been able to power through classics b...I have never been able to power through classics but I did enjoy Great Expectations. Right now I am slowly enjoying John Adams by David McCullough...revolutionary USA history, but also a great insight into his relationship with his wife!<br /><br />Give me a good Stephen King book and I'll have no problem powering through it :-).<br />The Adventures of the LLB Ganghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12502162429874740820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1459431979539476850.post-74189184744785179192017-07-29T21:40:53.831+02:002017-07-29T21:40:53.831+02:00Dr. Zhivago...have you read that? That novel has e...Dr. Zhivago...have you read that? That novel has everything, intrigue, romance, tragedy, and history. <br />Hugs Cecilia My Mind's Eyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12014097754516123017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1459431979539476850.post-50486086367298288602017-07-29T19:44:17.791+02:002017-07-29T19:44:17.791+02:00Good luck with your writing! I always loved writin...Good luck with your writing! I always loved writing and started with little poems in grade school. Then it was on to short stories, and finally a couple novels which I hope to publish sometime. C.L.W.STEPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17364713435574660430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1459431979539476850.post-28286663788898167382017-07-29T17:58:04.068+02:002017-07-29T17:58:04.068+02:00It's on the list, but first there are some oth...It's on the list, but first there are some other books I have to focus on. The type that can only be read after I have actually finished writing them!Marahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04464946195661953578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1459431979539476850.post-86692002922149744802017-07-29T17:50:41.002+02:002017-07-29T17:50:41.002+02:00I almost forgot one of my favorite books: "Ri...I almost forgot one of my favorite books: "River of Gods" by Ian McDonald. It looks at India in 2047. C.L.W.STEPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17364713435574660430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1459431979539476850.post-15933265929216454632017-07-29T17:21:49.366+02:002017-07-29T17:21:49.366+02:00I don't think I would have gotten that book in...I don't think I would have gotten that book in school. I found it hard to 'get' now!<br /><br />I read one comment somewhere that said: this was supposed to be a warning, not a guide. So true! So scarily true!!Marahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04464946195661953578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1459431979539476850.post-13837232770430580192017-07-29T17:04:57.027+02:002017-07-29T17:04:57.027+02:00Big brother is watching you …
Yes, "1984&qu...Big brother is watching you … <br /><br />Yes, "1984" should be required reading in school. You will find that a lot of what that book is about is coming true today. C.L.W.STEPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17364713435574660430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1459431979539476850.post-65125177965703857392017-07-29T11:29:27.906+02:002017-07-29T11:29:27.906+02:00I don't know when I read my last book ! I am r...I don't know when I read my last book ! I am reading blogs !! Sometimes so interesting especially those who immigrated to Australia when they were children or other moving stories ! I am in Amsterdam and it rains ! Gattinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06636525277807715146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1459431979539476850.post-57748812055664913032017-07-29T09:42:41.565+02:002017-07-29T09:42:41.565+02:00Is there not a possibility to have it as a listeni...Is there not a possibility to have it as a listening book? I have listened to The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy while doing the ironing! Absolutely brilliant. <br /><br />As for an hour, sometimes I don't even get that far. I remember trying something by Tolkien and giving up after not even a chapter. Awful!Marahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04464946195661953578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1459431979539476850.post-9097738681446595392017-07-29T09:40:33.967+02:002017-07-29T09:40:33.967+02:00I nearly only read at work. I used to learn Norweg...I nearly only read at work. I used to learn Norwegian at work as well, but now that I speak the language, I read. And often get caught out as I miss my departure time...Marahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04464946195661953578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1459431979539476850.post-74800964703401199272017-07-29T09:39:47.088+02:002017-07-29T09:39:47.088+02:00By the way: I loved Little Women. Isn't it fun...By the way: I loved Little Women. Isn't it funny how some books appeal to some and not to others?Marahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04464946195661953578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1459431979539476850.post-1557951751120342002017-07-29T09:38:55.005+02:002017-07-29T09:38:55.005+02:00I do belong to Goodreads, but even though they sho...I do belong to Goodreads, but even though they show books that I might like (I have a list) they are not always that easy to get hold of and/or very expensive. And no, I will not pay over 40 pounds for a book that is not even new!Marahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04464946195661953578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1459431979539476850.post-63429977151532327322017-07-29T09:37:46.369+02:002017-07-29T09:37:46.369+02:00So between your first and second book you had a se...So between your first and second book you had a sex change and wrote a book you never wrote. Way to go on research Waterstones (which by the way must be my favourite book store, I once spent five hours in there)!Marahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04464946195661953578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1459431979539476850.post-40770822599379369702017-07-29T09:33:41.356+02:002017-07-29T09:33:41.356+02:00I think I struggled my way to the finishing post o...I think I struggled my way to the finishing post on Great Expectations. The thing about Dickens is, he elaborates on a simple brown hat for about five pages, by which time I have lost all interest in that simple brown hat that doesn't have that much significance anyway. Oh, and I did read A Christmas Carol, which was on the okay side. Mainly because it was fairly short!!Marahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04464946195661953578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1459431979539476850.post-59857818869066660692017-07-29T07:54:56.691+02:002017-07-29T07:54:56.691+02:00I too love to read Mara but with my failing eyesig...I too love to read Mara but with my failing eyesight don't do all that much of it anymore. However I always read for pleasure. If a book doesn't please me after the first hour or so that's it ..... goodbye book. I've read literary works but if they don't hold my interest its on to the next one for me. A book I really loved and would recommend is Life and death in Shanghai by Nien Cheng. I read it many years ago now and would love to reread it. If only my eyes would let me. Charliedownunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10212403434770733660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1459431979539476850.post-87451897025109517562017-07-29T05:20:04.208+02:002017-07-29T05:20:04.208+02:00I am not much of a reader these days. No suggesti...I am not much of a reader these days. No suggestions from here.Janicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10359355308140058671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1459431979539476850.post-79957467952629476222017-07-29T00:56:34.025+02:002017-07-29T00:56:34.025+02:00Mom usually whips right through most books. Do yo...Mom usually whips right through most books. Do you belong to Goodreads.com? You can see books other have read and how they liked them. Mom tried to read "Little WOmen" but could not get through it.<br /><br />Your Pals,<br /><br />Murphy & StanleyMurphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10288455369911071072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1459431979539476850.post-26676273394400044242017-07-29T00:49:36.869+02:002017-07-29T00:49:36.869+02:00My husband was in the UK on business at Waterstone...My husband was in the UK on business at Waterstones the big bookstore chain and called and said "they have your book on display (TBOB went #1 in both the US and the UK). I thought that was pretty cool - then he said "they also have 'also by this author" But the second book wasn't written yet. He looked, the second book in the display was also by a<br /> the artist as a young man".LBJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17795791180696109276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1459431979539476850.post-92219541477755043322017-07-28T23:28:02.609+02:002017-07-28T23:28:02.609+02:00Hari OM
I adore Solzhenitsyn and Orwell - you coul...Hari OM<br />I adore Solzhenitsyn and Orwell - you could stick to them and go for One Day In The Life of Ivan Denisovich (AS) and good ol' Animal Farm (GO)... David Copperfield is perhaps not the best to begin your Dickens' education; I would suggest Oliver Twist - way better to read than has ever been produced on screen. Modern and light are the No.1 Ladies Detective series by Alexander McCall Smith; I defy anyone not to fall in love with Madam Ramotswe and her endless teapot!!! Happy reading. YAM xx Yamini MacLeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18383916589808462620noreply@blogger.com