tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8479372804252937102.post6312212018834812932..comments2023-06-23T10:23:45.427-04:00Comments on Always Reading: Bookstores, Blurbs, BeginningsAvid Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11941594574518793056noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8479372804252937102.post-63291082689307568222009-05-04T14:19:00.000-04:002009-05-04T14:19:00.000-04:00Trying to catch up on reading other blogs too.Trying to catch up on reading other blogs too.Avid Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11941594574518793056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8479372804252937102.post-6426358978454372532009-05-03T03:03:00.000-04:002009-05-03T03:03:00.000-04:00Seems I have always read multiples, though I agree...Seems I have always read multiples, though I agree that, it is easier to keep them straight when the starting is staggered. After the first 100 pages or so, each book becomes its own entity.Ronda Laveenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03902846545309643023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8479372804252937102.post-88271580265788438502009-05-02T16:25:00.000-04:002009-05-02T16:25:00.000-04:00I would go for that bleakly interesting blurb, too...I would go for that bleakly interesting blurb, too. I had Mr. Pip, but it has turned up missing, strangely enough. I had to buy it as the library did not offer it here. I think you are extraordinary to be able to read so much at one. My limit is two.ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11376645220662546020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8479372804252937102.post-13294958294718885722009-04-29T17:37:00.000-04:002009-04-29T17:37:00.000-04:00I still can't figure out how you read multiple boo...I still can't figure out how you read multiple books at once! Don't you have an urge to finish one before starting another. You must be a very fast reader to whip through so many pages!Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11724807799695867204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8479372804252937102.post-61198190456282267712009-04-28T23:09:00.000-04:002009-04-28T23:09:00.000-04:00Old Fashioned Girl is okay, but Eight Cousins &...Old Fashioned Girl is okay, but Eight Cousins & Rose in Bloom are better. Just my opinion...<br /><br />And that is one of the best blurbs I've read in a long while!<br /><br />I've got three books going at the moment, myself. One for the porch, one for going to bed, one for weekends when I can really stop and concentrate. It works out.<br /><br />You didn't have to, but thanks for changing the comment format. On posts like this it is so much nicer to be able to refer to the original post as I go along my blathering way.<br /><br />:)Meganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09387041422819664987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8479372804252937102.post-90956965592948584012009-04-28T18:00:00.000-04:002009-04-28T18:00:00.000-04:00Bleakly enjoyable; yes, I can relate. I love the V...Bleakly enjoyable; yes, I can relate. I love the Virtual Book Club. I would not have seen/read many of the books in just the brief period it's been up and running.tut-tuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15713003038275525797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8479372804252937102.post-27632802118532106872009-04-28T12:01:00.000-04:002009-04-28T12:01:00.000-04:00Nice haul you got last time out. Do pass along any...Nice haul you got last time out. Do pass along any especially juicy hateful tidbits you come across...<br /><br /> :-)Deborah Godinhttp://notesfromthecloudmessenger.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8479372804252937102.post-78792602839207128692009-04-28T11:09:00.000-04:002009-04-28T11:09:00.000-04:00That's a fascinating trio to be starting at the sa...That's a fascinating trio to be starting at the same time.<br /><br />Just read The Guardian review on Mr Pip. Sounds excellent. Looking forward to your comments about it and McCall Smith's book, too. Never read that Alcott, either. We were read Little Women when I was small but as it was supposed to 'teach us' to be better people, my mind tended to wander to more amusing things.<br /><br />Adding The Concrete Pillow and Coast to Coast would be a bit much. Although it could make for some interesting contrasts. I don't know: imagine the woman in Coast to Coast reading excerpts of the Alcott book to her husband, in between bouts of 'hateful conversation'. No? Could be funny (the Raphael storyline sounds a bit like a Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf played out in a car.)R.L. Bourgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02850533057828782722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8479372804252937102.post-51812843644776554522009-04-28T10:38:00.000-04:002009-04-28T10:38:00.000-04:00I wish I made more time for reading.I wish I made more time for reading.Merle Sneedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01228809667893921954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8479372804252937102.post-10585473089854691702009-04-28T09:32:00.000-04:002009-04-28T09:32:00.000-04:00I'll be back for a slower read but "terrifically h...I'll be back for a slower read but "terrifically hateful conversation" sounds like a hoot!R.L. Bourgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02850533057828782722noreply@blogger.com