tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4160223532207347025.post5127681494085077822..comments2024-02-28T23:35:56.193-05:00Comments on The Curious Reader: Awake and AriseGradhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17526750467742207099noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4160223532207347025.post-9702087515558360372010-03-26T17:46:33.127-04:002010-03-26T17:46:33.127-04:00hey there... wow... you sound a bit challenged rig...hey there... wow... you sound a bit challenged right now... especially with that "confounded list". I think what you need is some inspiration and I've come to offer it with v4 of my spreadsheet. I just released it today and it coincides with the release of the 3rd edition of the list. Unfortunately for us both, The Plot Against America has been removed. Hmmmm...<br /><br />Anyway, if you want to get the new spreadsheet and be blown away by how different it is, check it out <a href="http://johnandsheena.co.uk/books/?page_id=1806" rel="nofollow"><b>HERE</b></a>.Arukiyomihttp://www.johnandsheena.co.uk/booksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4160223532207347025.post-83818365876051532010-03-10T17:57:51.776-05:002010-03-10T17:57:51.776-05:00Ah ha! Mystery solved!Ah ha! Mystery solved!Gradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17526750467742207099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4160223532207347025.post-75414240696059444512010-03-10T15:10:18.784-05:002010-03-10T15:10:18.784-05:00Grad love, there's no need to return it to me ...Grad love, there's no need to return it to me - it is genuinely a spare copy. (Also, that would give the book miles more air miles that you, which seems unfair.) I promise to claim the drink one day, maybe with a side order of grits. I've always wondered about grits. Sorry, how corny. Oh, boom, tish, corn-y...thank you, I'll be here all week.<br />I was the rooftop strangler, but I grew weary of hanging upside-down from unstable guttering. I now get my jollies from sending books to kindly unsuspecting strangers from the internet.Fugitive Piecesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4160223532207347025.post-30589005424335721732010-03-10T12:13:51.320-05:002010-03-10T12:13:51.320-05:00Fugitive Pieces, what I also said above was I ful...Fugitive Pieces, what I also said above was I fully trust you are not the roof-top strangler. And also that I promise to take care of the book and return it to you in good shape. Thank you, thank you. If you are ever in Savannah, I'll buy you a drink -- two -- I'll throw in dinner!Gradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17526750467742207099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4160223532207347025.post-10804460362800740042010-03-10T12:10:56.070-05:002010-03-10T12:10:56.070-05:00Fugitive Pieces...I am so excited about your offer...Fugitive Pieces...I am so excited about your offer I can't seem to get my e-mail address right. It's grad_106@yahoo.com. Yipes.Gradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17526750467742207099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4160223532207347025.post-32051983879395306462010-03-10T12:07:03.788-05:002010-03-10T12:07:03.788-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Gradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17526750467742207099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4160223532207347025.post-17606159548984076342010-03-10T12:05:07.987-05:002010-03-10T12:05:07.987-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Gradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17526750467742207099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4160223532207347025.post-17366950742916018672010-03-10T07:09:25.064-05:002010-03-10T07:09:25.064-05:00Grad - I happen to have a spare copy of Wolf Hall....Grad - I happen to have a spare copy of Wolf Hall. Could I perhaps post it to you? <br />If you're unhappy handing your address out to an unknown Fugitive, I will completely understand. I don't know if Di will vouch for me after just the one meeting, but she will certainly give you my e-mail address if you'd like the book. I can also furnish you with references from Litlove, my mother, and my neighbours seem to trust me with their children too...Fugitive Piecesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4160223532207347025.post-67836587783029283792010-03-09T11:12:19.678-05:002010-03-09T11:12:19.678-05:00Litlove, you are a young woman with the soul of a ...Litlove, you are a young woman with the soul of a sage. Uh - that's a compliment by the way. I think you see things very clearlyl<br /><br />Dorothy, it seems that in my case I blog so little compared to most blogs I follow, I'm always "on break."<br /><br />Janell, you have your arms full. When my children were small, my reading was largely reading books to them. Very little time for oneself in those years. You'll have plenty of time to catch up. It's more important to pack a picnic or play "bears" under the dining room table. Trust me on that.Gradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17526750467742207099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4160223532207347025.post-54074968549968192542010-03-09T00:12:55.649-05:002010-03-09T00:12:55.649-05:00I enjoyed this post. If I didn't have my kids ...I enjoyed this post. If I didn't have my kids and husband needing my attention, I could very well disappear under a pile of books for days on end well! And even though I'm only in my early 30's, I'm feeling the same sort of urgency about the list of books I want to read before I die. I used to re-read my favorites, but I haven't been doing that anymore. Too many books I HAVEN'T read yet!<br /><br />And, ah, reining in the spending. Shopping/ownership and I have a love/hate relationship. You are definitely right that there is much satisfaction in living more simply and on less. Thanks for sharing your thoughts!Janellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02673883808842901302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4160223532207347025.post-11559119360963722202010-03-07T20:34:09.511-05:002010-03-07T20:34:09.511-05:00You've been busy! I think it's a great ide...You've been busy! I think it's a great idea to take a blog break now and then, and I may be heading into one myself, or at least I'm slowing down a little. The things I'm doing in my life are good, and if that means I blog less, so be it.Rebecca H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10825532162727473112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4160223532207347025.post-58451336654735286772010-03-07T09:18:44.529-05:002010-03-07T09:18:44.529-05:00I missed you, and so it's very good to see you...I missed you, and so it's very good to see you back in the saddle. But life - ah, it does provide such a distraction at times. For the past five years, I feel that I've been working on my own reading list and not socialising, but (don't tell anyone) I rather like it that way. If you are experiencing life more intently, more mindfully perhaps, because of reading, then it really doesn't matter what the precise experience is - I only worked it out a few years ago; there are no quotas in life, you just do what gives the most back.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4160223532207347025.post-20764484656058995412010-03-05T15:43:15.706-05:002010-03-05T15:43:15.706-05:00Inslinger, we addicts must stick together. I get ...Inslinger, we addicts must stick together. I get so many ideas about what to read next from all my wonderful blog friends - including you. By the way, your blog is so visually pretty as well.<br /><br />Doctordi, from all accounts, she is loving it so far. Of course, if you've ever been to Chicago you understand why. But I warned her that she's going to find a lot of things different other than the sheer size and weather. Everyone here really does say, "Yes, ma'am" and no "ma'am" They may hate your guts, but they are very polite about it! And dear Shorty. Yes, she's a gem.<br /><br />Stefanie, can you believe Chuck Norris is 69??Sixty-Nine!! Sheesh. I've really been loving everything I've been reading lately. No clunkers. And thanks for the compliment. Hopefully, the kids think I'm a pretty good Mom too. But it wasn't that tough. I got lucky and got some sterling kids.<br /><br />Tinky, the parakeets were all born "in captivity" so to speak. Mom got me Sparky as a gift when I had the chicken pox. We got him Sparkle, a mate. He was gorgeous, she was a plain Jane. But it must have been magic. They had 4 babies: Annie Oakley, Tommy, Georgie, Kitten. And I was wrong in my post. It wasn't Tommy that flew out the window, it was Georgie. They were all different colors. Tommy was white! Because they knew us since they were hatchlings they were so tame they would come to you when you called them. So when Georgie was lost, it was quite a blow. Peaches was sweet, but she just wasn't Georgie.Gradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17526750467742207099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4160223532207347025.post-50046427469774306422010-03-05T11:36:00.746-05:002010-03-05T11:36:00.746-05:00Fabulous images in this post, from the parakeet mi...Fabulous images in this post, from the parakeet mixup to you as Chuck Norris. And I love your eclectic book list! I'm so glad you're back in business, even if you're missing Katharine (as is only right).Tinkyhttp://www.ourgrandmotherskitchens.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4160223532207347025.post-7370781867596485422010-03-05T10:36:58.237-05:002010-03-05T10:36:58.237-05:00What a good, wonderful mother you are Grad. Kathar...What a good, wonderful mother you are Grad. Katharine is one lucky girl.You have been doing some marvelous reading. You must post about the Ghosh. I am also certain that while you might not end up looking like Kristie Brinkley, you definitely won't look like Chuck Norris either! Just a very trim and fit and lovely Grad :)Stefaniehttp://somanybooksblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4160223532207347025.post-50893164960444027442010-03-04T22:13:39.936-05:002010-03-04T22:13:39.936-05:00Oh, Graddikins, you do make me laugh! Sweetie, I&#...Oh, Graddikins, you do make me laugh! Sweetie, I'd wager (with Congress's coin?!) that you're the *only* DoctorDi reader in the whole of the South, but I am somewhat heartened to think Hilary Mantel's hard work on Wolf Hall is being rewarded with a waiting list - there's satisfaction in that, although I do wish the wait wasn't yours!<br /><br />I love Shorty's lucid moment - she sure can pick 'em, because that was so perfectly and beautifully expressed. How's Katharine liking the big smoke? I hope she has the time of her life, and that you're not too sad to have equipped her with such fine working wings. xxxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4160223532207347025.post-37241249698509630432010-03-04T17:00:13.196-05:002010-03-04T17:00:13.196-05:00Oooh, like the book addict I am, I immediately beg...Oooh, like the book addict I am, I immediately began to jot down the books you've just mentioned that I haven't read (I won't tell you what happened when I took a look at that 1001 books list!!) . . .Inkslingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10525674673162053186noreply@blogger.com