tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831075779288351551.post7503202419632438070..comments2023-10-24T09:11:10.751+01:00Comments on ...the sight of morning...: ...and then the snow melted...alice chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16969805206040091585noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831075779288351551.post-76293884254436037382010-06-30T13:04:54.624+01:002010-06-30T13:04:54.624+01:00Books are a bit like that old fairy tale: "Y...Books are a bit like that old fairy tale: "You gotta kiss a lot of frogs........."menopausalmusinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12255069917743230560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831075779288351551.post-32270445253350157102010-06-30T12:51:34.301+01:002010-06-30T12:51:34.301+01:00I have to admit that if the book doesn't get m...I have to admit that if the book doesn't get me in in the first few chapters these days then the book ends up on the bedside table for ages. I used to slog through a bad book, but I seem to have become more discerning in my old age....or more impatient :-)Baa-Me Kniitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00532601173550095905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831075779288351551.post-21712442547129761392010-06-30T11:47:28.281+01:002010-06-30T11:47:28.281+01:00Exquisite review. A trip to the book store will b...Exquisite review. A trip to the book store will be fun today.<br /> ps Computer savvy Mum and Dad! so cool.kathehttp://kathekramer.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831075779288351551.post-76168282914229410012010-06-30T10:19:40.319+01:002010-06-30T10:19:40.319+01:00I loved this book when I first read it - it was in...I loved this book when I first read it - it was in a box of books given to my daughter. She didn't like it at all, strangely.<br />I've always read so quickly that I favoured fat volumes, though I've never read Gone with the Wind - how did that pass me by?Janehttp://jeeandme.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831075779288351551.post-16170541139151102682010-06-30T10:03:56.248+01:002010-06-30T10:03:56.248+01:00I was an under the desk reader too. It took me yea...I was an under the desk reader too. It took me years to figure out why that bothered my math teacher.<br /><br />Will have to check out Penelope Lively. Penelope Fitzgerald is another Penelope who writes thin, breath taking books.Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02381204473168533313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831075779288351551.post-2947935133178514862010-06-30T08:52:24.341+01:002010-06-30T08:52:24.341+01:00Yes. We too want to hear about nun scandalization ...Yes. We too want to hear about nun scandalization !!<br /><br />Mum and DadGMSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831075779288351551.post-27435871894112519582010-06-30T08:36:31.356+01:002010-06-30T08:36:31.356+01:00I fought a playground battle about the plot of GTW...I fought a playground battle about the plot of GTW. I had only read the book and she had only seen the movie. Scarlett's poor wee firstborn just gets written out of history.trashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13623440501234583451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831075779288351551.post-21828737240069356442010-06-30T07:01:53.130+01:002010-06-30T07:01:53.130+01:00Is that Norham Gardens as in North Oxford? I had a...Is that Norham Gardens as in North Oxford? I had a friend who lived there, with nuns no less. I have never lived with or been educated by a nun, which may explain a lot.<br /><br />I could do with a slim volume of dancing prose. We seem to have had an interminable round of thick, worthy tomes at book club recently.dottycookiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15295592896941235130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831075779288351551.post-53324574524752697352010-06-30T06:54:24.502+01:002010-06-30T06:54:24.502+01:00I am always fascinated at the different reading te...I am always fascinated at the different reading tempos which books seem to demand. <br /><br />It wasn't the reading matter which got to my nuns - it was the fact that I was often reading something under the desk, when I should have been doing something else.Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11723377593068712400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831075779288351551.post-56591614785978886612010-06-30T05:15:58.867+01:002010-06-30T05:15:58.867+01:00I'm trying to think .. in 1974 I was eleven an...I'm trying to think .. in 1974 I was eleven and such a goody two shoes that my nuns would not have been scandalised ..although I do think I might have started dipping into Dad's spy thrillers..<br /><br />By the way - has Sue Gee published anything recently .. I must check that out!Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08578720378832806483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831075779288351551.post-65206851922814466682010-06-30T04:10:55.381+01:002010-06-30T04:10:55.381+01:00I want to hear more about nun scandalization. I r...I want to hear more about nun scandalization. I really do.Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05932228002267520123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831075779288351551.post-38580447969787418252010-06-30T00:16:02.446+01:002010-06-30T00:16:02.446+01:00I don't think I'd ever enjoy a slim volume...I don't think I'd ever enjoy a slim volume as much as I enjoyed Gone with the Wind.maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13955194101659665925noreply@blogger.com