tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38510434.post6010520852175514036..comments2023-06-15T00:39:51.459-07:00Comments on And So Forth: A Few Words About ReadingBetty Carlsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17155852272383173880noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38510434.post-15524944251382561542007-10-31T13:32:00.000-07:002007-10-31T13:32:00.000-07:00I love cooking books too. I have two entire booksh...I love cooking books too. I have two entire bookshelves dedicated to them in my kitchen area. I even bought one in Portughese once and I don't even speak the language!<BR/><BR/>I love books by Barbara Kingsolver and Anna Gavalda too.spacedlawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12462723005560128474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38510434.post-35983048186997983172007-10-14T05:27:00.000-07:002007-10-14T05:27:00.000-07:00Go read the Wind Up Bird Chronicle. It is one of m...Go read the Wind Up Bird Chronicle. It is one of my favorites! As well as the Unbearable Lightness of Being. That is one I could read over and over.<BR/><BR/>I am working my way through Ensemble c'est tout right now....I really like it!Saritahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11474223953990958886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38510434.post-3345632725921820912007-10-09T03:00:00.000-07:002007-10-09T03:00:00.000-07:00Thanks for the tag, Betty! I always love to hear ...Thanks for the tag, Betty! I always love to hear about other people's reading habits and choices. The only other thing I like to talk about as much is food!<BR/><BR/>I've yet to read the Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, it's on my shelves, and Matthew, if you can read Camus in the original, it's well worth the effort!The Duchesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11973296361399409747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38510434.post-34052056960140566962007-10-08T10:11:00.000-07:002007-10-08T10:11:00.000-07:00You're right, Bloomer, reading should NOT be about...You're right, Bloomer, reading should NOT be about guilt! Neither should blogging, for that matter...Betty Carlsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17155852272383173880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38510434.post-72221635101226041262007-10-08T03:14:00.000-07:002007-10-08T03:14:00.000-07:00I haven't read a classic in years, and sometimes I...I haven't read a classic in years, and sometimes I feel guilty about that (recently I've been wanting to get my hands on Women in Love and some Nabokov anyway -- maybe I should make the time) -- but I've concluded that life is simply too short (as clichéd as that sounds) and that I need to spend it reading the books I really enjoy and WANT to read. Which also means that if I start a book and am having a hard time getting into it, I no longer feel guilty about stopping and picking up something else -- unless of course I've spent a bundle on it!<BR/><BR/>The Unbearable Lightness of Being is one of my all-time favorite books too! Along with several Murakamis, namely Norwegian Wood. Wind-Up Bird Chronicles is an excellent read, definitely worth it.<BR/><BR/>I feel kind of ho-hum about Ensemble, c'est tout, and I can't quite put my finger on why... I enjoyed it, I guess, but I wasn't mad about it.<BR/><BR/>I love posts about reading!The Late Bloomerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08337578942279132688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38510434.post-50166732723307672722007-10-06T12:25:00.000-07:002007-10-06T12:25:00.000-07:00Ooooh, Betty, I'm going to have to give this some ...Ooooh, Betty, I'm going to have to give this some thought.... I'm a book whore so...<BR/>Very interesting meme and fun to see what people are reading besides cook books!Katie Zellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17498599461583826030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38510434.post-57342456869714205222007-10-06T07:15:00.000-07:002007-10-06T07:15:00.000-07:00Thanks for playing! I too read a lot of classics s...Thanks for playing! I too read a lot of classics some years back and find myself reading contemporary literary fiction now. The classics are still on the shelf and I mean to read them but...<BR/><BR/>I don't know too many French authors but I would love to read Camus in his original language. A friend recently told me about the Goncourt Prize so there may be more French fiction in my future.<BR/><BR/>Funny I did the same thing with Tuscan Sun--sometimes the details were just too much to bear. Murakami is one of my favorite authors. If you like Wind-Up Bird Chronicle then you've got more great fiction to look forward to! I also love Kundera--I've read Lightness of Being a couple of times.<BR/><BR/>Have a great day!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com