tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10685011.post1927189139124257687..comments2023-11-03T09:09:32.113-04:00Comments on Behind the Stove: My vegetable love should grow vaster than empires, and more slow. - Andrew Marvell, "To His Coy Mistress"BabelBabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00467487618830618571noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10685011.post-88243680350099365522007-02-20T14:50:00.000-05:002007-02-20T14:50:00.000-05:00dh gave me The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman. ...dh gave me The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman. I think I'll keep him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10685011.post-43966382746239458322007-02-20T01:02:00.000-05:002007-02-20T01:02:00.000-05:00I have to add the dreadful Only Love is Real, that...I have to add the dreadful Only Love is Real, that I HAD to read for bookclub recently to your #2!<BR/><BR/>And nobody attempts to buy me books anymore, besides one of my sisters as she is also a book lover - but even she always has a backup should I have read the one she gave or don't want to ;-)nutmeghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338099206534716993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10685011.post-81057513655251362882007-02-19T20:31:00.001-05:002007-02-19T20:31:00.001-05:00I'm pretty careful with books as gifts. I'm wary o...I'm pretty careful with books as gifts. I'm wary of folks that give me spiritual books that they themselves have not read. <BR/><BR/>My dad tends to give me books he hasn't read but that he's read the review for--and 97% of the time, he flops. The one time he scored was when I was in 6th grade and he gave me Homecoming by Cynthia Voigt. All the other years it was stuff like "Miracle at Philadelphia" (sorry if that's someone's favorite...)<BR/><BR/>A guy I dated once gave me a copy of the Psalms, but he knew it would be a hit b/c he'd seen me fawn over it. It's one of those super duper calligraphy ones. The calligrapher went to CMU for graphic design...<BR/><BR/>My mom once gave a guy a copy of one of those Norman Vincent Peale books, sort of a way to get rid of him and it backfired, he took it as encouragement. <BR/><BR/>Yes, giving books can be a dangerous practice.Sarah Louisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00251034210962259082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10685011.post-23839703499930694442007-02-19T18:25:00.000-05:002007-02-19T18:25:00.000-05:00P.S. I've always thought that giving someone a boo...P.S. I've always thought that giving someone a book (in terms of content, not talking about giving someone a "better" edition than they already own) was ferociously presumptuous.Jokehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05672407657347134623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10685011.post-77328033966537930422007-02-19T18:23:00.000-05:002007-02-19T18:23:00.000-05:00What? No Ye Olde Love Sonnettes of L. Ron Hubbard...What? No <I> Ye Olde Love Sonnettes of L. Ron Hubbard?</I><BR/><BR/>-J.Jokehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05672407657347134623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10685011.post-83158837029158818542007-02-19T18:03:00.000-05:002007-02-19T18:03:00.000-05:00So Gerard Manley Hopkins would be right out, then?...So Gerard Manley Hopkins would be right out, then?Badgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08612452005428621885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10685011.post-603988030613980282007-02-19T15:48:00.000-05:002007-02-19T15:48:00.000-05:00I'd rather a man give me a book than clothes for a...I'd rather a man give me a book than clothes for a present.<BR/><BR/>At least I can pretend to read a book. :)Carohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160632952978584244noreply@blogger.com