tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10685011.post116856623683681641..comments2023-11-03T09:09:32.113-04:00Comments on Behind the Stove: "Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.” - Samuel UllmanBabelBabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00467487618830618571noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10685011.post-1168727609761751772007-01-13T17:33:00.000-05:002007-01-13T17:33:00.000-05:00A spot of bother is Feb's bookgroup book, but I ha...A spot of bother is Feb's bookgroup book, but I have so many books I need to read before that I can't even look forward to it yet. Picked it up at a bookstore but put it down again, as it is only out here in hardback so far.<BR/>(I'll look out for those books you listed in newest post).lazy cowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10756448890246596503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10685011.post-1168708167478706142007-01-13T12:09:00.000-05:002007-01-13T12:09:00.000-05:00Liz, I just tried to start Snow Flower and the Sec...Liz, I just tried to start Snow Flower and the Secret Fan but reading the details of the footbinding was enough to make me nauseated, which is saying something as I am generally totally nonsqueamish. The "surgery" in Spot didn't bother me in the least : )<BR/><BR/>Telfair, Spot is TOTALLY different from Curious Incident; same excellent writing but absolutely different. It would still make a crazy flight better, though.BabelBabehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00467487618830618571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10685011.post-1168707620650665522007-01-13T12:00:00.000-05:002007-01-13T12:00:00.000-05:00I wish Anne Tyler would clone herself and write se...I wish Anne Tyler would clone herself and write several new books each year. <BR/><BR/>A really loved <I>A Spot of Bother</I>, too, although I was cringing as I read the part about the "surgery".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10685011.post-1168663317993841942007-01-12T23:41:00.000-05:002007-01-12T23:41:00.000-05:00I was wondering about the new Haddon book; I keep ...I was wondering about the new Haddon book; I keep picking it up and putting it down. Maybe I'll read it now.Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12066257241391122732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10685011.post-1168645404644830852007-01-12T18:43:00.000-05:002007-01-12T18:43:00.000-05:00Great recommendation...I loved "Curious Incident."...Great recommendation...I loved "Curious Incident." It kept a long flight to South Africa in coach from driving me irretrievably batty.sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02897322022631264150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10685011.post-1168626725539901092007-01-12T13:32:00.000-05:002007-01-12T13:32:00.000-05:00I have read surreptitiously at work before. :)I have read surreptitiously at work before. :)Carohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160632952978584244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10685011.post-1168614222455942132007-01-12T10:03:00.000-05:002007-01-12T10:03:00.000-05:00I'm working through "We Were the Mulvaneys" at the...I'm working through "We Were the Mulvaneys" at the moment (by Oates) and just loving it. I'm glad she has more that I have yet to read!Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07797634231980014686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10685011.post-1168580525445851132007-01-12T00:42:00.000-05:002007-01-12T00:42:00.000-05:00I feel your pain. John Welter rattled off three in...I feel your pain. John Welter rattled off three inexpressively brilliant novels and then...silence.<BR/><BR/>I've been scratching my tracks ever since.<BR/><BR/>-J.Jokehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05672407657347134623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10685011.post-1168577681659946432007-01-11T23:54:00.000-05:002007-01-11T23:54:00.000-05:00That's more like it: if it's ONLY two recommendati...That's more like it: if it's ONLY two recommendations there's a chance that I may actually <I>remember</I> them! <BR/><BR/>(sorry, have just been grouching on my blog about how book-bloggers have bedazzled me so much that I can't even make a choice in a bookshop any more: I take it all back now).Bechttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10219854307291147169noreply@blogger.com