tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post6022602862698432648..comments2023-10-25T05:30:54.507-04:00Comments on Oh Get A Grip!: Literary SerendipityAshe Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03390519279886657608noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-39264065915209820152016-06-26T11:18:41.737-04:002016-06-26T11:18:41.737-04:00OMG, now my list of books I want to read is even l...OMG, now my list of books I want to read is even longer. Serendipity sounds like a good way to find new books to read, but I have a backlog of books I've been asked to review, and those usually (or should) take priority. Jean Robertahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08805088081675965859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-19990839038698597372016-06-26T08:55:11.902-04:002016-06-26T08:55:11.902-04:00Hi Lisabet!
You make them both sound very intrigu...Hi Lisabet!<br /><br />You make them both sound very intriguing. I've been thinking a lot about how characters are presented and the Silent House book sounds like a study in this. This topic reminds me how I haven;t done enough reading these days. Its one of those things which is so easy to put aside.<br /><br />Garce<br /><br />Garceushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160407485298015371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-31281848888039431772016-06-24T11:38:57.762-04:002016-06-24T11:38:57.762-04:00I rather liked American Gods, Fiona. However, The ...I rather liked American Gods, Fiona. However, The Ocean at the End of the Lane is quite different in tone. <br /><br />I do almost all my reading either before going to sleep or while traveling. So I don't have to make the choice you do! (Unlike some people, I really cannot write in bed!)Lisabet Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05162514190572269660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-89830331098969046082016-06-24T11:36:38.396-04:002016-06-24T11:36:38.396-04:00We have a set of bookshelves just for things we ha...We have a set of bookshelves just for things we haven't read yet. There are three sections: read by neither me nor my husband, read by me but not by my husband, and vice versa. Lisabet Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05162514190572269660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-67480317901475796072016-06-24T11:35:46.518-04:002016-06-24T11:35:46.518-04:00Yes, that really resonated with me. I still feel l...Yes, that really resonated with me. I still feel like a kid. It's a shock when I look in the mirror.Lisabet Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05162514190572269660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-134994510501776042016-06-22T22:44:34.665-04:002016-06-22T22:44:34.665-04:00I figure they can cremate me with the piles of boo...I figure they can cremate me with the piles of books I've amassed. Some I'll never get the time to read, when my scant spare time is spent looking at them, then asking myself, "Read? Or write?" I almost always choose write.<br /><br />I'm surprised you enjoyed Gaiman's book so much, but then the only one of his I've read is American Gods. My daughter had to read it for a college class, and I thought it would be fun to talk it over with her. Boy, was I wrong! We both hated it, to the point where she started skipping pages, just to get it done, and I had to tie myself to the chair and force myself to finish it. I've never before finished a book I detested that much...usually I just toss them aside and never think about them again. Imagine my shock to discover that this is considered one of his best, made into a TV show, and there's a sequel?!? <br /><br />None of the characters appealed to me, I couldn't identify with or even begin to care about any of them. I guess I don't feel so bad about my books not selling, if books like that are considered great. <br /><br />But then as I've always told my kids, "One person's yuck is another person's yum." Fiona McGierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13495707848048468428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-33446958419334443692016-06-22T11:29:41.813-04:002016-06-22T11:29:41.813-04:00I just love going to the bookstore. We have a new ...I just love going to the bookstore. We have a new one in town, a local chain. Plus the thrift shops and library deaccessions. Something about buying on impulse. A great cover... a blurb that sounds enticing... a favorite author who may have something new... who knows? I guess my reading list is the stack of books on my night table.Daddy Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12927663248424944119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-35483732012504202862016-06-20T14:02:36.936-04:002016-06-20T14:02:36.936-04:00I am very similar to you in that, despite the vari...I am very similar to you in that, despite the various to-read lists I keep, I often buy books serendipitously. I have lots of stuff loaded on my kindle and stacked up around my house, and I don't really expect that to change. I think that's par for the course for a certain type of book lover.<br /><br />I love the quote you gave about grown-ups from Ocean at the End of the Lane. I used to feel that was a secret I had to hide—that I wasn't a grown-up inside, even though I thought I was supposed to be. There were so many other people who seemed like grown-ups to me. But it turns out that most of us feel smaller than we ought to be. It's comforting and scary to realize that, and so well-put in that quote.Annabeth Leonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07455191827664110878noreply@blogger.com