tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post8504755351525537499..comments2024-03-28T11:17:43.586+00:00Comments on Read-warbler: Bookish thoughts for 2008Cathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06371069000185280668noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-55855602317792879442009-01-04T13:53:00.000+00:002009-01-04T13:53:00.000+00:00Hi Tara. Oh, I really hope you like The Beekeeper'...Hi Tara. Oh, I really hope you like The Beekeeper's Apprentice. To my mind the series only gets better too. I especially like book 4 - The Moor, set on Dartmoor. Mary Russell is such an intelligent, quirky heroine that I can't help loving her.Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06371069000185280668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-4633212335275087352009-01-02T16:53:00.000+00:002009-01-02T16:53:00.000+00:00I enjoyed your list. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is ...I enjoyed your list. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is such a wonderful book and I'm glad you love it, too. I've just bought the first book in the Laurie King series - I wonder if I'll like it!Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07208766776468157501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-19326392728843448642009-01-02T00:05:00.000+00:002009-01-02T00:05:00.000+00:00Happy New Year to you too, Kay. Would love to hear...Happy New Year to you too, Kay. Would love to hear what your bookgroup thinks of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. It was definitely *the* read of 2008 for me.Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06371069000185280668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-41626463042733544572009-01-01T22:03:00.000+00:002009-01-01T22:03:00.000+00:00Lovely book list, Cath! Happy New Year, by the wa...Lovely book list, Cath! Happy New Year, by the way. I'm really excited that my book group is doing A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN in April. It will be interesting to see how the discussion goes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-66402217111338579642009-01-01T18:16:00.000+00:002009-01-01T18:16:00.000+00:00Sarah: It's not a good thing, imo, to compare the ...Sarah: It's not a good thing, imo, to compare the number of books we read with other people's. We all read at different speeds and our lives differ in how busy we are etc. As you say, you just end up feeling inadequate!<BR/><BR/>A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is so worth reading. I thought it was wonderful. I'll look up the book you mentioned too.<BR/><BR/>Hi Pat! My friend in Ohio is reading that Edgar Sawtelle book right now as well. I don't know anything about it but she said she's enjoying it. Look forward to hearing your thoughts on it.<BR/><BR/>Nymeth... sorry about adding to your wishlist! (not really. lol) And a Happy New Year to you too.<BR/><BR/>Happy New Year, Nicola. Yeah, The Poisonwood Bible is definitely a book that would stand a reread. I'll do that in a couple of years. I thought it was fantastic.<BR/><BR/>Happy New Year to you too, Margaret. I hope you decide to read the Guernsey Literary Soc. book this year. It was so lovely, and a quick read so it's not like you'll have spend weeks reading it. I was through it in a couple of days and I read slowly.<BR/><BR/>And I quite agree about quality not quantity.<BR/><BR/>Hi Nan. Stephen Fry in America was such a lovely programme - I really hope it shows up on one of your TV stations sometime. I loved the way he said in an interview that Americans are delightful people. I so agree with him but it's not a sentiment you hear expressed very often. I was so glad to hear him say it and I like him even more now. <BR/><BR/>One of the joys of having this blog on Blogspot has been getting to know some wonderful people, and you're one of them, Nan. I look forward to more of your wonderful posts in 2009.Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06371069000185280668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-40453087585910141302009-01-01T16:14:00.000+00:002009-01-01T16:14:00.000+00:00Oh, how I envy your tv and radio! Stephen Fry in ...Oh, how I envy your tv and radio! Stephen Fry in America! Heaven. Maybe it will show up on dvd sometime. I read a lot less books, but like you, enjoyed them. Then again, if I don't like a book, I quit it, so most of the ones I read I really love. So, so nice being in touch with you via blogging.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-25647892582969099152009-01-01T09:52:00.000+00:002009-01-01T09:52:00.000+00:00Happy New Year!The Poisonwood Bible is a lovely bo...Happy New Year!<BR/><BR/>The Poisonwood Bible is a lovely book - one to re-read, also Gentlemen and Players. Maybe I'll read the Guernsey Literary book this year.<BR/><BR/>I agree there's no need to worry about how many books I read - it's the quality and not the quantity that counts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-19059127855179183462008-12-31T22:07:00.000+00:002008-12-31T22:07:00.000+00:00Happy New Year! I loved The Poisonwood Bible. You...Happy New Year! I loved The Poisonwood Bible. Your post reminds me that I must re-read it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-15043733046263433832008-12-31T21:26:00.000+00:002008-12-31T21:26:00.000+00:00Many of your favourites are now on my wishlist bec...Many of your favourites are now on my wishlist because of you. Happy New Year, Cath! I hope 2009 is great for you, both when it comes to reading and to life in general.Ana S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16092495983972185943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-50857415099582715562008-12-31T16:19:00.000+00:002008-12-31T16:19:00.000+00:00Hi Cath.. I just left your other blog lol.. I did ...Hi Cath.. I just left your other blog lol.. I did my books of the year post also! lol.. (sheesh, another sisterly thing we've done together lol)<BR/><BR/>I was thankful for the sabriel series because the last number of books for this year were not doing it for me at all .. and that's strange! One book yes, but this year it was a number of different books in a row! .. I am reading Edgar Sawtelle right now and it too is not thrilling me, I keep hoping it will get better.. I'll try it for a while yet and if nothing improves it will wind up back on the shelf! I am thinking I may need to do a reread or two of things I know don't disappoint! but I sure hate to do that right now with so many tbr books sitting in front of me! In fact I just got won a book and it came today.. a charles dickens book The Old Curiosity Shop which I've been wondering about and wanting to try. .. but i know I'm not ready for it "just yet"..groan lol..<BR/><BR/>ok I am off to try to read a chapter or two.. have a wonderful New Years Eve !! (I never stay up for it!) See ya next year!DesLilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02582481597658080464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-8420331346336692862008-12-31T13:52:00.000+00:002008-12-31T13:52:00.000+00:00Happy New Year! I try not to worry about the numbe...Happy New Year! I try not to worry about the number of books I've read as well- it only makes me feel inadequate. As long as I enjoy what I've read, that's enough.<BR/><BR/>Of your list, All Quiet on the Western Front and The Guernsey book are the only two I've read. Both very good although obviously very different.<BR/><BR/>I've been meaning to read A tree grows in Brooklyn so will try to in '09. It reminds me a favourite novel of mine, The Harp in the SOuth by Ruth Park which is a coming-of-age story of an Irish Australian girl in the slums of 1940's Sydney.<BR/><BR/>I raced through the Mary Russell series when I discovered them. I'm very excited about the ninth one in the series, The Language of Bees, which is due out in 2009.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com