tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546626959391412613.post8849971297412146920..comments2024-03-27T19:51:28.984-07:00Comments on The Burrow: Cover to CoverAshleigh Burroughshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05790757220725900941noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546626959391412613.post-83092367938141949512011-01-31T15:10:27.215-07:002011-01-31T15:10:27.215-07:00So you're not recommending one specific book t...So you're not recommending one specific book then? Just ALL of them that he's written? I've never heard of this guy, but I'm making a note of it now.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11145627510439227985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546626959391412613.post-16318931867785704712011-01-26T11:42:42.179-07:002011-01-26T11:42:42.179-07:00When the world looms large,
and the tape in my bra...When the world looms large,<br />and the tape in my brain continues<br />to loop;<br />I find an audio book and make myself<br />comfortable.<br />I get deliciously lost, sometimes for days.<br />There are some great readers who take my hand<br />and lead me into the world of words.<br />I too admire who you are, and am also saddened by what you have had to endure.<br />HelenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546626959391412613.post-5283475802978176722011-01-26T08:14:40.572-07:002011-01-26T08:14:40.572-07:00Found you by way of Time Goes By. I support elder ...Found you by way of Time Goes By. I support elder bloggers! Please check out my site Advancedstyle.blogspot.com where I feature stylish and vital people over 50.<br /><br />Ari Seth CohenArihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01020057512468238766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546626959391412613.post-68342018364829259872011-01-25T22:26:47.377-07:002011-01-25T22:26:47.377-07:00I love drinking in a book in one day! Last one I ...I love drinking in a book in one day! Last one I did was *Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom* by Cory Doctorow... not your cuppa tea I suspect, but perfect for a menopausal cyberpunk like myself to read on a plane, and you captured the "gotta live out the end of the book with the characters now" feeling of a real reader with a book that speaks to her.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00608775428899775165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546626959391412613.post-45735872187275048192011-01-25T21:48:07.264-07:002011-01-25T21:48:07.264-07:00I found your blog from reading a news article abou...I found your blog from reading a news article about you. I wanted to say I love how your mind works, and the t.v. interviews I have seen with you and your husband showed two people full of grace. I had tears in my eyes when I saw your interview and you spoke about your experience that has thrust you into such public view.<br /><br />I hope the pain subsides for you, physically and mentally and your life can get back to some sense of "normal" for you. <br /><br />With much love and healing thoughts from me to you and your family. May peace be with you.Angelinanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546626959391412613.post-77318805026715331932011-01-25T20:25:51.737-07:002011-01-25T20:25:51.737-07:00I do so love my readers... so many of whom are rea...I do so love my readers... so many of whom are readers themselves. Funny how we've found each other, isn't it? <br /><br />I'm finding that reading is helping me escape from the sad that is creeping around the edges of my life these days. With the pain meds my concentration is limited, but Billy Collins has been keeping me sane and I am forever grateful.<br />a/bAshleigh Burroughshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05790757220725900941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546626959391412613.post-38328561531937504742011-01-25T17:14:07.563-07:002011-01-25T17:14:07.563-07:00Oh my gosh, I was just thinking all that was missi...Oh my gosh, I was just thinking all that was missing was a big giant plate of your brownies! I love that you took a day to plow through a book; it's pretty exhilarating, isn't it? I haven't done that in awhile but need to. With your brownies, of course.Meg at the Members Loungehttp://designsbymeg.com/blog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546626959391412613.post-44300578104718862972011-01-25T15:48:30.255-07:002011-01-25T15:48:30.255-07:00I haven't had a book affect me that way since....I haven't had a book affect me that way since...well, I can't think when it last happened, but it might had been a P.D.James mystery. Until Stieg Larsson's Millenium series. Which infuriated me, to be honest, because it was more like a kidnapping than a pleasure. I was pretty sure, after about halfway into the first novel, that I didn't really want to need to know more, but I had a bad case of the Can't Help Its.<br /><br />Pancakes with butter, syrup, and a bad case of the Can't Help Its? Defines decadence.<br /><br />But, hey, no chocolate?Nancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15166865250789996825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546626959391412613.post-72259323825889757122011-01-25T13:29:11.803-07:002011-01-25T13:29:11.803-07:00Never read a single thing by Greg Iles. I'll h...Never read a single thing by Greg Iles. I'll have to look into him now, though!<br /><br />For a few days last year after The Missus gave me the Kindle for my birthday, she and The Pooch were strangely, respectfully remote. I plowed through something like the first four books in the space of a couple of weeks, and then crashed into the wall on which some wag had spray-painted REAL LIFE (as if I couldn't see that much for myself). But I love unbroken reading stretches like that. It reminds me of being a kid, sick in bed (with one of those ailments -- mumps, measles, chicken pox -- which, alas, do not afflict adults), and reading something like Tolkien's trilogy for the first time. <br /><br />And as someone above said, the real world seems a little less real after you close the book.<br /><br />In a former life I had a tree man working for me. Charlie. Hired him on the spot when he diagnosed a crimson king maple on my property thusly: "It has a girdling root. The root doesn't grow out but <em>around</em> the trunk, strangling the tree, relentlessly." I didn't even care if he was right. Any guy who could teach me a phrase like "girdling root" and use the word "relentlessly" without blushing was a guy I wanted on the household payroll.<br /><br />(He was right, though.)JEShttp://johnesimpson.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546626959391412613.post-69992126796165775622011-01-25T12:13:19.832-07:002011-01-25T12:13:19.832-07:00Oh, you are a woman after my own heart! I'll h...Oh, you are a woman after my own heart! I'll have to check out that book...<br /><br />When I went through surgery, chemo and radiation for colon cancer 12 years ago, reading saved me. And no, I stopped reading books on healing and stories of other cancer survivors after about a week. I "met" some of favorite authors during that year!katiekonohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828662584321512745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546626959391412613.post-85459130914606652012011-01-25T10:22:42.935-07:002011-01-25T10:22:42.935-07:00Best description I have ever read of what it is li...Best description I have ever read of what it is like to get lost in the pages of a book. I've been there. I've done it. But I've never found the right words to describe it. Beautifully done, Suzi.Karinanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546626959391412613.post-8948511048211425542011-01-25T08:50:18.247-07:002011-01-25T08:50:18.247-07:00I can only spend a day like that, completely immer...I can only spend a day like that, completely immersed in a book, if it's raining and cold outside. There's nothing like the woodstove cranked up and a book that creates its own world. <br /><br />I was struck by the "good lighting and safe parking lot" sentence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546626959391412613.post-14755919277464258322011-01-25T08:25:46.290-07:002011-01-25T08:25:46.290-07:00I was breathless just reading your post. I have do...I was breathless just reading your post. I have done that exact same thing several times. My days are not as busy as yours. Only problem with having a nice reading day like that is the empty feeling one gets when finished. It's like losing a great friend. An empty feeling. And you don't pick up another book until the feeling is gone. And when you do, it's an easy read. Something to fill the space until your next Super Book! ...debbieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546626959391412613.post-1971245266219577892011-01-25T08:04:57.620-07:002011-01-25T08:04:57.620-07:00... and now I yearn for a day like that day. Just...... and now I yearn for a day like that day. Just me and a really good read. BTW-- I spent several years teaching those classes at the local library and coordinating the Master Gardeners volunteer phone lines. We have a lot in common!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12460881702249079009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546626959391412613.post-21831254818730581542011-01-25T07:13:43.023-07:002011-01-25T07:13:43.023-07:00"Life has a habit of interfering with more se..."Life has a habit of interfering with more sedentary pursuits"... this holds much meaning after the events that followed. I was wondering if your Mother was aware of the shooting? My Mom is in the later stages of the disease and we protect her from anything disturbing. For the most part she is very content and the panic that used to be a part of her life is gone.Joy Tiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04183952085695405635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546626959391412613.post-61001349307274254172011-01-25T06:32:50.653-07:002011-01-25T06:32:50.653-07:00Now that's a good day. Been a long time since ...Now that's a good day. Been a long time since I found a book I wanted to read in one day. I guess I'm getting jaded in my old age. :)Sherrihttp://sherricornelius.comnoreply@blogger.com