tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post2155059996797402595..comments2023-10-15T11:42:21.659-04:00Comments on pages turned: Two memes in one!SFPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17439972994357205049noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-41704547310500877972007-12-01T19:39:00.000-05:002007-12-01T19:39:00.000-05:00I like the emphasis on the older books.So many peo...I like the emphasis on the older books.<BR/>So many people nowadays are only reading the latest thing.<BR/>That's an impressive list of ESSENTIAL, relevant books of the past. <BR/>And already representative of a formidable challenge for 2008, along with the pile of books you will <I>add</I> to it, right?<BR/>I know the feeling.<BR/>So many books.<BR/>So little time.Ciprianohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00254338542624853230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-48443947166377205592007-11-30T07:57:00.000-05:002007-11-30T07:57:00.000-05:00I really love it when I look back at my reading jo...I really love it when I look back at my reading journals and see when I was reading organically.<BR/><BR/>Gonna try to clear my plate and not have any holdovers for next year. Do you hear that, Letty Fox? I will finish you before December 31!Bybeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10061186489010154661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-59108456402712510742007-11-29T18:39:00.000-05:002007-11-29T18:39:00.000-05:00I, too, have to list the "books I had to buy and t...I, too, have to list the "books I had to buy and then let languish" by categories.<BR/><BR/>This is the year that I will get through Les Miserables, The Brothers Karamazov, and Bleak House. I can just feel it.Staci Eastinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01107996901556804274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-29193809235230024242007-11-29T18:29:00.000-05:002007-11-29T18:29:00.000-05:00Well, Tristram Shandy is the real masterpiece, not...Well, Tristram Shandy is the real masterpiece, not Sentimental Journey, but SJ is a good warm-up to TS -- and it's really, really short.Rebecca H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10825532162727473112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-26434274390956341562007-11-29T15:18:00.000-05:002007-11-29T15:18:00.000-05:00I was wondering what happened to Tristram Shandy. ...I was wondering what happened to Tristram Shandy. He was on my list of books to read this year. At least you started reading it. I didn't even take it off the shelf!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-43397725167505214742007-11-29T13:47:00.000-05:002007-11-29T13:47:00.000-05:00My list was actually much longer, but mine were th...My list was actually much longer, but mine were the ones I made lists of (I am very good at making lists and then ignoring them). I also want to read Suite Francaise, I begged a reader's copy of the Chabon and then never read it! And I've wanted to read Buddenbrooks for a long time (but hesitant due to the size!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-30283817113661947162007-11-29T11:46:00.000-05:002007-11-29T11:46:00.000-05:00I tend to go on author/genre/topic jags, but other...I tend to go on author/genre/topic jags, but other than that I read whatever appeals to me at the moment---even if that means putting down a book in the middle and switching to something else for a while!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-26537058322539798652007-11-29T09:13:00.000-05:002007-11-29T09:13:00.000-05:00Intricate mental gymnastics--that's it! It's the o...Intricate mental gymnastics--that's it! It's the only sport I do well, but I ought to get a gold in the book purchases department.SFPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17439972994357205049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-65425321174294333862007-11-29T09:07:00.000-05:002007-11-29T09:07:00.000-05:00I had to laugh about the new fiction and non-ficti...I had to laugh about the new fiction and non-fiction that you just "had to buy" and then let languish. I've done that way too often--and performed some intricate mental gymnastics to rationalize such a purchase (such as the Chabon book) to my husband. Great list!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com