tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post1625425442789870387..comments2024-02-10T19:58:20.327+00:00Comments on Stuck in a Book: Books Will Go OnStuckInABookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-51376913226766972782011-12-02T20:42:31.054+00:002011-12-02T20:42:31.054+00:00Thanks for posting this.
AnnThanks for posting this.<br />AnnAnn Summervillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13300190648788509096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-31904404396967384442011-12-02T17:14:34.761+00:002011-12-02T17:14:34.761+00:00Anon - you're welcome, and thank you!
Susan -...<b>Anon</b> - you're welcome, and thank you!<br /><br /><b>Susan</b> - people who love books haven't changed a lot over the decades, have we? A lot of sympathies stay the same which technophiles can't really match...<br /><br /><b>Pat</b> - what a lovely quotation! If books didn't exist, what a miracle they would seem :)<br /><br /><b>Merenia</b> - that was my favourite line too!<br /><br /><b>Darlene</b> - aww, bless your wee heart! And thanks :) Btw, I'm impatient for your review of The Slaves of Solitude...StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-75882015290421843302011-12-02T12:36:51.341+00:002011-12-02T12:36:51.341+00:00My eyes were stinging with tears by the end of the...My eyes were stinging with tears by the end of the first paragraph. <br /><br />Love the new look, Simon!Darlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07415316482631852565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-15919123844057073732011-12-02T10:36:24.852+00:002011-12-02T10:36:24.852+00:00I love that line about books possibly becoming mor...I love that line about books possibly becoming more necessary than gas masks... <br /><br />Verity wrote a great post a while back about the value of reading to mental health and how reading is being recognised and used as a form of therapy in some situations. <br /><br />I also love the 'voice' of this piece. So British, so stoic.Mereniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00597354144052341218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-91172328766453041292011-12-02T10:35:22.677+00:002011-12-02T10:35:22.677+00:00Many thanks for this gem. It reminded me of an ent...Many thanks for this gem. It reminded me of an entry I read recently in an 1850 diary in our family: "Books - what a grand invention for the dark winter evenings! Without them, alas, it would scarcely be worth living - how very tedious and irksome our leisure hours would be. The best of company. Thanks to the sublime inventor."Patnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-28076014644972843662011-12-02T03:48:26.510+00:002011-12-02T03:48:26.510+00:00And still true today! Thanks for sharing this with...And still true today! Thanks for sharing this with us.Susan in TXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09550766549670690646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-14023183196547987882011-12-02T02:58:58.878+00:002011-12-02T02:58:58.878+00:00Thank you for sharing this- it a gem as is your bl...Thank you for sharing this- it a gem as is your blog. CheersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com