tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post1665798637535394492..comments2024-02-10T19:58:20.327+00:00Comments on Stuck in a Book: My Life in Books: Series Five: Day FourStuckInABookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-2453623091777169592014-12-07T16:57:10.598+00:002014-12-07T16:57:10.598+00:00Thanks for commenting, Kat. I was so surprised at ...Thanks for commenting, Kat. I was so surprised at how much I enjoyed "So Big." What a fascinating character Selina was. When he was on tour with his novel "Watergate," Thomas Mallon spoke here at the library (sadly, I missed it). I am currently on a hunt for a copy his book "Yours Ever: People and Their Letters."Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04335523622158333456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-72205326511038805012014-12-05T18:47:23.388+00:002014-12-05T18:47:23.388+00:00Belle, we enjoy so many of the same books ! I was...Belle, we enjoy so many of the same books ! I was thrilled to discover Edna Ferber's So Big a few years ago, and am also a big fan of Thomas Mallon. Cheers to Simon for posting this.Kathttp://mirabiledictu.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-17491880975590689392014-12-05T02:29:08.924+00:002014-12-05T02:29:08.924+00:00Thanks, Kathy. I just recently reread '84'...Thanks, Kathy. I just recently reread '84' and its follow-up 'The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street' about Helene Hanff's - finally! - visit to London. It is written in the form of a journal. So you have two of my favorites: letters in one and a journal in the other. How can you beat that!Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04335523622158333456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-80264619196358728492014-12-02T13:12:47.668+00:002014-12-02T13:12:47.668+00:00Belle--It was nice to learn a little more about yo...Belle--It was nice to learn a little more about your reading life. I like many of the same authors you do, and 84 Charing Cross is one of my favorite books. I've read it multiple times.Kathy A. Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01499969787028085716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-82536633401630606402014-11-27T21:05:48.009+00:002014-11-27T21:05:48.009+00:00Thanks, Rosie - a book I must have read at least h...Thanks, Rosie - a book I must have read at least half-a-dozen times :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07546287562521628467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-12144276103884364062014-11-27T20:38:48.139+00:002014-11-27T20:38:48.139+00:00Tony may like to know that the book about the high...Tony may like to know that the book about the high-jumper in East Berlin is Bury the Dead, by Peter Carter. I read it in my early teens and it has stuck with me too.Rosie Hnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-18802042087794633662014-11-27T14:44:12.913+00:002014-11-27T14:44:12.913+00:00What lovely books and experiences! Enid Blyton see...What lovely books and experiences! Enid Blyton seems to have been so pivotal in so many people's reading lives (she certainly was in mine)!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com