tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post6582826610918286421..comments2024-02-10T19:58:20.327+00:00Comments on Stuck in a Book: Mayday!StuckInABookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-42657147263137856332008-05-05T12:39:00.000+01:002008-05-05T12:39:00.000+01:00Perhaps you should take up the habit of having a h...Perhaps you should take up the habit of having a handbag ... or a bag of any kind ... about your person at all times. <BR/><BR/>I always have a book in my handbag ... so would have had one on my way to the ethnic aisle of my local grocer. At the mnoment it would be <B>Voss</B> and/or <B>A Lesson Before Dying</B>.<BR/><BR/>Hope the wedding celebrations were brilliant.Angela Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12708737998692926877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-30435922721961292412008-05-04T09:18:00.000+01:002008-05-04T09:18:00.000+01:00The worst for me was when I was flying from German...The worst for me was when I was flying from Germany to the States with nothing to read. I don't actually remember why that happened because I remember buying two Persephone books on purpose just for that flight.<BR/><BR/>But I didn't have them, and I was incredibly bored. I was so bored that I couldn't fall asleep and then I couldn't fall asleep because I was furious about being bored. I think I read the airport magazine ten times and then I tried to decode German words based on the signs around the airplane.Sherryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00858507210292896549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-35343552771142766692008-05-04T07:43:00.000+01:002008-05-04T07:43:00.000+01:00Of course, you would have enormous difficulty in N...Of course, you would have enormous difficulty in NOT reading all the signs around you (like waiting for the doctor, where one finds oneself reading and re-reading posters about smoking and bad feet, again and again. Irritatingly.)Then you would be forever checking and re-checking every announcement and departure sign, anxious not to miss your flight. This is very bad for concentrated reading. So, back to the bookstall and (avoiding all the Archer books) pick up a book on 1001 uses for vinegar (or some-such) and see how many you can learn before your flight leaves. On the plane you will be distracted by still more signs. Close your eyes and you'll soon find yourself standing in an Irish bookshop handing over your hard-earned cash for a Real Read!<BR/>Enjoy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-86967139836377129092008-05-03T16:22:00.000+01:002008-05-03T16:22:00.000+01:00I'd just buy lots of newspapers (which is fine sin...I'd just buy lots of newspapers (which is fine since I love reading the newspapers) :) Really out of character for me as well, though : I have a book for my bag and one for when I'm at home, and the book for my bag never leaves my bag.<BR/>Right now, book for bag : Elizabeth and her German Garden, book for home : The Way we Live Now.Sibyllehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01513087210724494785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-42478632691556167022008-05-03T10:06:00.000+01:002008-05-03T10:06:00.000+01:00Well I don't carry books around with me everywhere...Well I don't carry books around with me everywhere I go (not even textbooks or journal papers). If I could not find something to engage my mind (and I have for example bought Don Quixote at Heathrow) then I would use the time letting my imagination soar like the spiralling of Red Kites outside the window of my friend Tanya (my thanks to her for the metaphor).<BR/><BR/>I would say that probably I do too much reading and not enough thinking and a forced break would be a good idea.<BR/><BR/>Dark PussAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-75695048675567512462008-05-02T17:15:00.000+01:002008-05-02T17:15:00.000+01:00I couldn't work with this hypothesis at all. I ob...I couldn't work with this hypothesis at all. I obviously haven't been practising believing in six impossible things before breakfast hard enough lately. Why would I go to the grocery store without a book? what would I do while I was waiting in the checkout queue if I hadn't got anything to read?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-283760411777462572008-05-02T16:47:00.000+01:002008-05-02T16:47:00.000+01:00I think writing would be an excellent option!I alw...I think writing would be an excellent option!<BR/>I always have at least one book on me, but I once finished my entire stash of books and magazines during an unusually long layover, leading me to browse the airport store. In desperation, I picked up the first Harry Potter book and promptly fell in love.<BR/>Sorry for the long comment, and enjoy your trip. :)Tiffany Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16030610462498175664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-51759278859083419392008-05-02T07:16:00.000+01:002008-05-02T07:16:00.000+01:00If you could scrounge a pen and paper from someone...If you could scrounge a pen and paper from someone/somewhere maybe you could start WRITING a book.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com