tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post970618974501480887..comments2024-02-10T19:58:20.327+00:00Comments on Stuck in a Book: Books of 2012: A Baker's DozenStuckInABookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-8419425245720575472013-05-29T02:42:06.333+01:002013-05-29T02:42:06.333+01:00I haven't read any of these books but I am int...I haven't read any of these books but I am intrigued by the fact that you find Jerome's sequel funnier than the first one. That's the first time I have had somebody say it. Now, I really want to read it.<br /><br />Incidentally, my favourites list too is 'A Baker's Dozen'.<br /><br />Here's the link: http://inkquilletc.blogspot.in/2013/01/a-bakers-dozen-top-13-reads-mystery-of.html<br /><br />Glad to have discovered your blog. Following it now.neerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01986509319841061021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-52240967354978412282013-01-01T14:43:30.389+00:002013-01-01T14:43:30.389+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.AEHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11593709036699350033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-57177321196003577672013-01-01T14:37:37.317+00:002013-01-01T14:37:37.317+00:00"Behind the Beautiful Forevers" is narra..."Behind the Beautiful Forevers" is narrative non-fiction about present-day life in a Mumbai slum. It won the National Book Award in Nov. 2012 and reads like a novel--full of beautifully drawn characters. All in all, a real eye-opener. <br /><br />"The Glass Castle" is a fairly recent memoir about growing up with two loving, crazy, totally irresponsible parents (who ultimately choose to live homeless on the streets of New York), the extreme poverty they subject their four children to because of their choices, and how their kids escape the situation. I read this in more or less one sitting, breaking only for meals with family. AEHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11593709036699350033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-60225144934240934672012-12-31T19:35:08.592+00:002012-12-31T19:35:08.592+00:00Ooh clever! Now I've accepted that I won't...Ooh clever! Now I've accepted that I won't finish the current AMAZING read by midnight, I've published my list ... http://librofulltime.wordpress.com/2012/12/31/top-12-books-for-2012/Liz Broomfieldhttp://www.librofulltime.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-82614509943878355472012-12-31T14:05:45.404+00:002012-12-31T14:05:45.404+00:00Lovely, lovely One Fine Day! I know I'll be r...Lovely, lovely One Fine Day! I know I'll be re-reading that time and again. <br />That's a WHipple I haven't read - in fact, I haven't read anything by her for a little while, so must read some more. Especially since I have a signed copy of The Priory!StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-15970243663546505122012-12-31T14:04:52.376+00:002012-12-31T14:04:52.376+00:00It was my deliberately controversial line from my ...It was my deliberately controversial line from my review! I thought I'd repeat it ;)StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-51536249612440441692012-12-31T14:04:33.424+00:002012-12-31T14:04:33.424+00:00Oh, how I loved The Awakening when I read that! I...Oh, how I loved The Awakening when I read that! I must read more Greene, so thanks for the reminder - The End of the Affair is the one I'm most keen to read, actually.StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-80429661876362378972012-12-31T14:03:55.595+00:002012-12-31T14:03:55.595+00:00thanks Diane! I enjoyed some lovely books post-Ch...thanks Diane! I enjoyed some lovely books post-Christmas - all very relaxing ones.StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-21233680800517278872012-12-31T14:03:27.806+00:002012-12-31T14:03:27.806+00:00Just off to have a look at your list, Alex!Just off to have a look at your list, Alex!StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-54665681821642224352012-12-31T13:50:31.918+00:002012-12-31T13:50:31.918+00:00yay! Hope you enjoy them, Elizabethyay! Hope you enjoy them, ElizabethStuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-90675236709216308642012-12-31T13:50:18.033+00:002012-12-31T13:50:18.033+00:00thanks so much, Darlene! And yes, one of the reas...thanks so much, Darlene! And yes, one of the reasons I extended the list to 13 was to give Bowen a place ;)StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-78384114236583810262012-12-31T13:40:24.992+00:002012-12-31T13:40:24.992+00:00thanks Carole!thanks Carole!StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-39870455552623694752012-12-31T13:40:15.611+00:002012-12-31T13:40:15.611+00:00Top tens were made to get longer and longer ;) An...Top tens were made to get longer and longer ;) Another fab title!StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-68008134611306036002012-12-31T13:39:23.802+00:002012-12-31T13:39:23.802+00:00Oh what a sublime list! I love all the 8 that I h...Oh what a sublime list! I love all the 8 that I have read - some of them being amongst my very favourite books - so I have no doubt that I shall also love the other two (Walls and Boo) which I have never heard of.<br /><br />And of course I can't wait to hear that you think of my beloved Miss Hargreaves!StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-78257134134688919212012-12-31T13:38:11.463+00:002012-12-31T13:38:11.463+00:00lovely! Yours was the first review, I think, so I...lovely! Yours was the first review, I think, so I will treasure that :)StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-63467426867900376592012-12-31T13:32:42.201+00:002012-12-31T13:32:42.201+00:00Lovely to hear that, Deborah! I have high hopes t...Lovely to hear that, Deborah! I have high hopes that GYD will become a Persephone... how wonderful that would be!<br /><br />And if ICB has loitered on your shelf for a long time, make 2013 the year that she leaps off it, please! StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-31446774401458755242012-12-31T13:31:56.932+00:002012-12-31T13:31:56.932+00:00Oh, you would adore Raising Demons, Susan, I have ...Oh, you would adore Raising Demons, Susan, I have absolutely no doubt!StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-79539570802863329892012-12-31T13:31:09.573+00:002012-12-31T13:31:09.573+00:00thanks Stu! Hope you had a lovely Christmas.thanks Stu! Hope you had a lovely Christmas.StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-74438013835824301142012-12-31T13:30:57.062+00:002012-12-31T13:30:57.062+00:00Haha! I know! I just had to get it up before I we...Haha! I know! I just had to get it up before I went away. Some bloggers announce theirs at the beginning of December, and I think the same thing. I have a cheeky method - if I'm really loving something, I leave a page or two at the end, and read it at the beginning of January so that it counts on next year's list!StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-28178356902856459162012-12-31T13:29:54.983+00:002012-12-31T13:29:54.983+00:00Merry Christmas Leander! None of them are very ma...Merry Christmas Leander! None of them are very mainstream, so no need to feel shame about not having read them ;) But do try to get GYD!StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-44363450776682156382012-12-31T13:29:15.904+00:002012-12-31T13:29:15.904+00:00Yes you MIGHT, Sakura!Yes you MIGHT, Sakura!StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-72424058218570607652012-12-31T13:29:06.556+00:002012-12-31T13:29:06.556+00:00Thanks Pat! I was away from TV and internet for a...Thanks Pat! I was away from TV and internet for a few days, but I'm excited about watching this tonight! Before I saw your comment, I'd thought it was on radio - so I'm delighted that it's on tv, as I get to see beautiful Scandinavia at the same time as hearing about Jansson.StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-44819909802668931902012-12-31T13:28:01.063+00:002012-12-31T13:28:01.063+00:00So delighted you loved GYD too, Mystica! And I ho...So delighted you loved GYD too, Mystica! And I hope you like everything else on the list, too...StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-68116282609397853132012-12-31T13:27:10.999+00:002012-12-31T13:27:10.999+00:00Thank you so much!
I love lists so much that I alw...Thank you so much!<br />I love lists so much that I always make them, even if quite a few of them could probably be interchanged in the order - but not no.1!StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-76749271689293102762012-12-31T13:26:27.078+00:002012-12-31T13:26:27.078+00:00Thanks Claire! Yours is, of course, one I really ...Thanks Claire! Yours is, of course, one I really look forward to as well - actually, hang that, it's my favourite! I know I'll always see some much-loved books, and some surprises.<br /><br />I spotted More Women Than Men on your currently-reading sidebar, and I'm quite nervous to find out the result... StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.com