tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18710479.post4983041007467860274..comments2023-10-19T03:40:40.815-04:00Comments on Go Knit In Your Hat: October Book ReportCarolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07651035210994960810noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18710479.post-49234738665707179652010-11-13T08:16:15.073-05:002010-11-13T08:16:15.073-05:00Before child, I read Andrei Codrescu version of th...Before child, I read Andrei Codrescu version of the Bathory story, The Blood Countess, and found it deliciously creepy. <br /><br />The much prefer the pre-Cat's Cradle Vonnegut, before he wrote in one sentence paragraphs and one page chapters: Player Piano, Mother Night, and The Sirens of Titan,<br /><br />I'm hoping to get through Tracy Chevalier's Remarkable Creatures before I have to return it to the library. It is about Mary Anning, the girl in Lyme who discovered the first dinosaur fossil. Also the inspiration for 'she sells sea shells'.<br /><br />Our car audio book is Anne of Green Gables, which I am enjoying immensely for what seems the first time. Can that possibly be?rosesmamanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18710479.post-80843059502361617192010-11-09T19:28:22.433-05:002010-11-09T19:28:22.433-05:00I just finished the Immortal Life of Henrietta Lac...I just finished the Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks -- great book, interesting story, and lots of food for thought here. If you want that sort of thing, of course.<br /><br />Hope to see you & Franklin at some point this weekend in Philly, if the planets align just right.Krishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04479177289466582728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18710479.post-89094553948669164492010-11-08T18:24:14.614-05:002010-11-08T18:24:14.614-05:00Happy anniversary...you look about 14 in your wedd...Happy anniversary...you look about 14 in your wedding pictures!<br /><br />I'm reading an amazing fantasy series by Joe Abercrombie...the first book of which is called <i>The Blade Itself</i>. Also reading <i>A Bad Day for Pretty</i>, the follow-up to <i>A Bad Day for Sorry</i>, about A fifty-ish year old woman who, after killing her abusive husband, is called on by other women who are being abused and who single-handedly carries out "attitude adjustment" on the husbands. It sounds grim but the first book was really funny and fast-moving and fun...in a bloody sort of way.<br /><br />I'd second Kate Atkinson.<br /><br />And I recently read Katharine Weber's <i>True Confections</i> which is great.<br /><br />Hoping to get to Philly this Saturday so that I can meet you and gush over Franklin. Well, I be well be gushing over both of you...Rooiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14855810263415029931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18710479.post-89907055837675188482010-11-08T12:10:50.233-05:002010-11-08T12:10:50.233-05:00Hi Carol and happy anniversary. I came to your bl...Hi Carol and happy anniversary. I came to your blog today by way of Queer Joe's blog (he's hoping you'll review a book on diagonal knitting). Thank you and your commenters for the book recommendations. Mine is:<br />The Elegance of the Hedgehog. I needed knitting reading so I downloaded it from iTunes (it was on sale for $9.95). It is not only an amazing novel but it is read by two perfect voices. This book moved my brain and my heart and from what I've read on your blog, I think you will like it.portkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13966143903175090623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18710479.post-41015679998038577152010-11-08T12:10:08.591-05:002010-11-08T12:10:08.591-05:00Hi Carol and happy anniversary. I came to your bl...Hi Carol and happy anniversary. I came to your blog today by way of Queer Joe's blog (he's hoping you'll review a book on diagonal knitting). Thank you and your commenters for the book recommendations. Mine is:<br />The Elegance of the Hedgehog. I needed knitting reading so I downloaded it from iTunes (it was on sale for $9.95). It is not only an amazing novel but it is read by two perfect voices. This book moved my brain and my heart and from what I've read on your blog, I think you will like it.portkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13966143903175090623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18710479.post-88293466229587733332010-11-04T11:39:54.510-04:002010-11-04T11:39:54.510-04:00I'm just about to finish Lark Rise to Candlefo...I'm just about to finish Lark Rise to Candleford by Flora Thompson. It's right up my alley - British, historical, about everyday people and not much happens. Really though I am loving this book. Joe Bob says check it out.Tabithahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03161227455575670387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18710479.post-90679855212350746282010-11-04T09:38:27.608-04:002010-11-04T09:38:27.608-04:00Every time I think about Farenheit 451, I think ab...Every time I think about Farenheit 451, I think about the scene at the end where one of the characters says something along the lines of "we have ways of getting the books you've read out of you". <br /><br />Don't know if you'd like it or not, but I just finished part 2 of Connie Willis' latest. Blackout was part 1 & came out in the spring. All Clear came out a couple weeks ago. She's sci-fi/historical fiction and I have loved almost everything she's written.<br /><br />Happy Anniversary!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06076990315467911324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18710479.post-64189416520137131262010-11-03T12:05:35.651-04:002010-11-03T12:05:35.651-04:00Hello:
I have been lurking for a while but want...Hello: <br /><br />I have been lurking for a while but want to say that I admire you and your work tremendously and am looking forward to casting on with your yarn as soon as the current round of knitting is done!<br /><br />I don't read many mysteries but you might enjoy Iain Pears' art history/theft series (more interesting and lively than that sounds). The characters are engaging, the books are quick reads and very entertaining. His other fiction is extremely beautiful and a real departure from the mysteries. <br /><br />I also love anything by Kate Atkinson. Her Jackson Brodie mysteries are excellent, and her other fiction is very quirky and literate at the same time.<br /><br />MichelleMichelle Strausnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18710479.post-56578450867592915252010-11-03T11:19:39.849-04:002010-11-03T11:19:39.849-04:00Sarah Waters: The Night Watch and The Little Stran...Sarah Waters: The Night Watch and The Little Stranger<br /><br />Hans Fallada: Every Man Dies Alone<br /><br />All three worth the read. Fallada was especially powerful to me, life in Berlin during WWII.Mary Louhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05588244535423212079noreply@blogger.com