tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post2555355088127103677..comments2024-03-27T20:36:43.009-04:00Comments on Letters from a Hill Farm: Bookish postNanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-48748514575858750462009-03-08T14:34:00.000-04:002009-03-08T14:34:00.000-04:00Kate, Thanks for stopping by. I would really like ...Kate, Thanks for stopping by. I would really like a "cottage" with just one floor. I did read one of her fiction books:<BR/><BR/>http://lettersfromahillfarm.blogspot.com/2009/02/happy-all-time-by-laurie-colwin.htmlNanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-40597917748333791992009-03-08T12:40:00.000-04:002009-03-08T12:40:00.000-04:00I don't have an upstairs, but I usually do my non-...I don't have an upstairs, but I usually do my non-fiction reading in the living room. I rarely ever have a non-fiction book as bedtime reading. <BR/><BR/>You mentioned two of my favourite writers ~ both fiction and non-fiction. Have you read Laurie Colwin's novels and short stories? They are all wonderful reads.kate smudgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10564410520744285676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-23400590904793036182009-03-06T14:46:00.000-05:002009-03-06T14:46:00.000-05:00I ditto, Mim. Hmmmm. First things first - buy a ...I ditto, Mim. Hmmmm. First things first - buy a house with an upstairs. :)Colleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07583840141441745223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-55308836846228723812009-03-06T12:57:00.000-05:002009-03-06T12:57:00.000-05:00Hi Nan! Thanks for visiting my blog. I can total...Hi Nan! Thanks for visiting my blog. I can totally relate to this post. Just last year I read a lot of non-fiction, but this year I have hardly picked one up! So, I have decided not to bother for a while. :)Kailanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11136262232046813471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-21947948117749797452009-03-05T09:01:00.000-05:002009-03-05T09:01:00.000-05:00Laurie, I have read a lot of nonfiction, and reall...Laurie, I have read a lot of nonfiction, and really have loved it, but for some reason right now all I want is fiction- so I'm just going with it. Actually the ones I did begin this year weren't 'weighty' but very entertaining. I'm so sure I'll go back to them that I left in the bookmarks. :<) Just not now.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-17509201678650300372009-03-05T08:23:00.000-05:002009-03-05T08:23:00.000-05:00i do this too, read more than one book at a time, ...i do this too, read more than one book at a time, though i tend to carry them all over the house.<BR/><BR/>i love nonfiction as well as fiction--sounds like you've picked up nonfiction that's too weighty. there's lots out there that's very well written and fascinating.<BR/><BR/>try "praying for sheetrock."lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18055442432266567561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-40570193554729025972009-03-03T18:10:00.000-05:002009-03-03T18:10:00.000-05:00Deanna, thank you for writing to me here. I have ...Deanna, thank you for writing to me here. I have an email address too because I won her cards once! But I haven't dared to write. I don't know her all that well. Thank you for doing this.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-85813139858083565892009-03-03T17:20:00.000-05:002009-03-03T17:20:00.000-05:00Hi Nan,no I haven't heard from the family but I do...Hi Nan,<BR/>no I haven't heard from the family but I do have an email address that I got from her last year. I'll email them and hopefully her Honey will respond...I'm worried as well but I'm praying that no news is good news...I sure do miss her.<BR/><BR/>Deanna :D<BR/><BR/>BTW, I'll let you know if they respond to the email I will send. I'll send it tonight.Deannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04290423239878428526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-90772834342751829592009-03-03T13:13:00.000-05:002009-03-03T13:13:00.000-05:00Chartroose, it isn't just the one - it has happene...Chartroose, it isn't just the one - it has happened a few times this winter. But the current one is The Mysterious Benedict Society. Oh, boy is it ever great!Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-13164440730473340342009-03-03T13:08:00.000-05:002009-03-03T13:08:00.000-05:00Fiction is way funner! So, what is this book that...Fiction is way funner! So, what is this book that has grabbed your complete attention?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-24385550700813339532009-03-03T12:25:00.000-05:002009-03-03T12:25:00.000-05:00What a very nice way to put it, Pamela. I love th...What a very nice way to put it, Pamela. I love that.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-20614334758460131672009-03-03T12:03:00.000-05:002009-03-03T12:03:00.000-05:00I find I am almost entirely a fiction girl, not co...I find I am almost entirely a fiction girl, not counting the occasional biography. Really wise fiction is such an illuminating force. It just gives my life more colour.Pamela Terry and Edwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12746603636884819522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-15667353959318705552009-03-03T09:16:00.000-05:002009-03-03T09:16:00.000-05:00I just knew that my reading friends would have int...I just knew that my reading friends would have interesting comments about this little situation. I love it. <BR/><BR/>Becca, I agree with what you said. I especially like the word, 'engaging.' I do love biographies, etc. and have some great ones on the shelf, but for some reason am just not drawn to them this year. We'll see what happens. And what a compliment!! Really, what a very, very nice thing to say. Closeup you might not feel the same. :<) <BR/><BR/>Kay, is that the book by Arthur Conan Doyle? I've never read it, but I'll bet it is giving you interesting dreams!<BR/><BR/>Les, I feel just the same way. I would feel pulled by the 'upstairs' book when I was reading the 'downstairs' book. And you know what - I came to the same realization last year about yearlong books! I tried several and gave them up. <BR/><BR/>That's very interesting, Scriptor Senex. You may be right about the winter - we'll see. I keep looking at Kipling Sahib, and The Lion and the Unicorn, and indeed, the Longfellow I just quit, and wonder. :<)Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-3032349646702985462009-03-03T07:55:00.000-05:002009-03-03T07:55:00.000-05:00Like you, I tended to run with one non-fiction at ...Like you, I tended to run with one non-fiction at the same time as one (or a few) fiction. Recently my non-fic has definitely declined - perhaps it's a seasonal thing!Scriptor Senexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17795521284516432520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-50343316765093339272009-03-03T06:44:00.000-05:002009-03-03T06:44:00.000-05:00I'm a one book woman. I've tried to have a couple ...I'm a one book woman. I've tried to have a couple going at once and it just doesn't work for me. I've also learned that I'm not one to read one book throughout the year.Leshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08345657431432380804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-39530456618034923742009-03-03T01:44:00.000-05:002009-03-03T01:44:00.000-05:00I do the same thing with magazines and books. I'm...I do the same thing with magazines and books. I'm reading The Lost World right now and getting quite caught with it. Unfortunately it's on my bedside table so I'm sleeping too late.Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07461569436322815787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-7489053937885852032009-03-02T22:12:00.000-05:002009-03-02T22:12:00.000-05:00Fiction is so engaging and can often say more abou...Fiction is so engaging and can often say more about truth and reality than non-fiction. I can't believe how much snow you have! (And ... reading through old posts ... you are the youngest looking 61 year old I have ever seen. It must be the wonderful country air).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-50508524400537632692009-03-02T17:53:00.000-05:002009-03-02T17:53:00.000-05:00Well, Mim, you are welcome. I wonder if the same ...Well, Mim, you are welcome. I wonder if the same thing will happen to you. :<) I just find it the oddest thing, but I'm going with it. One book, one fiction book and that's it.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-12099107457317090142009-03-02T17:32:00.000-05:002009-03-02T17:32:00.000-05:00Nan Happy March...I love your idea...downstairs bo...Nan <BR/>Happy March...<BR/>I love your idea...<BR/>downstairs book and upstairs book.<BR/>I think I will adapt that.<BR/>Thanks so muchMimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13430084640185906974noreply@blogger.com