http://danigirl.ca/blog/2006/03/14/recently-read/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:55:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://danigirl.ca/blog/2006/03/14/recently-read/comment-page-1/#comment-25311 Kate Fri, 17 Mar 2006 05:22:40 +0000 http://danigirl.ca/blog/?p=419#comment-25311 I like your list! I am trying to get through my own. One I totally recommend THE GLASS CASTLE which I just read (but have not yet written about on my own blog). By Jeannette Walls. (sp?) Another memoir - very very good. I like your list! I am trying to get through my own. One I totally recommend THE GLASS CASTLE which I just read (but have not yet written about on my own blog). By Jeannette Walls. (sp?) Another memoir – very very good.

]]> http://danigirl.ca/blog/2006/03/14/recently-read/comment-page-1/#comment-29259 Kate Fri, 17 Mar 2006 05:22:40 +0000 http://danigirl.ca/blog/?p=419#comment-29259 I like your list! I am trying to get through my own. One I totally recommend THE GLASS CASTLE which I just read (but have not yet written about on my own blog). By Jeannette Walls. (sp?) Another memoir - very very good. I like your list! I am trying to get through my own. One I totally recommend THE GLASS CASTLE which I just read (but have not yet written about on my own blog). By Jeannette Walls. (sp?) Another memoir – very very good.

]]> http://danigirl.ca/blog/2006/03/14/recently-read/comment-page-1/#comment-25310 DaniGirl Wed, 15 Mar 2006 23:02:48 +0000 http://danigirl.ca/blog/?p=419#comment-25310 Marla - the 30 minute bus ride home and another 30 minutes before bedtime are sacred reading times. Sometimes I have to do actual work on the bus, but I'm as cranky if I don't get reading time as when I don't get enough sleep. Marla – the 30 minute bus ride home and another 30 minutes before bedtime are sacred reading times. Sometimes I have to do actual work on the bus, but I’m as cranky if I don’t get reading time as when I don’t get enough sleep.

]]> http://danigirl.ca/blog/2006/03/14/recently-read/comment-page-1/#comment-29258 DaniGirl Wed, 15 Mar 2006 23:02:48 +0000 http://danigirl.ca/blog/?p=419#comment-29258 Marla - the 30 minute bus ride home and another 30 minutes before bedtime are sacred reading times. Sometimes I have to do actual work on the bus, but I'm as cranky if I don't get reading time as when I don't get enough sleep. Marla – the 30 minute bus ride home and another 30 minutes before bedtime are sacred reading times. Sometimes I have to do actual work on the bus, but I’m as cranky if I don’t get reading time as when I don’t get enough sleep.

]]> http://danigirl.ca/blog/2006/03/14/recently-read/comment-page-1/#comment-25309 Marla Wed, 15 Mar 2006 19:34:55 +0000 http://danigirl.ca/blog/?p=419#comment-25309 What is this thing you call reading? Pages? When does this occur in your life? What is this thing you call reading? Pages? When does this occur in your life?

]]> http://danigirl.ca/blog/2006/03/14/recently-read/comment-page-1/#comment-29257 Marla Wed, 15 Mar 2006 19:34:55 +0000 http://danigirl.ca/blog/?p=419#comment-29257 What is this thing you call reading? Pages? When does this occur in your life? What is this thing you call reading? Pages? When does this occur in your life?

]]> http://danigirl.ca/blog/2006/03/14/recently-read/comment-page-1/#comment-25308 DaniGirl Wed, 15 Mar 2006 05:45:54 +0000 http://danigirl.ca/blog/?p=419#comment-25308 James - it took me a while to warm up to How To Be Good, but I ended up liking it a lot. Not as much as A Long Way Down, more than High Fidelity. I loved the idea he was examining, what it means to be a 'good' person and how we are willing to be good only to the extent that it doesn't terribly inconvenience us. Definitely worth reading! Jojo - your theory may explain why I can't loose any weight, falling asleep with the Christmas cookie issue of Chatelaine on my bedside table for the last two months! James – it took me a while to warm up to How To Be Good, but I ended up liking it a lot. Not as much as A Long Way Down, more than High Fidelity. I loved the idea he was examining, what it means to be a ‘good’ person and how we are willing to be good only to the extent that it doesn’t terribly inconvenience us. Definitely worth reading!
Jojo – your theory may explain why I can’t loose any weight, falling asleep with the Christmas cookie issue of Chatelaine on my bedside table for the last two months!

]]> http://danigirl.ca/blog/2006/03/14/recently-read/comment-page-1/#comment-29256 DaniGirl Wed, 15 Mar 2006 05:45:54 +0000 http://danigirl.ca/blog/?p=419#comment-29256 James - it took me a while to warm up to How To Be Good, but I ended up liking it a lot. Not as much as A Long Way Down, more than High Fidelity. I loved the idea he was examining, what it means to be a 'good' person and how we are willing to be good only to the extent that it doesn't terribly inconvenience us. Definitely worth reading! Jojo - your theory may explain why I can't loose any weight, falling asleep with the Christmas cookie issue of Chatelaine on my bedside table for the last two months! James – it took me a while to warm up to How To Be Good, but I ended up liking it a lot. Not as much as A Long Way Down, more than High Fidelity. I loved the idea he was examining, what it means to be a ‘good’ person and how we are willing to be good only to the extent that it doesn’t terribly inconvenience us. Definitely worth reading!
Jojo – your theory may explain why I can’t loose any weight, falling asleep with the Christmas cookie issue of Chatelaine on my bedside table for the last two months!

]]> http://danigirl.ca/blog/2006/03/14/recently-read/comment-page-1/#comment-25307 Melinda Wed, 15 Mar 2006 04:36:27 +0000 http://danigirl.ca/blog/?p=419#comment-25307 I just finished reading The Da Vinci Code. It's AMAZING! I ended up feeling sorry for Silas, though... Heh. I just finished reading The Da Vinci Code. It’s AMAZING! I ended up feeling sorry for Silas, though… Heh.

]]> http://danigirl.ca/blog/2006/03/14/recently-read/comment-page-1/#comment-29255 Melinda Wed, 15 Mar 2006 04:36:27 +0000 http://danigirl.ca/blog/?p=419#comment-29255 I just finished reading The Da Vinci Code. It's AMAZING! I ended up feeling sorry for Silas, though... Heh. I just finished reading The Da Vinci Code. It’s AMAZING! I ended up feeling sorry for Silas, though… Heh.

]]> http://danigirl.ca/blog/2006/03/14/recently-read/comment-page-1/#comment-25306 James Wed, 15 Mar 2006 03:04:43 +0000 http://danigirl.ca/blog/?p=419#comment-25306 I'm reading <i>The Burma Road</i> by Donovan Webster. I too use my blog as an external memory device as it were, though I'm trying to review all the books I read. Sadly it makes me feel like I'm not reading enough... This week I decided to do the same with movies, but as a sort of short weekly roundup. I was forgetting what I'd seen. I loved <i>High Fidelity</i> and <i>About a Boy</i>. How was <i>How to Be Good</i>? I’m reading The Burma Road by Donovan Webster.
I too use my blog as an external memory device as it were, though I’m trying to review all the books I read. Sadly it makes me feel like I’m not reading enough…
This week I decided to do the same with movies, but as a sort of short weekly roundup. I was forgetting what I’d seen.
I loved High Fidelity and About a Boy. How was How to Be Good?

]]> http://danigirl.ca/blog/2006/03/14/recently-read/comment-page-1/#comment-29254 James Wed, 15 Mar 2006 03:04:43 +0000 http://danigirl.ca/blog/?p=419#comment-29254 I'm reading <i>The Burma Road</i> by Donovan Webster. I too use my blog as an external memory device as it were, though I'm trying to review all the books I read. Sadly it makes me feel like I'm not reading enough... This week I decided to do the same with movies, but as a sort of short weekly roundup. I was forgetting what I'd seen. I loved <i>High Fidelity</i> and <i>About a Boy</i>. How was <i>How to Be Good</i>? I’m reading The Burma Road by Donovan Webster.
I too use my blog as an external memory device as it were, though I’m trying to review all the books I read. Sadly it makes me feel like I’m not reading enough…
This week I decided to do the same with movies, but as a sort of short weekly roundup. I was forgetting what I’d seen.
I loved High Fidelity and About a Boy. How was How to Be Good?

]]> http://danigirl.ca/blog/2006/03/14/recently-read/comment-page-1/#comment-25305 Kristina Wed, 15 Mar 2006 01:02:02 +0000 http://danigirl.ca/blog/?p=419#comment-25305 I've got a few on the go too, but I admire the fact that you've actually completed multiple novels: lately it's been easier to get through shorter forms given my schedule. In the past month I've managed to finish reading Michael Redhill's "Fidelity," a collection of short stories that all explore the concept of truth, and I've been reading (in spurts) the poetry of Leonard Cohen, Jill Scott and Pablo Neruda. I've also just begun to re-read Dickens' "Great Expectations." There are a couple of other books waiting for my attention (rather forlornly, I think) but I can't remember what they are just now. Will Ferguson makes me laugh, I smiled to see that on your list. I’ve got a few on the go too, but I admire the fact that you’ve actually completed multiple novels: lately it’s been easier to get through shorter forms given my schedule. In the past month I’ve managed to finish reading Michael Redhill’s “Fidelity,” a collection of short stories that all explore the concept of truth, and I’ve been reading (in spurts) the poetry of Leonard Cohen, Jill Scott and Pablo Neruda. I’ve also just begun to re-read Dickens’ “Great Expectations.” There are a couple of other books waiting for my attention (rather forlornly, I think) but I can’t remember what they are just now.
Will Ferguson makes me laugh, I smiled to see that on your list.

]]> http://danigirl.ca/blog/2006/03/14/recently-read/comment-page-1/#comment-29253 Kristina Wed, 15 Mar 2006 01:02:02 +0000 http://danigirl.ca/blog/?p=419#comment-29253 I've got a few on the go too, but I admire the fact that you've actually completed multiple novels: lately it's been easier to get through shorter forms given my schedule. In the past month I've managed to finish reading Michael Redhill's "Fidelity," a collection of short stories that all explore the concept of truth, and I've been reading (in spurts) the poetry of Leonard Cohen, Jill Scott and Pablo Neruda. I've also just begun to re-read Dickens' "Great Expectations." There are a couple of other books waiting for my attention (rather forlornly, I think) but I can't remember what they are just now. Will Ferguson makes me laugh, I smiled to see that on your list. I’ve got a few on the go too, but I admire the fact that you’ve actually completed multiple novels: lately it’s been easier to get through shorter forms given my schedule. In the past month I’ve managed to finish reading Michael Redhill’s “Fidelity,” a collection of short stories that all explore the concept of truth, and I’ve been reading (in spurts) the poetry of Leonard Cohen, Jill Scott and Pablo Neruda. I’ve also just begun to re-read Dickens’ “Great Expectations.” There are a couple of other books waiting for my attention (rather forlornly, I think) but I can’t remember what they are just now.
Will Ferguson makes me laugh, I smiled to see that on your list.

]]> http://danigirl.ca/blog/2006/03/14/recently-read/comment-page-1/#comment-25304 Phantom Scribbler Wed, 15 Mar 2006 00:47:23 +0000 http://danigirl.ca/blog/?p=419#comment-25304 You could add the library books to your Library Thing to help you remember them. Just tag them in such a way as to make it clear to you that they're not books you own. I'm thinking of doing that myself, assuming I ever get out of the children's section of the library again. You could add the library books to your Library Thing to help you remember them. Just tag them in such a way as to make it clear to you that they’re not books you own.
I’m thinking of doing that myself, assuming I ever get out of the children’s section of the library again.

]]> http://danigirl.ca/blog/2006/03/14/recently-read/comment-page-1/#comment-29252 Phantom Scribbler Wed, 15 Mar 2006 00:47:23 +0000 http://danigirl.ca/blog/?p=419#comment-29252 You could add the library books to your Library Thing to help you remember them. Just tag them in such a way as to make it clear to you that they're not books you own. I'm thinking of doing that myself, assuming I ever get out of the children's section of the library again. You could add the library books to your Library Thing to help you remember them. Just tag them in such a way as to make it clear to you that they’re not books you own.
I’m thinking of doing that myself, assuming I ever get out of the children’s section of the library again.

]]> http://danigirl.ca/blog/2006/03/14/recently-read/comment-page-1/#comment-25303 Suzanne Tue, 14 Mar 2006 22:54:52 +0000 http://danigirl.ca/blog/?p=419#comment-25303 Just finished a big honking biography of The Beatles (800+ pages! Too bad it's not a topic that I didn't already know by heart...). Right now I'm finally, after having received the book 2 years ago, Eats, Shoots & Leaves. I loved Behind the Scenes at the Museum, and I'm looking forward to your review. Also LOVED White Teeth -- definitely worth renewing at the library. Just finished a big honking biography of The Beatles (800+ pages! Too bad it’s not a topic that I didn’t already know by heart…). Right now I’m finally, after having received the book 2 years ago, Eats, Shoots & Leaves.
I loved Behind the Scenes at the Museum, and I’m looking forward to your review. Also LOVED White Teeth — definitely worth renewing at the library.

]]> http://danigirl.ca/blog/2006/03/14/recently-read/comment-page-1/#comment-29251 Suzanne Tue, 14 Mar 2006 22:54:52 +0000 http://danigirl.ca/blog/?p=419#comment-29251 Just finished a big honking biography of The Beatles (800+ pages! Too bad it's not a topic that I didn't already know by heart...). Right now I'm finally, after having received the book 2 years ago, Eats, Shoots & Leaves. I loved Behind the Scenes at the Museum, and I'm looking forward to your review. Also LOVED White Teeth -- definitely worth renewing at the library. Just finished a big honking biography of The Beatles (800+ pages! Too bad it’s not a topic that I didn’t already know by heart…). Right now I’m finally, after having received the book 2 years ago, Eats, Shoots & Leaves.
I loved Behind the Scenes at the Museum, and I’m looking forward to your review. Also LOVED White Teeth — definitely worth renewing at the library.

]]> http://danigirl.ca/blog/2006/03/14/recently-read/comment-page-1/#comment-25302 JoJo Tue, 14 Mar 2006 20:07:49 +0000 http://danigirl.ca/blog/?p=419#comment-25302 Runner's World. Or at least I am carrying it around with me every where I go. I figure if I carry it around and sleep with it under my pillow I will eventually become a runner again. Or I should at least get the caloric burning benefits. Isn't that the way it works? Runner’s World. Or at least I am carrying it around with me every where I go. I figure if I carry it around and sleep with it under my pillow I will eventually become a runner again. Or I should at least get the caloric burning benefits. Isn’t that the way it works?

]]> http://danigirl.ca/blog/2006/03/14/recently-read/comment-page-1/#comment-29250 JoJo Tue, 14 Mar 2006 20:07:49 +0000 http://danigirl.ca/blog/?p=419#comment-29250 Runner's World. Or at least I am carrying it around with me every where I go. I figure if I carry it around and sleep with it under my pillow I will eventually become a runner again. Or I should at least get the caloric burning benefits. Isn't that the way it works? Runner’s World. Or at least I am carrying it around with me every where I go. I figure if I carry it around and sleep with it under my pillow I will eventually become a runner again. Or I should at least get the caloric burning benefits. Isn’t that the way it works?

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