tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088702729460953718.post3970556133754245742..comments2023-07-23T06:38:11.263-04:00Comments on an adventure in reading: BLOGGING: It's Tuesday, where are you?raidergirl3http://www.blogger.com/profile/03629915042716259349noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088702729460953718.post-74481166337000702432008-11-11T09:17:00.000-04:002008-11-11T09:17:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15100711492886644928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088702729460953718.post-36563197938790494922008-04-24T02:01:00.000-04:002008-04-24T02:01:00.000-04:00Yes, I'm great at joining challenges, love making ...Yes, I'm great at joining challenges, love making the lists and then read what I want and wonder if it'll fit in one or more of the challenges.<BR/><BR/>At the moment I'm in Bali, with Elizabeth Gilbert (Eat, Pray, Love), in Edinburgh with Inspector Rebus (Ian Rankin), in France with M Madeleine(Les Miserables)and in Bascom, North Carolina - is this a real place? - with the Waverley sisters (Garden Spells).BooksPleasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08721650104596705715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088702729460953718.post-24364840696185619352008-04-23T22:10:00.000-04:002008-04-23T22:10:00.000-04:00bookfool - You've had a busy week reading, all ove...bookfool - You've had a busy week reading, all over the States like that. <BR/><BR/>It's fun to hear how people describe their reading.raidergirl3https://www.blogger.com/profile/03629915042716259349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088702729460953718.post-57653767242085753142008-04-23T17:10:00.000-04:002008-04-23T17:10:00.000-04:00I'm in Virginia; the American Civil War is raging ...I'm in Virginia; the American Civil War is raging around me. I also hitch-hiked all over Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas, last night. That was fun. And, I've been at a camp in Maine with a bunch of hormonal teenagers. Plus, I dipped my toes into a fantasy world, the name of which currently escapes me. I love it when you ask where reading is taking us. That's such a fun question. :)Bookfoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247136634069540446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088702729460953718.post-651421806273737962008-04-23T16:46:00.000-04:002008-04-23T16:46:00.000-04:00john - probably not the best visit to the Maritime...john - probably not the best visit to the Maritimes<BR/><BR/>somer - I liked both your Amber books. That is a strange coincidence<BR/><BR/>trish - it's not too bad, but I've only just started. It's certainly a view of a different life. <BR/><BR/>marg - When I hear Sebastapol, I think of The Eyre Affair and Thursday Next, becasue the Crimean War hasn't ended in that book. Or else the Inspector Monk books by Anne Perry; Hester nursed in the Crimea.raidergirl3https://www.blogger.com/profile/03629915042716259349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088702729460953718.post-23057637811969337882008-04-23T16:33:00.000-04:002008-04-23T16:33:00.000-04:00I am in the middle of the Crimean war (Russia in t...I am in the middle of the Crimean war (Russia in the 1850s in The Rose of Sebastopol by Katharine McMahon) and spending time with a mermaid (Sleeping with the Fishes by Mary Janice Davidson).Marghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13508430635744720721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088702729460953718.post-80596888093334187462008-04-23T14:03:00.000-04:002008-04-23T14:03:00.000-04:00Oh dear--28 stories of Aids sounds heavy! I'm in ...Oh dear--28 stories of Aids sounds heavy! I'm in 19th century China (Snow Flower and the Secret Fan). It is MUCH better than the drug rehab in Minnesota I was in last week! :)Trish @ Love, Laughter, Insanityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17225576485797030511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088702729460953718.post-31612972498032225192008-04-22T22:25:00.000-04:002008-04-22T22:25:00.000-04:00Let's see. I've been all over today.First I was in...Let's see. I've been all over today.<BR/><BR/>First I was in various different worlds in the Amber Spyglass (too complex to try to come up with anything clever here...)<BR/><BR/>Then I was in Scotland while my husband was trying to free his men from Spencer Prison. (Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon)<BR/><BR/>Then back with Will and Lyra in the Amber Spyglass.<BR/><BR/>Then I was loading a strange trunk onto the Never Land in Peter and the Starcatchers.<BR/><BR/>I'm getting ready to be in Venice, where I have just been proposed to by a prominent member of society (The Venetian Mask by Rosemary Laker).<BR/><BR/>Surprisingly, I don't feel like I've done much reading, as The Amber Spyglass and Dragonfly in Amber (oh, how weird, I just realized I'm reading two books with "amber" in the title) are audiobooks, and I only read a chapter of Peter and the Starcatchers for bedtime...Somerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15552730124550729019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088702729460953718.post-65021376364345569732008-04-22T19:56:00.000-04:002008-04-22T19:56:00.000-04:00Not a bad challenge idea. Or as a slightly differe...Not a bad challenge idea. Or as a slightly different take on it, try to find a single book that meets that criteria for as many different challenges as you can.<BR/><BR/>Right now, I'm in the U.S. after being kicked out of Nova Scotia. (Longfellow's <I>Evangeline</I>)John Mutfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08730205221787092204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088702729460953718.post-24276413502372412802008-04-22T18:18:00.000-04:002008-04-22T18:18:00.000-04:00bybee - they both sound excellent. A math novel? a...bybee - they both sound excellent. A math novel? awesome. and thanks<BR/><BR/>rhinoa - I love the anticipation of starting a new epic novel. Have fun<BR/><BR/>lezlie - I haven't heard of your book, but then I havent' heard of many in today's comments<BR/><BR/>suziq - I dont' think I ever read The Borrowers as a child. I should get one for my daughter to read.<BR/><BR/>booklogged - it's a pretty good problem to have too many books to read, isn't it? <BR/>How do you decide which book to pick up next with such different book choices on the go? They all look very interesting.raidergirl3https://www.blogger.com/profile/03629915042716259349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088702729460953718.post-21962188296149097782008-04-22T16:23:00.000-04:002008-04-22T16:23:00.000-04:00Now there's a challenge I would love. Join up, ma...Now there's a challenge I would love. Join up, make all those luscious lists, but not to worry about reading them all. I need to stop doing challenges because I have too many books from publishers that I need to get reviewing.<BR/><BR/>So - where am I? I'm in Smalltown, Utah where I discovered a dead body in my Grandmother's house that's been locked up for 20 years, and which I've just inherited. <BR/><BR/>Also in Hawaii where a child's dead body was just discovered at the Pearl Harbor Memorial<BR/><BR/>And I'm excavating in Egypt with Amelia Peabody and family. <BR/><BR/>You may have noticed that I'm no longer in Newfoundland. Finished that book last night.Bookloggedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00651016653247142255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088702729460953718.post-48177231717271726262008-04-22T10:37:00.000-04:002008-04-22T10:37:00.000-04:00I'm under the floorboards in Great Aunt Sophy's ho...I'm under the floorboards in Great Aunt Sophy's house with Pod, Homily and Arietty. I'm thoroughly enjoying re-reading Mary Nortons's The Borrowers for the Heart of a Child Challenge.SuziQoregonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15552565982732943323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088702729460953718.post-49297567941519755922008-04-22T08:30:00.000-04:002008-04-22T08:30:00.000-04:00I'm so with you on the challenges! I may not fini...I'm so with you on the challenges! I may not finish them all, but they opened up a whole new world of books to me that I may not have looked at otherwise.<BR/><BR/>I am in Civil War Spain hanging around with an orphan girl and her disturbingly dysfunctional extended family -- Nada by Carmen Laforet.Lezliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05747969193923246804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088702729460953718.post-69020457729874946592008-04-22T06:39:00.000-04:002008-04-22T06:39:00.000-04:00Oh it's its maxing out on challenges I must be a c...Oh it's its maxing out on challenges I must be a contender! <BR/><BR/>Reading wise I have just started Blackstock College in my novel in America somewhere and am just settling in to my dorm. I will at some point be dragged in to the Scottish Ballad Tam Lin but having only just started my adventure I will have to wait and see how...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088702729460953718.post-33751751261601205132008-04-22T03:49:00.000-04:002008-04-22T03:49:00.000-04:00I'm in 1920s California, right in the thick of an ...I'm in 1920s California, right in the thick of an oil strike, but I'm also in Oxford, applying advanced theories of mathematics to try and solve a murder.<BR/><BR/>Oil - Upton Sinclair<BR/>The Oxford Murders - Guillermo Martinez.<BR/><BR/>I really love this feature on your blog!Bybeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10061186489010154661noreply@blogger.com