tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972764383963459152.post6666406100165804375..comments2023-05-30T07:00:13.707-04:00Comments on Bookphilia.com: Not end of days...but perhaps middle-to-late afternoon of days?Bookphiliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05155882653615842141noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972764383963459152.post-32867972933043314962010-06-25T11:33:10.772-04:002010-06-25T11:33:10.772-04:00Hey Celine and Hannah: I tried to get Rebecca out ...Hey Celine and Hannah: I tried to get Rebecca out of the library yesterday but their only copy had pages missing! I started Howl's Moving Castle though and that seems to be working for me.<br /><br />Kevin: You have no idea how much I'd like to go on a bicycle date with David Attenborough. Or, to just have him narrate my life.<br /><br />Amateur Reader: Have I ever told you that you're my reading hero? You read EVERYTHING. You rock.<br /><br />Ying: I was thinking of yoga actually because, why not? I will try to explore other things. My interests are ridiculously limited.<br /><br />verbivore: Haha, just me I suspect. But if there is someone else out there reading Renaissance plays to break their reader's block, I'd really like to meet them...and demand satisfaction from them.Bookphiliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05155882653615842141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972764383963459152.post-86138951960216802502010-06-25T08:55:26.204-04:002010-06-25T08:55:26.204-04:00Ha, I love that you went to a Renaissance play to ...Ha, I love that you went to a Renaissance play to try and break your Reader's block...who would do that? Oh, wait..<br /><br />I grab Austen when I can't stand the look of anything else. Tends to work for me.<br /><br />Good luck!verbivorehttp://incurablelogophilia.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972764383963459152.post-86177655248622805102010-06-24T20:31:23.874-04:002010-06-24T20:31:23.874-04:00I'm with Celine. Yoga? Swimming? Some kind of ...I'm with Celine. Yoga? Swimming? Some kind of handcraft? If non-fiction fails, what about poetry?Y S Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18330808933361167527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972764383963459152.post-77694235119107685672010-06-24T18:02:44.514-04:002010-06-24T18:02:44.514-04:00Well, your reader's block hasn't affected ...Well, your reader's block hasn't affected your descriptive powers. "The Knight of the Burning Pestle" is exactly that awesome. Neither Shakespeare nor Jonson nor anyone I know of before Tom Stoppard wrote anything quite like it.<br /><br />Just Beaumont, now, huh? I will update my mental authorship database.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972764383963459152.post-27119326321476275002010-06-24T13:15:21.481-04:002010-06-24T13:15:21.481-04:00Hahahaha, Celine = laugh. So, dear C, your reader&...Hahahaha, Celine = laugh. So, dear C, your reader's block is my appetite: you've read Gaiman plus your favorite play! Can you ride bikes w/ D. Attenborough? Cheers, KevinKevinhttp://interpolations.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972764383963459152.post-60594811200969072862010-06-24T13:03:23.563-04:002010-06-24T13:03:23.563-04:00Me too - Revecca is a fantastic book and there is ...Me too - Revecca is a fantastic book and there is a film as well..Hannah Stonehamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11139146341592918233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972764383963459152.post-74542469796676012162010-06-24T12:45:37.992-04:002010-06-24T12:45:37.992-04:00*hugs Colleen*
If you truly can't stop readin...*hugs Colleen* <br />If you truly can't stop reading ( you frikkin literary heroin addict, you.) I second Stefanie on Du Maurier - <i>especially</i> Rebecca.<br /><br />Do you like non fiction btw? I adore it. Its about the only thing I can read when I'm on a project. How about some juicy biographies or histories?Celinehttp://www.celinekiernan.com/blog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972764383963459152.post-53405015188461494712010-06-24T09:52:12.678-04:002010-06-24T09:52:12.678-04:00Celine: Well, it's like this. We have no yard,...Celine: Well, it's like this. We have no yard, so gardening's out. It's much, much too hot to bake, although if I loved it *very* much I'd do it anyway. There was a part of last night's post I cut but maybe shouldn't have; it went something like this: "I have no hobbies, interests or talents outside of reading. None to speak of anyway." I hate tv, except for things narrated by David Attenborough. BUT I will ride my bike like a fiend this weekend, if the weather cooperates, which it hasn't been lately. <br /><br />Seriously, Celine, I take your point - especially because of the disturbing metaphor you use; that's why you're a writer and I'm not! - but nothing grabs me, you know? I really am a boring old one trick pony.<br /><br />heidenkind: Okay, recommend me some manga. I wouldn't have a clue as to where to start.<br /><br />Stefanie: I have a Daphne du M book here; perhaps I'll try it.Bookphiliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05155882653615842141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972764383963459152.post-24803140120173839372010-06-24T09:34:18.782-04:002010-06-24T09:34:18.782-04:00I have never heard of Knight of the Burning Pestle...I have never heard of Knight of the Burning Pestle before but it sounds like a hoot. Sorry your reading funk continues. I had a bit of a funk last summer and the book that lifted me out of it was Elizabeth von Arnim's Enchanted April which I followed up with rebecca by Daphne du Maurier and that cemented the lifting of the funk. I hope all around your shop remains calm during the G20 meetings!Stefaniehttp://somanybooksblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972764383963459152.post-62746532446226445982010-06-24T01:35:47.677-04:002010-06-24T01:35:47.677-04:00I still think you should give manga a try. It wil...I still think you should give manga a try. It will clear out your brain and give you a break from reading regular novels. Or how about a fun, short novel like Prisoner of Zenda?Heidenkindhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09494625457587427781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972764383963459152.post-73257998598062617192010-06-24T00:55:32.446-04:002010-06-24T00:55:32.446-04:00Seriously, Colleen. I don't get it. STOP READI...Seriously, Colleen. I don't get it. STOP READING. I don't understand why it's so hard if you're not enjoying it.<br />You're doing neither yourself nor the authors any favours by mercy fucking their books. Stop reading. Stopreadingstopreadingstopreading.<br />Start baking. Or gardening. Or drawing. Or cycling. Watch the discovery channel. Surf the net. Take up embroidery. Adopt a chimpanzee. Just. Stop. Reading.Celinehttp://www.celinekiernan.com/blog/noreply@blogger.com