tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post2385272391129910808..comments2024-03-28T19:03:24.043+00:00Comments on THE SMALL THINGS: The Plashy FensTania Kindersleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18355967725006605825noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-35099972400089571492011-09-26T02:11:02.886+01:002011-09-26T02:11:02.886+01:00Christian Louboutin Alti 160 platform spiked heels...<a href="http://www.runway-heels.com/2q34234-369" title="Christian Louboutin Alti 160 platform spiked heels" rel="nofollow">Christian Louboutin Alti 160 platform spiked heels</a> <br /><br /><a href="http://www.runway-heels.com/christian-louboutin-black-python-ankle-boots-on-120-mm-heels" title="Christian Louboutin black python ankle boots on 120 mm heels" rel="nofollow">Christian Louboutin black python ankle boots on 120 mm heels</a> <br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.runway-heels.com/tory-burch-kitty-resin-gold-patent-leather-wedge-heels" title="Tory Burch Kitty Resin Gold Patent Leather Wedge Heels" rel="nofollow">Tory Burch Kitty Resin Gold Patent Leather Wedge Heels</a> <br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.runway-heels.com/christian-louboutin-open-lips-pumps-black-120mm-heel" title="Christian Louboutin Open Lips Pumps , Black , 120mm Heel" rel="nofollow">Christian Louboutin Open Lips Pumps , Black , 120mm Heel</a> <br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.runway-heels.com/christian-louboutin-bianca-140-black-patent-leather-pumps" title="Christian Louboutin Bianca 140 black patent leather pumps" rel="nofollow">Christian Louboutin Bianca 140 black patent leather pumps</a> <br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.runway-heels.com/" title="Christian Louboutin RUNWAY-HEELS " rel="nofollow">Christian Louboutin RUNWAY-HEELS</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-11500624286521275842011-09-25T10:50:40.556+01:002011-09-25T10:50:40.556+01:00My primary school teacher described me as a "...My primary school teacher described me as a "voracious" reader (not to mention my strange tendency to hide books under the shelves so no-one else could borrow them before I finished reading them). I'm 27. <br /><br />Still, I find that with a demanding job the most I manage these days is fifteen minutes before bed. It makes me sad - I almost wish for a longer commute so I could catch up on my reading time! I took a transcontinental flight recently and didn't touch the little TV in the seat, just caught up on all my reading - think I managed six or seven books in all the time I was on the plane.<br /><br />And, okay, shameless blog plug because I couldn't resist :) It's a book review blog so relevant I promise!! http://www.brouhahababy.blogspot.com/Isobelleclarehttp://www.brouhahababy.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-86546314387199970822011-09-24T17:02:30.640+01:002011-09-24T17:02:30.640+01:00Razinah - so agree about the lovely scent.
Lou - ...Razinah - so agree about the lovely scent.<br /><br />Lou - so touched to think of Backwards by the bed.<br /><br />Anon - it is wonderful to see Hitch soldiering on.<br /><br />Em - love the thought of the daughter reading Anna Karenina. I remember my first time reading it as if it were yesterday. (And I was supposed to be studying too.)<br /><br />Erika - love your list. Saki was one of my childhood favourites.<br /><br />Marcheline - oh, no, did not at all mean usual in a derogatory sense. It's just that when I was young Shakespeare was taught in all British schools as a matter of course. I started off on The Tempest when I was nine. The syllabus would pick and choose among other British writers, but Shakespeare was always there. If you are starting Waugh, I would begin with Vile Bodies; it's the easiest and funniest, I think. :)Tania Kindersleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18355967725006605825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-48690168659946080402011-09-24T16:52:17.087+01:002011-09-24T16:52:17.087+01:00Books, yes, books! My mother was the first of man...Books, yes, books! My mother was the first of many inspirations where the classics were concerned, weaning me smoothly from Dr. Seuss to Anne of Green Gables and then Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, etc.<br /><br />I must take gentle exception to your phrase "the usual Shakespeare"... as he is, to me, the best author in the world. There is nothing so wonderful as soaking myself up to the eyes in Hamlet... Othello... and the sonnets, of course.<br /><br />Have never read Waugh, but now will set myself to remedy that.<br /><br />Read on!Marchelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11201825708442679157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-76028031861637462892011-09-24T12:47:29.581+01:002011-09-24T12:47:29.581+01:00So - obsessive readers ALL have a tendency to cere...So - obsessive readers ALL have a tendency to cereal boxes if there is nothing else! Lovely to know that I'm not the only one :) And that others have the same deep delight and absolute need for volumes upon volumes, the different and entrancing smell of books and the magic of other worlds and times, all transferred via ink and paper, across time, across space.<br /><br />May I also add Aldous Huxley, Noel Coward, Damon Runyon and Saki to the list of "should be much more widely read"? And Maurice Walsh, Algernon Swinburne, Anton Chekhov, Seigfried Sassoon (both prose and poetry), Alec Hope, Michael Dransfield, Edith Sitwell...far too easy to keep going on.Erikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08181307209370955942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-65632745149324767452011-09-24T04:32:23.358+01:002011-09-24T04:32:23.358+01:00I come from a family of readers and I didn't t...I come from a family of readers and I didn't think for a minute that my own daughter wouldn't love books. Thankfully she does; I don't know what we would have done with her otherwise. I remember the night I first heard the silence that was her reading to herself for the first time. At the moment she is reading Anna Karenina even though she is supposed to be studying.Emnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-67695313105904407922011-09-24T00:54:33.040+01:002011-09-24T00:54:33.040+01:00i think Christopher Hitchens has a new book out no...i think Christopher Hitchens has a new book out now - essays - he has lost the power of speech due to cancer (a terrible thing for a writer but is coping magnificently)-<br />my favourite part of hitch -22 was the section of his friendship with martin amis.. Mr Hitchens contributes to Vanity Fair and the kind and heartwarming comments fron the readers gave, i hope, some sustenace to him....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-27573835119069448362011-09-24T00:54:03.846+01:002011-09-24T00:54:03.846+01:00I forgot to add, I started out on cereal packets t...I forgot to add, I started out on cereal packets too, and I still resort to them if there is nothing else to read at breakfast.<br /><br />We have a rather dreadful family habit of knicking another person's section of the day's newspaper when they are not looking, for want of something to read. It took us years to realise we could solve the problem by buying two copies instead of one.<br /><br />What a wonderful quote from dour old Dostoevsky. It has changed entirely my view of him.Lounoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-57863880488819715902011-09-24T00:47:25.269+01:002011-09-24T00:47:25.269+01:00Life without books is unimaginable. My bookworm ha...Life without books is unimaginable. My bookworm habit is inherited from my father's parents. His father retired to his bedroom every day after lunch to sleep, read and write. His mother read in bed into the wee early hours every single night. <br /><br />If i don't have a pile of books to delve into beside the bed, i start to feel quite jittery. Backwards in High Heels has a permanent place there now, for those moments when i need cheering up, some steel in my spine and some reassurance that i'm on the right track.<br /><br />Here is a link to a lovely book story http://www.guardian.co.uk/edinburgh/2011/mar/03/edinburgh-scottish-poetry-library-tree-gift-mysteryLounoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-7274642243349931792011-09-24T00:36:02.929+01:002011-09-24T00:36:02.929+01:00I am another obsessive reader who started out on c...I am another obsessive reader who started out on cereal packets. I am deeply delighted each time I discover an excellently written book, knowing that I have made a friend for life. My first memory of being in a library is of me sitting in a window seat, my feet only part way down to the floor, and breathing in the lovely scent of the book in my hands. Pah, Kindle! Match that, if you can!Razinahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-27294336393836015132011-09-23T22:21:20.394+01:002011-09-23T22:21:20.394+01:00Joanne - Mrs Schultz sounds absolutely tremendous....Joanne - Mrs Schultz sounds absolutely tremendous.Tania Kindersleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18355967725006605825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-66257374757417328172011-09-23T22:00:37.359+01:002011-09-23T22:00:37.359+01:00Thank you! I've always loved books. In third...Thank you! I've always loved books. In third grade my book of the moment was constantly open beside be on the seat and I read between spelling words, arithmetic problems and every lesson going on in the front of the room. Mrs. Schultz never reprimanded me; I guess we were soul mates.Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834682329952369721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-67737952385725643392011-09-23T21:45:23.990+01:002011-09-23T21:45:23.990+01:00Lou - you always say the loveliest things. Smiling...Lou - you always say the loveliest things. Smiling at the thought of your Boo racing through Michael Morpurgo. Hurrah for her.<br /><br />Amanda - oh, oh, I remember the cereal packets, and wondering what riboflavin was.<br /><br />Anon - I too rush straight to the bookshop in any strange city. Loved Hitch 22. <br /><br />Z - so agree about hyped novels. One particular one at the moment I am furious about, and rather long to moan about on the blog, but the author seems so nice that I don't want to bitch him up. Getting rather wet in my old age.Tania Kindersleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18355967725006605825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-55708705614395567222011-09-23T21:41:27.910+01:002011-09-23T21:41:27.910+01:00To reassure you, my beautiful 11 year old son was ...To reassure you, my beautiful 11 year old son was late to bed tonight, yet implored..PLEASE Mummy, can I still have reading time? All is well with the world xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-14033162297310918232011-09-23T21:36:50.991+01:002011-09-23T21:36:50.991+01:00I have always read obsessively too, although in my...I have always read obsessively too, although in my (and my sister's) case, there was a home full of books and parents who were always reading. In the last year or two, I have read much less, however. I've been too disappointed by too many overrated novels, highly rated by critics but not much good. I mostly read classics or non fiction at present. And I ordered your book, by the way; it arrived yesterday. It will be my bedside reading for the next few days, I'm looking forward to it.<br /><br />I distinctly remember the first book I was able to read by myself, and the wonder at every single word being intelligible. It was a Ladybird book called "The Farm."Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-63830172010149630292011-09-23T21:18:02.920+01:002011-09-23T21:18:02.920+01:00Yet another subject that evokes much emotion - I c...Yet another subject that evokes much emotion - I cant imagine life without my books and, indeed, being asked what is my favourite book is like being asked who is my favourite child! I miss my books when i travel and always seek out the nearest bookstore in whichever city i find myself. In fact, i underwent lasik treatment a few years ago and my biggest fear was not being able to read whilst healing (answer: audio books - strangely soothing!). I feel really great sadness for people who cannot pick up a book and lose themselves in it.... xx ps Did you enjoy Hitch 22?? I loved it.... pps heard a quote that the lowest form of misery was a rainy sunday afternoon for someone who did not read!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-53919180776916500322011-09-23T20:42:38.953+01:002011-09-23T20:42:38.953+01:00I cant remember not reading,family history is that...I cant remember not reading,family history is that i started reading age 3 from cereal packets and have continued.I had thought that i wouldnt enjoy reading with a kindle as much as a book,there is nothing like a new book with that new book smell.However,now i have a kindle i am finding that i am reading so much more than before ...both with a kindle and also books.<br />Best wishes amandaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-66766377349516279722011-09-23T20:23:49.885+01:002011-09-23T20:23:49.885+01:00Oh Tania - you know how sometimes a blog post just...Oh Tania - you know how sometimes a blog post just takes you back to something you have not thought of for years? That is what this post of yours has done! Reading books - I owe my mother for that. She says to me still 'being well read is one of the most important things' and I say the same to my daughter. I heard myself say this week as Boo started on her fourth Michael Morpurgo in quick succession: 'nothing like a good book'. And there really isn't. I too sprang interests in other authors outside of the literary canon of A level and degree level English. Oh but a book - a classic even - nothing better. This is untapped joy for me. Reading is all. I have an eccentric English teacher to thank for introducing me to Brideshead Revisited. In retrospect he had a definite Waugh thing - as he did for Greene too. We waded through altogether too many catholic/homosexual guilt novels in sixth form. But still - books - in almost any form - are my thing. <br /><br />You continue to write stuff I love every day. Thank you. Lou xLouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13457538074763854583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-13534426168145457452011-09-23T19:52:20.122+01:002011-09-23T19:52:20.122+01:00Siobhan - what a lovely comment. Always so hearten...Siobhan - what a lovely comment. Always so heartening to hear from other bookworms. And you will have a wonderful time with Waugh. :)Tania Kindersleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18355967725006605825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-59013989099597830762011-09-23T19:50:14.614+01:002011-09-23T19:50:14.614+01:00I'm 28 and love reading and my wonderful fianc...I'm 28 and love reading and my wonderful fiance is never without a book, and as he loves them so buys them for all his younger brothers (there are 5) all the time. Not all of them read but young men can be more difficult to get into books.<br /><br />I loved reading as a child. I was so proud to learn to read. I think the love burns deep inside. All my friends tend to love books too, but maybe us bookish types flock together.<br /><br />I've only recently discovered Waugh (I am slightly ashamed of this) but am hungrily devouring as much turn of the century fiction as I can in between recent novels. It fills me with joy.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00414010663277948166noreply@blogger.com