tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17229339.post114101088635319021..comments2023-08-12T02:33:29.988-05:00Comments on 2 B Read: Reading 4 PleasureSylvia Dayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06489243230694413409noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17229339.post-1141318363941094282006-03-02T11:52:00.000-05:002006-03-02T11:52:00.000-05:00I just have to mention that I loved MARLEY & ME. ...I just have to mention that I loved MARLEY & ME. I laughed, I cried... yada, yada, yada - but I was totally sucked in.<BR/><BR/>THE GLASS CASTLE is another *wonderful* memoir I've read recently. Though I'm normally a novel reader (and writer), I literally could not put down this story of a girl growing up in the most strangely creative yet lethally-impoverished/irresponsible household Colleen Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18398127184158098008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17229339.post-1141176344081338492006-02-28T20:25:00.000-05:002006-02-28T20:25:00.000-05:00The last book I absolutely lost myself in and stay...The last book I absolutely lost myself in and stayed up until after 2 am to finish was Tess Gerritsen's VANISH. I read it in virtually one sitting, starting in the morning during naptime (the kids), then only putting it down because they wouldn't let me read, and picking it up at their bedtime. I still can't get the characters out of my head, I loved her first person present that actually went Allison Brennanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02872860080644987843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17229339.post-1141162167126057292006-02-28T16:29:00.000-05:002006-02-28T16:29:00.000-05:00Sally, don't ya love the impulse to edit the handw...Sally, don't ya love the impulse to edit the handwriting, even on bathroom walls? I do agree that it is fun 'knowing' so many fabulous authors. (I get a lot of mileage out of it at various places, especially at my bowling league.)<BR/><BR/>Ann, SEP's Ain't She Sweet was one of the most recent books I got that really lost in it feeling reading. Guess I'll try one of Rachel Gibson's.<BR/><BR/>Alfiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556082619258664614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17229339.post-1141091398905201712006-02-27T20:49:00.000-05:002006-02-27T20:49:00.000-05:00I used to read 2, 3, 4 books a week until I starte...I used to read 2, 3, 4 books a week until I started writing seriously. Now, I'm lucky to read 2 a month. I miss losing myself in books, and it takes an exceptional author to allow me to disappear for a few hours. There are a few, though, that I enjoy immensely.Allison Brennanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02872860080644987843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17229339.post-1141069420260947602006-02-27T14:43:00.000-05:002006-02-27T14:43:00.000-05:00Okay, Ann. What's your recommendation? What book...Okay, Ann. What's your recommendation? What book would you tell me to read, strictly for the guilty pleasure I'm sure to have?<BR/><BR/>And JoAnn, don't tell my honey that, will you? He loves reading enough--maybe more than me?--that he would probably divorce me if he thought living with me would ruin it for him.Alfiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556082619258664614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17229339.post-1141068952280444942006-02-27T14:35:00.000-05:002006-02-27T14:35:00.000-05:00Here's a sad story--I was standing in the ladies' ...Here's a sad story--I was standing in the ladies' room this weekend, waiting for a friend, and I started proofreading one of the wall signs. Found two errors and a wording change I'd make.<BR/><BR/>Yes, Alfie, I've definitely found that writing has affected my reading. But one good thing--every time I go into a bookstore, I see books by my friends. I want to grab someone's arm and say, hey, I Sally MacKenziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15166303880685146915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17229339.post-1141065445220618712006-02-27T13:37:00.000-05:002006-02-27T13:37:00.000-05:00The same thing happened to me years ago and I alwa...The same thing happened to me years ago and I always know it's one dynamite book if I stop mentally editing as I read. Unfortunately, this ailment seems to be contagious. After living with me for the 23 yrs I've been published, my sweetie complains about the same thing. And he's probably the only person on the planet who never wanted to write a book! LOLJoAnn Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03351137721112499077noreply@blogger.com