tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1368793710186704163.post287771148784836601..comments2023-10-11T03:56:23.665-04:00Comments on Artful Aspirations by Debbie Bailey: The Company of Good Booksdebbie baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02479699000203333679noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1368793710186704163.post-7434487160595847152013-04-11T21:58:53.622-04:002013-04-11T21:58:53.622-04:00MK, my feelings exactly! Well said.
MK, my feelings exactly! Well said.<br />debbie baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02479699000203333679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1368793710186704163.post-33495556974013819922013-04-09T11:09:25.368-04:002013-04-09T11:09:25.368-04:00I'm reading Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry ri...I'm reading Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry right now - slowly getting used to the style. Is this what Places in the Earth was like...? I read it years ago...GretchenJoannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13641677400029070452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1368793710186704163.post-59787048461250481482013-04-03T13:30:44.394-04:002013-04-03T13:30:44.394-04:00Oh, that quote resonates with me. I feel that way ...Oh, that quote resonates with me. I feel that way at the end of just about every day when I do the most of my non-devotional reading, except on Monday. Monday I needed rest from the Easter weekend so took the morning to lounge around and read. <br /><br />Right now I am reading about two people: STILL on the letters of Flannery O'Connor and also started reading Wild a memoir of a gal who walked the PCT. I like getting to know new people like this without having to talk (ha) and also entering into their world/lives a bit of a distance.<br /><br />Happy to see that memorable picture/banner, too. Leslie https://www.blogger.com/profile/11216448707277968516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1368793710186704163.post-65624254744256500092013-04-03T10:30:07.780-04:002013-04-03T10:30:07.780-04:00(I love seeing that wonderful photo in your banner...(I love seeing that wonderful photo in your banner again!!)<br /><br />Yes, some authors seem to have that gift, of warmly welcoming their readers. Trollope does that for me, and Miss Read.<br /><br />Writers have various strengths. When I was a child, I wanted PLOT, and I loved re-reading a book to enter into the events again, and experience them. Now as an adult, I value setting and characters more. I think that's why I love Trollope; he's very light on plot :) I adore setting, though, and I re-read a book in order to go to a place again. Like you, I enjoy meeting the characters again, b/c I find them non-threatening. I can observe (like an introvert) and not weary myself with interaction.M.K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09205619221345704689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1368793710186704163.post-82681926752469887352013-04-03T09:39:17.739-04:002013-04-03T09:39:17.739-04:00I often turn to Wendell Berry when I need to visit...I often turn to Wendell Berry when I need to visit a world that makes sense to me and gives me deep pleasure. <br /><br />I need to read Trollope! I never have, and I suspect it will be a treat.<br /><br />xofrancesLeft-Handed Housewifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15014518128739580267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1368793710186704163.post-32885757625377450052013-04-03T08:33:17.658-04:002013-04-03T08:33:17.658-04:00(I love seeing that wonderful photo in your banner...(I love seeing that wonderful photo in your banner again!!)<br /><br />Yes, some authors seem to have that gift, of warmly welcoming their readers. Trollope does that for me, and Miss Read.<br /><br />Writers have various strengths. When I was a child, I wanted PLOT, and I loved re-reading a book to enter into the events again, and experience them. Now as an adult, I value setting and characters more. I think that's why I love Trollope; he's very light on plot :) I adore setting, though, and I re-read a book in order to go to a place again. Like you, I enjoy meeting the characters again, b/c I find them non-threatening. I can observe (like an introvert) and not weary myself with interaction.M.K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09205619221345704689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1368793710186704163.post-17958635404371053272013-04-03T08:10:41.834-04:002013-04-03T08:10:41.834-04:00I love Rosamunde Pilcher, too. I haven't had ...I love Rosamunde Pilcher, too. I haven't had a dip into one of her novels for a while and I'm missing her.<br />I like Beverly Cleary. I adore Louise Fitzhugh's Harriet the Spy. Lucy Maud Montgomery comes to mind. Laura Ingals Wilder, for sure.<br />I love Wendell Berry's work and I wish I had all of it.<br />Louisa May Alcott. SO many! Great post. Great thinking, Debbie.Pom Pomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01524994024698986829noreply@blogger.com