tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5112141994720213835.post3739113649644946874..comments2023-10-30T08:14:19.219-07:00Comments on Q's Book Club: East Wind Melts the IceQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02473455565144414399noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5112141994720213835.post-89714527580340210732007-04-10T17:50:00.000-07:002007-04-10T17:50:00.000-07:00Hi Everyone,Looks as if we all have our books. Hou...Hi Everyone,<BR/>Looks as if we all have our books. Housefrau will get hers in a couple of days. Sorry honey it took so long!<BR/>Oh Chris, I know what you mean. I carefully started reading last night. I too just allowed the preface. I like her style and the idea of using the seventy-two stages of the ancient Chinese almanac.<BR/>SherryQhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02473455565144414399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5112141994720213835.post-19560872721483752072007-04-10T11:11:00.000-07:002007-04-10T11:11:00.000-07:00I have my copy :-) and have read the preface. I h...I have my copy :-) and have read the preface. I have already learnt from it!Chrissiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18446592829079921028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5112141994720213835.post-86444573447436952752007-04-06T21:28:00.000-07:002007-04-06T21:28:00.000-07:00Wow Chris,I never thought of checking e-bay.Great ...Wow Chris,<BR/>I never thought of checking e-bay.<BR/>Great buy!<BR/>I am still waiting. I will send Housefrau hers as soon as they get to me.<BR/>I am excited our books are all coming in.<BR/>Part of the fun this time has been the anticipation.<BR/>Do let us know what your first impression is.<BR/>SherryQhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02473455565144414399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5112141994720213835.post-58890361202583915122007-04-06T04:39:00.000-07:002007-04-06T04:39:00.000-07:00I have managed to get the book on Ebay! Mine was ...I have managed to get the book on Ebay! Mine was the only bid, I can't believe it! Anyway I've paid for it so it should be next week sometime. Thanks to housefrau from me too for setting up this blog :-)Chrissiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18446592829079921028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5112141994720213835.post-12628860280391337392007-04-05T17:20:00.000-07:002007-04-05T17:20:00.000-07:00Hi Mary,Excellent! You will be the first to start ...Hi Mary,<BR/>Excellent! You will be the first to start reading.<BR/>Let us know what you think. <BR/>I did an entire series (13) of fast "Chick non-lit" last December. I gobbled the books up as if they were potoato chips!<BR/>I am so looking forward to your impression of East Wind.<BR/>SherryQhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02473455565144414399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5112141994720213835.post-57380689230437400832007-04-05T11:30:00.000-07:002007-04-05T11:30:00.000-07:00Hi Sherry.I'm thrilled. I just got an email from ...Hi Sherry.<BR/><BR/>I'm thrilled. I just got an email from the library letting me know that "East Wind . . . " is in and waiting for me. <BR/><BR/>"The Historian" is really fascinating. I wasn't entirely sure I liked it at the beginning, but 200 pages or so into it, I'm totally hooked. I'm a fairly quick reader and usually zip through books, but this one I'm taking my time with. The book is very atmospheric and dense.<BR/><BR/>Sadly, "Nancy Drew Saved My Life" is neither atmospheric or dense. It's "chick lit" and not terribly good chick lit at that. I definitely enjoy my share of "fluff" reads, but it needs to be well written fluff.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17314974026652514460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5112141994720213835.post-81336392320333562682007-04-03T18:38:00.000-07:002007-04-03T18:38:00.000-07:00Hi Chris,"The Illustrated Book Of Insects" sounds ...Hi Chris,<BR/>"The Illustrated Book Of Insects" sounds like a must have book!<BR/>I love reference material. I read mine like novels! The field guides I have on birds and butterflies are almost worn out.<BR/>It is nice to have magazines here and there about the house. I save mine from year to year too. I find I pop a magazine in my to-go bag just in case!<BR/>We will have fun discussing our book as soon as we all get it!<BR/>Mine and Housefrau's should be here around the 15th. <BR/>Until then we can read poems!<BR/>The Poem a Day for April is nice. I see the world a bit different after reading a morning poem.<BR/>SherryQhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02473455565144414399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5112141994720213835.post-89953150833233598992007-04-03T18:26:00.000-07:002007-04-03T18:26:00.000-07:00Hi Mary,I to am full of pleasant anticipation for ...Hi Mary,<BR/>I to am full of pleasant anticipation for East Wind Melts The Ice!<BR/>My book list is growing fast! <BR/>What do you think of "Historian"?<BR/>I love the title of "How Nancy Drew Saved My Life".<BR/>SherryQhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02473455565144414399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5112141994720213835.post-86222392528515905552007-04-02T14:57:00.000-07:002007-04-02T14:57:00.000-07:00Hi Housefrau,Thank you again for getting our spot ...Hi Housefrau,<BR/>Thank you again for getting our spot up and looking so nice.<BR/>The Joseph Ceravolo poems look great. On my book list!Qhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02473455565144414399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5112141994720213835.post-20128311619797188462007-04-02T14:38:00.000-07:002007-04-02T14:38:00.000-07:00Well I am still waiting for my library to obtain t...Well I am still waiting for my library to obtain the book for me, but it shouldn't be long now :-)<BR/>At the moment I am still plodding through Da Vinci Code, but find The Lost Continent more entertaining:-) I also have the Illustrated Book of Insects and a couple of old Country Life magazines.Chrissiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18446592829079921028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5112141994720213835.post-19365877393677888212007-04-02T12:55:00.000-07:002007-04-02T12:55:00.000-07:00Hi there.My library just got their copies of the b...Hi there.<BR/><BR/>My library just got their copies of the book and I'm just waiting for it to be sent to my branch for pick-up. I'm really looking forward to reading and discussing this book.<BR/><BR/>On my nightstand, I've got:<BR/>_The Historian_ by Elizabeth Kostova, _How Nancy Drew Saved My Life_ by Lauren Baratz-Logsted, _All Quiet on the Western Front_ by Erich Maria Remarque.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17314974026652514460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5112141994720213835.post-15605140150343509482007-04-01T20:12:00.000-07:002007-04-01T20:12:00.000-07:00Hello everyone! I'm looking forward to our book cl...Hello everyone! I'm looking forward to our book club. <BR/><BR/>Right now on my nightstand: _Dead Souls_ by Nikoli Gogol, _Consider the Lobster_ by David Foster Wallace, and _The Green Lake Is Awake: Selected Poems_ by Joseph Ceravolo. <BR/><BR/>How about everybody else?Housefrauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07481020287828015170noreply@blogger.com