tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post1313391708794068487..comments2023-04-13T13:19:51.726+01:00Comments on Life happens between books: Escapism from the midsummer heat.Lucy Fishwifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12468092971495182126noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-3881274213590241182008-08-04T16:02:00.000+01:002008-08-04T16:02:00.000+01:00Hi there WJ! - I have been slightly resisting Prou...Hi there WJ! - I have been slightly resisting Proust ever since a friend told me she found it over-wordy and difficult to read, not unlike Henry James... Having said that, another friend is about to embark on it this summer, so I'll wait and see what he says.Lucy Fishwifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12468092971495182126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-26678021243666690362008-08-04T15:27:00.000+01:002008-08-04T15:27:00.000+01:00Hi, i am new to your blog, but i wonder why Proust...Hi, i am new to your blog, but i wonder why Proust is not in your "to read or to re-read" list. I hope to finish Swann's Way soon, given that i can have more free time to read.BlueJayEyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03253536229860746060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-89450546399370426082008-07-29T14:24:00.000+01:002008-07-29T14:24:00.000+01:00MM - will give them a go, but only if you can prom...MM - will give them a go, but only if you can promise me they're ABSORBING.<BR/><BR/>BT - Gosh I haven't read them since I was about 11. Will definitely re-read! I have a female friend who loves the P O'B so may still give them a go. <BR/>Not, sadly, my artwork! Not, even sadderly, me either, although I could be convinced it was Laura...Lucy Fishwifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12468092971495182126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-24021244234108848212008-07-29T14:03:00.000+01:002008-07-29T14:03:00.000+01:00I haven't read them since I was a child, so maybe ...I haven't read them since I was a child, so maybe they're a bit romantic novel/lightweight-ish, but D K Broster's 'Flight of the Heron' trilogy used to work for me. The O'Brian series is good (he knew his sailing, and didn't have his characters reefing the main sheets or anything crass like that). But he does re-use elements in the later ones, so they are best not read consecutively.<BR/><BR/>Like the artwork - not your work?Brother Tobiashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14298549883526952305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-43842553030434770422008-07-29T13:09:00.000+01:002008-07-29T13:09:00.000+01:00Have you read the Orlando Trilogy by Isabel Colega...Have you read the Orlando Trilogy by Isabel Colegate?mantua makerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08100402931220060133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-39896195264963415272008-07-29T10:01:00.000+01:002008-07-29T10:01:00.000+01:00TM- LOVED "Fortunes of War", but what a good idea,...TM- LOVED "Fortunes of War", but what a good idea, will reread it. Haven't read any Elizabeth Goudge apart from "The Little White Horse" - Thank you for the hint, will give her a try! PS Am off to Liberty's tomorrow to check out new perfumes. Think the Comme des Garcons "Energy C" range may get some sniffage..<BR/><BR/>Steve - Actually I do like fantasy, and I've had the Robert Jordans recommended before. Isn't he terminally ill? Poor love may not end up finishing the last one so hope to God he's got some good collaborators. Unless it's J V Jones I'm thinking of. Thanks! Will have a go!Lucy Fishwifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12468092971495182126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-78746566794771707732008-07-29T07:26:00.000+01:002008-07-29T07:26:00.000+01:00If you don't mind something that is a little trash...If you don't mind something that is a little trashy (but not too much) and very sci-fi / fantasy, you could try Robert Jordan's Wheel Of Time series... 10 books so far and still not finished. Not so much a world as a whole solar system. When you resurface the recession will be over and Labour will be back in power after the Tory take over...! ;-)Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-75273082909917232742008-07-28T21:14:00.000+01:002008-07-28T21:14:00.000+01:00Er.. Fortunes of War by Olivia Manning or if you f...Er.. Fortunes of War by Olivia Manning or if you feel able to cope with the Christian allegory (and Narnia suggests you can) any of the Elizabeth Goudge collections, which have a lovely "all's well with the world" feeling, true escape reading, although more parochial than heroicAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-1017392432391359372008-07-28T17:25:00.000+01:002008-07-28T17:25:00.000+01:00Oh Laura, the trials of being a supermodel. Serves...Oh Laura, the trials of being a supermodel. Serves you right for sitting too close to the fire in flammable make-up...Lucy Fishwifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12468092971495182126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-87198949694014759072008-07-28T17:22:00.000+01:002008-07-28T17:22:00.000+01:00I tried so hard to HIDE that photograph.That was S...I tried so hard to HIDE that photograph.<BR/><BR/>That was SO embarrassing - I'm still picking bits of dress out of my calves as we speak! ;-)The Poet Laura-eatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07779308486569849157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-16358511985445436782008-07-28T17:09:00.000+01:002008-07-28T17:09:00.000+01:00Any genre is fine! I'm in the mood for sweeping gr...Any genre is fine! I'm in the mood for sweeping grandeur, epic length of story... although failing that another dark mocha iced frappuccino would do (I buckled and bought one, and sweet baby Jesus it is the very ambrosia of heaven.)Lucy Fishwifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12468092971495182126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-72281676055486516102008-07-28T16:26:00.000+01:002008-07-28T16:26:00.000+01:00I'm afraid I'm no expert on this particular genre....I'm afraid I'm no expert on this particular genre... though I envy you the time to regularly re-read series and authors you enjoy. I struggle just to keep afloat with the new stuff!Rolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02103804480646939038noreply@blogger.com