tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861447409543225070.post3114750269369962190..comments2024-03-05T03:05:52.336-06:00Comments on To The Manner Born: summer readsToadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17320342028348619490noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861447409543225070.post-15835001724507063162010-07-11T22:55:21.592-05:002010-07-11T22:55:21.592-05:00I just finished Paula Byrne's excellent Mad Wo...I just finished Paula Byrne's excellent <i>Mad World: Evelyn Waugh and the Secrets of Brideshead</i> and simply must read <i>Brideshead Revisited</i> again. <br />My favorite Garcia Marquez is <i>Chronicle of a Death Foretold</i>, a beautifully structured novella and a perfect hot weather book.Mistress Cynicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17092282847923200282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861447409543225070.post-90530838051615392672010-07-10T21:13:53.838-05:002010-07-10T21:13:53.838-05:00Empress, I look forward to comparing thoughts with...Empress, I look forward to comparing thoughts with you on the Maugham bio.Toadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17320342028348619490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861447409543225070.post-15550077723849223242010-07-10T20:35:34.768-05:002010-07-10T20:35:34.768-05:00I am just opening the new W. S. Maugham tome...The...I am just opening the new W. S. Maugham tome...The Secret Lives of Somerset Maugham...and am thrilled it has arrived in time for hot summer days.<br /><br />Thanks for a thoughtful post...again.Jane Kilpatrick Schotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13180782161704403156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861447409543225070.post-10060517582558672782010-07-10T18:54:45.865-05:002010-07-10T18:54:45.865-05:00Just gave a copy of the Finca Vigia collection of ...Just gave a copy of the Finca Vigia collection of Hemingway's short stories to a friend for his Bday. Hemingway always goes well in summer, especially with all of those lovely cold iced drinks.Scale Wormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09583891708651272779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861447409543225070.post-64525385993240658112010-07-10T14:49:41.874-05:002010-07-10T14:49:41.874-05:00Mrs Blandings...I love that...pet the page!Mrs Blandings...I love that...pet the page!Suburban Princesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08229769705478339351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861447409543225070.post-4635657725712648352010-07-10T14:48:59.947-05:002010-07-10T14:48:59.947-05:00Toad I hope you enjoy The English Patient - I have...Toad I hope you enjoy The English Patient - I have read it at least 3 times and always enjoy it. Ondaatje is not your typical Canadian writer.Suburban Princesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08229769705478339351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861447409543225070.post-71664726364377141732010-07-10T12:55:10.304-05:002010-07-10T12:55:10.304-05:00Earlier in the week Garden and Gun published a pie...Earlier in the week Garden and Gun published a piece on the Faulkner archives at UVA. You may find this interesting.<br /><br />http://faulkner.lib.virginia.edu/Toadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17320342028348619490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861447409543225070.post-39211890629703456242010-07-10T12:35:54.240-05:002010-07-10T12:35:54.240-05:00I just picked up This Side of Paradise and put it ...I just picked up This Side of Paradise and put it down again; too much snow. Was just thinking Hemingway so will take this as a sign. Also, you will love the English Patient; I think I'll re-read it on vacation. Some books just make you want to pet the page.Mrs. Blandingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06402207636108999627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861447409543225070.post-71719402990746065852010-07-10T12:09:52.670-05:002010-07-10T12:09:52.670-05:00SP: I read "100 Years of Solitude" in Ba...SP: I read "100 Years of Solitude" in Barcelona several years ago. I understand that its the second best seller after Don Quixote.<br /><br />Somehow, Barc wasn't the place for it, although I certainly understand its appeal to the Spanish.Toadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17320342028348619490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861447409543225070.post-79121213792630971582010-07-10T10:33:21.581-05:002010-07-10T10:33:21.581-05:00I recently read a book by Gabriel Garcia Marquez -...I recently read a book by Gabriel Garcia Marquez - another hot weather writer. It certainly forced me to slow down how I read and where to pause. I have since put the rest of his books on my ereader ;o)Suburban Princesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08229769705478339351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861447409543225070.post-16693295841057499962010-07-10T10:33:07.850-05:002010-07-10T10:33:07.850-05:00Nell, I'll add The English Patient to the list...Nell, I'll add The English Patient to the list for fall. Thank you very much.Toadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17320342028348619490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861447409543225070.post-74835115891665019552010-07-10T10:06:39.515-05:002010-07-10T10:06:39.515-05:00I love Maugham in summer also. And Ian Fleming. Lo...I love Maugham in summer also. And Ian Fleming. Lots of Ian Fleming.<br /><br />ML<br />mlanesepic.blogspot.comM.Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02898845239082082494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861447409543225070.post-83161359087987238582010-07-10T07:41:42.937-05:002010-07-10T07:41:42.937-05:00Quote is from Michael Ondaajte's "The Eng...Quote is from Michael Ondaajte's "The English Patient." Your summer reading ritual choices are spot on. My own annual August re-read is Gatsby -- cannot be July, must be August for appropriate level of steamy torpor. It's new again every year.Nellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09489998403947792893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861447409543225070.post-47125361311424319392010-07-10T07:31:19.098-05:002010-07-10T07:31:19.098-05:00Great quote, you tend to forget that reading is a ...Great quote, you tend to forget that reading is a skill as well. In this blaring age of instant information, the art of enjoying a book is one of the last refuges.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15005152935241167959noreply@blogger.com