tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23502762.post19657339229409109..comments2024-02-19T23:01:34.366+11:00Comments on eglantine's cake:: A Ladder of BooksPenni Russonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17956453252195293843noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23502762.post-62097641711495394642010-02-13T08:55:09.027+11:002010-02-13T08:55:09.027+11:00Great ladder idea - but I think you should reverse...Great ladder idea - but I think you should reverse the positions of the books on the top and bottom rungs. Important for your self-esteem. :)Among Amid Whilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02904936537950038300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23502762.post-58378644411751859952010-02-10T17:29:03.263+11:002010-02-10T17:29:03.263+11:00ooooooh a stairway to heaven? Or is it "Jacob...ooooooh a stairway to heaven? Or is it "Jacob's ladder"? ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23502762.post-36950768248590583802010-02-08T07:22:11.241+11:002010-02-08T07:22:11.241+11:00I have a teetering pile on my bedside table. And b...I have a teetering pile on my bedside table. And bookshelves in every available spot through the house. Currently reading The Wind Up Bird Chronicles, Haruki MUrakami. Today is library day so the pile will grow again tonight.Danihttp://www.thekitchenplayground.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23502762.post-80865177608179487112010-02-08T02:04:11.899+11:002010-02-08T02:04:11.899+11:00i'm reading the children's book right now!...i'm reading the children's book right now!<br /><br />not much room on the pile with that one, but i'm working my way through the paris review interviews; i'm on vol. 2 currently.<br /><br />i have a pile of books by the bed, another pile by my favorite reading chair in the living room. i usually am reading at least 3 concurrently, a mix of fiction and nonfiction.<br /><br />i like your ladder. i have an old-fashioned heavy pot stand (to hold kitchen pots) by my bed!Lorihttp://www.campcreekpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23502762.post-58083030586777714382010-02-07T21:56:00.700+11:002010-02-07T21:56:00.700+11:00I will have to keep an eye out for a ladder, at th...I will have to keep an eye out for a ladder, at the moment my books in progress or in anticipation are beside and under my bed. So when I finish a book I have to go fishing under the bed for the next one.<br /><br />At the moment the pile includes Black Dust Dancing by Tracy Crisp (re-reading for book group), several St Trinians books I found in Echuca at the second hand shop, some Australian history books from the library and several Anne of Green Gables books. I retrieved the Anne books from my Mum's and discovered two of them actually belong to a friend and I've probably had them 15 years. Must re-read and return.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23502762.post-61633916359817569002010-02-07T20:51:43.545+11:002010-02-07T20:51:43.545+11:00I've been re-reading Undine, so that is on my ...I've been re-reading Undine, so that is on my bedside table at the moment but it is finished, not a potential pleasure. A retrospective pleasure, twice. And a Jasper Fforde, which I am decidedly not loving.<br /><br />I love your bookladder. I wants one.Penhttp://www.lifeorbooks.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23502762.post-31574618948001519002010-02-07T19:37:58.192+11:002010-02-07T19:37:58.192+11:00I keep my books from when I was young. It smells a...I keep my books from when I was young. It smells abit but there's something about the smell of old books, rather ProustianEeleen Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15221723342556515161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23502762.post-19471828759686155002010-02-07T17:53:09.424+11:002010-02-07T17:53:09.424+11:00oh i nearly bought 'home' when i was in ad...oh i nearly bought 'home' when i was in adelaide recently, but i wasn't sure i'd have space in my bag to carry it back with me. i'm currently reading a passage to india and waiting for the barbarians... both for teaching purposes. also recently read robinson crusoe for the same reason. (that was an eye opener.)<br /><br />also recently read some amazing australian short stories mum gave me for christmas, but i really didn't have space in my bag for those, and now i can't remember who wrote them!melihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10026675747253438229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23502762.post-89710286924988920242010-02-06T14:08:48.229+11:002010-02-06T14:08:48.229+11:00There's so much on my bookshelf, but always th...There's so much on my bookshelf, but always there is my own journal. I can leave it for months without writing a thing and then it's all scrawls and snippets of ideas and plans and a written downloading of what's in my head.Kate Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11731006032499344619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23502762.post-35662583215512460722010-02-06T08:40:31.905+11:002010-02-06T08:40:31.905+11:00Do read the Slap Jazz .. you will love it (I did)....Do read the Slap Jazz .. you will love it (I did). <br />Pen I loved Water for Elephants, Matt just read it and loved it too. <br />My books sit on my bedside table (how unique!).Dustyjohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05955412787148833024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23502762.post-30793806287478476692010-02-06T08:20:04.024+11:002010-02-06T08:20:04.024+11:00book porn! thank you!
My TBR books live inpiles n...book porn! thank you!<br /><br />My TBR books live inpiles next to my bed, on the nightstand, on the nightstand's bottom shelf, on the floor under the bed...they get a little out of hand.<br /><br />I too have The Children's Book sitting in my pile. Also the new Elizabeth Kostova, Diane Ackerman's book about the zookeepers, Ahab's Wife, a pile of YA review copies, The Help and a thriller by Dan Simmons whose name escapes me. That's just on my nightstand.BabelBabehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00467487618830618571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23502762.post-87298337887893083052010-02-05T21:51:51.472+11:002010-02-05T21:51:51.472+11:00Thanks Penni:)
I was thinking about reading The Sl...Thanks Penni:)<br />I was thinking about reading The Slap but wasn't sure. Will check out my local library :)<br /><br />Cheers xJasmin Tragashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04578345357917123178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23502762.post-6792835736239448642010-02-05T21:24:00.425+11:002010-02-05T21:24:00.425+11:00Hi Penni,
Thank you for your lovely comment on Ned...Hi Penni,<br />Thank you for your lovely comment on Ned's birthday!<br />The ladder is gorgeous, what a beautiful and practical present.<br />I totally agree about Sonya Hartnett - she is one of my all time favourites and none of her books that I have read have ever left me.<br />I loved Liar and it was definetely one of my favourites of 2009. I saw Justine at the writers festival and thought she was ace.<br /><br />On my pile I also have The Piper's Son. I am reading Dance, Dance, Dance by Murakami and still struggling to get through Myer's Breaking Dawn - it's hard work but I've come this far!Lou@weheartbookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16529927833609437781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23502762.post-67635902607677980142010-02-05T21:22:01.545+11:002010-02-05T21:22:01.545+11:00Jasmine - try The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas, if yo...Jasmine - try The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas, if you haven't read it. DOn't be put off by its fatness, it's an easy read and I think you'd find a lot of elements very identifiable, especially the territories of Melbourne it covers. And the bonus is HEAPS of people have read it so you can have lots of conversations about it. <br /><br />I am enjoying The Reunion so far. <br /><br />I just read Water for Elephants. It was eminently readable, not brilliantly written, but very deft and page-turnery, and the historical detail was fabulous.Penni Russonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17956453252195293843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23502762.post-14721109296716044222010-02-05T21:18:43.842+11:002010-02-05T21:18:43.842+11:00Oh that was a rather unfinished thought about Hele...Oh that was a rather unfinished thought about Helen Garner. I was going to say, but I felt I understood very much what she was saying about the court and procedure and bureaucracy being disempowering for women. I understand people involved in the case feeling betrayed by her use of fictional devices and found it very poignant that she was so careful to avoid them in JCC. Apparently she's currently writing a book about Robert Farquarson.Penni Russonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17956453252195293843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23502762.post-87096949271702654492010-02-05T21:11:41.493+11:002010-02-05T21:11:41.493+11:00lovely ladder of books! Jealous!
When were on hol...lovely ladder of books! Jealous!<br /><br />When were on holidays recently I put kindle on my iPhone and *shhhh* read Twilight. It was amazingly easy to read on my phone. <br /><br />The only problem I have is that my kids don't realise I am reading a book, they probably think I'm working or playing games. <br /><br />Anyhoo, I thought it was a fun,even enjoyable flippant little read. Then I read New Moon and it was like "blah blah blah - oh something interesting - blah blah blah - flip flip - how does this end? silly addictive thing - blah blah - interesting - I love you - the end"<br /><br />I really must read more though. Love it when my imagination is stirred up! Suggestions for me please? I am in need of a fiction fix. Neglected it for far too long.Jasmin Tragashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04578345357917123178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23502762.post-29009004839704927012010-02-05T21:11:34.945+11:002010-02-05T21:11:34.945+11:00I love Joe Cinque's Consolation. I love her ow...I love Joe Cinque's Consolation. I love her own existential dilemma at the heart of it, her struggle to understand her place in the story. I know a lot of people were cross with Helen Garner over the First Stone.<br /><br />Simmone, everyone should have a ladder! I am looking forward to Olive Kitteridge but my copy has miniscule print. I might need a magnifying glass.<br /><br />Curses, Jo. I hope your neighbour has put it to good use.Penni Russonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17956453252195293843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23502762.post-81189250766807530242010-02-05T19:08:04.218+11:002010-02-05T19:08:04.218+11:00A couple of months back I saw a gorgeous old woode...A couple of months back I saw a gorgeous old wooden ladder on a hard rubbish pile. By the time I did a u-turn to go back and get it, my neighbour was loading it in to the back of her station wagon. So close! <br /><br />I have just finished Bryce Courtney's "The Story of Danny Dunn". Quite a good read, but not earth shattering. Just a good January holiday read.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00275471428731828826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23502762.post-76223791083513892282010-02-05T17:56:08.032+11:002010-02-05T17:56:08.032+11:00i love your ladder. I might copy you - would that ...i love your ladder. I might copy you - would that be ok? I also loved olive kitteridge though it's sad and made me think deeply about life, being human, growing old, the whole bit ...simmonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09410070490992751751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23502762.post-73361789631459903632010-02-05T16:49:12.900+11:002010-02-05T16:49:12.900+11:00I have a special bookcase in the lounge room for b...I have a special bookcase in the lounge room for books to be read and for books that I have read and might give away or loan, or read again.<br /><br />Liar is also in my to read pile (I found it in the opshop, score! and remembered you mentioning the author). Reading at the moment - Joe Cinque's consolation by Helen Garner - picked it up to see if I would like it and haven't been able to stop reading it. Have just abandoned Wild Decembers by Edna O'Brien, yawn. Itching to read more Janet Evanovich to re-capture that trashy holiday feeling.... I love reading all over again.Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03229973177266678746noreply@blogger.com