tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post7188915216626520040..comments2024-03-28T17:44:17.403-07:00Comments on The Weaver of Grass: Reading matter for cold weather.The Weaver of Grasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-34226169671921498002015-02-06T16:20:37.951-08:002015-02-06T16:20:37.951-08:00I've never been a big short story fan, but I j...I've never been a big short story fan, but I joined the Deal Me In Challenge this year and I have to read a short story each week, so far I'm enjoying it very much.<br />I think my main problem with them has been trying to read them as a book and I just get tired of them.Mac n' Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05732924562630675589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-84258915553143120282015-02-06T10:39:06.466-08:002015-02-06T10:39:06.466-08:00To answer your question Frugal - the farmer keeps ...To answer your question Frugal - the farmer keeps looking at the field opposite, which has a band of snow all along the shady side of the wall and saying that it is waiting for more to come. However, the forecast for the weekend is quite good, so let's keep our fingers crossed.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-2500277488885475962015-02-06T06:22:11.309-08:002015-02-06T06:22:11.309-08:00Sometimes love short stories.
Sherlock Holmes ones...Sometimes love short stories.<br />Sherlock Holmes ones are splendid.<br />Also, of course, Katherine Mansfield.<br />Still working on Middlemarch......Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03964291132366262298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-17407557431054586272015-02-05T20:54:52.102-08:002015-02-05T20:54:52.102-08:00Sounds like a perfect choice for the day. I just f...Sounds like a perfect choice for the day. I just finished an anthology of the Best Short Stories of 2013. Edited by Elizabeth Strout. Very satisfied with the stories she chose. <br /><br />Enjoy and stay warm.Midlife Roadtripperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06700277803842883251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-64878423719987252062015-02-05T17:08:49.952-08:002015-02-05T17:08:49.952-08:00I like Salley Vickers very much. Did you read Mr ...I like Salley Vickers very much. Did you read Mr Golightly's Holiday?<br />I'm sure you must know Alice Munro - a particular favourite of mine.Pondsidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02407539138546412482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-67910603992429692322015-02-05T12:13:34.432-08:002015-02-05T12:13:34.432-08:00I have just finished "She Wolves" and I&...I have just finished "She Wolves" and I'm currently working my way through Anthony Trollop. Not a great fan of short stories as I like to get my teeth into something.<br />Does the farmer think there will be any more snow?Frugal in Derbyshire https://www.blogger.com/profile/10221169113482164565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-54344049119404706352015-02-05T11:17:59.054-08:002015-02-05T11:17:59.054-08:00Yes, Philip, I like Somerset Maugham too but agree...Yes, Philip, I like Somerset Maugham too but agree that he seems to have gone out of fashion these days. As to Gwil's comment on his lucky find - it makes all that trawling through books in bookshops worthwhile, doesn't it?<br />As to Thomas Hardy - nothing beats Tess for me.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-27115301171502456272015-02-05T09:19:29.057-08:002015-02-05T09:19:29.057-08:00I was browsing through a box of 1€ books outside a...I was browsing through a box of 1€ books outside a secondhand shop a couple of hours ago and lo and behold I found Nadezhda Mandelstam's 'Hope Abandoned'. This is a memoir written by the wife of the great Russian poet Osip Mandelstam. What a find! <br />Some days you just get lucky. Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-72429826722001527922015-02-05T09:13:48.360-08:002015-02-05T09:13:48.360-08:00Jude the Obscure is available to read free online ...Jude the Obscure is available to read free online at Project Gutenburg. Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-47949780892534340272015-02-05T05:03:27.702-08:002015-02-05T05:03:27.702-08:00I always enjoy a good read but don't like shor...I always enjoy a good read but don't like short stories as they finish too soon! However, I must admit to having read a few really good ones in my time. I prefer a more lengthy good book which leaves one feeling bereft at the end of it. Enjoy your book and keep warm.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06826501916623305535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-57853479218418227772015-02-04T21:02:46.679-08:002015-02-04T21:02:46.679-08:00Flaubert's 'Three Tales' is good. Like...Flaubert's 'Three Tales' is good. Like Rachel, I read 'Jude' on a regular basis.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-11056364029317086022015-02-04T17:46:22.374-08:002015-02-04T17:46:22.374-08:00Thank you, Pat! I'm off to look it up!
Linda
...Thank you, Pat! I'm off to look it up!<br /><br />Linda<br />http://coloradofarmlife.wordpress.comLindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01077219130874294320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-85664007884191056652015-02-04T14:35:39.048-08:002015-02-04T14:35:39.048-08:00Love anthologies - great for bedtime. I am readin...Love anthologies - great for bedtime. I am reading 'If I had my life to live over I would pick more daisies' a series of short stories and poems - curled up on the couch nursing a wretched cold.Hildredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05420791064923078834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-77811395378105924182015-02-04T14:07:25.153-08:002015-02-04T14:07:25.153-08:00There are some writers of short stories I do like ...There are some writers of short stories I do like and since I read a lot of Russian classics I have to laud Checkov. However, I also frequently re-read Somerset Maugham who is out of fashion these days. If you want to read a first rate short story by the latter then I recommend Rain (which has also been made into a film a few times over the years).Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13415361156288825232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-75974167825616845982015-02-04T13:38:51.574-08:002015-02-04T13:38:51.574-08:00I love short stories. And agree there is nothing q...I love short stories. And agree there is nothing quite like it or quite as satisfying when you find a good one. My short story book right now is a collection of Edgar Allen Poe's work... interesting...Hugs! debjinxxxygirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12349344319328467284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-48732984599174490722015-02-04T12:23:35.388-08:002015-02-04T12:23:35.388-08:00It has been so interesting to read your three rece...It has been so interesting to read your three recent posts. I am always learning something new when I visit here.<br /><br />I will remember the Medieval field markings because of your post. Our weather also generally arrives from the west, but often gets a little push from the north or south. And of course, we usually pass along our weather patterns to the other side of the Atlantic.<br /><br />Salley Vickers is an author new to me, and so I am delighted to discover that my library has quite a few of her books. I will check the stacks for them on my next visit. <br /><br />Coincidentally, I just returned from that library with a new book, Glow, by Ned Beauman, and a 1946 book, There Were No Windows, by Norah Hoult.<br /><br />My knitting projects compete with reading for the prime use of my eyesight...along with attending to blogging, of course. <br /><br />Best wishes.Franceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352407314710067616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-69852655289429193272015-02-04T12:14:26.922-08:002015-02-04T12:14:26.922-08:00I am currently reading Jude the Obscure. It is a ...I am currently reading Jude the Obscure. It is a phenomenal book and Thomas Hardy is so clever, I cannot recommend it highly enough. This is the fourth or fifth time I have read it but I never cease to appreciate and be amazed at Hardy's skill as a writer. I am not a fan of short stories. Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-42810517026579413112015-02-04T11:21:38.014-08:002015-02-04T11:21:38.014-08:00A book to be read slowly, thoughtfully and then s...A book to be read slowly, thoughtfully and then savoured I should add. Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-1067809552361441842015-02-04T11:20:29.800-08:002015-02-04T11:20:29.800-08:00Hi Pat, thanks for leaving a comment on the Whitma...Hi Pat, thanks for leaving a comment on the Whitman post. Much appreciated. Good to know I'm not alone. My current cold weather book is Jean-Paul Sartre's The Age of Reason. It's not a book of short stories but it's a novel and each chapter is of short story length and a solid beginning and ending. You're not left hanging. There are 17 chapters and I'm now on chapter 10. Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.com