tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post3341219301398301890..comments2024-03-28T08:40:52.180-07:00Comments on Bitter Tea and Mystery: Bookshelf Traveling: New BooksTracyKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-22347797981178138662020-12-16T21:22:54.129-08:002020-12-16T21:22:54.129-08:00Thanks, Col. I have already read Little Women, but...Thanks, Col. I have already read Little Women, but the other three will be read in 2021, I hope. Instead of getting under piles of other books.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-32334404222371506412020-12-16T01:33:09.703-08:002020-12-16T01:33:09.703-08:00I hope you enjoy reading them when the times comes...I hope you enjoy reading them when the times comes. Undoubtedly, I wouldn't have chosen the same books as you, but if we all liked the same thing it would a dull old world.col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-10081047202875244322020-11-29T12:24:54.823-08:002020-11-29T12:24:54.823-08:00I will be reading LITTLE WOMEN soon, Susan. I hope...I will be reading LITTLE WOMEN soon, Susan. I hope I like Rebecca better than you did. TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-81176049126489722712020-11-29T06:57:04.728-08:002020-11-29T06:57:04.728-08:00I adore LITTLE WOMEN! I read REBECCA for the first...I adore LITTLE WOMEN! I read REBECCA for the first time this year and I just didn't love it. I found it long and boring and filled with unlikable characters. I know lots of people love it, but I'm not one of them, LOL.<br /><br />Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05344704891037668456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-3732633662344693872020-11-16T21:31:21.812-08:002020-11-16T21:31:21.812-08:00Katrina, I am glad you liked Little Women, that on...Katrina, I am glad you liked Little Women, that one I am less certain of but I have had so many recommendations that it is very good. I probably read Rebecca when I was young but if so, my reactions could be entirely different now.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-33353830262264582112020-11-16T14:55:28.809-08:002020-11-16T14:55:28.809-08:00I love Rebecca, Little Women, Nero Wolfe and trees...I love Rebecca, Little Women, Nero Wolfe and trees, so this seems like a great selection to me. I'll be very interested to read what you think of Rebecca as I've seen some comments from younger women who didn't like it, it might be a generational thing or maybe an anti male thing.Katrinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18138715309807238198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-45510048314072460542020-11-16T11:53:41.742-08:002020-11-16T11:53:41.742-08:00Margot, Rebecca and Little Women are two very diff...Margot, Rebecca and Little Women are two very different books set in very different times and places, and I am looking forward to both. I wish Little Women wasn't quite so long (about 450 pages in my edition). TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-27085595707574985872020-11-16T09:09:55.723-08:002020-11-16T09:09:55.723-08:00I like it that you include classics with the other...I like it that you include classics with the other books you've chosen, Tracy. Just because a book is considered 'classic' doesn't mean it's an excellent book, but I think you've chosen some good 'uns. Margot Kinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08599589137890528065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-5680329087389269722020-11-16T08:08:22.740-08:002020-11-16T08:08:22.740-08:00Your comment cheered me up this morning, Cath. Twe...Your comment cheered me up this morning, Cath. Twelve hundred pages is a challenge, but doable if you are enjoying the story. It gets a lot of five star reviews.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-4075249000726803212020-11-16T01:27:29.292-08:002020-11-16T01:27:29.292-08:00Tracy, I was thinking The Count of Monte Christo w...Tracy, I was thinking The Count of Monte Christo was about seven or eight hundred pages. Nooooo.... it's about twelve hundred. You could use it as a murder weapon. I think I must be insane.... Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06371069000185280668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-83773950342624927632020-11-15T15:49:12.695-08:002020-11-15T15:49:12.695-08:00Rick, Around the World in 80 Trees should be a ver...Rick, Around the World in 80 Trees should be a very good read, and I love illustrated books so that is a bonus.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-72406743676294452322020-11-15T15:48:05.629-08:002020-11-15T15:48:05.629-08:00Cath, I love getting new books too, but I have don...Cath, I love getting new books too, but I have done entirely too much of that lately. Of course we did skip the book sale this year so I still probably have less books coming in than in previous years. <br /><br />Oh my goodness, The Count of Monte Cristo is very long. That is about the same length as Les Miserables. I will wait and see what you think of it.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-25647535345266977852020-11-15T15:24:44.088-08:002020-11-15T15:24:44.088-08:00I try to avoid “gender flipping”. What’s the point...I try to avoid “gender flipping”. What’s the point? That last one sounds interesting.Rick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07978136287154214297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-58240967677200142042020-11-15T15:05:05.910-08:002020-11-15T15:05:05.910-08:00I too think that cover of Fortune Favors the Dead ...I too think that cover of Fortune Favors the Dead is stunning! And perhaps next year I might reread Rebecca... it must be all of 50 years since I read it. Love getting new books, I had one delivered today, The Count of Monte Cristo. That will be my long classic read for next year probably. Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06371069000185280668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-71774840922227093222020-11-15T14:57:54.046-08:002020-11-15T14:57:54.046-08:00That is encouraging, Patti, that you liked it more...That is encouraging, Patti, that you liked it more than ever. I cannot remember for sure if I ever read it, but I know the story (at least from the 1940 movie). TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-56859886755971542742020-11-15T13:47:20.906-08:002020-11-15T13:47:20.906-08:00MY book group read Rebecca this month. I am anxiou...MY book group read Rebecca this month. I am anxious to see how they liked it. Read it for the third time and liked it more than ever. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-73924847292237685812020-11-15T13:45:46.229-08:002020-11-15T13:45:46.229-08:00I hope that Fortune Favors the Dead lives up to my...I hope that Fortune Favors the Dead lives up to my expectations, Moira. <br /><br />Both Rebecca and Little Women are a bit longer than I like to read on the Kindle, although I had considered that as a fallback. My biggest problem with the Kindle now is that I cannot read later in the evening, and that is my usual reading time. TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-41635437446033487492020-11-15T13:19:54.817-08:002020-11-15T13:19:54.817-08:00Fortune Favors the Dead was sure to attract your a...Fortune Favors the Dead was sure to attract your attention with that description! I hadn't heard of it so just looked it up and it sounds really promising, I am tempted.<br />Rebecca and Little Women are two wonderful books. I feel as you do: these days print size is of increasing importance. I don't think you are a Kindle fan, but it does have the huge advantage that you can have the print any size you want.Clothes in Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00058207970686573597noreply@blogger.com