tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post9071242911586714048..comments2023-12-30T17:31:11.883+00:00Comments on The Solitary Walker: The Books In My Life (4)The Solitary Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-30876269675463788072011-12-10T21:43:00.548+00:002011-12-10T21:43:00.548+00:00Thanks for the plug. "Organic Gardening"...Thanks for the plug. "Organic Gardening" by LDH renders gardening unnecessary. All you need do is sit and read it. <br /><br />He did inspire me to soak a load of sheep droppings in a bucket of water. I forgot about it and found it three years later. It had grown the most fantastical collection of pink fungus I've ever seen.Dominic Rivronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02618013365521035400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-22244923302169066292011-12-03T22:14:28.291+00:002011-12-03T22:14:28.291+00:00Suman & Susan: I began 'War and Peace'...Suman & Susan: I began 'War and Peace' early this year, was quickly immersed, then faltered two-thirds through ... doesn't matter, will come back to it soon, in the winter ... I tend to have half a dozen books on the go at any one time, some loom, some recede ... depends on mood and whim and season ... <br /><br />The garden will forgive you, Rachel, if you plant some winter pansies quick! Cheap, colourful, and absolutely gorgeous.<br /><br />Ruth & George: I don't think it matters one joy how quickly/slowly one read a book! The book I'be been reading the longest is Lawrence Durrell's 'Alexandria Quartet' - after 20 years and there's still a bookmark tucked between pp 150 -151. Re. John Fowles, he died in 2005. I devoured him in my 20s - but rather fear I would be disappointed if I revisited, as I suspect he's very much a young person's crush. Saw him once in Lyme Regis museum, Dorset, where he was curator for a spell - he was examining some fossils (ref. 'The French Lieutenant's Woman'!)<br /><br />Pat - some of our books are mixed-up, others are more ordered...The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-4717329764800293232011-12-02T14:59:18.799+00:002011-12-02T14:59:18.799+00:00I rather like to see books all mixed up like this ...I rather like to see books all mixed up like this - that is until I wish to find a particular one in a hurry - then I curse my lack of system.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-28086265357847269022011-12-02T13:30:02.523+00:002011-12-02T13:30:02.523+00:00What a relief to learn, first, that not all of you...What a relief to learn, first, that not all of your books are rigorously classified, and second, that you have yet to finish "War and Peace." Needless to say, you are in good company on both of these accounts. Interesting to see the reference to John Fowles, whose work I once greatly admired, but whom I have read little of in the past fifteen or twenty years. I don't know whatever happened to Fowles, but his work seems to have faded from the literary scene hear in the U.S.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03959953035812596907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-85482434864621596442011-12-02T08:53:33.264+00:002011-12-02T08:53:33.264+00:00You have no idea the solace you've given me th...You have no idea the solace you've given me that you, too, are not finished with <i>War and Peace</i>. In fact I've taken a hiatus from it, though I want to finish.<br /><br />I didn't realize it's the bicentenary of Dickens' birth. I am so enjoying the Christmas tales.<br /><br />These shelves may be eclectic but they reflect some lovely interests and characteristics of the owner/s.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-3338857134762115552011-12-02T03:48:15.969+00:002011-12-02T03:48:15.969+00:00Your bookshelves are a treasure trove--so glad you...Your bookshelves are a treasure trove--so glad you chose to do this! As for War and Peace, oh, do finish it, it's so good. Or, for an alternative approach, there is the hugely entertaining BBC4 radio play version. Leo McKern (of Rumpole fame) plays General Kutuzov.Susan Scheidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250142489341777926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-64526605046893936052011-12-01T20:56:08.016+00:002011-12-01T20:56:08.016+00:00Oh heck - gardening! My Mum did our gardening and ...Oh heck - gardening! My Mum did our gardening and now it just looks at me, disappointed.<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-45155609678839187992011-12-01T20:43:43.296+00:002011-12-01T20:43:43.296+00:00A delightful motley, I say! I agree, it takes more...A delightful motley, I say! I agree, it takes more than one reading and a couple of years at least to get around 'War and Peace'. Something like Rushdie's 'Midnight's Children'! ;-)Sumanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11251497690649264925noreply@blogger.com