tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post7757085526028812974..comments2024-03-28T06:47:24.428-04:00Comments on As the Crowe Flies (and Reads!): Last Month in Review: February 2015As the Crowe Flies and Readshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12110661562901480120noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-3004915396766033292015-03-08T01:27:34.714-05:002015-03-08T01:27:34.714-05:00Well I certainly wish I could trade some of our ex...Well I certainly wish I could trade some of our excessive sunshine for some of your snow...SoCal is no place for a person whose favorite season is winter, but such is life.<br /><br />I love it when my reading is accidentally diverse - good job on that!Melodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08151339860580266808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-59726437291325046552015-03-03T13:58:39.431-05:002015-03-03T13:58:39.431-05:00Awww, thanks. Obviously I should smile less in my...Awww, thanks. Obviously I should smile less in my photos from now on.<br /><br />Reading Moranthology made me think that How To Be a Woman would probably be a better fit for me. I laughed a lot in Moranthology, but I wanted to think more than she made me think.As the Crowe Flies and Readshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12110661562901480120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-28493822820755082752015-03-03T11:59:30.122-05:002015-03-03T11:59:30.122-05:00What is this sun you speak of?? I'm not sure I...What is this sun you speak of?? I'm not sure I have experienced it lately.<br /><br />I just read another monthly wrap-up where The Wonder Garden was a favorite. I think it will have to go on my tbr list!Lindseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00333927782181943347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-53928638799084291232015-03-03T10:55:06.571-05:002015-03-03T10:55:06.571-05:00Loved the picture of you. Most of us are sufferin...Loved the picture of you. Most of us are suffering from winter fatigue and counting the hours until SPRING!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-66774231578130051702015-03-03T09:19:07.810-05:002015-03-03T09:19:07.810-05:00Aw, I like that pic of you at the hotel.
And I su...Aw, I like that pic of you at the hotel.<br /><br />And I super-liked Moranthology! But I haven't read anything else on here. But Moranthology!!Reading Rambohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12614467198216577755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-36755154187433706362015-03-02T17:25:21.241-05:002015-03-02T17:25:21.241-05:00Yeah. I keep telling myself that at least we don&...Yeah. I keep telling myself that at least we don't have it as bad as Boston, but that's pretty cold comfort. Pun absolutely intended. <br /><br />Yeah, the Alexandra Fuller and the book of stories both were the right book at the right time for me.As the Crowe Flies and Readshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12110661562901480120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-38100943091311586612015-03-02T17:12:02.344-05:002015-03-02T17:12:02.344-05:00And the snow just keeps coming and OMG NO MORE OF ...And the snow just keeps coming and OMG NO MORE OF THIS PLEASE. But at least Moran is good to help get through those cold days :)<br /><br />Leaving Before the Rain Comes your fav book of the month, hmm. I look forward to that review!Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456600806188531803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-79034613421184446692015-03-02T14:59:34.686-05:002015-03-02T14:59:34.686-05:00Please, I welcome soap box deliveries! I think th...Please, I welcome soap box deliveries! I think the UK is leaps and bounds ahead of the US when it comes to many social programs and I wish we had more in place like you do. Obviously your POV of living inside the system is necessarily different from mine, as I've only read about it -- and often through novels, not nonfiction.<br /><br />The Wonder Garden may not have a UK publisher yet, as it's with a relatively small house here in the US. maybe after the next Frankfurt book fair it will find a UK house.As the Crowe Flies and Readshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12110661562901480120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-33529783713688495182015-03-02T14:48:39.842-05:002015-03-02T14:48:39.842-05:00Am looking forward to your review of "The Won...Am looking forward to your review of "The Wonder Garden". I can't find any info about it all over here and I like this style of book when I'm on holiday and really don't want to read anything too long and involved.<br />I find Caitlin Moran's social observations interesting and exasperating. The English benefit system is the most generous in Europe which is why we are getting swamped with Romanians and Bulgarians who make their way across the continent to take advantage of our free healthcare, housing, education etc. Ms Moran undoubtedly grew up in poverty and yet she seems to think this is solely because her parents were not given enough handouts and nothing to do with their choice to have 8 children with no income. Just sayin' there are two sides - stepping off my soapbox now ma'am.Jan Clydesdalenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-22061593603831522352015-03-01T15:01:26.848-05:002015-03-01T15:01:26.848-05:00I didn't like Leaving Before the Rains Come qu...I didn't like Leaving Before the Rains Come quite as much as Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness, but I liked it a bit better than Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight. I definitely liked the African settings better than the North American one that comprised parts of this one. As the Crowe Flies and Readshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12110661562901480120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-72332133268044968362015-03-01T07:54:53.014-05:002015-03-01T07:54:53.014-05:00I love winter but yeah, I hear you about the winte...I love winter but yeah, I hear you about the winter fatigue. I'm done. I also read Leaving Before The Rains Come and liked it well enough but I think I prefer her earlier books. And I'll have to give Caitlin Moran's new book a closer look, too. It looks like something I'd enjoy. Trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18273468231529654323noreply@blogger.com