tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post8564496792140377190..comments2024-03-28T06:47:24.428-04:00Comments on As the Crowe Flies (and Reads!): Why I Read LiteratureAs the Crowe Flies and Readshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12110661562901480120noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-38887249475165999692011-11-20T10:32:33.953-05:002011-11-20T10:32:33.953-05:00I love the way you talk about your lifelong love o...I love the way you talk about your lifelong love of literature. I think I would have been that way -- but life got in the way, and I lost my love of literature. It's back now. Reading really does sustain me, and remind me that I'm not alone. (Not in a sad way, but in an uplifting way.) History! Is there in the pages, speaking back to me. So many people and ideas. It's humbling and magical. :-)<br /><br />PS - Georgia rocks Mississippi's socks. ;-)*ೃ༄ Jillianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139487177036647728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-67078110431559514782011-01-11T04:03:27.216-05:002011-01-11T04:03:27.216-05:00just for sake of being interested and perhaps lear...just for sake of being interested and perhaps learning something-I checked to see how Professors from Yale, Harvard and Oxford refer to George Eliot and George Sand-all follow the usage of referring to them by their their assumed sur name-I am no expert on grammar for sure and perhaps there was a time when you were correct but I do not see the rule you mentioned being observed by anyone-Mel uhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08714473754458914681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-52077533234675550572011-01-11T00:46:44.244-05:002011-01-11T00:46:44.244-05:00I always LOVE dropping by here and catching up wit...I always LOVE dropping by here and catching up with you.<br /><br />I wish that your bookstore was in my neighborhood. I would be in there every week for your input. Oh, well, luckily I do have the Maine Coast Bookshop in Damariscotta, Maine and they love and know books.<br /><br />I grew up on Jane Eyre, Chronicles of Narnia, Wuthering Heights, etc. I was lucky to get a paper foundation laid under my body by my Grandmother who was a teacher. She loved literature and infected me with her passion.<br /><br />Now, off to read The Sound a Wild Snail Eating. Another GREAT Algonquin book I can't live without.<br /><br />Paper dreams for you,<br /><br />Sharon Lovejoy Writes from Sunflower House and a Little Green IslandSharon Lovejoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04321160956925191137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-50547911479803592462011-01-09T22:10:08.277-05:002011-01-09T22:10:08.277-05:00thanks for your response-you are right in that jus...thanks for your response-you are right in that just because a writer is a Mark Twain expert does not mean he is an authority on all aspects of Grammar- I did look at a dozen places and all used the expression "Twain"-of course all could be wrong and usage over time does change and I admit I am the last person to claim authority on grammer and thank you sincerely for your comments-Mel uhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08714473754458914681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-73731896772118748412011-01-09T17:39:22.307-05:002011-01-09T17:39:22.307-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Mel uhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08714473754458914681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-9335177076323200952011-01-09T05:12:27.785-05:002011-01-09T05:12:27.785-05:00Question-I just read my very first work by Eudora ...Question-I just read my very first work by Eudora Welty ("Why I live at the P. 0.)- should I just jump in an read all 41 of her stories or are there a few great ones only?Mel uhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08714473754458914681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-68446889122876898162011-01-08T11:07:35.329-05:002011-01-08T11:07:35.329-05:00I can almost remember reading my first word. It wa...I can almost remember reading my first word. It was on a cereal box and it was a guess...a lucky guess! A lucky guess that sent me off in search of more words that I could figure out....still doing that today....<br /><br /><a href="http://readerbuzz.blogspot.com/2011/01/literary-blog-hop-how-in-world-did-i.html" rel="nofollow">Here is my post for the Blog Hop.</a>Deb Nance at Readerbuzzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12128529491888701996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-72521736181944010632011-01-08T03:03:57.544-05:002011-01-08T03:03:57.544-05:00hi -I stopped by via the literary blog hop-I am no...hi -I stopped by via the literary blog hop-I am now very happy to be a new follower of your blog!Mel uhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08714473754458914681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-28857669340583066352011-01-07T19:20:49.869-05:002011-01-07T19:20:49.869-05:00Like yourself I've always read, have absolutel...Like yourself I've always read, have absolutely no idea when i first picked up a book, or when I first learnt to read. I'm guessing I learnt to read the same I learnt to breathe, I had to!.@parridhlanternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12793548943992250238noreply@blogger.com