tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6145452263098688113.post265022978291910409..comments2024-01-20T18:08:44.444-05:00Comments on You Can Never Have Too Many Books: Sunday Salon: A post NOTabout fantasy (well, almost....)Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09095246748581382752noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6145452263098688113.post-3570212473203306852009-03-06T17:52:00.000-05:002009-03-06T17:52:00.000-05:00Cath: I'm envious any time i hear someone is goin...Cath: I'm envious any time i hear someone is going to London! My younger sister feels the same way about New York City. and as for the series with Mercedes Thompson, I've ordered the next two in the series!! I almost bought the first one in her other series too, it also looks good, but I have to be good after last week's haul :-DSusanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09095246748581382752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6145452263098688113.post-89985408200739663272009-03-04T06:47:00.000-05:002009-03-04T06:47:00.000-05:00Susan, I'm absolutely loving Moon Called (already ...Susan, I'm absolutely loving Moon Called (already half in love with Adam, LOL). Thank you so much for the rec. I went to the Fantastic Fiction site to check and was so excited to see that there are three more books in the series. (Oh dear... another series started. Oops.)<BR/><BR/>New York is a city I very much want to visit. I've read quite a lot of books set there and feel like I already know and love it. Which is rather weird really.<BR/><BR/>My daughter's going up to London the weeknd after next and I'm really envious!Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06371069000185280668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6145452263098688113.post-43489514648941992882009-03-03T20:52:00.000-05:002009-03-03T20:52:00.000-05:00Eva: I'm hoping I will love Wicked Lovely as much...Eva: I'm hoping I will love Wicked Lovely as much as others have enjoyed it! And do try Emma Bull if you haven't read her, she's a very good fantasy writer.<BR/><BR/>zetor: Serpent's Tale is right up on my to read now list, which means sometime this month!! Have you read it yet, since you also enjoyed Art of Death so much?<BR/><BR/>Debi: I know, my husband enjoyed this visit more than he has since he left his job in London over 15 years ago! He worked in Whitehall for several years, so he got to know London quite well then. We always want to go visit there! You and I will just have to meet there one day, lol!<BR/><BR/>I do understand what you mean by Mary Oliver's poetry! You say it exactly - so simple and not so. I love how her meanings ripple so I look at a line, and it increases in meaning the more I look at it. Indescribably beautiful, how she sees nature so clearly. I'm so happy you like her too! Now we just have to get a book of hers to Nymeth!! lol<BR/><BR/>Kailana: yikes, it's a trilogy! I didn't know that. Maybe this will be a year for reading series, though not quite like how you are reading them right now! I am in total awe at your stats these days lol <BR/><BR/>and yes, maybe we can start a "I read fantasy" group.....<BR/><BR/>Nymeth: oh, a novel of Emma's is such a treat! 'War for the Oaks' is her best known and earliest work. I have to reread it soon. <BR/><BR/>see my post today about the Watchmen :-D all thanks to your rave review, my dear!<BR/><BR/>Chris: Did you do a review of The Blue Girl? And Carl still doesn't have the OUaT3 up yet.....we're all waiting! <BR/><BR/>Gavin: welcome! You got to see Mary Oliver read her poetry, what a special occasion that must have been. The more I read her, the more I love her work. I'm just about to read Sarah Ash's vampire fantasy trilogy, and reread some McKillip. I'm glad I could help spread the word about Peter Beagle. I'll come check your blog out, meanwhile, I'm very glad to meet you, we seem to have lots of shared reading interests!<BR/><BR/>Cath: There isn't anywhere like it, is there? It has the same effect New York City has, on those that love it. The more I see of London, the more I want to see!<BR/><BR/>We must be on some same wavelength, since I am reading the Complete Polysyllabic Spree too! And you know i just finished Moon Called, I so hope you enjoy it! I'll have to look up Runemarks now! See if we have it over here yet. Thanks, Cath!Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09095246748581382752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6145452263098688113.post-70602302758950486552009-03-02T18:34:00.000-05:002009-03-02T18:34:00.000-05:00Your photo makes me long for London. It's been sev...Your photo makes me long for London. It's been several years since our last visit and there's nowhere quite like it.<BR/><BR/>What am I reading? Nick Hornby's Complete Pollysyllabic Spree and Moon Called by Patricia Briggs. Just started both after finishing Runemarks, a rather good YA fantasy by Joanne Harris.Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06371069000185280668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6145452263098688113.post-11823275270509426392009-03-01T20:36:00.000-05:002009-03-01T20:36:00.000-05:00Also, the Moon Phase thingy is cool! I'm going to...Also, the Moon Phase thingy is cool! I'm going to try and put it on my blog.Gavinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12865699135545209220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6145452263098688113.post-20371904813599085122009-03-01T20:28:00.000-05:002009-03-01T20:28:00.000-05:00I always trust Le Guin and her deep understanding ...I always trust Le Guin and her deep understanding of the craft of writing. As for poetry Mary Oliver is one of my. favorites. I have had the pleasure of seeing her read her poetry and it was amazing.<BR/>As for fantasy I've been reading McKillip, Garth Nix and Sarah Ash when I need a break from other things.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the information on Peter S. Beagle, one of my favorite fantasy authors, ever since I read a Fine and Private Place. I will visit the web site.Gavinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12865699135545209220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6145452263098688113.post-17869448737533185702009-03-01T20:13:00.000-05:002009-03-01T20:13:00.000-05:00I'm waiting for Once Upon a Time too!! I'm so exci...I'm waiting for Once Upon a Time too!! I'm so excited about it :D And you have some great books planned! The Blue Girl is SO good...loved it!chrisa511https://www.blogger.com/profile/05793512698366676453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6145452263098688113.post-67617897364820769232009-03-01T17:54:00.000-05:002009-03-01T17:54:00.000-05:00Thanks for spreading the word about Peter Beagle, ...Thanks for spreading the word about Peter Beagle, Susan. And I agree, the signed edition is a good deal. I went with the plain one, though, so that I could afford to include a second copy in my giveaway tomorrow and thus spread the love a bit further :P But that he struggles at all just breaks my heart. SO unfair.<BR/><BR/>I hope you enjoy Watchmen! And all the other books you got, of course. All I've read by Emma Bull were short stories, but I really should change that. And it's settled: next time I get a poetry book, it will be by Mary Oliver.<BR/><BR/>Love your picture of St. Paul's!Ana S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16092495983972185943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6145452263098688113.post-84197131613060692562009-03-01T15:59:00.000-05:002009-03-01T15:59:00.000-05:00I hope you enjoy Wicked Lovely! I am looking forw...I hope you enjoy Wicked Lovely! I am looking forward to the third book coming out, I think, in April! Happy reading! (And, yes, you should just admit that fantasy is what you read! That's what I read!)Kailanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11136262232046813471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6145452263098688113.post-54512378262771905802009-03-01T14:08:00.000-05:002009-03-01T14:08:00.000-05:00Love the photo...makes me want to visit even more....Love the photo...makes me want to visit even more. Well, maybe not, but that's only because I already want to visit soooooooo badly!<BR/><BR/>I love Mary Oliver, too...she's definitely among my very favorite poets! I find her poems so simple and straight-forward, and yet not all either of those things. Yeah, that seems to make no sense, but I'm guessing you know what I mean.Debihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15429881953804634592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6145452263098688113.post-14062882220434015622009-03-01T14:07:00.000-05:002009-03-01T14:07:00.000-05:00I've read 'Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana ...I've read 'Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin and loved it . Looking forward to your thoughts on 'The Serpents Tale'.zetorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05912433866457968555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6145452263098688113.post-72730073559598428692009-03-01T13:51:00.000-05:002009-03-01T13:51:00.000-05:00Wicked Lovely is awesome!! That Western fantasy b...Wicked Lovely is awesome!! That Western fantasy book sounds intriguing-I'll be on the lookout for your review. :)Evahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06703372903532502944noreply@blogger.com