tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6145452263098688113.post7817416765218201976..comments2024-01-20T18:08:44.444-05:00Comments on You Can Never Have Too Many Books: Birthday BooksSusanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09095246748581382752noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6145452263098688113.post-83071489524065489982012-06-24T21:59:57.587-04:002012-06-24T21:59:57.587-04:00Kathleen: Thank you so much! I did have a wonder...Kathleen: Thank you so much! I did have a wonderful day. :-)Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09095246748581382752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6145452263098688113.post-72296424872942651522012-06-19T17:51:22.815-04:002012-06-19T17:51:22.815-04:00Happy Belated Birthday Susan! Sounds like you had...Happy Belated Birthday Susan! Sounds like you had a wonderful day!Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01739982274914536036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6145452263098688113.post-88303398995352665192012-06-01T22:55:37.719-04:002012-06-01T22:55:37.719-04:00Jane: thanks so much for the wishes! I am hoping...Jane: thanks so much for the wishes! I am hoping to watch Cranford this weekend. It is very enjoyable. I watched it because of your post you know, a while back when you had rewatched it! lol Now to read the book at some point :-)Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09095246748581382752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6145452263098688113.post-99873582656498072012-05-31T22:16:05.731-04:002012-05-31T22:16:05.731-04:00Happy birthday! What a wonderful set of books. I...Happy birthday! What a wonderful set of books. I have a book of literary landmarks too and really enjoy browsing it and using it as a reference.<br /><br />Love Cranford--I rewatched it not long ago and it just doesn't get old.JaneGShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11094501834387622997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6145452263098688113.post-79994491253588369122012-05-27T18:43:40.135-04:002012-05-27T18:43:40.135-04:00Aarti: The Drawing of the Dark was one of his ear...Aarti: The Drawing of the Dark was one of his early books. Stress of Her Regard is much better, and On Stranger Tides is so much fun! They are both far better than Drawing of the Dark, in case you do want to give Powers a try. I'm enjoying my reread of Stress of Her Regard very much right now. Thank you for the birthday wishes!<br /><br />Bybee: Thanks, book twin!! for the wishes, saying I'm a baby still, and for the poetry book love :-)<br /><br />Kailana: Thank you for the wishes! I did. I'm playing the jewel blitz game far too much, though.....<br /><br />Nan: thank you for the birthday wishes! <br /><br />Deslily: believe it or not, I'm with you on the using the cell phone too much! I'm amazed at all I can do, like download right off the web (or go to the Internet), and it has everything - I really wanted one just for phone calls! I am afraid of going over my plan, too. I'm such a newbie at it! I love making phone calls from it though, that is fun :-) <br /> <br />Thank you for the birthday wishes too :-)<br /><br />You and Debi below are now in the no-cell phone group....there are a number of you out there, don't worry about it! lol<br /><br />Debi: you and Pat are now part of a select group! lol you can be cool and unhip at the same time, I know, because I think I run this club! lol<br /><br />thanks for the birthday wishes, Debi :-)Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09095246748581382752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6145452263098688113.post-73969284280460771992012-05-27T10:31:48.188-04:002012-05-27T10:31:48.188-04:00Happy very belated birthday, Susan!!! Sounds like ...Happy very belated birthday, Susan!!! Sounds like it was a winner! :D Though you may have just left me as the lone non-owner-of-a-cell-phone...guess I'm even unhipper than you, huh? ;)Debihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13999759633682551104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6145452263098688113.post-55043279810497395432012-05-26T08:29:24.537-04:002012-05-26T08:29:24.537-04:00p.s. oh but I am up to date on my computer with wi...p.s. oh but I am up to date on my computer with windows 7 and it's a 23 inch touch screen (don't ask if I touch it because I don't lol tooooo mouse oriented)DesLilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02582481597658080464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6145452263098688113.post-91087121245445833442012-05-26T08:28:30.229-04:002012-05-26T08:28:30.229-04:00Glad your birthday was so lucritive! I am still i...Glad your birthday was so lucritive! I am still in the stone age (no cell phone) and plan to stay that way. I really have come to detest them and the fact that everyone can't put them down and never lives in the "now" time of where they are, what they are doing or who they are with. For all intent and purposes the cell phone was made for it was wonderful.. then it got abused and misused so they can keep it. But I am glad if you like yours because being happy is most important present of all!!!!DesLilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02582481597658080464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6145452263098688113.post-44056554994571268992012-05-24T19:05:04.297-04:002012-05-24T19:05:04.297-04:00A belated happy birthday to you!!A belated happy birthday to you!!Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6145452263098688113.post-8421863793957251962012-05-23T11:15:17.338-04:002012-05-23T11:15:17.338-04:00Sounds like you had a wonderful birthday! Enjoy yo...Sounds like you had a wonderful birthday! Enjoy your new books. :)Kailanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11136262232046813471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6145452263098688113.post-86607353372962953052012-05-23T07:16:53.256-04:002012-05-23T07:16:53.256-04:00I love what you got in the way of poetry. Congrat...I love what you got in the way of poetry. Congratulations on the cell phone! Happy Birthday...you're just a baby, BTW!Bybeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10061186489010154661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6145452263098688113.post-63457960466267347482012-05-23T00:35:01.670-04:002012-05-23T00:35:01.670-04:00Happy birthday! I didn't know Powers had a ne...Happy birthday! I didn't know Powers had a new sequel to The Stress of Her Regard out. I actually own The Stress of Her Regard but haven't read it yet- I didn't fall in love with the Powers book I have read (The Drawing of the Dark), and so I am not sure I want to try Stress of Her Regard. I have On Stranger Tides, too. I should read at least one of those!<br /><br />Ian MacDonald is another author I have big plans to read one day :-)Aartihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02354873119188597611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6145452263098688113.post-40982910414835943262012-05-22T23:19:34.866-04:002012-05-22T23:19:34.866-04:00HI Chris: I'm so sorry that I missed your bir...HI Chris: I'm so sorry that I missed your birthday again on Facebook! I should just leave my computer on for the month of May, between you, me, my sister, brother-in-law, Cath Read-Warbler), and tons of co-workers, this is like birthday month for me! lol Happy late birthday to you too, Chris.<br /><br />I remember you talking about Marie Howe in a recent post, so I've already added her to my books to look for soon :-) thanks!<br /><br />Nymeth: Our Chapters store had the new one for about one week, and no other copies since! I am getting ready to place my order just to make sure I get a copy! I'm really enjoying my reread too of Stress of Her Regard. I wondered if you had read it, since it features the Romantic poets :-) <br /><br />Cath: Thank you, I hope you had a wonderful birthday too! I was off the computer for about a week, life stuff, so I'll come see if you got any birthday goodies too :-)<br /><br />Jeane: what are smart phones? My friend in Texas asked me if that's what my cell phone is, and I have no idea! I press buttons and it works! lol I am happy with my cds too, I hope they never go out style, I hate having what feels like virtual music - nothing to hang on to, and it doesn't seem real, does it? I will never catch up either with technology! lol <br /><br />Stefanie: thank you! I am hoping to get back to reading as soon as the lure of cell phone technology wears off! I just learned to text tonight :-) <br /><br />bride: I am laughing!! lol that is so cool! I love it :-) Have you read the poem Heaney wrote about the District and Circle Line? I enjoyed it very much, it brought back memories of the Tube, and is a different way of seeing it.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09095246748581382752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6145452263098688113.post-56295264041160777672012-05-22T17:44:17.573-04:002012-05-22T17:44:17.573-04:00Glad you had a good birthday! You will laugh when ...Glad you had a good birthday! You will laugh when I tell you I read your post while travelling on the District Line this evening!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6145452263098688113.post-45741613883681857642012-05-22T14:07:48.669-04:002012-05-22T14:07:48.669-04:00Happy Birthday! It sounds like you had a wonderful...Happy Birthday! It sounds like you had a wonderful day and wow, all those books!Stefaniehttp://somanybooksblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6145452263098688113.post-47890437536199252032012-05-22T09:09:40.196-04:002012-05-22T09:09:40.196-04:00I'm smiling because I'm like you. It took ...I'm smiling because I'm like you. It took me forever to get a cell phone, and now my husband bugs me about it because I still have the same old-school cell phone I've had for five years, when everyone around me has smart phones. I also listened to cassette tapes long after all my sister had moved on to cd collections, and now that I only have cds for music the rest of the world has apps on all their gadgets for their listening pleasure. I'll never catch up with technology, ha ha!Jeanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02270303640902731044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6145452263098688113.post-55476138240487839732012-05-22T06:37:11.431-04:002012-05-22T06:37:11.431-04:00Glad you had such a wonderful birthday, Susan. Tha...Glad you had such a wonderful birthday, Susan. That's a nice box of books! I have a mobile phone but hardly ever use it so that puts me somewhere back in the stone-age too! LOL.Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06371069000185280668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6145452263098688113.post-20872450259012030262012-05-22T06:03:24.800-04:002012-05-22T06:03:24.800-04:00Ooooh I want the new Tim Powers SO badly! How did ...Ooooh I want the new Tim Powers SO badly! How did I miss that it was out?<br /><br />Enjoy your birthday books! I haven't read any of them, though I did read a couple of different Mary Oliver books thanks to you and Debi. Sounds like you have some excellent reading ahead of you.Ana S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16092495983972185943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6145452263098688113.post-21691454236589780772012-05-22T02:07:05.043-04:002012-05-22T02:07:05.043-04:00Awww happy belated birthday Susan :D and congrats ...Awww happy belated birthday Susan :D and congrats on the cell phone :D I'm a huge Mary Oliver fan too!! There's a poet named Marie Howe that wrote a collection called What the Living Do about a brother that died of AIDS that for some reason reminded me quite a bit of Mary Oliver..I have no clue why…her poetry had nothing to do with Oliver's normal subject matter..maybe it was the style of poetry? Anyway, I think you'd enjoy it! Enjoy your birthday goodies :)chrisa511https://www.blogger.com/profile/05793512698366676453noreply@blogger.com