tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2961986208219275679.post5281572651545025543..comments2024-03-05T06:09:38.554+00:00Comments on chaosmos - out of chaos comes order: Books that silently follow you....Ness Harbourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07370427313780759711noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2961986208219275679.post-37683680728806680562012-12-22T19:12:39.917+00:002012-12-22T19:12:39.917+00:00The Book Thief for me, too (We studied it in Advan...The Book Thief for me, too (We studied it in Advanced Fictional Writing)!Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14499047478131828572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2961986208219275679.post-77142892497341843422012-11-30T17:14:59.577+00:002012-11-30T17:14:59.577+00:00I agree, the work of so many friends should be in ...I agree, the work of so many friends should be in this list but also I could add assignments from some of my students just linger for all the right reasons.Ness Harbourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07370427313780759711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2961986208219275679.post-15732806436071714932012-11-30T17:13:47.320+00:002012-11-30T17:13:47.320+00:00:-):-)Ness Harbourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07370427313780759711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2961986208219275679.post-70548300119156512322012-11-29T22:24:38.076+00:002012-11-29T22:24:38.076+00:00You can have that free apostrophe ...You can have that free apostrophe ...Kathryn Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439670363289229014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2961986208219275679.post-90929630581523222882012-11-29T22:22:23.288+00:002012-11-29T22:22:23.288+00:00So many of my favourite's already listed and I...So many of my favourite's already listed and I could add dozens more: Watership Down, Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea, Dune, Brave New World, 1984, Tess, without coming close to up to date - but I wanted to mention the books of friends - those unpublished novels or segments that stay in your head for ever - Nicky Schmidt, you did that, and my friend Angie Cottle who write one book that astounded me and then put it away in a draw after one rejection...Kathryn Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439670363289229014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2961986208219275679.post-7526368752635234762012-11-27T20:12:24.381+00:002012-11-27T20:12:24.381+00:00Thank you Sue, am glad you enjoyed the post and so...Thank you Sue, am glad you enjoyed the post and so pleased to see you on Saturday. Yes of course, Stig of the Dump, how could I forget that. I am so missing so many books!Ness Harbourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07370427313780759711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2961986208219275679.post-46876188166935561232012-11-27T14:15:48.618+00:002012-11-27T14:15:48.618+00:00Oh, yes The Little White Horse! Also Stig of the D...Oh, yes The Little White Horse! Also Stig of the Dump. Voyage of the Dawn Treader. Recently, Ben Aaronovitch's London books, Garth Nix's Sabriel series, Our Tragic Universe by Scarlett Thomas (even though it's a storyless story). Oh and Susan Cooper's Dark is Rising books of course. Yes, Carlos Ruiz Zafon as well. What a fine post this is, Ness! xAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00018944465720933242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2961986208219275679.post-36646608089395631862012-11-25T16:03:27.600+00:002012-11-25T16:03:27.600+00:00OMG I had forgotten The Little White Horse, The Sh...OMG I had forgotten The Little White Horse, The Shadow of the Window, The Alchemist and Wild Swans...oh and of course Chocolat, I Capture the Castle, and On the Road....I am sure more and more are going to come to me. It has been like opening a box and finding all those books again that had fallen off my shelf. Thank you<br />Ness Harbourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07370427313780759711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2961986208219275679.post-47617359761914055102012-11-25T13:07:45.597+00:002012-11-25T13:07:45.597+00:00Oh I love this post! For me it's Elizabeth Go...Oh I love this post! For me it's Elizabeth Goudge's The Little White Horse,and Linnets and Valerians, Frances Hodgson Burnett's The Secret Garden, Sarah Dessen's The Truth about Forever, Solzhenitsyn's The First Circle, Emile Zola's Earth, Kafka's The Castle, Carlos Ruiz Zafon The Shadow of the Wind, John Banville Dr Copernicus, and Beechwood, Paulo Coelho The Alchemist, Laura Esquivel's Like Water for Chocolate, Jung Chang's Wild Swans - to name just a few! and not to met all the non fiction!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04871239587214383387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2961986208219275679.post-65854829455818494662012-11-25T12:42:31.740+00:002012-11-25T12:42:31.740+00:00Oh yes I love a lot of those too. I had to be very...Oh yes I love a lot of those too. I had to be very strong not to just do a long list of books that could have gone on forever. There was a wonderful collection of poetry I was given as a child by my eldest sister that had a great impact and gave me a love of poetry. Just wish I could remember what it was called. I can see the cover though!<br />Ness Harbourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07370427313780759711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2961986208219275679.post-85834298800335161212012-11-25T10:28:42.895+00:002012-11-25T10:28:42.895+00:00Great post, I love the idea of the ever expanding ...Great post, I love the idea of the ever expanding bookshelf. For me it's Anne of Green Gables, Goodnight Mister Tom, Jane Eyre, Tess, The Great Gatsby, Room, Pigeon English, and Joyce Carol Oates' Secret Observations on the Goat Girl. And many more! There are some books you are just meant to find.Louisa Reidhttp://www.louisareid.comnoreply@blogger.com