tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014696560401110515.post2017541673365489196..comments2023-10-25T04:37:13.179-04:00Comments on Dogear Diary: from the 500 listJeanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02270303640902731044noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014696560401110515.post-30140399704324473442010-04-23T08:01:34.380-04:002010-04-23T08:01:34.380-04:00Jenny- Perhaps I should have been more specific on...Jenny- Perhaps I should have been more specific on my breakdown of her list- I didn't differentiate between books I liked well, and ones I really loved.<br /><br />Bybee- I've made it easy to see which ones I really <i>really</i> like, at least of those I've written on my blog. Just click on the "5/5" rating tag, and you'll see them all!Jeanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02270303640902731044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014696560401110515.post-6046655380398716852010-04-23T01:49:05.215-04:002010-04-23T01:49:05.215-04:00I'm going to go through my journals 1993-2010 ...I'm going to go through my journals 1993-2010 and make a "I really really like this" list. Won't come out to 500, though.Bybeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10061186489010154661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014696560401110515.post-12148931732293698212010-04-22T11:53:40.048-04:002010-04-22T11:53:40.048-04:00I can't imagine naming 500 favorite books. I ...I can't imagine naming 500 favorite books. I think by the time I got towards the bottom of that list, it wouldn't even be favorites anymore. Can I recommend you give Emma another try? I hated it the first time I read it, and now it's possibly my favorite of Austen's books.Jennyhttp://jennysbooks.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014696560401110515.post-72510184431881512712010-04-22T09:01:29.128-04:002010-04-22T09:01:29.128-04:00BlackSheep- How do you figure out who the good rea...BlackSheep- How do you figure out who the good readers are? do people rate them somewhere? I think if I got a really annoying voice on my first audio book it would dissuade me from the whole thing!<br /><br />Lenore- I don't think I could think of 500 books, myself. Fifty is a good number!<br /><br />Jackie- I love Flowers for Algernon! It's one of my favorites.Jeanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02270303640902731044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014696560401110515.post-28652282486510925722010-04-22T08:37:20.387-04:002010-04-22T08:37:20.387-04:00Wow! I struggle to name 50 of my favourites! From ...Wow! I struggle to name 50 of my favourites! From her list I recommend you try Flowers for Algernon - it is a fantastic book!Jackie (Farm Lane Books)http://www.farmlanebooks.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014696560401110515.post-25999626349705437372010-04-22T05:35:31.395-04:002010-04-22T05:35:31.395-04:00500 favorite books?! That's quite a list!
I&...500 favorite books?! That's quite a list!<br /><br />I'd probably do a list of 50 SUPREME favorites.Lenore Appelhanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16664671644163369772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014696560401110515.post-32603548136511529212010-04-22T00:57:04.133-04:002010-04-22T00:57:04.133-04:00Let me just kick in on the audio book thing, if th...Let me just kick in on the audio book thing, if there's ever a book you feel you need to read, but can't get through, try the audio version. It helps, especially if the reader is good. Always make sure the reader is good.<br /><br />What a list! I'm not sure I could come up with 500!TheBlackSheephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13384038059799833795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014696560401110515.post-80573235720588746992010-04-21T19:23:24.840-04:002010-04-21T19:23:24.840-04:00Sandy N- You sent me to the dictionary. Definitely...Sandy N- You sent me to the dictionary. Definitely not a schlub! (I haven't even <i>heard</i> of most of the books on Jessica's list!)<br /><br />Jessica- I've never listened to an audio book. Perhaps I ought to try it with one of those DNFs...Jeanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02270303640902731044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014696560401110515.post-90681029277838112212010-04-21T18:26:19.921-04:002010-04-21T18:26:19.921-04:00Wow, that was fast!
I have to warn you that The C...Wow, that was fast!<br /><br />I have to warn you that The Coming Plague is massive and The World Without Us is REALLY depressing. Though beautiful.<br /><br />I listened to the audio versions of My Antonia and Snow Falling Through Cedars. Sometimes that helps.<br /><br />Cheers!Jessicahttp://botheyes.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014696560401110515.post-29001419225252081562010-04-21T16:50:42.709-04:002010-04-21T16:50:42.709-04:00Ugh! These lists make me feel like such a schlub....Ugh! These lists make me feel like such a schlub...Sandy Nawrothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00564390728106776030noreply@blogger.com