tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014696560401110515.post2136701690068862557..comments2023-10-25T04:37:13.179-04:00Comments on Dogear Diary: Housekeeping Vs the DirtJeanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02270303640902731044noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014696560401110515.post-54986126105808524262008-03-07T13:03:00.000-05:002008-03-07T13:03:00.000-05:00Tanabata- I read so many other blog posts about pe...Tanabata- I read so many other blog posts about people pulling out magnifying glasses in regards to that sentence, I was expecting to do it myself!Jeanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02270303640902731044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014696560401110515.post-79919682704453144972008-03-06T10:06:00.000-05:002008-03-06T10:06:00.000-05:00I too was able to read that sentence without a mag...I too was able to read that sentence without a magnifying glass but it did take a bit of squinting! ;)tanabatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04592550784537825632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014696560401110515.post-65822047518325136062008-03-05T10:43:00.000-05:002008-03-05T10:43:00.000-05:00Bybee- I liked that part about the books' cycle an...Bybee- I liked that part about the books' cycle and his children's influence on his reading habits, too.<BR/><BR/>Nymeth- I don't think you neccesarily have to read the Spree first. The two books don't really address each other, even though they're on the same subject.<BR/><BR/>Verbivore- when I was first given Hornby's Polysyllabic Spree, I had not idea he wrote fiction, and thought he was just Jeanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02270303640902731044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014696560401110515.post-66944610079191460842008-03-04T17:09:00.000-05:002008-03-04T17:09:00.000-05:00Hmmm-I didn't realize that Hornby wrote such works...Hmmm-I didn't realize that Hornby wrote such works (outside of his fiction anyway). I'm curious why you are "dubious" of his fiction. I really enjoyed his High Fidelity.Trish @ Love, Laughter, Insanityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17225576485797030511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014696560401110515.post-58622082824829934412008-03-04T07:04:00.000-05:002008-03-04T07:04:00.000-05:00I have yet to try Nick Hornby and have no idea wha...I have yet to try Nick Hornby and have no idea what I'll think of him. I didn't even know he wrote non-fiction as well :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014696560401110515.post-47591725297321846512008-03-04T06:36:00.000-05:002008-03-04T06:36:00.000-05:00This sounds so good! But I have to read The Polysy...This sounds so good! But I have to read The Polysyllabic Spree first.<BR/><BR/>I've read some of his fiction and I enjoyed it a lot. High Fidelity in special.Ana S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16092495983972185943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014696560401110515.post-90449523387801928192008-03-04T06:14:00.000-05:002008-03-04T06:14:00.000-05:00I'm so glad you finally got to read it!I like the ...I'm so glad you finally got to read it!<BR/>I like the part about how his books cycle from the bedside table to the bookshelf in the hall, to his kids pulling them off the shelves for entertainment, to his picking them up and discovering them again and returning them to the bedside table.Bybeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10061186489010154661noreply@blogger.com