tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2276911630325008276.post7760937600300139512..comments2024-03-23T08:42:52.963-05:00Comments on Wait! I Have a Blog?!: Men of La ManchaKathleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06559881249054540947noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2276911630325008276.post-50733114324930303462010-11-03T11:42:09.878-05:002010-11-03T11:42:09.878-05:00Yes, I do see some familiar titles on your list, M...Yes, I do see some familiar titles on your list, Mary. I would be afraid of the shark book, but maybe I could handle it if drinking a Landshark with old Saturday Night Live episodes running continuously in the background.<br /><br />I love your stack!Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06559881249054540947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2276911630325008276.post-74569591493428591192010-11-03T11:20:37.946-05:002010-11-03T11:20:37.946-05:00So, would that be *thinking of Antonio Banderas* o...So, would that be *thinking of Antonio Banderas* or...<br /><br />Ok, so here is the rundown of a ridiculous stack of books in my bedroom. My eyes are certainly bigger than my stomach (or, free time as it were) this month. Forgive me if any of these are repeats from a previous list - I sometimes leave a book sitting for a while.<br /><br />The Cookbook Collector: A Novel by Allegra Goodman<br />The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks and Giants of the Ocean by Susan <br />Freedom by Jonathan Franzen<br />The Unswept Room and One Secret Thing by Sharon Olds<br />Nemesis by Philip Roth<br />Running the Books: The Adventures of an Accidental Prison Librarian by Avi Steinberg<br />Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void by Mary Roach<br />Zero Decibels:The Quest for Absolute Silence by George M. Foy<br />The Diary of a Teenage Girl: An Account in Words and Pictures by Phoebe Gloeckner<br /><br /><br />I am currently reading 'The Wave.' Susan is the author of 'The Devil's Teeth: A True Story of Obsession and Survival Among America's Great White Sharks' which I found both thrilling and educational - great whites so close to California! And, the surfer element of both books is a lure for me - I'm a sucker for surfers. <br />You'll see some of your recommendations on my list, I trust. Thanks for the book ideas!marydeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16650359753928787780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2276911630325008276.post-68264026966433594002010-11-03T10:54:20.344-05:002010-11-03T10:54:20.344-05:00I remember my sister the Spanish major reading &qu...I remember my sister the Spanish major reading "Don Quixote" in Spanish at some point in her education and finding it tough going. That's always a shame, when something you love in translation is so difficult in its native tongue for someone to whom it isn't native. I found the same thing with "The Three Musketeers" back in high school French, and "The Brothers Karamazov" in a college Russian class. Struggling through trying to figure out the words took the joy out of it for me. So I retreated to the English translations often enough to remind me why I loved it in the first place!JulieKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12521424567356348282noreply@blogger.com