tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8275808567357577735.post975421853552271154..comments2024-02-13T12:31:21.829-08:00Comments on Shelf Life: Spring Break Is Almost OverGentle Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09102364083044797155noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8275808567357577735.post-11362238088007222232011-05-09T13:51:22.777-07:002011-05-09T13:51:22.777-07:00Ilsa--Would love to get together for lunch with yo...Ilsa--Would love to get together for lunch with you and Julie. I have the Boyle on my list. I feel similarly about his writing, but read him for his southern California sensibility. I've never read Orlando, either. Will have to get on that! Let me know how it goes :)Gentle Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09102364083044797155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8275808567357577735.post-3372844425710717432011-05-03T12:40:53.916-07:002011-05-03T12:40:53.916-07:00Hey T,
Glad you are getting some garden time. Way ...Hey T,<br />Glad you are getting some garden time. Way back to our last exchange: yes, we should nosh with Julie. I'm not sure I have your current email, but will zap her to arrange.<br />Just finished the latest TC Boyle book. I never leave his stuff thinking he's among my favorite writers, but always enjoy the ride. Especially liked seeing how he fictionalized ecological issues that I've reported on. A good choice for folks who are interested in So Cal's Channel Islands.<br />Now, on to Orlando, which I've never read, despite being a Woolf devotee. xoxoxIlsa Setziolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15829268687472763738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8275808567357577735.post-76941396654472872562011-04-30T16:11:28.828-07:002011-04-30T16:11:28.828-07:00Rose--I love mint for that reason--it's forgiv...Rose--I love mint for that reason--it's forgiving! And it's good in a mojito :)Gentle Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09102364083044797155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8275808567357577735.post-41942230558853519182011-04-30T03:21:34.632-07:002011-04-30T03:21:34.632-07:00Gorgeous photos - like litlove, my garden is a LON...Gorgeous photos - like litlove, my garden is a LONG WAY behind yours. We're almost entirely at seedling stage - except for the supermarket mint I dumped in a tub last autumn and seems to have benefited from sitting under snow for a month - it's gone crazy and is turning into a bush even as I look at it.Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03003099626849421938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8275808567357577735.post-91574025174839665892011-04-28T07:58:27.250-07:002011-04-28T07:58:27.250-07:00litlove--I love Willa Cather, too! Fell in love w...litlove--I love Willa Cather, too! Fell in love with My Antonia as a teenager (love books about outsiders!), and have Death Comes for the Archbishop on my night table. Here out west we read her in school :)<br /><br />Every year I post pictures of my garden in springtime because it's astonishing even to me how quickly things get blooming in southern California. It's because there's never a freeze and we don't have any downtime in the garden--a boon or a burden, depending on how you look at it!<br /><br />Ti--Don't you just love Bookworm? Michael Silverblatt is a hoot. Sometimes I think even the authors don't have any idea what he's asking about their books, his questions are so "deep"! But I get great ideas there, too.<br /><br />Mint is easy to grow--go for it! I could use a mint julep right now--yum :)Gentle Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09102364083044797155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8275808567357577735.post-83758941691752237022011-04-28T07:14:49.867-07:002011-04-28T07:14:49.867-07:00I've been wanting to read Super Sad since it c...I've been wanting to read Super Sad since it came out. I heard an interview on Bookworm with the author and the premise of the book totally grabbed me. <br /><br />It's weird, but I sort of like the detached quality of dystopian fiction. <br /><br />Your fruit looks good! I have no fruit going but when summer hits, I like to make mint juleps. I could grow mint, that's easy. LOL.Tihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00926060806244061354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8275808567357577735.post-39591160744107526922011-04-28T00:58:30.965-07:002011-04-28T00:58:30.965-07:00It is so hard to keep up with blogging in the scho...It is so hard to keep up with blogging in the school holidays! But my goodness your fruit and flowers are well advanced - how lovely. Strawberry plants in the UK are barely a twinkle in their grower's eyes right now. And what interesting reading you've been doing - I've heard of both of those novels but haven't read either of them. I'm in love with Willa Cather at the moment - she is just deliriously good.litlovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10952927245186474480noreply@blogger.com