tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22415234.post114847032195449238..comments2024-03-29T06:26:41.352-07:00Comments on Coastal Horizons... <i>books, beaches, and backroad adventures</i>: Dinner with Anna KareninaLeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08345657431432380804noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22415234.post-62669508179309742942008-04-28T15:57:00.000-07:002008-04-28T15:57:00.000-07:00Evy - Thanks for stopping by my blog and posting y...Evy - Thanks for stopping by my blog and posting your comment on this very old blog entry. It sounds like you're enjoying the book more than I did. I'm glad. It has a great premise. Have you read any other books about book groups? I really liked Lorna Landvik's "Angry Housewives Eating Bon-Bons."Leshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08345657431432380804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22415234.post-14201541297432501022008-04-24T09:33:00.000-07:002008-04-24T09:33:00.000-07:00I'm still reading Dinner with Anna Karenina (in Du...I'm still reading Dinner with Anna Karenina (in Dutch, I'm from Belgium). At this point I'm still addicted to the book, I will really feel empty when I finish this book (a feeling that I only have with books that move me.) This is the first review I'm reading about this book, and though I understand most of the comments you have on the book and I agree with them, but shouldn't you look further than the relationship between the friends? Isn't it very interesting to read how other people react on books and to see how they compare it to their own lives? Isn't 'being' the character what we all want?<BR/>I'm at chapter 8 and until now I think Elizabeth is the most interesting character, she's a strong but complex woman, I want to understand her, her life is the most realistic I think, and her feelings are true, I can see them and feel then as if they were mine. (Although I also like the other characters.) That's the most interesting thing about reading 'losing yourself in somebody else his/her life', isn't that what we all do? That is what the characters do, so at that point I think Gloria Goldreich did an excellent job, she wrote down how every passionate, reading person feels like. If the book I'm reading hadn't been from our local library, I would have underlined a lot of phrases that seem to have a lot of truth in it.<BR/>So, even though not al of what Mrs. Goldreich wrote is of top-quality, she did a terrific job.<BR/><BR/>ps: Excuse me for my mistakes, I'm still a student, don't blame me, I'm trying.<BR/>pps: I hope you understand all of the above, because I wrote it with my stomach, if you understand what I mean.Evyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07466173197663690891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22415234.post-1153496471013611982006-07-21T08:41:00.000-07:002006-07-21T08:41:00.000-07:00Nope, it doesn't surprise me in the least. We do a...Nope, it doesn't surprise me in the least. We do agree on some books. :)<BR/><BR/>Glad you found and are enjoying my blog. Feel free to comment on any of the archived entries. Since I moderate all comments, I'll see anything even if it's for a review I wrote months ago.Leshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08345657431432380804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22415234.post-1153495668146540522006-07-21T08:27:00.000-07:002006-07-21T08:27:00.000-07:00Les - does it surprise you to hear that I loved Di...Les - does it surprise you to hear that I loved Dinner with Anna Karenina? I have been a loyal fan of thsi author for sometime and if nothing else thought the book group discussions were really good.<BR/><BR/>BTW - this is the first time I've read thsi blog and I have just bookmarked it - wonderful, wonderful reveiws. You'll probably get tired of hearing from me so often.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22415234.post-1149364774415203682006-06-03T12:59:00.000-07:002006-06-03T12:59:00.000-07:00Awwwwwww. :) Well, we've seriously considered movi...Awwwwwww. :) Well, we've seriously considered moving to Washington or Oregon, so you never know. We may just yet be in a f2f group together someday.Leshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08345657431432380804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22415234.post-1149363134899963772006-06-03T12:32:00.000-07:002006-06-03T12:32:00.000-07:00I'd almost consider moving to Lincoln just to be i...I'd almost consider moving to Lincoln just to be in a F2F group with you, Les.Beachreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12758420829062991423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22415234.post-1148953496667978932006-05-29T18:44:00.000-07:002006-05-29T18:44:00.000-07:00I am! Absolutely. That is, if you consider your ...I am! Absolutely. That is, if you consider your sister-in-law a friend. ;) I really miss discussing books with you. JenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22415234.post-1148642560248763392006-05-26T04:22:00.000-07:002006-05-26T04:22:00.000-07:00This book sounds interesting - can't wait for your...This book sounds interesting - can't wait for your review.Lotus Readshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02081192215823615529noreply@blogger.com