tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5417039531582653695.post6927874960601612921..comments2023-11-18T04:25:12.867-05:00Comments on Amanda Atkins in a Canary Forest: on loving books, or anythingAmanda Laurel Atkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09931287254961173956noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5417039531582653695.post-47442868387597179082009-12-21T18:13:00.250-05:002009-12-21T18:13:00.250-05:00thaks for the beautiful responses, everyone! I lov...thaks for the beautiful responses, everyone! I love them and they make me happy. :)Amanda Laurel Atkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09931287254961173956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5417039531582653695.post-16031429555133514682009-12-21T18:09:02.849-05:002009-12-21T18:09:02.849-05:00wonderful post, amanda. thank you. i share your ...wonderful post, amanda. thank you. i share your feelings -- it's been ages since i've read a book that inspired me to read more. i've read some of the books in your list, though there are plenty that i've yet to check out. <br /><br />again, thank you for this list.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5417039531582653695.post-4083656657431269482009-12-21T16:07:58.483-05:002009-12-21T16:07:58.483-05:00Wow what a lovely book list! it's so perfect. ...Wow what a lovely book list! it's so perfect. I remember falling in love with some passages by Emerson, and feeling like he was a friend. In the moments I read him, he was almost alive because we shared a common way of thinking. Isn't that the best feeling, to connect with art?<br /><br />I almost had that same reaction to this very blog post about "smartness" and "romance" and that fine balance. The perception of those things as naive always bothered me too! I always think people are silly who believe that simple, true and romantic things, just because they are not dark, hopeless, or apathetic and are not real, complex, or worthy of art! So silly...don't lose the romance :) and yes working with children and animals can put you right back there :) <br /><br />Haha I loved this post!www.juliadenos.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07829043008831076520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5417039531582653695.post-17840677771249974322009-12-21T09:49:30.022-05:002009-12-21T09:49:30.022-05:00Hello you--
Perhaps "romantic" has been ...Hello you--<br />Perhaps "romantic" has been the wrong word to describe you all these years. I don't know what the right word is, but I do know that it is one of the things I love about you. I am grateful for how you see the world-- with a poetic enthusiasm. It reminds me to slow down and see the spaces in between things, the quiet moments. Thank you. <br /><br />You will find your way, we all do.<br /> <br />:::::<br />The most recent books I have fallen in love with are "The Elegance of the Hedgehog" and "The Master and Margarita". But my most beloved books are "Pride and Prejudice," "The Brendan Voyage" (which I read in 5th grade and have reread every winter since then), and "Kim" by Rudyard KiplingKatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16593527040601889543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5417039531582653695.post-63681620083425306542009-12-19T19:46:48.706-05:002009-12-19T19:46:48.706-05:00My favorite book was Black Beauty.
I loved animal ...My favorite book was Black Beauty.<br />I loved animal stories when I was younger, so of course, wind in the willows, was another.<br /><br />DebbieWoolenSailshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08621977477193550261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5417039531582653695.post-59863434200389319812009-12-18T16:08:31.459-05:002009-12-18T16:08:31.459-05:00I don't read like I used to either. I find tha...I don't read like I used to either. I find that i am currently not reading novels and its kinda weird. Reading lots of research type non-fiction which is great but falling into a really great story is something I haven't done in awhile. <br />I am a great fan of The Prophet too. I have my mother's copy. As well as of Botany-i took a class over the summer. not very useful but so interesting.<br /><br />My favorites: Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, The Alexandria Quartet by Lawrence Durrell, A Tale of Love and Darkness by Amos Oz, Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt, The Aubrey Maturin Series by Patrick O'Brian. I like long books that I can really get into and read for months.amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08482124350320781550noreply@blogger.com