tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2050276593848875015.post2721937762683393760..comments2023-06-14T09:01:36.152-07:00Comments on The Many Worlds of C. L. Olson: Top 10 Books...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03966481358894211083noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2050276593848875015.post-65192206549325926392013-12-24T11:49:34.635-08:002013-12-24T11:49:34.635-08:00Thank you!
Loved Throne of Glass, but I haven'...Thank you!<br /><br />Loved Throne of Glass, but I haven't read the sequel yet. Also really enjoyed the Hunger Games as well. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03966481358894211083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2050276593848875015.post-14892873689423571342013-12-24T11:24:45.994-08:002013-12-24T11:24:45.994-08:00My husband isn't a big dancer either - he used...My husband isn't a big dancer either - he used to be a few years ago. When swing dancing was making its big comeback he used to hang out at a couple of local clubs, but not anymore, which is sad, because I really like swing dancing. <br /><br />This book meme really is amazing, especially because I keep thinking of more and more books that I could add to the list!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03966481358894211083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2050276593848875015.post-9187575070572023592013-12-24T11:20:12.239-08:002013-12-24T11:20:12.239-08:00The waltz is fairly easy when you compare it to co...The waltz is fairly easy when you compare it to country dances from Elizabethan England. I never understood the bump and grind thing, even when I was younger and that was the thing to do. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03966481358894211083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2050276593848875015.post-16514213428310719202013-12-24T11:15:54.825-08:002013-12-24T11:15:54.825-08:00Thank you!
I've been wanting to go back and r...Thank you!<br /><br />I've been wanting to go back and reread those myself, but my copies are hidden away at my Mom's house someplace for safe keeping :PAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03966481358894211083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2050276593848875015.post-57731162626486008392013-12-24T11:13:47.659-08:002013-12-24T11:13:47.659-08:00I have a confession to make - I never finished rea...I have a confession to make - I never finished reading the Lord of the Rings. I got up to where Aragorn was crowned King and the hobbits were heading back to the shire, and then I sat it down to do something and never picked it up again. I so need to remedy that. <br /><br />Dancing really is a personal and intimate thing to do - too bad Norah's too worried about stepping on Domick's feet to enjoy it ;)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03966481358894211083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2050276593848875015.post-80886991537342273272013-12-24T11:10:10.796-08:002013-12-24T11:10:10.796-08:00Thank you!
Lately my OT has been mostly on the we...Thank you!<br /><br />Lately my OT has been mostly on the weekends with a couple of hours here and there throughout the week. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03966481358894211083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2050276593848875015.post-88987241830896851012013-12-24T11:07:04.835-08:002013-12-24T11:07:04.835-08:00I remember reading The Witch of Blackbird Pond whe...I remember reading The Witch of Blackbird Pond when I was younger and loving it. To Kill a Mockingbird was another story I read when I was younger - but I had to read it for school so I didn't enjoy it as much as I probably would've if I had read it on my own. <br /><br />I need to look into the Discworld series. Friends have been telling me I should read those for years and I just haven't done it yet!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03966481358894211083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2050276593848875015.post-8800570370270572982013-12-21T05:06:17.245-08:002013-12-21T05:06:17.245-08:00Love the snippet! His dancing sounds so much nicer...Love the snippet! His dancing sounds so much nicer than what happens at school dances. :)<br /><br />Ten books, off the top of my head? Oy. This is going to be biased in favour of recent reads, unless they REALLY had an impact on me:<br /><br />East of Eden, John Steinbeck<br />The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, C.S. Lewis<br />Throne of Glass, Sarah J Maas<br />The Harry Potter series, J.K. Rowling (can't pick just one!)<br />Call the Midwife, Jennifer Worth (not fiction, but it is stories)<br />The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins<br />Bag of Bones, Stephen King<br />On Writing, Stephen King (actually, it doesn't say "fiction," does it?)<br />Angela's Ashes, Frank McCourt<br />Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, Rebecca Wells<br /><br />Yay, I did it! That was fun, thanks. :)<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2050276593848875015.post-40064319453038710292013-12-20T22:41:18.364-08:002013-12-20T22:41:18.364-08:00I love this little scene. Especially since my spo...I love this little scene. Especially since my spouse does not dance.<br /><br />Ten books....let's see...<br /><br />The Velveteen Rabbit; Alex:The Life of a Child (Frank DeFord); Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand); The Wheel of Time series (Robert Jordan); A Creed for the Third Millenium (Taylor Caldwell); Walk Across America; The Dance of the Dissident Daughter (Sue Monk Kid); Stranger in a Strange Land (Robert Heinlein); Anger (Thich Nhat Hahn); James Blish's Star Trek original series novelizations - which I could read even though my mother didn't allow me to watch Star Trek at home.<br /><br />Think I will do a blogpost on these in the new year! =)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2050276593848875015.post-22947970204550284882013-12-20T16:29:43.257-08:002013-12-20T16:29:43.257-08:00Ah, the waltz. It really is easy. :-) And far more...Ah, the waltz. It really is easy. :-) And far more dance-like than bump and grind. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2050276593848875015.post-5269874278811242652013-12-19T23:00:26.815-08:002013-12-19T23:00:26.815-08:00Lovely snippet! You've created a vibrant world...Lovely snippet! You've created a vibrant world here! <br /><br />I smiled at your #1 book choice. I, too, spent many a long hour reading those as a child. Perhaps I should read them as an adult to re-experience them.Xina Uhlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10194568471839443405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2050276593848875015.post-44194770056018456642013-12-19T10:48:17.901-08:002013-12-19T10:48:17.901-08:00A top ten of books... ACK!
Well, top of my list ...A top ten of books... ACK!<br /><br />Well, top of my list would have to be Lord of the Rings (I reread the book over 50 times)<br />then we'd have:<br />2: Lisanne Norman's Sholan Alliance series (all eight books)<br />3: Sherri Tepper's - Beauty<br />4: Andre Norton's Crystal Gryphon series<br />5: Les Miserables by Victor Hugo<br />6: Destiny's Lady by Maureen Peters<br />7: Little Minx (don't laugh... this little kid's book was one of my first loves of the reading world... enough so that I went and got a copy in my twenties just to relive the childhood joy)<br />8: The Black Swan by Nancy Springer (one of my first introductions to the world of adult fantasy)<br />9: Almost ANY Nancy Drew/Dana Girls story published BEFORE 1940 (afterward the stories just weren't as good)<br />10: and another 'don't laugh" but The Color Kittens and Train to Timbuctoo 'Little Golden Books'... They bring back memories of my beloved Great-Aunt and now have the added joy of times spent with my son...<br /><br />And as for your WIPpet... Yeah, dancing is such a personal thing. :-DEden "Kymele" Mabeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01550337993392791643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2050276593848875015.post-26023942310796037572013-12-19T03:06:43.451-08:002013-12-19T03:06:43.451-08:00Very nice! This flows very well. As well as Domick... Very nice! This flows very well. As well as Domick dances. :) I can hear him quite clearly, "This is not dancing." LOL<br /><br />UGH! I hate OT. I used to get quite a bit of it. Now I'm lucky and it's 40 hrs and out. My hubby has been steady OT but his is all during the week and only rarely affects the weekend. Looks nice on the paycheck but sure reeks havoc with a life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2050276593848875015.post-89367820684352108842013-12-19T02:25:10.415-08:002013-12-19T02:25:10.415-08:00Ooh, geeze...narrowing it down to ten is tricky bu...Ooh, geeze...narrowing it down to ten is tricky but here's an attempt in no particular order:<br /><br />1. The Discworld series by Terry Pratchett; particular favorites are the books centered around the City Watch and the Witches.<br />2. Up Front by Bill Mauldin, -- a non-fiction book about the author's experiences as a cartoonist for Stars and Stripes during World War II. One of the best books I've ever read about military life.<br />3. The Republic Commandos series by Karen Traviss -- Star Wars tie-in novels that are some of the best military fiction I've ever read. <br />4. The Benjamin January series by Barbara Hambly -- takes place in 1830s Louisiana and centers around a free man of color, Benjamin January, who is a musician and a surgeon who solves mysteries.<br />5. The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare -- story of a young woman in the 1680s who leaves Barbados after the death of her grandfather and travels to Connecticut to live with her unsuspecting aunt and uncle. Wonderful story about fitting in and being your own person.<br />6. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.<br />7. Grunts! by Mary Gentle -- a very, very, very darkly comic novel about what happens when a group of orcs get their hands on a cache of magical cursed weapons...that turn out to be modern weapons. <br />8. In the Presence of Mine Enemies by Harry Turtledove. An alternate history about a world where the Nazis won World War II, it follows a small group of surviving Jews as they attempt to remain hidden. <br />9. Carrie by Stephen King<br />10. Confessions of a D-List Superhero by Jim Bernheimer -- ok, I just started listening to this last night, but I'm seriously grooving on it. <br /><br />Honorable Mentions: the Feed saga by Mira Grant, Parasite by Mira Grant, the Union Dues stories of Jeffrey DeRego, Watchmen by Alan Moore, the Age of Apocalypse storyline by Marvel Comics, the Exiles series by Marvel comics, and probably a dozen dozen dozen more books. Kathy https://www.blogger.com/profile/01442761104328654645noreply@blogger.com