tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post6250484243612874518..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: Rereading for the wrong reasons? Lari DonUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-673365553613068502014-08-02T13:55:14.808+01:002014-08-02T13:55:14.808+01:00I have the same edition of Power of Three too. I r...I have the same edition of Power of Three too. I read it with a different cover later and it wasn't quite the same... Love this book. But where is Cart and Cwidder? Lilyhttp://www.lilyhyde.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-69479481518076709192014-07-31T09:44:52.276+01:002014-07-31T09:44:52.276+01:00I love that so many of us seem to have strong memo...I love that so many of us seem to have strong memories of the physical books and covers we have loved (and lost...) I wonder if anyone can feel as strongly about an ebook? And Richard - I agree that as we know and experience more, we do see and do things differently. And I've always been surprised in folktales that birds seem to spend their time discussing sectets useful to humans, rather than where to find the best seeds. And Penny - I am now hoping to train my writer mind to run alongside my reading mind - that's a great way to look at it! <br />Lari Donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13290918954317744377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-7692302235852897832014-07-30T19:01:32.386+01:002014-07-30T19:01:32.386+01:00I have that copy of Charmed Life too! I did have a...I have that copy of Charmed Life too! I did have a lovely copy of Witch Week (purple double cover with peep-hole) but it got lost somewhere between moves.Becca McCallumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09339982441409936532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-56131608516919238322014-07-30T18:59:53.468+01:002014-07-30T18:59:53.468+01:00Interesting point - but I think good writing can s...Interesting point - but I think good writing can still lure you into reading like a reader, with the writer mind running alongside.Penny Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386668303428008498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-49632419332704573712014-07-30T13:52:38.415+01:002014-07-30T13:52:38.415+01:00What we know informs how we relate to things. It i...What we know informs how we relate to things. It is said that once you learn to weld, you never think of metal in the same way again; instead of being fixed and immutable, you know it can be formed any way you want. In one of Douglas Adams's Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy books, Arthur Dent learns to speak to birds, and then finds that instead of being full of beautiful song, the trees are full of inane gossip. Hopefully being a writer is more the former than the latter.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09799125598133377058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-70219372718009137202014-07-30T13:41:10.677+01:002014-07-30T13:41:10.677+01:00That Charmed Life is very near the end of its own ...That Charmed Life is very near the end of its own life, though, Emma - most of the pages are falling out, and I've had to buy a new copy in order to be able to read it safely! Luckily, the story inside the shiny new book is still just as good...Lari Donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13290918954317744377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-84978490802722307452014-07-30T12:04:17.879+01:002014-07-30T12:04:17.879+01:00I love Diana Wynne Jones - and I'm actually je...I love Diana Wynne Jones - and I'm actually jealous to see that your copy of Charmed Life has the same cover as my original copy, which then got lost. I think Power of Three is a great book, too. What date is your workshop, Lari?<br /><br />But I agree, you want to be able to choose the right book for the right moment, not because it's suddenly "homework".Emma Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02718171070716804800noreply@blogger.com