tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post8450048294800730348..comments2024-02-09T16:13:32.416-08:00Comments on Classical Carousel: 2016 In ReviewCleohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13152128642971612433noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-9468317786877908682017-01-01T09:19:35.420-08:002017-01-01T09:19:35.420-08:00You can always use wordpress. There is an automati...You can always use wordpress. There is an automatic "import" function that'll copy all of your blog content. Don't know if that is what you want though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-18765047209991107512017-01-01T08:52:55.951-08:002017-01-01T08:52:55.951-08:00Thanks for letting me know. I have you in my &quo...Thanks for letting me know. I have you in my "eclectic" feed on the side. I keep having so much trouble getting on to BL that I've kind of given up. Too bad because I used it as a back-up for my reviews. Now I'll have to find some other inventive way .... :-PCleohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13152128642971612433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-3441860154274837112017-01-01T08:51:10.862-08:002017-01-01T08:51:10.862-08:00Apparently it's from "waff" that use...Apparently it's from "waff" that used to mean to bark but I can't find any information on how it became used in this context. Cleohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13152128642971612433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-15305995101106680462017-01-01T05:59:09.235-08:002017-01-01T05:59:09.235-08:00I've got your blogspot in my wordpress feed an...I've got your blogspot in my wordpress feed and will be unfollowing you over at booklikes. <br />I am paring down people at bl because of the site issues and moving over to wordpress.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-40474097782928027562016-12-31T11:45:35.963-08:002016-12-31T11:45:35.963-08:00completely unapropos, but "waffle" is a ...completely unapropos, but "waffle" is a wonderful word; i'm curious about the etymology...Mudpuddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17194891656971454279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-76799577991525737332016-12-31T08:34:46.359-08:002016-12-31T08:34:46.359-08:00Well, I'm not sure about managing my reading l...Well, I'm not sure about managing my reading life ..... I like to think that you're more of a bad influence ...... in a good way. Did that make sense?! LOL! In any case, I'm looking forward to 2017 in spite of feeling overloaded already. I'm glad you were able to to enjoy two books that you were scared of. I wonder what 2017 will cook up .....???Cleohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13152128642971612433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-40510401836318443442016-12-30T09:41:30.133-08:002016-12-30T09:41:30.133-08:00OMG....you realize, my name is mentioned so often ...OMG....you realize, my name is mentioned so often in your blog, one would think, I completely own and manage your reading life!! (Which I actually think is true) LOL!! But thank you for letting me tag along in some of these great reading schemes and cheering me on with books I was distinctively uncomfortable in taking up! Thanks to you, I have read Metamorphoses and am closer to finishing The Brother Karmazov, both books I was scared off and both books I ended up really enjoying! Thank you for being such an awesome reading buddy! Cheers to 2017 and another great year in books!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-76994667473221270112016-12-29T17:21:32.913-08:002016-12-29T17:21:32.913-08:00Yes, I am over last year's total but only at 1...Yes, I am over last year's total but only at 14,445. However that doesn't count ¼ of The Faerie Queene, half of Don Quixote, etc. so if I get technical, it should be a couple of thousand pages more. In any case, I'm looking ahead to next year and already getting organized! Thanks for the tip! :-)Cleohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13152128642971612433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-74720332818547847412016-12-29T17:15:24.526-08:002016-12-29T17:15:24.526-08:00I know ..... I waffle between feeling accomplished...I know ..... I waffle between feeling accomplished and feeling frustrated. If I could have made it through The Faerie Queene, I'd be much more thrilled. Have fun with Aristotle .... when I read him I'm going to go slowly to try to glean as much as I can, as I'm not sure if my brain could handle a re-read! ;-)Cleohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13152128642971612433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-54330802205226900532016-12-29T17:13:52.731-08:002016-12-29T17:13:52.731-08:00Your favourite Brontë???!!! That's saying som...Your favourite Brontë???!!! That's saying something, especially as I'm familiar with your excellent literary tastes! The Professor is still on my list so now I'm really looking forward to reading it!<br /><br />If you do decide to participate in a challenge, do let me know. I'd be interested to hear what you choose!Cleohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13152128642971612433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-62496270338852340132016-12-29T16:39:16.403-08:002016-12-29T16:39:16.403-08:00I'm going to the library tomorrow. : )
BTW...I'm going to the library tomorrow. : ) <br /><br />BTW, did you see on Goodreads that they add up pages read for you, so you can see how many pages you read for the year, as opposed to number of books? I read 16,900. I'm sure you are way over that.Ruth @ with freedom and bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15531827758868215023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-89558820213948140722016-12-29T12:29:52.276-08:002016-12-29T12:29:52.276-08:00I think you've had an excellent reading year (...I think you've had an excellent reading year (despite what you said on your other post)!<br /><br />Like you I'm looking forward to Herodotus and Crime and Punishment. Perhaps won't be reading in January though - Politics by Aristotle is my 'big' Jan read.<br /><br />I must get to The Well at the World's End...<br /><br />Glad you enjoyed Ovid! :Dohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01245931629228090133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-33932563313772708262016-12-29T10:32:21.939-08:002016-12-29T10:32:21.939-08:00kudos for all the '16 accomplishments! it'...kudos for all the '16 accomplishments! it's kind of inspiring; i've been thinking about doing some kind of challenge and it might happen... or not... my most surprising read for the year had to be "The Professor"; all the reviews i ever read about it described a dour, dark, poorly written screed without much of an ending. i found the principle character to be realistic and interesting and quite true to life and the love story was believable and touching; in fact, i would say it's my favorite Bronte so far...Mudpuddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17194891656971454279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-41744784876571099042016-12-28T19:32:37.297-08:002016-12-28T19:32:37.297-08:00That is my goal .... to make you question, just li...That is my goal .... to make you question, just like Socrates! ;-) Feel free to use some of my questions .... well actually, Jamie's questions that she's so generously shared!Cleohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13152128642971612433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-47260232431714201862016-12-28T19:31:39.517-08:002016-12-28T19:31:39.517-08:00Oh, it's a wonderful book, Ruth! I think that...Oh, it's a wonderful book, Ruth! I think that you'd love it!Cleohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13152128642971612433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-74792681606141225532016-12-28T19:02:11.914-08:002016-12-28T19:02:11.914-08:00Wow, that was an indepth post.
Now I'm questio...Wow, that was an indepth post.<br />Now I'm questioning my desire to just write about '16 without some guiding questions...Bookstoogehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16059110063509922530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-38475301228023082052016-12-28T11:07:00.776-08:002016-12-28T11:07:00.776-08:00Well, that does it. I keep seeing a used copy of ...Well, that does it. I keep seeing a used copy of The Death of Ivan Ilyich for sale at my library. Next time we go, I'm going to snatch it if it is still there.Ruth @ with freedom and bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15531827758868215023noreply@blogger.com