Comments on: Name me one book

By: bj

bj — Sat, 23 Dec 2006 04:52:24 +0000

“In Patagonia” by Bruce Chatwin. I don’t know if the reprints out now are read backwards the way the original was, but . . .

The person who gets the reason for that right should be your next chocolate winner. For the record I got the answer from the author not that long after I read the book the first time it was published. When there was no such thing as email. It’s a doozie.

By: robin

robin — Sat, 23 Dec 2006 00:46:48 +0000

Okay, folks, Patrick just sent me a photo of his son, so mystery solved. I’d post it here, but knowing Patrick, I’d have to pay modeling fees. So just take my word for it, the spawn of Patrick is WAY cute.

By: robin

robin — Sat, 23 Dec 2006 00:31:26 +0000

No, Patrick, please settle the controversy over whether your child is a girl or a boy. The media is waiting for clarification.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Sat, 23 Dec 2006 00:02:38 +0000

I can’t really settle which one of her books you should read. The ball of string sounds promising.

But,
I finally have that Philip Pullman book in my possesion and next on my list as soon as I finish this ‘Eragon’ book.

By: robin

robin — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 19:00:05 +0000

I used to think it was a boy child, too, but then I thought Patrick recently called it a daughter, so I’m just going with the flow.

Patrick, wanna settle this?

By: annette

annette — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 18:53:54 +0000

patrick, i quess i don’t follow instructions all that well. but at least i know that your spawn is a male child. i hope you are writing down EVERYTHING (“remember…everything”, “world according to garp”–hey robin, add that to my list) there’s a book there and i think “let there be fish” is a perfect title.

By: robin

robin — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 14:34:47 +0000

Your little girl has powers.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 04:10:41 +0000

You know, she said “one bookâ€“please, only one”

Four year-old quote of the day, heard coming from the bathtub -
“Let there be FISH!”

By: annette

annette — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 02:35:35 +0000

although our own beloved blog mistress is a “fiction” writer, i really enjoy nonfiction with an adventerous bent. (anything by jon krakauer is a go in my “book”).

“undaunted courage” by stephen ambrose is a favorite. earlier read gems include,

“book of the eskimos” an autobiography by peter freuchens (out of print but so worth digging for); the biography of sir richard francis bacon by edward rice; “pillar of fire” part of the mlk trilogy by taylor branch.

and robin when i was a kid i had a book entitled “my big ball of string” about a boy who collected string and then put it to good use making pulleys and contraptions to operate from his bed while recoving from something. i had forgotten all about it, and i loved it, tried to replicate his many ingenious uses for string, with only marginal success.

By: robin

robin — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 00:47:14 +0000

Thanks, Alissa. I’ve never heard of that book. I’ll take a look.

Patrick, thanks for spoiling my whole 5-page post about what J.K. Rowling announced today would be the title of the final Harry Potter book. It was going to be great, too–anagrams, the whole thing. Now I’m just going to write about my enormous ball of string.