tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post115460542887288169..comments2023-10-17T12:05:26.540+01:00Comments on Razor-blade of Life: Bookless in the eveningsZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-1154728827252147962006-08-04T23:00:00.000+01:002006-08-04T23:00:00.000+01:00I never have written for pleasure before. I somet...I never have written for pleasure before. I sometimes think in advance what I might write about (but then I have always talked to myself a lot; I'm the one person who can be relied upon to listen) - but often, having gone through it in my mind, it's been said and so I write something completely different. <BR/>My friend reads this blog (one of very few people whom I've told it exists) so he'll be interested in what you say.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-1154712380261044502006-08-04T18:26:00.000+01:002006-08-04T18:26:00.000+01:00I think there is a lot of truth in that. By the t...I think there is a lot of truth in that. By the time I catch up with the papers- and I dread the week-end's pile - my mind becomes occcupied with the next post. At least one is being creative and after years of writing in a comparitive vacuum it is bliss to get feed back.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-1154710557910384462006-08-04T17:55:00.000+01:002006-08-04T17:55:00.000+01:00I miss wanting to read, I need a really engrossing...I miss wanting to read, I need a really engrossing book that I can't put down. <BR/>A friend of mine has a theory that something in me is fulfilled through blogging, when it used to be through books. I don't think so, but he could have a point perhaps?Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-1154709656294170982006-08-04T17:40:00.000+01:002006-08-04T17:40:00.000+01:00A sadness I have at present is that I have reader'...A sadness I have at present is that I have reader's block - as far as books are concerned and I wonder if I am getting even more bird-brained. Books have been such a solace.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-1154613957410895772006-08-03T15:05:00.000+01:002006-08-03T15:05:00.000+01:00I used to be - in my teens I did a speed reading c...I used to be - in my teens I did a speed reading course - but I slowed down deliberately, eventually, because I couldn't afford the books I needed to keep up with myself.<BR/>I've put a link to the piece I wrote before - I'm feeling a bit guilty that I'm damning Sebastian F with very faint praise, but I spent a few days reading the 600 pages of that book and was left feeling it could have been better.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-1154612687375065812006-08-03T14:44:00.000+01:002006-08-03T14:44:00.000+01:00thank you for your informative book report.Are you...thank you for your informative book report.<BR/><BR/>Are you a speed reader?Mybananalifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02790071367965041463noreply@blogger.com