Comments on: Reading is Elemental

By: Lolly Knitting Around » Storytelling

Lolly Knitting Around » Storytelling — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:13:27 +0000

[...] — I was familiar with Salak’s nonfiction work [The Cruelest Journey, which I reviewed here] about her own travels and experiences, and her first novel had many of the same elements that draw [...]

By: Tally

Tally — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 19:37:54 +0000

Thanks for pointing me to that Mali-book. For the last weeks I’m pondering on an inflating kajac – not for the Niger, rather for discovering the Hamburg harbour and other waters in the neighbourhood.
If you are interested in reading more travel-adventures in the area I would like to name Bettina Selby’s “Timbuktu”. Quite some years ago she travelled that area on her bicycle. From what I remember it is also more about herself and travelling than on ther river itself, but for sure Selby’s are worth a check-out. Quite an amazing travelling woman.

Thanks for your profound blog-posts.

By: Anna

Anna — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:10:46 +0000

Thanks for the heads-up on Good Reads – I hadn’t heard of it before, but can see from a quick look that I will be spending a lot of time there now! I appreciate your description of reading as elemental, I’ve always found reading to be a necessary part of my life.

By: Sarah G

Sarah G — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 20:34:08 +0000

Hehe, I always look forward to my daily “Lolly update” from Goodreads. I have been inspired to look up several of the books you have added. Thanks!

By: Terra

Terra — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 02:25:51 +0000

I borrowed the cruelest journey from my father in law last summer and haven’t picked it up yet- but am much more enticed after reading the description and realizing its a true story!

I went through a big outdoor adventure book phase where I read every account of Everest I could…I tend to have the outdoor phases more in the summer though when the weather here in Canada is a little nicer to be in!

By: Moni

Moni — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:30:43 +0000

yay for book reviews! I’m always looking for something good to read. And it’s nice to have things in the back of my mind to recommend to patrons, too!

I’ll have to check out Good Reads! Sounds like it’s right up my alley

By: courtney

courtney — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:27:58 +0000

I love Jhumpa Lahiri, and I’ve been wondering about this book…I’ll have to check it out of my local library, thanks for the reviews!

By: mai

mai — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:46:18 +0000

thanks for the reviews, i haven’t heard of any of them! you spend so much time reading and knitting, i don’t know how you do it! i can’t seem to find a balance between work, knitting, reading, working out, and regular everyday life. i’m working on it!!

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:47:40 +0000

Thanks for the shout-out, Lolly, and the great reviews. Speaking of books about water, my husband highly recommends Cadillac Desert: The American West and its Disappearing Water, by Marc Reisner. (He’s a historian who teaches courses on the West, among other things). I’m sad to say I haven’t read it (unlike you, I am a slooooow reader of nonfiction) but from what he’s told me it sounds quite fascinating. I think there’s also a documentary version out there, too.

By: caroline

caroline — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:35:16 +0000

Wow, great recommendations, Lolly! I’ve been in need of some new reading material and these all sound fantastic (also, I had no idea Jhumpa Lahiri put out a new book– I must really be out of the literary loop!).