tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297469214463185044.post5916211436704173026..comments2023-04-02T03:26:04.053-07:00Comments on Planet Joan: August Readingjoan.kylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17015342608992682333noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297469214463185044.post-77260288758302727452014-09-24T12:27:22.146-07:002014-09-24T12:27:22.146-07:00I think you should keep writing the longer posts a...I think you should keep writing the longer posts and I'll keep writing the shorter ones. The secret behind mine is that I'm lazy! I'd rather be reading the next book than writing about the last one!<br /><br />I did love The Art of Travel, though, and told everyone I ran into about it. I'm sure I bored the pants off a few people. But, as you said, the threads de Botton spun out into different subjects were fascinating. I'm looking forward to reading his book on Proust, and then I'll see where I want to go with him.joan.kylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17015342608992682333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297469214463185044.post-66839555122568614472014-09-24T10:31:31.765-07:002014-09-24T10:31:31.765-07:00I was so drawn in by The Art of Travel and all the...I was so drawn in by The Art of Travel and all the threads de Botton ties to so many other subjects, I felt the need to write a whole series of blog posts to process all my resulting meanderings. I also read The Architecture of Happiness, which was a helpful -- if unorthodox -- introduction to the topic of architecture in my case, though with that book, too, it was sometimes my arguing with de Botton that made it enjoyable.<br /> I appreciate your ability to write short reviews of books - maybe I should study how you do it, and save myself from getting so bogged down in my reports.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297469214463185044.post-9983475179761569442014-09-06T06:03:40.501-07:002014-09-06T06:03:40.501-07:00Doesn't it feel good to be so excited about a ...Doesn't it feel good to be so excited about a book that you want everyone to read it? That doesn't happen a lot, but I love when it does. It's also disappointing when the person you recommend it to (or give it to) never says if they read it or what they thought of it. But you know how we book people are: we're excited about a book, we get the book, but we're reading something else, so we put it aside and it may be months or years before we get to it. Each in its own time, I guess.joan.kylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17015342608992682333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297469214463185044.post-47057296492819538322014-09-05T11:06:38.860-07:002014-09-05T11:06:38.860-07:00Wow, that's a slow a month?! I loved The Art o...Wow, that's a slow a month?! I loved The Art of Travel when I read it. Loved it so much I bought a copy and gave it to someone I know who likes to travel. She never told me what she thought of it so I don't know what that means. But I am glad to find someone else who liked the book too!Stefaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14943596258182968212noreply@blogger.com