tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419544468759273678.post1588838630489102356..comments2023-10-30T14:18:15.354+00:00Comments on Fan My Flame: Telling StoriesGinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05689402000429710324noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419544468759273678.post-28502414677164846172012-11-15T13:24:31.719+00:002012-11-15T13:24:31.719+00:00Thanks for the tip about Grayson Perry's book ...Thanks for the tip about Grayson Perry's book - I will look for it. I admire his work as well.<br /><br />The Jeanette Winterson book is one I have been planning to read - now with your recommendation, I'll do so.<br /><br />I got half way through Julie and Julia - then gave it to my chef-cook-baker daughter, Grace as she had a big trip to take and needed some reading. <br /><br />Like many of the others who have commented here, my reading has been difficult to keep up lately. I used to read in the mornings, but then, because that time seemed to be the best for meditating and being on the 'liminal' edge of new ideas for my art, I have been trying to focus just on that - a time for considering how to make my dreams come true, in a way.<br /><br />I really miss the reading however, and you have inspired me to find that time again.<br /><br />Lovely to read your blog, Gina. Judy Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00619951031502775381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419544468759273678.post-80863847198266307722012-11-09T18:20:28.361+00:002012-11-09T18:20:28.361+00:00Having just come out of the other side of 5 huge v...Having just come out of the other side of 5 huge volumes of A Game of Thrones I'm ready for a bit of light relief so I'm now reading Miranda's book 'Is it just me?' and it's really fitting the bill.<br /><br />I was reading in the car between school visits today and was chortling away :o)<br /><br />xxMrs Mooghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15557955127436410152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419544468759273678.post-16950132425836468592012-11-07T14:27:22.100+00:002012-11-07T14:27:22.100+00:00I enjoyed Grayson's book very much as well. I ...I enjoyed Grayson's book very much as well. I adore biographies, especially autobiographies. Recently I read Nina Bawden's autobiog which was interesting. The Three of Us by Julia Blackburn was great, Bad Blood by Lorna Sage, Keeper by Andrea Gillies (about looking after her mother-in-law who had Alzheimer's) was very good. Anything (non-fiction or fiction) by Tim Parks, who's my favourite author...Jane Houshamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00838867793630660837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419544468759273678.post-4730660970824247572012-11-06T19:31:36.875+00:002012-11-06T19:31:36.875+00:00I found Deceived With Kindness by Angelica Garnett...I found Deceived With Kindness by Angelica Garnett fascinating many years ago - she is a child of Bloomsbury, also Monty Don's Jewel Garden. Working in the library all my life, I probably read far too much!!!kathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16852963693304001127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419544468759273678.post-2001233368963385982012-11-06T15:53:47.338+00:002012-11-06T15:53:47.338+00:00Great recommendations, thanks Gina :)
As I write ...Great recommendations, thanks Gina :)<br /><br />As I write biography I mostly read biography, rather than auto biography, but Augusten Burroughs 'Running with Scissors' is on my list of books I recommend.Annie Cholewahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17608057589525908147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419544468759273678.post-78817906653920626352012-11-06T14:37:30.834+00:002012-11-06T14:37:30.834+00:00I enjoyed the Grayson Perry book and particularly ...I enjoyed the Grayson Perry book and particularly remember the importance of sheds and his ability to go to the "shed in his head" when necessary. A couple of autobiographies I haven enjoyed: Clarissa Dickson Wright and also Janet Street Porter. Both came from the library.menopausalmusinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12255069917743230560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419544468759273678.post-36261442586702859122012-11-06T11:36:36.360+00:002012-11-06T11:36:36.360+00:00Looking like some great books there -- I'd lov...Looking like some great books there -- I'd love to read One Man and His Bike for starters. I love to read, but haven't been able to lately -- my schedule is awful, so if I sit down to read anything I fall asleep. As for splitting your blog -- I definitely vote to keep everything together -- like you, I love all aspects of life and it's fun to read about them. Multiple blogs are more work for you AND more work for the reader!Thimbleannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03650582809426872051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419544468759273678.post-26840319708902684462012-11-06T10:56:48.715+00:002012-11-06T10:56:48.715+00:00I might search out the Grayson Perry at the librar...I might search out the Grayson Perry at the library Gina. This post made me realise that I don't read much biographical stuff at all, especially since struggling with Edmund de Waal and the 'Hare with the Amber Eyes'. For 'real time' writing I wouldn't hesitate to recommend any of the books by poet Kathleen Jamie. They are all good but 'Findings' is just beautiful. She is a lyrical writer bar none. LAC EMP 2020https://www.blogger.com/profile/01999825212820503519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419544468759273678.post-23168131398009539162012-11-05T11:25:12.960+00:002012-11-05T11:25:12.960+00:00I seem to have got out of the way of reading books...I seem to have got out of the way of reading books I'm afraid, I have The Ivington Diaries by Monty Don sitting waiting to be read, I really must pick it up.<br />Toast is another book I would love to read as Nigel is my favourite TV cook!<br />One Man and His Bike sounds like a book my husband would enjoy!<br />Vivienne xgreenrabbitdesignshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12562034074399686544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419544468759273678.post-87224323999301600372012-11-05T11:11:21.278+00:002012-11-05T11:11:21.278+00:00Thank you for all those recommendations. My readin...Thank you for all those recommendations. My reading has gone completely to pot of late but, like Ali, I recently read Toast and loved every word of it. I'll be adding these to my Wish List.<br />I didn't get round to commenting on your last post, but I'm in agreement that one blog that ticks lots of boxes is my kinda thing!dragonflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03956813648763032057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419544468759273678.post-5002113516956360082012-11-05T09:55:24.219+00:002012-11-05T09:55:24.219+00:00I loved Nigel Slater's 'Toast'.
My re...I loved Nigel Slater's 'Toast'.<br /><br />My reading has gone out of the window recently. There just don't seem enough hours in the day and I feel stupidly guilty for reading during the daytime - it feels too self-indulgent. As I have no commute, there is no natural book interlude, but I do miss it.Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11723377593068712400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419544468759273678.post-71636088539903470072012-11-05T09:26:06.106+00:002012-11-05T09:26:06.106+00:00Somehow my 'reading time' has disappeared....Somehow my 'reading time' has disappeared... I used to read in bed before going to sleep, then switched to mornings before I got up. But in the past year or 2 my timetable has changed. I must learn to read while sitting on the sofa (something I've only ever done while ill!).<br /><br />The Grayson Perry book looks interesting. I heard Janette Winterson read her book on the radio - am I alone in thinking she sounds very snobbish?<br /><br />Glad you've plumped for just one blog - I wouldn't read a 'just baking' blog but enjoy the cakes randomly scattered among the other creative things.<br /><br />Celia<br />xxCelia Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12776686088752602321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419544468759273678.post-58727091962606240922012-11-05T09:06:18.492+00:002012-11-05T09:06:18.492+00:00Never bored with any part of your posts Gina. The ...Never bored with any part of your posts Gina. The textiles and the baking make me try harder on a good day and comfort eat on others!<br />The books sound most interesting with a lovely varied mix of characters - I must look out for them even though I have a stack of about 10 waiting to be read!Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06826501916623305535noreply@blogger.com