tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post3355654504762547695..comments2023-07-10T01:17:13.383+10:00Comments on Brona's Books: Brona's SalonBronahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11110584237325026052noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-35245628997767327862017-03-21T21:06:34.540+11:002017-03-21T21:06:34.540+11:00Rereading has certainly been harder to justify sin...Rereading has certainly been harder to justify since I began working in an Indy bookshop 8 yrs ago. Like you, I'm surrounded by all those brand new unread temptations :-)Bronahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11110584237325026052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-19677538869478535152017-03-18T14:45:33.452+11:002017-03-18T14:45:33.452+11:00One of my favorite reads in 2016 was Beryl Markham...One of my favorite reads in 2016 was Beryl Markham's West With the Night. I just couldn't shut up about it, I loved it so much. Oddly I had attempted to read it about fifteen years ago and couldn't stand it. The universe must not have been aligned for me and this book at the time. Anne@HeadFullofBookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01069558006454986084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-16026238784183830242017-03-18T14:41:09.225+11:002017-03-18T14:41:09.225+11:00I'm a librarian and every day I go to work I h...I'm a librarian and every day I go to work I have thousands of books callng out to me to be read. I rarely give in to the urge to reread because the books I haven't read yet are screaming at me louder.Anne@HeadFullofBookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01069558006454986084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-35301845193652933562017-03-18T14:39:19.097+11:002017-03-18T14:39:19.097+11:00I also listened to Brideshead Revisited. Loved it....I also listened to Brideshead Revisited. Loved it.Anne@HeadFullofBookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01069558006454986084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-37853271826217793452017-03-18T09:18:33.991+11:002017-03-18T09:18:33.991+11:00For those of us who reread, I think there is a com...For those of us who reread, I think there is a compulsive, urgent and almost obsessive aspect to it that means we will always have lots to say about it :-)Bronahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11110584237325026052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-39789900973117515842017-03-18T04:11:58.906+11:002017-03-18T04:11:58.906+11:00I didn't realize I had so much to say about re...I didn't realize I had so much to say about rereads. Thanks for hosting this. Check out my post at: <br /><a href="https://headfullofbooks.blogspot.com/2017/03/bronas-salon-on-rereading.html" rel="nofollow">Rereading</a>Anne@HeadFullofBookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01069558006454986084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-85137627434156667312017-03-17T08:47:42.992+11:002017-03-17T08:47:42.992+11:00The Grapes of Wrath I understand...and for the sam...The Grapes of Wrath I understand...and for the same reason - it wasn't East of Eden!<br /><br />I hope you discover some love for Middlemarch. I read it in my late 20's thanks to a friends recommendation and adored it. But, of course, not all books work for all people. That's what makes the reading experience so unique and interesting :-)Bronahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11110584237325026052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-63892434019889040402017-03-17T04:57:14.453+11:002017-03-17T04:57:14.453+11:00oohhhh....awesome on the reading groupie add on fo...oohhhh....awesome on the reading groupie add on for The Patriots!! That is superb! I am thinking a couple including Les Miserables, The Three Musketeers, Grapes of Wrath (I did not HATE this one per se, just that I loved East of Eden more!) and my biggest albatross Middlemarch. I know everybody swears by it, but I never never got the pulse! So....we will see how this whole re-reading thing goes!I really found 1984 intriguing and a great read when I read it a year back; but I also know instinctively, a younger me while all of liberty and equality would not have found peace with the ending!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-58292119242272130832017-03-16T18:52:35.514+11:002017-03-16T18:52:35.514+11:00I'll be curious to hear how you go.
Which boo...I'll be curious to hear how you go.<br /><br />Which books do you have in mind?<br /><br />I'm planning on rereading Brave New World & 1984 (I didn't hate them as a teenager, I just don't think I actually got them at all)!<br /><br />We may have another taker for a sync reading of The Patriots in May too :-)Bronahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11110584237325026052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-67806025399573872122017-03-16T18:48:48.890+11:002017-03-16T18:48:48.890+11:00Ahhh I had forgotten that I used to do with some o...Ahhh I had forgotten that I used to do with some of my favourite classics in particular. But I don't drive as much as I used to in my 20's and 30's, so audio books aren't something I think to do much of anymore. Jane Austen and Brideshead Revisited were my favourite audio 'rereads' for quite some time.<br /><br />Ohhhhh Italy!!!!<br />Lucky you!<br />I love pairing my reading to my holiday - have you read Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan tetralogy? Bronahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11110584237325026052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-38037952020406228172017-03-16T17:48:04.791+11:002017-03-16T17:48:04.791+11:00I had the exact same experience with Mansfield Par...I had the exact same experience with Mansfield Park. I quite abhorred reading it around 19. But when I revisited it a couple of years back, I loved it....I think some books make sense with age and what seemed quite horrid at 19 seemed imminently sensible at 32! I have in mind to re-visit some of the books I disliked during my late teens and early 20s to kind of a journey in self discovery!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-86427193617277738832017-03-16T17:36:10.878+11:002017-03-16T17:36:10.878+11:00I recently reread "Enchanted April" by E...I recently reread "Enchanted April" by Elizabeth von Arnim because I'm planning a trip to Italy (I'll probably also reread "A Room with a View." I will occasionally reread a favorite book, though I mostly listen to them on audio instead. I like rereads on audio if I can get them because I don't feel like I'm rushing through them to find out the plot, and I can slow down and appreciate the writing more. Also, if my attention wanders while driving, I don't feel the need to go back and listen again. Karen K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13483190930383406559noreply@blogger.com