tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post114248286548894552..comments2023-10-31T11:37:50.028-04:00Comments on on life & other inconveniences: The Power of A BookSandra Ruttanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06109584805469336742noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post-1143869838503050412006-04-01T00:37:00.000-05:002006-04-01T00:37:00.000-05:00Oh very cute!Alaskan Malamutes in Australia...nope...Oh very cute!<BR/><BR/>Alaskan Malamutes in Australia...nope. Not offend. But I'll ask my friends from down under that lurk here and see what they say!<BR/><BR/>That picture, really, is beautiful.Sandra Ruttanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06109584805469336742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post-1142630833822868642006-03-17T16:27:00.000-05:002006-03-17T16:27:00.000-05:00Oh hon, I was kidding. I love seeing your pets - t...Oh hon, I was kidding. I love seeing your pets - they are beautiful animals!Christa M. Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14384508556022159789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post-1142571483923354772006-03-16T23:58:00.000-05:002006-03-16T23:58:00.000-05:00The dogs are beautiful. I have an Akita/Husky.The dogs are beautiful. I have an Akita/Husky.Bonnie S. Calhounhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11769607640246518804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post-1142549734232394632006-03-16T17:55:00.000-05:002006-03-16T17:55:00.000-05:00The Gor series by John Norman. My dad loved these...The Gor series by John Norman. My dad loved these books and every time he finished one, he would give it to me and after I read it we'd talk about it. My dad was on the road alot when I was growing up so I really looked forward to those discussions. I used to memorize everything i could about the story to have that much more ammo to talk about. I was way too young to read that level of book, but it sparked the fires for reading at an early age (I couldn't have been more than six or seven).<BR/><BR/>i would follow my mom around the house asking her what this word or that word meant or how do you say this word. After a while she gave me a dictionary. After about a half dozen books or so...I didn't need it anymore . <BR/><BR/>When I call him this weekend I will have to ask him if he remembers Tarl Cabot and the Priest-Kings of Gor.James Goodmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08807865320537867045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post-1142549374930157382006-03-16T17:49:00.000-05:002006-03-16T17:49:00.000-05:00You know, there was a book called Twenty and Ten, ...You know, there was a book called Twenty and Ten, if memory serves - totally forget the author - but it was about 20 kids at a school run by nuns who decided to hide out 10 Jewish kids during the war.<BR/><BR/>That book opened my eyes to all kinds of stuff - history, social issues, situational ethics. I wish I had a copy of that book.<BR/><BR/>Guess I'd better say "Hi Boy Kim" before he throws a hissy fit like yesterday!<BR/><BR/>Don't forget - you promised me you'd read Rankin next. Mortal Causes or Black and Blue.Sandra Ruttanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06109584805469336742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post-1142548500666748012006-03-16T17:35:00.000-05:002006-03-16T17:35:00.000-05:00I'd have to say Orson Scott Card's ENDER'S GAME. I...I'd have to say Orson Scott Card's ENDER'S GAME. It shows that even a child can change the fate of the world.Daniel Hatadihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00453583064175651509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post-1142544121957298722006-03-16T16:22:00.000-05:002006-03-16T16:22:00.000-05:00Don't forget leprechauns.I have one.Don't forget leprechauns.<BR/><BR/>I have one.Sandra Ruttanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06109584805469336742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post-1142543648639276822006-03-16T16:14:00.000-05:002006-03-16T16:14:00.000-05:00I read John Masefield's The Box of Delights when I...I read John Masefield's The Box of Delights when I was way too young to understand what it was all about, but I always remembered it as this wonderful, magical fantasy world just on the edge of our own reality. I think that's what has influenced me most of all - the idea that there really are fairies at the bottom of the garden, and vampires in the city, werewolves in the forests, ghosts and ghouls lurking under the bed. It's only because we're grown-up and sensible that we can't see them anymore.<BR/><BR/>Or at least, we're meant to be sensible.<BR/><BR/>I think.JamesOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09332376784689207703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post-1142537506829682622006-03-16T14:31:00.000-05:002006-03-16T14:31:00.000-05:00I loved Call of the Wild as a kid, too. I also lo...I loved Call of the Wild as a kid, too. I also loved A Wrinkle in <BR/>Time mainly because the main character was an awkward, insecure girl that was very real to me.<BR/><BR/>I don't know, I have many books that pull at my heart.WannabeMehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15938094279274975960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post-1142535602812371922006-03-16T14:00:00.000-05:002006-03-16T14:00:00.000-05:00My first Stephen King novel was carrie, when I was...My first Stephen King novel was carrie, when I was 11. I'd read other books before that but that one really stuck with me. I was so hooked on that book, I couldn't put it down. Then came Salem's Lot and The Shining, Christine and The Deadzone. Of course all the others. I love him. LOVE. HIM. Mostly the older stuff.Tracy Sharp - Author of the Leah Ryan Serieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12239533451929739327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post-1142531942374976502006-03-16T12:59:00.000-05:002006-03-16T12:59:00.000-05:00Sounds great Erik - I continue to drop by to see i...Sounds great Erik - I continue to drop by to see if you've had a moment to post. I won't forget you!Sandra Ruttanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06109584805469336742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post-1142530981575271622006-03-16T12:43:00.000-05:002006-03-16T12:43:00.000-05:00I'm sledding right along with ya, Samdra. Another ...I'm sledding right along with ya, Samdra. Another of my all time favorites is the "All Creatures Great and Small" series by the Vet James Harriot(sp?). Deep in my heart I always wanted to be a Vet but didn't have the grades in math & science to get accepted. <BR/><BR/>Probably tomorrow, I will post my little story about the stray we took in a few weeks ago. Hopefully you will stop by.Erik Ivan Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05564245949077955844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post-1142527466453688402006-03-16T11:44:00.000-05:002006-03-16T11:44:00.000-05:00Sorry Christa.I'll try to stop...Sorry Christa.<BR/><BR/>I'll try to stop...Sandra Ruttanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06109584805469336742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post-1142527327048784812006-03-16T11:42:00.000-05:002006-03-16T11:42:00.000-05:00Anything by Madeleine L'Engle. I reread her books ...Anything by Madeleine L'Engle. I reread her books now and I see so many of the ideas I hold now, just never realized how much of an influence they had on me. Chronicles of Narnia probably came in a close second, though I haven't read those in years.<BR/><BR/>And ITA about the huskies. My dog LOVED the snow. He was so graceful bounding through it. I would take him out in a snowstorm just to watch him run. *snif* I miss him. Stop posting about dogs, willya Sandra? :)Christa M. Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14384508556022159789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post-1142521228805640002006-03-16T10:00:00.000-05:002006-03-16T10:00:00.000-05:00Too many books to pick one.Bad books told me "you ...Too many books to pick one.<BR/><BR/>Bad books told me "you can do better than this crap."<BR/><BR/>Good books make me yearn to pass on that same elusive magic - even if only in a fractured way.Bernitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05264585685253812090noreply@blogger.com