Comments on: Sunday Salon for 9 December 2007 http://www.cottontimer.com/2007/12/09/sunday-salon-for-9-december-2007/ Love, Laughter, and Madness Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:07:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Cottontimer http://www.cottontimer.com/2007/12/09/sunday-salon-for-9-december-2007/#comment-373009 Cottontimer Wed, 12 Dec 2007 13:37:00 +0000 http://www.cottontimer.com/2007/12/09/sunday-salon-for-9-december-2007/#comment-373009 Lisa, I agree with you. Reading Lolita is also boooring. I only manage to make my way through it by bringing out with me when there are no other reading options. I think my boredom stems from my complete lack of interest in revisiting books we reading in high school English. We didn't read Lolita but we did read Gatsby which is the section of Reading Lolita I'm embedded in now. Lisa, I agree with you. Reading Lolita is also boooring. I only manage to make my way through it by bringing out with me when there are no other reading options. I think my boredom stems from my complete lack of interest in revisiting books we reading in high school English. We didn’t read Lolita but we did read Gatsby which is the section of Reading Lolita I’m embedded in now.

]]> By: Lisa http://www.cottontimer.com/2007/12/09/sunday-salon-for-9-december-2007/#comment-369307 Lisa Mon, 10 Dec 2007 19:26:15 +0000 http://www.cottontimer.com/2007/12/09/sunday-salon-for-9-december-2007/#comment-369307 What a great book - thanks for the reminder as it is some years since I read it. Interesting to know they are making a film: I can't imagine what that will be like. (I struggled with Reading Lolita... too, but for much less eloquent or intelligent reasons than you; I was just bored by it!) What a great book - thanks for the reminder as it is some years since I read it. Interesting to know they are making a film: I can’t imagine what that will be like. (I struggled with Reading Lolita… too, but for much less eloquent or intelligent reasons than you; I was just bored by it!)

]]> By: Debra Hamel http://www.cottontimer.com/2007/12/09/sunday-salon-for-9-december-2007/#comment-368874 Debra Hamel Mon, 10 Dec 2007 14:16:02 +0000 http://www.cottontimer.com/2007/12/09/sunday-salon-for-9-december-2007/#comment-368874 It really does look hard to take. The book was hard to take, but at least it wasn't visual. It really does look hard to take. The book was hard to take, but at least it wasn’t visual.

]]> By: Cottontimer http://www.cottontimer.com/2007/12/09/sunday-salon-for-9-december-2007/#comment-368871 Cottontimer Mon, 10 Dec 2007 14:12:50 +0000 http://www.cottontimer.com/2007/12/09/sunday-salon-for-9-december-2007/#comment-368871 Debra, I asked my husband to go see the movie with me when it comes out in February here and he said it was too much drama! *sniff* I will go and sob my brains out alone then. :P Debra, I asked my husband to go see the movie with me when it comes out in February here and he said it was too much drama! *sniff* I will go and sob my brains out alone then. :P

]]> By: Debra Hamel http://www.cottontimer.com/2007/12/09/sunday-salon-for-9-december-2007/#comment-367476 Debra Hamel Sun, 09 Dec 2007 20:00:10 +0000 http://www.cottontimer.com/2007/12/09/sunday-salon-for-9-december-2007/#comment-367476 Oh, man. I don't think I want to see the movie. Glad you liked the book, though. Oh, man. I don’t think I want to see the movie.

Glad you liked the book, though.

]]> By: Cottontimer http://www.cottontimer.com/2007/12/09/sunday-salon-for-9-december-2007/#comment-367471 Cottontimer Sun, 09 Dec 2007 19:57:27 +0000 http://www.cottontimer.com/2007/12/09/sunday-salon-for-9-december-2007/#comment-367471 Hi Clare, I'd never heard of John O'Farrell until a friend of mine gave me this book! Now I'm definitely a fan and have subscribed to NewsBiscuit. Our state school recently needed two governors and it wasn't easy trying to sign parents up! We're business expats who'll be leaving England in a couple of years so I didn't think it was appropriate for me to volunteer.... Hi Clare, I’d never heard of John O’Farrell until a friend of mine gave me this book! Now I’m definitely a fan and have subscribed to NewsBiscuit.

Our state school recently needed two governors and it wasn’t easy trying to sign parents up! We’re business expats who’ll be leaving England in a couple of years so I didn’t think it was appropriate for me to volunteer….

]]> By: Cottontimer http://www.cottontimer.com/2007/12/09/sunday-salon-for-9-december-2007/#comment-367453 Cottontimer Sun, 09 Dec 2007 19:43:03 +0000 http://www.cottontimer.com/2007/12/09/sunday-salon-for-9-december-2007/#comment-367453 Hey Laurina, The link for Tough Choices is actually generated by the Amazon server so it can be a little slow to pop-up. ;) If you read the book, let me know what you think! The writing style is a bit dry but her story is an interesting one to learn about. Some of the Amazon reviewers are pretty harsh, though. Hey Laurina, The link for Tough Choices is actually generated by the Amazon server so it can be a little slow to pop-up. ;) If you read the book, let me know what you think! The writing style is a bit dry but her story is an interesting one to learn about. Some of the Amazon reviewers are pretty harsh, though.

]]> By: Clare D http://www.cottontimer.com/2007/12/09/sunday-salon-for-9-december-2007/#comment-367423 Clare D Sun, 09 Dec 2007 19:17:28 +0000 http://www.cottontimer.com/2007/12/09/sunday-salon-for-9-december-2007/#comment-367423 Did you know John O'Farrell runs NewsBiscuit? http://newsbiscuit.com/ I dip into it daily - and it always makes me laugh - well almost... He's a school governor, in the state system I believe - but perhaps he says that in his book. I feel exactly the same way about the Diving Bell and the Butterfly - your short review says it all. Did you know John O’Farrell runs NewsBiscuit? http://newsbiscuit.com/

I dip into it daily - and it always makes me laugh - well almost…

He’s a school governor, in the state system I believe - but perhaps he says that in his book.

I feel exactly the same way about the Diving Bell and the Butterfly - your short review says it all.

]]> By: laurina http://www.cottontimer.com/2007/12/09/sunday-salon-for-9-december-2007/#comment-367400 laurina Sun, 09 Dec 2007 18:57:16 +0000 http://www.cottontimer.com/2007/12/09/sunday-salon-for-9-december-2007/#comment-367400 your link for tough choices doesn't seem to work. but anyway, im reading the review on amazon and it seems very interesting, and inspiring! yay for female corporate leaders! your link for tough choices doesn’t seem to work. but anyway, im reading the review on amazon and it seems very interesting, and inspiring! yay for female corporate leaders!

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