Comments on: Reading http://blog.lisacall.com/2007/09/reading.html Images and writing about my abstract contemporary textile art by Lisa Call. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:53:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Katherine http://blog.lisacall.com/2007/09/reading.html#comment-14146 Katherine Mon, 24 Sep 2007 08:38:40 +0000 http://blog.lisacall.com/2007/09/reading.html#comment-14146 I have a house full of books and yet seem to have stopped reading novels altogether - mainly because I'm asleep within two minutes of getting into bed these days! Which is great in one way but I do miss the reading. Having my structured study around various art topics is helping me work my way through various art books - biographies and reference books - and I think I'm actually enjoying them much more because it feels more purposeful. But I hadn't ever thought about listening to books and yet it seems so obvious - I've only ever listened on long car journies where I know they are terrific for whiling away the hours. I think I'm going to have to go and see if I can find any of the ones I like! I have a house full of books and yet seem to have stopped reading novels altogether - mainly because I’m asleep within two minutes of getting into bed these days! Which is great in one way but I do miss the reading.

Having my structured study around various art topics is helping me work my way through various art books - biographies and reference books - and I think I’m actually enjoying them much more because it feels more purposeful.

But I hadn’t ever thought about listening to books and yet it seems so obvious - I’ve only ever listened on long car journies where I know they are terrific for whiling away the hours. I think I’m going to have to go and see if I can find any of the ones I like!

]]> By: Mary Andrews http://blog.lisacall.com/2007/09/reading.html#comment-14078 Mary Andrews Fri, 21 Sep 2007 02:27:33 +0000 http://blog.lisacall.com/2007/09/reading.html#comment-14078 I think you would like Animal, Vegetable, Miracle since you have a garden and can some of your own food. If you like history and adventure Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson is really good and my favorite on tape is Water For Elephants. It has 2 really good readers. I get to read a lot with books on CD while sewing and in the car. I think you would like Animal, Vegetable, Miracle since you have a garden and can some of your own food. If you like history and adventure Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson is really good and my favorite on tape is Water For Elephants. It has 2 really good readers. I get to read a lot with books on CD while sewing and in the car.

]]> By: Diane Clancy http://blog.lisacall.com/2007/09/reading.html#comment-14050 Diane Clancy Thu, 20 Sep 2007 07:06:06 +0000 http://blog.lisacall.com/2007/09/reading.html#comment-14050 I used to read a lot too ... and I haven't been for awhile. I have almost finished the latest Harry Potter book - but that is not to everyone's taste. Most nights now I haven't been reading for 10 minutes, never mind my old hour or two. ~ Diane Clancy www.dianeclancy.com/blog I used to read a lot too … and I haven’t been for awhile. I have almost finished the latest Harry Potter book - but that is not to everyone’s taste. Most nights now I haven’t been reading for 10 minutes, never mind my old hour or two.

~ Diane Clancy
http://www.dianeclancy.com/blog

]]> By: Sarah Regan Snavely http://blog.lisacall.com/2007/09/reading.html#comment-14027 Sarah Regan Snavely Wed, 19 Sep 2007 12:35:53 +0000 http://blog.lisacall.com/2007/09/reading.html#comment-14027 Another audio book artist! I love to listen to an audio book while I'm working on repetitive studio tasks. My recent favorite has been Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver (borrowed from the public library!). I have Eat, Pray, Love on my waiting list. Thanks for the recommendation. Another audio book artist! I love to listen to an audio book while I’m working on repetitive studio tasks. My recent favorite has been Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver (borrowed from the public library!). I have Eat, Pray, Love on my waiting list. Thanks for the recommendation.

]]> By: Lisa Call http://blog.lisacall.com/2007/09/reading.html#comment-14025 Lisa Call Wed, 19 Sep 2007 11:53:00 +0000 http://blog.lisacall.com/2007/09/reading.html#comment-14025 Helen, thanks for the pointer to shelfari - looks like a good place to get recommendations! Tracy, I won't tell your kids. Melody, I agree - so much to think about when reading Eat, Pray, Love. Alyson, thanks for the recommendation - sounds like a fun book. Helen, thanks for the pointer to shelfari - looks like a good place to get recommendations!

Tracy, I won’t tell your kids.

Melody, I agree - so much to think about when reading Eat, Pray, Love.

Alyson, thanks for the recommendation - sounds like a fun book.

]]> By: Alyson B. Stanfield http://blog.lisacall.com/2007/09/reading.html#comment-13999 Alyson B. Stanfield Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:27:55 +0000 http://blog.lisacall.com/2007/09/reading.html#comment-13999 Lisa, I applaud you for getting through the first Spurling book (The Unknown Matisse) and almost finishing the second. I consider Matisse a kindred spirit and I don't think I even made it through 50 pages of the first book. I suppose Spurling and I aren't soulmates. But I did feel the love for Gilbert and Eat, Pray, Love. I can easily say it's one of my favorite books of the last ten years. Another book I have loved picking up for moments of smiling is Encylopedia of an Ordinary Life by Amy Krouse Rosenthal. I love her humor and take on things we come across every day--if only we would notice. Lisa, I applaud you for getting through the first Spurling book (The Unknown Matisse) and almost finishing the second. I consider Matisse a kindred spirit and I don’t think I even made it through 50 pages of the first book. I suppose Spurling and I aren’t soulmates. But I did feel the love for Gilbert and Eat, Pray, Love. I can easily say it’s one of my favorite books of the last ten years. Another book I have loved picking up for moments of smiling is Encylopedia of an Ordinary Life by Amy Krouse Rosenthal. I love her humor and take on things we come across every day–if only we would notice.

]]> By: Melody Madden http://blog.lisacall.com/2007/09/reading.html#comment-13996 Melody Madden Tue, 18 Sep 2007 12:12:13 +0000 http://blog.lisacall.com/2007/09/reading.html#comment-13996 Eat, Pray, Love was one of my favourite all time books. Such a great read Eat, Pray, Love was one of my favourite all time books. Such a great read

]]> By: tracy http://blog.lisacall.com/2007/09/reading.html#comment-13995 tracy Tue, 18 Sep 2007 12:08:04 +0000 http://blog.lisacall.com/2007/09/reading.html#comment-13995 Hi Lisa, glad to hear that I am not alone in being too tired to read at night anymore. I have the Matisse book waiting, plus biographies of Thomas Eakins and Edward Hopper, and about a hundred other chick lit books. I envy you being able to follow books on tape. I can't follow the story by listening, I have to see the words. This is a secret-my kids have been reading to me each night for years and I have pretended to follow the story, but really I never have any idea about what they are reading! Hi Lisa, glad to hear that I am not alone in being too tired to read at night anymore. I have the Matisse book waiting, plus biographies of Thomas Eakins and Edward Hopper, and about a hundred other chick lit books.

I envy you being able to follow books on tape. I can’t follow the story by listening, I have to see the words. This is a secret-my kids have been reading to me each night for years and I have pretended to follow the story, but really I never have any idea about what they are reading!

]]> By: Helen Harris http://blog.lisacall.com/2007/09/reading.html#comment-13994 Helen Harris Tue, 18 Sep 2007 12:06:44 +0000 http://blog.lisacall.com/2007/09/reading.html#comment-13994 Dear Lisa, Your blog today was a moment of recognition! I felt like your twin in our efforts to recover reading time and book selection.I seemed to constantly be reading art books but missing out on the current excellent fiction and conversations about books that my daughters were always discussing. One of my daughters suggested a site , www.shelfari.com. It may interest you . Look for my name as Starhawk. Helen www.helenharrispaintings.com Dear Lisa,
Your blog today was a moment of recognition! I felt like your twin in our efforts to recover reading time and book selection.I seemed to constantly be reading art books but missing out on the current excellent fiction and conversations about books that my daughters were always discussing.
One of my daughters suggested a site ,
http://www.shelfari.com. It may interest you . Look for my name as Starhawk.
Helen
http://www.helenharrispaintings.com

]]>