tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7917399623639777668.post5757445915869443818..comments2023-06-04T03:28:30.162-07:00Comments on <b>Necessary Acts of Devotion</b>: Chapter One Hundred Two, in which one Thing leads to AnotherQuillhillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07601080339912553168noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7917399623639777668.post-55517434115180103882006-03-05T08:31:00.000-08:002006-03-05T08:31:00.000-08:00Lovely post.I found and read The Art of Travel not...Lovely post.<br><br>I found and read <i>The Art of Travel</i> not long ago and absolutely loved it. I've also read <i>How Proust Can Change Your Life</i> and enjoyed it before I'd ever read any Proust.<br><br>Your ideas of books as Russion dolls reminded me of Italo Calvino's book <i>If On a Winter's Night a Traveler</i>, an amazing book for the bookish.Stefaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14943596258182968212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7917399623639777668.post-47578534801747698822006-03-05T10:43:00.002-08:002006-03-05T10:43:00.002-08:00Very nicely put. Like you I relish the meandering...Very nicely put. Like you I relish the meandering journeys that take me from one book to the next and the next. I agree that no book is a dead end but I also find that some provide more fruitful beginnings than others. I think that one of the reasons that I so enjoy reading literary biography is the myriad of other books to which each one invariably leads me.Kate S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16897618197257393697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7917399623639777668.post-88057300693881998022006-03-05T10:43:00.001-08:002006-03-05T10:43:00.001-08:00Yes, books are like Matryoshkas, except we're ...Yes, books are like Matryoshkas, except we're on the inside and the world keeps expanding as we go along!Sylviahttp://arb0rv1tae.typepad.com/bookworm/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7917399623639777668.post-36458642369795818602006-03-06T18:54:00.000-08:002006-03-06T18:54:00.000-08:00I'm so pleased I'm not alone in the admira...I'm so pleased I'm not alone in the admiration of de Botton. I find him delicious! With an ever growing "to be read" pile of books, it's good to be reminded of the ones you just love. Thank you for pointing the way back (interesting how cyclical life is, eh?) to him.calliehttp://counterbalance.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7917399623639777668.post-52926936645914991132006-03-07T14:24:00.000-08:002006-03-07T14:24:00.000-08:00How Proust Can Change Your Life is on my want list...How Proust Can Change Your Life is on my want list.Quillhillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07601080339912553168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7917399623639777668.post-91446728554730928672006-03-15T08:14:00.000-08:002006-03-15T08:14:00.000-08:00In unpacking many many boxes of books after our mo...In unpacking many many boxes of books after our move, I came across two things:<br>1) Kiss & Tell by Alain de Boton --I loved this so much upon a first read many years ago that I actually bought it for several girlfriends. I believe it had more to do with us all being single and the particular insights de Boton had about how you know you are with the "right" person that allows you to be your best self. Not sure that the novel itself is brilliant as I look back on it now...but worth a read for a few good philisophical nuggets if you can fit it into your reading schedule.<br><br>2)How Proust Can Change Your Life -- I have an extra copy. Should I send? Let me know!calliehttp://counterbalance.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.com