tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27877766.post6259569155192774555..comments2024-01-07T18:10:32.585-08:00Comments on Books and other things: A Stunning Tale: Return of The Native by Thomas HardyLoretta Proctorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08086372952753615041noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27877766.post-39302907473368010382022-09-22T10:01:07.043-07:002022-09-22T10:01:07.043-07:00Loved reading this thankksLoved reading this thankksColumbia Roofinghttps://www.find-roofing.com/us/roofing-contractors-missouri/columbia-roofing.shtmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27877766.post-55884982918157724872014-07-01T12:46:05.155-07:002014-07-01T12:46:05.155-07:00How wonderful to inspire others with one's lov...How wonderful to inspire others with one's love of literature. Now I've got back to it, I can't bear to read too many 'modern' novels. I so love the descriptions, the prose, the scenes conjured up. I only hope I manage a teeny bit of that in my own writings. thanks for this wonderful comment, Elizabeth. Loretta Proctorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08086372952753615041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27877766.post-67624774774346288012014-06-23T04:38:14.731-07:002014-06-23T04:38:14.731-07:00I read that in college, and it still resonates wit...I read that in college, and it still resonates with me as one of the saddest books I read. It also left me feeling permeated with village life way back then and the haunting quality of the heath. <br /><br />I find some of my best reads in used book stores, too. Your post made me want to go wander over to my favorite used book store.Elizabeth Varadan, Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01708206753256682635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27877766.post-80752103870585669832014-06-05T10:21:25.365-07:002014-06-05T10:21:25.365-07:00Dear Elizabeth, thnaks for your comment...it's...Dear Elizabeth, thnaks for your comment...it's a wonderful book. <br />Ashen, I agree that leaving comments isn't that easy on blogger! I know what you mean about being ravenously hungry to read and read as fast as possible and not take it all in. I feel I'm just beginning to really understand some of these fine works as a mature person. <br />Loretta Proctorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08086372952753615041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27877766.post-7095670895005288822014-05-26T03:28:18.090-07:002014-05-26T03:28:18.090-07:00Thanks for reminding me so evocatively of this nov...Thanks for reminding me so evocatively of this novel. Many books I read when younger were poorly digested, I was too ravenously hungry then :)<br />I think I might have to join google+ or something. Leaving messages on Blogger sites is fraught having to decipher their unreadable test windows to prove that I'm a real person :)Ashenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12394940341184140915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27877766.post-10759840682371446352014-05-18T14:31:07.684-07:002014-05-18T14:31:07.684-07:00I do agree. I read this in college and it was a gr...I do agree. I read this in college and it was a great introduction to a fine writer. The story really gripped me, and has lingered in memory for many years, the atmosphere, the aura, the resonance of these lives. He was a wonderful writer. Thanks for the reminder. Elizabeth Varadan, Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01708206753256682635noreply@blogger.com