tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611609.post7725376432321465039..comments2024-03-28T06:16:05.361-05:00Comments on One Hot Stove: What I'm Reading in the Winter BreakNupurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03890441057480820053noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611609.post-2648603716685742812015-01-07T19:15:55.496-06:002015-01-07T19:15:55.496-06:00If you haven't already, highly recommend Anne...If you haven't already, highly recommend Anne Lamott's "Small Victories"... incandescent!!Jananinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611609.post-61609189235251356672015-01-05T10:10:59.343-06:002015-01-05T10:10:59.343-06:00Tiny Beautiful Things was so beautiful and heartbr...Tiny Beautiful Things was so beautiful and heartbreaking. Cheryl Strayed really knows how to rip open emotions.Nupurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03890441057480820053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611609.post-51659251789199139452015-01-05T10:09:08.287-06:002015-01-05T10:09:08.287-06:00Glad you liked What If too, Vishakha! Can't we...Glad you liked What If too, Vishakha! Can't we Talk...is very much on my reading list. I read an excerpt in the New Yorker and loved it. I'll look for Henry and Mudge books- thanks! Happy New Year to you too!Nupurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03890441057480820053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611609.post-89099934532750539002015-01-05T10:07:09.634-06:002015-01-05T10:07:09.634-06:00Thank you, dear Kamini, for these wonderful wishes...Thank you, dear Kamini, for these wonderful wishes! And I wish you a very happy 2015 too. I can't wait for your next post- it is such a treat. Nupurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03890441057480820053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611609.post-86615289013343211892015-01-04T18:55:20.892-06:002015-01-04T18:55:20.892-06:00Isn't Tiny Beautiful Things just lovely? I'...Isn't Tiny Beautiful Things just lovely? I'm glad you got to read it. Michael bought What If? recently and I'm looking forward to diving in!Leslie @ This is the Refrainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18027804132268043518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611609.post-67240529503462482212015-01-03T19:48:08.619-06:002015-01-03T19:48:08.619-06:00Happy New Year!
I finally got back into reading -...Happy New Year!<br /><br />I finally got back into reading - here's my list<br />- What If - I read his blog all the time and this book is great! <br />- At Home by Bill Bryson - The history of everyday life written from the rooms that it happens in. Nice writing<br />- Cant we talk about something more pleasant? - A graphic novel about caring for aging parents. A topic all too close to my Vishakha Parvatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00142964093616938098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611609.post-31794039101324216882015-01-02T09:09:06.979-06:002015-01-02T09:09:06.979-06:00Wishing all of you a very happy new year, Nupur. G...Wishing all of you a very happy new year, Nupur. Good health (most apt, after your previous wonderful post), good friends, good food and good times. And may your blog continue to bring cheer to all our lives :)Kaminihttp://kaminidandapani.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611609.post-42393029295041263782014-12-31T13:55:09.131-06:002014-12-31T13:55:09.131-06:00Arpita- Quartet is melancholy for sure, but ever s...Arpita- Quartet is melancholy for sure, but ever so relatable (perhaps because aging relatives have been on my mind lately...). The doodle books sound very interesting! I hope 2015 is stacked high with wonderful books for you!!Nupurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03890441057480820053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611609.post-1062991549212900932014-12-31T13:53:37.696-06:002014-12-31T13:53:37.696-06:00Thanks Radhika! Wishing you a wonderful 2015 too, ...Thanks Radhika! Wishing you a wonderful 2015 too, with lots of good books! Nupurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03890441057480820053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611609.post-40124150113740557412014-12-31T13:53:12.604-06:002014-12-31T13:53:12.604-06:00Learning languages is good fun- and great brain ex...Learning languages is good fun- and great brain exercise! We're enjoying the winter holidays and hope you are too. Hugs to you!Nupurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03890441057480820053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611609.post-88364883405811124622014-12-31T13:52:28.169-06:002014-12-31T13:52:28.169-06:00I've only read Coraline by Neil Gaiman and I d...I've only read Coraline by Neil Gaiman and I did not like it as much as others seem to. I think I am put off by "strange" stories, I am too practical and not imaginative enough!!Nupurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03890441057480820053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611609.post-40739381082168654982014-12-31T13:51:41.873-06:002014-12-31T13:51:41.873-06:00I found "moose" at a gently-used book sa...I found "moose" at a gently-used book sale and it is a slim paperback but definitely a favorite around here! I didn't realize that the author is the same one who wrote the mouse-cookie book. Nupurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03890441057480820053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611609.post-21006006392321797302014-12-29T13:51:26.819-06:002014-12-29T13:51:26.819-06:00Hi Nupur- loved that you read a Barbara Pym. I hav...Hi Nupur- loved that you read a Barbara Pym. I haven't read Quartet in Autumn- I've heard its one of her most melancholy, thoughtful ones. In a strange way I don't want to finish the Pym's- there are so few of them there will be nothing of hers to read afterwards :) I would like to read the strange pilgrimage of … soon myself.<br />As for me I thought I would indulge in a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611609.post-63079254399997826172014-12-28T16:39:49.281-06:002014-12-28T16:39:49.281-06:00I am intrigued by your book recommendations, as al...I am intrigued by your book recommendations, as always, Nupur.<br /><br />Your quilt is lovely. I do have a whole list of things to do this coming year as well, and am planning to use the Getting Things Done approach. I hope you have a lovely 2015.Radhikahttp://rrameshv.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611609.post-15452371119696457352014-12-28T15:50:28.840-06:002014-12-28T15:50:28.840-06:00Hi Nupur, I will have to check out your top 3 pick...Hi Nupur, I will have to check out your top 3 picks.... they sound good. I'm reading Fluent Forever which is a book about learning languages fast and retaining them....Someday I plan to take up French and justify the 5 years spent in school on it but for now, I'm improving my German... Hopefully you had a nice few days off. Hugs to Lila! Love, RAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611609.post-9471539853222079282014-12-26T21:19:13.905-06:002014-12-26T21:19:13.905-06:00I always enjoy hearing about what you are reading....I always enjoy hearing about what you are reading. Am sure I would love most of these. I have heard a bit about The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry - I would fancy reading this too. I am reading American Gods by Neil Gaiman which is really entertaining if a little strange at time.Johanna GGGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08594201473931487490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611609.post-16282537759162394912014-12-24T05:22:15.686-06:002014-12-24T05:22:15.686-06:00Hi Nupur,
I am so pleased to read that you and Li...Hi Nupur,<br /><br />I am so pleased to read that you and Lila enjoy 'If you Give a Moose a Muffin.' <br />I found this quirky book in a small bookstore in Alaska, many years ago and as it came highly recommended by the lady at the cash desk, I bought it for my nephews. They loved it and of course I was made to create many similar scenarios involving other animals but rhyming is not one Ambernoreply@blogger.com