tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7521348297206014365.post6714706716002256965..comments2024-03-28T08:49:59.941-05:00Comments on Laura's Reviews: April Posts for the Victorian Challenge – Emily Dickinson Month!Laura's Reviewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13904763940307902364noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7521348297206014365.post-9825509525147136932012-06-01T00:34:04.234-05:002012-06-01T00:34:04.234-05:00I think the Doyle/Eliot month would be cool. It w...I think the Doyle/Eliot month would be cool. It would give me a chance to catch up on Doyle related reading.Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17824748902803492123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7521348297206014365.post-80604543230645103902012-05-31T13:59:27.675-05:002012-05-31T13:59:27.675-05:00At least being behind myself has helped others to ...At least being behind myself has helped others to catch up! I'm going to skip May (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) and post June (George Eliot) hopefully this weekend. Any thoughts on whether I should make it the Doyle/Eliot month or just straight Eliot month?Laura's Reviewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13904763940307902364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7521348297206014365.post-12161747020057638882012-05-30T04:55:23.992-05:002012-05-30T04:55:23.992-05:00I've just posted my link for my two Emily Dick...I've just posted my link for my two Emily Dickinson books, one of some poetry and the other a book called Afternoons with Emily.<br /><br />Note: I've changed my blog to use a tab at the top (called Laura's Victorian Challenges: Book Reviews) for my reviews. I'll gradually add some of the earlier reviews here later.<br /><br />I've also done a review for an Arthur Conan Doyle book (his first novel!!), and will link that when the May link is up<br /><br />cheers<br />Julie in AustraliaAussie stitcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00955240144908309676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7521348297206014365.post-5608741351702420412012-05-16T04:51:29.636-05:002012-05-16T04:51:29.636-05:00I am having trouble with post link showing up . . ...I am having trouble with post link showing up . . . on my own blog. Make sure to leave Laura's Reviews and return to check that your link shows up. Make sure to comment after posting!Laura's Reviewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13904763940307902364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7521348297206014365.post-5514731098368215332012-05-15T12:02:30.664-05:002012-05-15T12:02:30.664-05:00Keep posting your great reviews on this link for A...Keep posting your great reviews on this link for April. I just posted a summary of why I've been missing recently . . . and I will hopefully get the May link up by this weekend!Laura's Reviewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13904763940307902364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7521348297206014365.post-45316641513787863082012-05-13T15:22:54.500-05:002012-05-13T15:22:54.500-05:00I've added links for April and May.I've added links for April and May.Beckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00793618692608823102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7521348297206014365.post-83886043382343259062012-05-12T19:00:41.347-05:002012-05-12T19:00:41.347-05:00I am really behind with reading and posts but have...I am really behind with reading and posts but have finally posted on Bleak House, a book I love. Didn't see a link for May so just posted it here hope that is okay. Thanks.Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17824748902803492123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7521348297206014365.post-38007132538483846602012-04-29T07:13:41.587-05:002012-04-29T07:13:41.587-05:00Just a quick update (but not yet on my blog as I h...Just a quick update (but not yet on my blog as I haven't finished Afternoons with Emily.<br /><br />So far I've read all about the girl's life (Ara, later calling herself Miranda) who ends up in Amherst USA and starts calling on Emily every Monday afternoon, turns out that Emily doesn't have any other visitors and scurries upstairs every time someone comes into the house. She does however have a number of male friends who she corresponds with.<br /><br />I won't finish by end of April, but I am well into it so far.<br /><br />regards<br />Julie in AustraliaJuliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14877578207134920821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7521348297206014365.post-90515935105802023322012-04-22T22:34:42.282-05:002012-04-22T22:34:42.282-05:00Did a review on teh book cover of Tenant of Wildfe...Did a review on teh book cover of Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë. Hope it's all right, it's something I did for Classics Challenge.Caroline Helstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04922512642158974870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7521348297206014365.post-54865467556630693512012-04-21T03:07:45.166-05:002012-04-21T03:07:45.166-05:00I've just posted a short review of a book whic...I've just posted a short review of a book which I didn't get very far with, now am reading "Afternoons with Emily" by Rose MacMurrayJuliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14877578207134920821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7521348297206014365.post-26535376082920353552012-04-20T08:30:21.318-05:002012-04-20T08:30:21.318-05:00I adore Emily Dickinson and this has inspired me t...I adore Emily Dickinson and this has inspired me to either read (again) her collection of poems or do some searching for a bio. Thanks so much!Joannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07716758796036142540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7521348297206014365.post-76311674139839428172012-04-20T07:41:34.794-05:002012-04-20T07:41:34.794-05:00I think Emily Dickinson's poems are deceptivel...I think Emily Dickinson's poems are deceptively simple. I remember a friend in college gave me a volume, and I thought "what's the fuss," but I kept on reading them and found them addictive.<br /><br />I just picked up this volume, and by chance it opened to this poem...<br /><br />New feet within my garden go, <br />New fingers stir the sod; <br />A troubadour upon the elm <br />Betrays the solitude. <br /><br />New children play upon the green, <br />New weary sleep below; <br />And still the pensive spring returns, <br />And still the punctual snow!<br /><br />I enjoyed your post--it's inspired me to add a bio of Dickinson to my reading list, and maybe check out the Victorian Challenge myself.JaneGShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11094501834387622997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7521348297206014365.post-9832864579517568372012-04-20T07:38:47.585-05:002012-04-20T07:38:47.585-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.JaneGShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11094501834387622997noreply@blogger.com