Comments on: Book hooks http://wordlily.com/2009/10/02/book-hooks/ For the love of language (and some fiber arts, too) Wed, 15 Feb 2012 05:18:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Bliss List, Book Hooks, Fascinations | Semicolon http://wordlily.com/2009/10/02/book-hooks/#comment-5725 Tue, 29 Jun 2010 13:52:37 +0000 http://wordlily.com/?p=2924#comment-5725 [...] a list of things, people, places, ideas that catch their interest and make them want to read more. Word Lily likes books about spies and detectives, other cultures and languages, and convents/cloiste… Kim at Sophisticated Dorkiness likes reimagined fairy tales and multiple narrators. Ms Bookish has [...]

]]> By: Sunday Salon: 20 Examples That Feed My Fascinations | Semicolon http://wordlily.com/2009/10/02/book-hooks/#comment-5709 Sun, 27 Jun 2010 04:26:56 +0000 http://wordlily.com/?p=2924#comment-5709 [...] a list of things, people, places, ideas that catch their interest and make them want to read more. Word Lily likes books about spies and detectives, other cultures and languages, and convents/cloiste… Kim at Sophisticated Dorkiness likes reimagined fairy tales and multiple narrators. Ms Bookish has [...]

]]> By: Word Lily http://wordlily.com/2009/10/02/book-hooks/#comment-5673 Sun, 20 Jun 2010 23:24:29 +0000 http://wordlily.com/?p=2924#comment-5673 Ooh, thanks for the recs!

• I’m a fan of L’Engle; I’ll definitely look into that one.
• I just wrote and scheduled my first review of a Mitali Perkins book; I’m looking forward to reading more of her work!
• I’m tried Lawhead, but I haven’t finished one yet. I’ll try again some day.

I’m planning to look up the rest.

]]> By: sherry http://wordlily.com/2009/10/02/book-hooks/#comment-5672 Sun, 20 Jun 2010 23:09:30 +0000 http://wordlily.com/?p=2924#comment-5672 Cloistered life: In This House of Brede by Rumer Godden, The Hawk and the Dove by Penelope Wilcock, A Severed Wasp by Madeleine L’Engle

Other cultures: Mitali Perkins, Stephen Lawhead, Alan Paton

Language: Crazy English by Richard Lederer

]]> By: How I Get Hooked on Books http://wordlily.com/2009/10/02/book-hooks/#comment-4029 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:31:22 +0000 http://wordlily.com/?p=2924#comment-4029 [...] this idea from Memory (Stella Mautina) who borrowed it from Ms. Bookish who borrowed in from Word Lily. So basically, it’s an idea lots of other people had that I think is [...]

]]> By: wordlily http://wordlily.com/2009/10/02/book-hooks/#comment-3940 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:15:49 +0000 http://wordlily.com/?p=2924#comment-3940 I look forward to seeing your list!

]]> By: Beth F http://wordlily.com/2009/10/02/book-hooks/#comment-3939 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:25:10 +0000 http://wordlily.com/?p=2924#comment-3939 I love your list: we overlap a lot: foodie, other cultures, fiber arts, coffee . . . I really need to steal your idea and do a similar post.

]]> By: Margot at Joyfully Retired http://wordlily.com/2009/10/02/book-hooks/#comment-3931 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 01:41:07 +0000 http://wordlily.com/?p=2924#comment-3931 I like your list of book hooks. I’ve never looked at it that way before. I have quite a few in common with your list (detectives, spies, knitting, food). This past year I’ve been involved in two different challenges that involve reading books about food. There is an enormous number of books about food from fiction, non-fiction, and so forth, not counting cookbooks. In fact, there is a whole genre out there of mysteries involving food.

]]> By: Jenny http://wordlily.com/2009/10/02/book-hooks/#comment-3926 Sat, 03 Oct 2009 17:49:22 +0000 http://wordlily.com/?p=2924#comment-3926 Love the “book hooks” title. :P It’s so interesting to see what time periods, themes, etc., attract different bloggers.

]]> By: Gavin http://wordlily.com/2009/10/02/book-hooks/#comment-3925 Sat, 03 Oct 2009 14:36:24 +0000 http://wordlily.com/?p=2924#comment-3925 I love the book hook idea, will have to steel it for a post. The Midwest? have you read Willa Cather? My Antonia or Oh, Pioneers?

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