tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6930263311780001387.post1994592722742710119..comments2024-03-26T13:34:53.762-04:00Comments on Catching Happiness: No Passport NecessaryKathy A. Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01499969787028085716noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6930263311780001387.post-40737134775801129912012-02-11T10:12:09.946-05:002012-02-11T10:12:09.946-05:00Danielle--It's so wonderful to be able to trav...Danielle--It's so wonderful to be able to travel the world through books if we can't do it literally at the moment. And even if we can, it adds so much to the experience to have a book or two set in our destination under our belts, so to speak. <br /><br />And I'd be flattered if you copied my post!Kathy A. Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01499969787028085716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6930263311780001387.post-25146467735319511022012-02-10T21:46:08.749-05:002012-02-10T21:46:08.749-05:00LOVE that Jean Rhys quote--I am going to write it ...LOVE that Jean Rhys quote--I am going to write it down and perhaps use it as well! I really enjoyed My Brother Michael when I read it last year--I have her other Greece books as well and can't wait to get to them. And there is Delphi! (The Helen MacInnes I am very slowly reading is also set in Delphi). I've never been lucky enough to get to Greece, but someday I would like to! I read the Toth book (and have her other memoirs as well that look so interesting). Agree with you on those Italy books--A Room with a View is one of my all time favorite reads and I should really reread Enchanted April now that is is February (doesn't the book start in dreary February?). Reading is also for me a way to travel the world and I often choose books based on period, or setting. When I know I want to 'visit' Italy or someplace else I look for a book to match. Thanks for the mention, by the way. I'm just starting a book about Palestine--a memoir, which is really interesting. I might have to copy your post and share my own favorites (if you don't mind!).Daniellehttp://www.danitorres.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6930263311780001387.post-35635131533552488582012-02-04T11:43:52.125-05:002012-02-04T11:43:52.125-05:00I could tell from reading the book The Artist on t...I could tell from reading the book The Artist on the Road Impressions of Greece that I would want to sketch all over Greece.<br /><br />I read Mary Stewart's Arthurian Saga - The Crystal Cave, The Hollow Hills, The Last Enchantment, and The Wicked Day - and loved them, so I'm sure I would enjoy the ones you mention.Cheryl Gebharthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18397847473688573549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6930263311780001387.post-66500895203194331162012-02-04T09:43:03.436-05:002012-02-04T09:43:03.436-05:00Cheryl--There are lots of great sketching opportun...Cheryl--There are lots of great sketching opportunities in Greece. Unfortunately, I went before I learned to sketch! <br /><br />I loved both the book and movie versions of The Enchanted April, and the Mary Stewarts are some of my all-time favorite books. If you read them, you'll have to let me know what you think.Kathy A. Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01499969787028085716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6930263311780001387.post-50105212769921078282012-02-03T15:11:58.022-05:002012-02-03T15:11:58.022-05:00I always enjoy learning what other people enjoy re...I always enjoy learning what other people enjoy reading. I really want to go to Greece one day (that's one of my bucket list items) so I need to check out those books. I'm also interested in The Enchanted April. Interestingly, I had never read Anne of Green Gables, so we listened to it as an audio book a couple of years ago on a trip and found it delightful.Cheryl Gebharthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18397847473688573549noreply@blogger.com