tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734477124047219201.post4575718822087847594..comments2023-09-21T01:28:15.901-07:00Comments on A Library of My Own: The Red Leather Diary - Lily KoppelAmandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13978371169108528359noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734477124047219201.post-9292559374209618502009-12-14T09:21:48.489-08:002009-12-14T09:21:48.489-08:00Pick me pick me! I've been wanting to read thi...Pick me pick me! I've been wanting to read this one for quite a while. :)<br><br>As for biographies, I'm listening to one right now. It's about Isak Dinesen, and I'm finding that I liked her better before I knew so much about her ... and I'm definitely in the mood to watch Out of Africa again!Heather J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10474181812740579350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734477124047219201.post-81802754773513863372009-12-14T10:16:34.339-08:002009-12-14T10:16:34.339-08:00Awesome review, lady!! No need to enter me. I'...Awesome review, lady!! <br><br>No need to enter me. I'm dropping in to say thanks for the e-mail. I've got this posted at Win a Book for you.Susan Helene Gottfriedhttp://winabook.westofmars.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734477124047219201.post-66680123225268057472009-12-14T11:03:43.348-08:002009-12-14T11:03:43.348-08:00This sounds fantastic! I heard about it through s...This sounds fantastic! I heard about it through someone's holiday swap post. I'd love to be entered :-) The next biography I want to read is an autobiography called A Princess Remembers, about the Maharani of Jaipur. Also a fabulous woman :-)Aartihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02354873119188597611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734477124047219201.post-7538240194646241252009-12-14T11:42:22.988-08:002009-12-14T11:42:22.988-08:00This sounds so interesting, particularly because I...This sounds so interesting, particularly because I have the letters my grandparents wrote to each other during the war and I've been wanting to do something similar.<br><br>I do enjoy biographies. I haven't read any in a while though. <br><br>melacan at hotmail dot comPamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11520420535683181325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734477124047219201.post-1159724380981209122009-12-14T11:57:30.355-08:002009-12-14T11:57:30.355-08:00Sounds like a great book. Please count me in.Hmmm,...Sounds like a great book. Please count me in.<br><br>Hmmm, I haven't read any biography recently. I have, however, read The Tender Bar, by J. R. Moehringer, and it's a beautiful memoir.Silent Ravenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12543241113417693312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734477124047219201.post-72925557615606024802009-12-14T12:17:17.007-08:002009-12-14T12:17:17.007-08:00love the cover of this book...I have read Michael ...love the cover of this book...I have read Michael J Fox's 'lucky man' recently...an excellent book.<br><br>karenk<br>kmkuka(at)yahoo(dot)comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734477124047219201.post-78744106904105347802009-12-14T12:19:56.784-08:002009-12-14T12:19:56.784-08:00Can I enter this giveaway Amanda. This book has b...Can I enter this giveaway Amanda. This book has been on my radar since I started blogging. It was one of the first reviews I read and I absolutely fell in love with it.Viviennehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07156013023056026525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734477124047219201.post-13361878336636734862009-12-14T12:35:18.210-08:002009-12-14T12:35:18.210-08:00This sounds like a really neat book. I'm not ...This sounds like a really neat book. I'm not huge on biographies but sometimes I like memoirs. 'I Am Not Myself These Days" by Josh Kilmer-Purcell is a really good one.<br><br>Thanks for the giveaway!Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05865421919592469520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734477124047219201.post-35219240797402598262009-12-14T13:26:58.727-08:002009-12-14T13:26:58.727-08:00I love memoirs, The Glass Castle was a favorite, b...I love memoirs, The Glass Castle was a favorite, but I don't normally read biographies. This looks great! Thanks for the giveaway.<br><br>s.mickelson at gmail dot comSuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05521434567047157194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734477124047219201.post-9958920384047584822009-12-14T13:59:45.674-08:002009-12-14T13:59:45.674-08:00I really want to read this, but please don't e...I really want to read this, but please don't enter me. I know you've seen my tbr piles and I am trying to control myself from bringing more books into the house for awhile :)stacybuckeyehttp://stacybuckeye.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734477124047219201.post-59837951733733355532009-12-14T14:30:51.094-08:002009-12-14T14:30:51.094-08:00HOW COOL! I love finding old books (especially tho...HOW COOL! I love finding old books (especially those that have the owner's writing in them) in antique shops.<br><br>Please enter me into the drawing! ecaramil@gmail.com<br><br>I've not read many biographies, but my favorite has to be Scar Tissue by Anthony Kiedis of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. He has just had one weird life!Shehttp://www.historyofshe.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734477124047219201.post-1990186603836319222009-12-14T15:28:26.172-08:002009-12-14T15:28:26.172-08:00This sounds like a wonderful book. A biography I ...This sounds like a wonderful book. A biography I really enjoyed was Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder, the story of Dr. Paul Farmer and his quest to bring modern medicine to Haiti.<br>mtakala1 AT yahoo DOT comMargiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14746909213659842695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734477124047219201.post-9565166935616261192009-12-14T15:35:38.255-08:002009-12-14T15:35:38.255-08:00Amanda, so glad you enjoyed this book -- i did as ...Amanda, so glad you enjoyed this book -- i did as well :)Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10519875632878992728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734477124047219201.post-22910397290856524562009-12-14T16:37:40.755-08:002009-12-14T16:37:40.755-08:00well youve convinced me of its merit, count me inw...well youve convinced me of its merit, count me in<br><br>wheresmyrain at yahoo dot comwheresmyrainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17911973532886226533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734477124047219201.post-84936467015874444982009-12-14T17:26:41.214-08:002009-12-14T17:26:41.214-08:00i love to read this book. it'll be my first bo...i love to read this book. it'll be my first book ever about diiary. and i haven't read any biographies before.<br><br>uniquas at ymail dot commariskahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10540813942094048626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734477124047219201.post-85575260110491608292009-12-14T19:55:05.607-08:002009-12-14T19:55:05.607-08:00No need to enter me~ Just wanted to say I loved th...No need to enter me~ Just wanted to say I loved this book as well! I'm glad you also enjoyed it so much.A Bookshelf Monstrosityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14674115889348650429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734477124047219201.post-92087844678580153032009-12-16T11:47:12.447-08:002009-12-16T11:47:12.447-08:00I just finished reading "Forever Liesl: A Mem...I just finished reading "Forever Liesl: A Memoir of The Sound of Music" by Charmian Carr and it was fascinating to learn more about the movie and the real person behind her character. <br><br>Thank you for offering this giveaway. This book is on my must-read list. <br><br>susanaudrey316 at gmail dot comSusanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02495354009739826054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734477124047219201.post-10625260811814551692009-12-16T11:52:15.319-08:002009-12-16T11:52:15.319-08:00This book sounds great. I'm actually glad you ...This book sounds great. I'm actually glad you took so long to review it since reading it now reminded me that I really want to get this book :)Kim (Sophisticated Dorkiness)http://sophisticateddorkiness.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734477124047219201.post-77581592760133269282009-12-16T19:52:28.128-08:002009-12-16T19:52:28.128-08:00Thanks so much for the shout-out to my blog post a...Thanks so much for the shout-out to my blog post about Florence's literary salons. Very much appreciated! Glad you liked this one as much as I did ... it is one of my favorite books that I read in 2009.Melissa (Betty and Boo Chronicles)http://bettyboochronicles.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734477124047219201.post-85748361076357534002009-12-17T04:45:51.826-08:002009-12-17T04:45:51.826-08:00This sounds like a great book! I'm not a big f...This sounds like a great book! I'm not a big fan of biographies, but I'd like to read "The QI Books of the Dead" by John Mitchinson and John Lloyd - it seems a fun book, packed with mini-briographies about exceptional people, famous or not.<br><br>Alessandra<br>outofblue1(at)gmail(dot)comAlessandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06652990135572677170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734477124047219201.post-12329965028615337482009-12-19T06:02:39.129-08:002009-12-19T06:02:39.129-08:00Please enter me in this giveaway! This book sound...Please enter me in this giveaway! This book sounds excellent! I recently read "John Adams" by David McCullough, which was a wonderful biography of our second President's life and the time period in which he lived. <br><br>saemmerson at yahoo dot com<br><br>Sarah EmmersonSarah Ehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01556058668318955371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734477124047219201.post-67297769780240649102009-12-19T21:48:03.748-08:002009-12-19T21:48:03.748-08:00This sounds like a great story. I'd love to b...This sounds like a great story. I'd love to be entered to win. :0)<br><br>I haven't read any biographies lately, but I would like to read Mennonite In A Little Black Dress: A Memoir Of Going Home by Rhoda Janzen. <br><br>Thanks! <br>librarygrinch at gmail dot comDawn M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09875986724208338886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734477124047219201.post-24021366085242381872009-12-20T06:11:54.402-08:002009-12-20T06:11:54.402-08:00Love your post about this book. You make it sound...Love your post about this book. You make it sound so interesting. Count me in on your giveaway. Biographies - I go through streaks in reading biographies and I haven't read any in a while. Two that I really enjoyed were Glass Castle and Queen Noir.Breehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01289499533606873690noreply@blogger.com