tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-848620772908416660.post1782962516187809129..comments2024-03-05T22:56:35.116+08:00Comments on A Kindle in Hong Kong: Bookspotting: Week 82Shannon Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17375300716238391523noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-848620772908416660.post-27510458723165798612012-09-27T21:44:32.489+08:002012-09-27T21:44:32.489+08:00Missing you at Poetry Club, but I know how determn...Missing you at Poetry Club, but I know how determned you are to get the book finished.I haven't spotted much this week; a man reading a Ludlum in Starbucks, a woman readng a novel with a red fire on the cover in the MTR waiting at LOHAS Park, not much else. I'm reading "The hundred year old man who climbed out of a window and disappeared" (Think Forrest Gump set in Scandinavia)and I have been dipping into the Lonely Planet Singapore guide book as we fly there on Sunday for a week.Joycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04457861370241862301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-848620772908416660.post-9694965023631355402012-09-27T20:05:00.341+08:002012-09-27T20:05:00.341+08:00Thank you for the encouragement Hollie!
I'm g...Thank you for the encouragement Hollie!<br /><br />I'm going to try not to read any reviews of The Casual Vacancy until I finish it either (which I assume will be during the long weekend). There's so much potential for hype that I don't want my reading of it to be skewed. I'll warn you before I post my review. Enjoy!Shannon Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17375300716238391523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-848620772908416660.post-59633301888034214522012-09-27T19:41:35.865+08:002012-09-27T19:41:35.865+08:00Thanks Mom! This message was exactly what I needed...Thanks Mom! This message was exactly what I needed this morning!Shannon Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17375300716238391523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-848620772908416660.post-33885611820970617722012-09-27T19:40:09.335+08:002012-09-27T19:40:09.335+08:00Wow, based on that description I am very intrigued...Wow, based on that description I am very intrigued by that man's book too! Thanks for commenting!Shannon Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17375300716238391523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-848620772908416660.post-64638044890643165012012-09-27T19:39:29.198+08:002012-09-27T19:39:29.198+08:00Thank you Susan!
Even though I don't annotat...Thank you Susan! <br /><br />Even though I don't annotate that often, it feels essential to have a keyboard. I have a touchscreen phone, but beyond that I vastly prefer punching buttons for everything.Shannon Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17375300716238391523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-848620772908416660.post-32172198483647743182012-09-27T19:14:30.524+08:002012-09-27T19:14:30.524+08:00Good for you, Shannon! I bet you'll make it mu...Good for you, Shannon! I bet you'll make it much further than you think. You are a terrific writer. Either way, it's an accomplishment, a stepping stone - a big move forward! You best give a review of The Casual Vacancy, but please - wait for your Hong Kong friend to be finished before you do! (I'm sure it won't take me long). Haha! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-848620772908416660.post-61474960879947895312012-09-27T04:53:10.255+08:002012-09-27T04:53:10.255+08:00Yay for you! Go, Shannon, go! I love the photo, bt...Yay for you! Go, Shannon, go! I love the photo, btw. I've spent some time in the doctor's office lately (thanks to a boy with a broken arm) and haven't seen anyone reading anything. It has me a little worried. Except the aforementioned boy was reading Mockingjay on a kindle and yours truly was reading a library book about Vitamin C.Julie Yhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02412877288589970249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-848620772908416660.post-27248342079207081172012-09-26T21:16:46.223+08:002012-09-26T21:16:46.223+08:00+JMJ+
The man right across from me in the jeepne...+JMJ+ <br /><br />The man right across from me in the jeepney was reading a book, but he kept it flat on the backpack he had placed on his lap, and I couldn't see the title. But I could see that it was a trade paperback someone had protected with a clear plastic cover: in my experience, that would make it a library book that had been added to the stacks in the 80s or 90s. The pages weren't yellowed with age, <i>but</i> they were a kind of smooth, white paper I haven't seen in any newer books. I wish I knew the name of that type of paper, so I could be more specific! <br /><br />I have no idea what the contents were, but the man reading it stayed riveted the entire ride, turning the pages quickly; and several different emotions danced across his face as he did. So it was either a novel or a really well-written account of a real-life event. <br /><br />Good luck with the revisions! =) Enbrethilielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03414765854670926854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-848620772908416660.post-77316114966109823812012-09-26T09:30:29.684+08:002012-09-26T09:30:29.684+08:00It's so great you're competing in the cont...It's so great you're competing in the contest. Finishing it is half the battle. I agree that revisions are frustrating sometimes, but in the end they'll improve your work in ways you could never imagine at first. <br /><br />I have a 2nd generation Kindle, too, and love it, despite the two little cracks on the front. The Paperwhite looks very cool, but I'm with you on the keyboard. I annotate a lot and love the keyboard. <br /><br />Good luck on your revisions!!!Susan Blumberg-Kasonhttp://www.susanbkason.comnoreply@blogger.com