tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648409483330236099.post7670639688012849598..comments2024-03-29T00:56:07.277-07:00Comments on The Adventures of Notorious Ph.D., Girl Scholar: Not literature. Not even close.Notorious Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08700875559325201086noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648409483330236099.post-11353751546859175302013-06-26T13:12:48.961-07:002013-06-26T13:12:48.961-07:00I remember enjoying Pillars of the Earth, but I re...I remember enjoying Pillars of the Earth, but I read it before I was a medievalist, so take that with a grain of salt. At least it's not Dan Brown.Dr. Viragohttp://quodshe.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648409483330236099.post-66382848509043907052013-06-20T13:48:08.558-07:002013-06-20T13:48:08.558-07:00This would be a lot more fun than my reading in Fr...This would be a lot more fun than my reading in French. It turned out that reading LeRoy Ladurie in French was *not* great preparation for conversation, even with my ex-brother-in-law's farming relatives... I wish someone had suggested this to me!Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09716705206734059708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648409483330236099.post-77206247597536489862013-06-20T05:09:15.396-07:002013-06-20T05:09:15.396-07:00Reading a familiar book in another language is a f...Reading a familiar book in another language is a fantastic idea. Who cares what it is? Hey, it wasn't Twilight. (Full disclosure - I've read all the Twilight books and Pillars. It's fun to read crap.) Fie upon this quiet life!https://www.blogger.com/profile/12047096700049201873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648409483330236099.post-67629238977008668152013-06-20T04:55:46.630-07:002013-06-20T04:55:46.630-07:00I read it to recover from prelims, and just yester...I read it to recover from prelims, and just yesterday loaned it to a neighbor who couldn't find it at the libe. Must be the zeitgeist of late June.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648409483330236099.post-82445843138503651392013-06-19T21:55:41.590-07:002013-06-19T21:55:41.590-07:00That's a great idea. At one point I was readi...That's a great idea. At one point I was reading German nurse novels to improve my German. The problem is, I can read the nurse novels or narrowly focused scholarly articles, and not much else. Historical novels would undoubtedly be better than science fiction, another genre I tried and bogged down in; they'd have much more useful vocabulary! Dame Eleanor Hullhttp://dameeleanorhull.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648409483330236099.post-14633605064696451652013-06-19T18:03:05.653-07:002013-06-19T18:03:05.653-07:00I am very impressed by people who can read in othe...I am very impressed by people who can read in other languages.Comradde PhysioProffenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648409483330236099.post-80223017013652216632013-06-19T12:48:01.737-07:002013-06-19T12:48:01.737-07:00The hygienist was amused that I had Nice Girls Don...The hygienist was amused that I had Nice Girls Don't Date Dead Men with me this morning. I don't have any good reasons for that other than it's light and easy to read.<br /><br />My captcha is "Reading Kexedia" I don't know what/who Kexedia is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com