Comments for The Bloomsbury Review Blog http://www.bloomsburyreview.com/blog Wed, 20 Jul 2011 23:05:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 Comment on Bloomsbury in Wonderland by vjwilder http://www.bloomsburyreview.com/blog/?p=61#comment-12 vjwilder Wed, 20 Jul 2011 23:05:15 +0000 http://www.bloomsburyreview.com/blog/?p=61#comment-12 More, please! (Oliver Twist) Jump right in, David! Share anything. Tell us a story. Post more posts. This is great! I used to read The BR on my commute from Boulder to Denver every day and was led to many good books. Then I got a job not far from home; then I couldn't find the free TBR anywhere. And now I'm finally getting around to sending in some money for a subscription. TBR was better than any other Review I read, far surpassed the NYT and broader than the Women's Review of Books that I also read at the time. I'm really looking forward to following this blog. Verna Wilder More, please! (Oliver Twist)

Jump right in, David! Share anything. Tell us a story. Post more posts. This is great!

I used to read The BR on my commute from Boulder to Denver every day and was led to many good books. Then I got a job not far from home; then I couldn’t find the free TBR anywhere. And now I’m finally getting around to sending in some money for a subscription. TBR was better than any other Review I read, far surpassed the NYT and broader than the Women’s Review of Books that I also read at the time.

I’m really looking forward to following this blog.
Verna Wilder

]]> Comment on E-bookin’ it. by vjwilder http://www.bloomsburyreview.com/blog/?p=89#comment-11 vjwilder Wed, 20 Jul 2011 22:54:49 +0000 http://www.bloomsburyreview.com/blog/?p=89#comment-11 I've been reading on a Kindle since last Christmas when a friend bought one for me when I took the Luddite position. I love read books - I love the full sensory experience of them (not that I taste them, but, you know . . . ). And here's what happened: I read more on the Kindle than I did or do in paper. I love it that I can carry one small, lightweight "thing" and have all the books I want to read - when I travel, when I move about the house, when I wait in any waiting room. I love my Kindle. And I use it only for fiction and for reading samples of non-fiction books I may want to buy. The only drawback is that I like to write in books, esp. non-fiction. The Kindle, like a real book, is there for reading - not for surfing the net or answering the phone. You can buy games for a Kindle, but playing them is clunky. The screen is meant to be easy on the eyes, so no more eye strain than you'd get reading a book and much less than you get reading on a computer. I hope you'll post more about your experience with the Nook. I'd like to know what you think. I’ve been reading on a Kindle since last Christmas when a friend bought one for me when I took the Luddite position. I love read books – I love the full sensory experience of them (not that I taste them, but, you know . . . ). And here’s what happened: I read more on the Kindle than I did or do in paper. I love it that I can carry one small, lightweight “thing” and have all the books I want to read – when I travel, when I move about the house, when I wait in any waiting room. I love my Kindle. And I use it only for fiction and for reading samples of non-fiction books I may want to buy. The only drawback is that I like to write in books, esp. non-fiction.

The Kindle, like a real book, is there for reading – not for surfing the net or answering the phone. You can buy games for a Kindle, but playing them is clunky. The screen is meant to be easy on the eyes, so no more eye strain than you’d get reading a book and much less than you get reading on a computer.

I hope you’ll post more about your experience with the Nook. I’d like to know what you think.

]]> Comment on Bloomsbury at 30[+] by R.K. Dickson, Contributing Editor by Glenda Burnside http://www.bloomsburyreview.com/blog/?p=22#comment-5 Glenda Burnside Wed, 08 Jun 2011 11:55:50 +0000 http://www.bloomsburyreview.com/blog/?p=22#comment-5 I started with Blooms in 1984,and we moved a LOT. But I remember Bannock and that table. At that time, we inserted the magazine into brown envelopes, stapled them, then labeled them--and oh man, it was a labor. So I said: "When mine arrives, I take it out of the envelope, fold it half and put it under my arm to carry it around." So the new method of simply folding and labeling came about--the method still used. It takes a lazy person to come up with good ideas, and I are one. I started with Blooms in 1984,and we moved a LOT. But I remember Bannock and that table. At that time, we inserted the magazine into brown envelopes, stapled them, then labeled them–and oh man, it was a labor. So I said: “When mine arrives, I take it out of the envelope, fold it half and put it under my arm to carry it around.” So the new method of simply folding and labeling came about–the method still used.

It takes a lazy person to come up with good ideas, and I are one.

]]> Comment on Bloomsbury in Wonderland by Bonnie M http://www.bloomsburyreview.com/blog/?p=61#comment-4 Bonnie M Thu, 26 May 2011 22:20:57 +0000 http://www.bloomsburyreview.com/blog/?p=61#comment-4 The new website looks super! A giant leap forward into the digital age. Congratulations, all. The new website looks super! A giant leap forward into the digital age. Congratulations, all.

]]> Comment on Bloomsbury in Wonderland by Scott Vickers http://www.bloomsburyreview.com/blog/?p=61#comment-3 Scott Vickers Thu, 26 May 2011 00:28:24 +0000 http://www.bloomsburyreview.com/blog/?p=61#comment-3 How very exciting, David; you've done no harm (rule 1) and much good (rule 2) thus far, and I look forward to any and all future blog entries from you and everyone involved with The Blooms. Thanks for all you do! This is one online "family" I will gladly belong to. How very exciting, David; you’ve done no harm (rule 1) and much good (rule 2) thus far, and I look forward to any and all future blog entries from you and everyone involved with The Blooms. Thanks for all you do! This is one online “family” I will gladly belong to.

]]> Comment on Bloomsbury in Wonderland by PennieMagee http://www.bloomsburyreview.com/blog/?p=61#comment-2 PennieMagee Wed, 25 May 2011 22:33:57 +0000 http://www.bloomsburyreview.com/blog/?p=61#comment-2 David, a lovely first post. I can't wait to read future posts, written by you and by our other equally talented and inspired contributors. David, a lovely first post. I can’t wait to read future posts, written by you and by our other equally talented and inspired contributors.

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