tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394411873394023490.post1482578207052000403..comments2024-02-29T12:25:23.697+01:00Comments on The Content Reader: The Pleasure of ReadingLisbeth http://www.blogger.com/profile/00466904375353041610noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394411873394023490.post-58856693894016320672014-11-21T14:39:00.489+01:002014-11-21T14:39:00.489+01:00You are right that the de Waal book really is rich...You are right that the de Waal book really is rich in connections. Sounds great with the pottery book. Would be interesting to hear where you go from there? <br />The Odessa book also gives a lot of connections: Potemkin (of which I already read a wonderful book by Simon Sebag Montefiore) Catherine the Great (read several about her), Pushkin and Gogol, the Ottomans. Yes, there are a lot. I have to wait and see what I can find in my book case. Lisbeth https://www.blogger.com/profile/00466904375353041610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394411873394023490.post-62255348186155313682014-11-20T22:45:21.025+01:002014-11-20T22:45:21.025+01:00The de Waal book is so rich - so many connections ...The de Waal book is so rich - so many connections to pursue. I am reading one of them right now, another book about pottery, actually, Christopher Benfey's <i>Red Brick, Black Mountain, White Clay</i>, which in turn leads to all kinds of other connections.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394411873394023490.post-74406213797469994442014-11-20T19:47:37.686+01:002014-11-20T19:47:37.686+01:00I always enjoy reading your posts. I google place ...I always enjoy reading your posts. I google place name that you mention. Your book choices sound interesting. I think I have Wild Sargasso Sea on my shelves somewhere in my Penguin collection. We are planning on visiting Belgium on holiday next year as we have never been. Happy reading. Pam ( Travellin;' Penguin)http://travellinpenguin.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com