tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432382804917497650.post3496183559311022158..comments2023-12-30T15:23:47.095+00:00Comments on Is there a Plan B?: Sublime to the ridiculous - Books at MovingtimeHarriethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11975259590293860488noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432382804917497650.post-78113321443885631422010-06-03T22:11:02.251+01:002010-06-03T22:11:02.251+01:00Mwa - what? The book police don't come and ge...Mwa - what? The book police don't come and get you if you break the spine? Are you sure?<br /><br />Mrs W - that explains it. They should get you to write the blurb on the back of books really. Then I'd know where I am.... and if you ever decide you want to get into the Last Chronicles, I have a copy going spare...Harriethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11975259590293860488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432382804917497650.post-20553803973085106512010-06-03T00:50:05.671+01:002010-06-03T00:50:05.671+01:00Just spotted this and had to laugh a bit - you pro...Just spotted this and had to laugh a bit - you probably don't want to be "discovering" Thomas Covenant any older than 16 and preferably sometime in the mid 1980s to boot :) I've read the first and second chronicles several times in the last 25 years and haven't been able to suffer the rather delayed last chronicles either - and I was a teenage SF/Fantasy freak (OK was... is... same thing.. except I'm old now).MrsWhttp://clinicallyfedup.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432382804917497650.post-77005509483774408692010-05-27T09:06:49.021+01:002010-05-27T09:06:49.021+01:00I have learned to give up on books. Best thing I e...I have learned to give up on books. Best thing I ever did, in reading land. But now I have too many part-finished books. I learned to give up on books around the same time I realised that breaking a spine or accidentally creasing a page of a book doesn't kill you and doesn't change the contents. Both have made me so much more relaxed about reading.Mwahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00954216492730746581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432382804917497650.post-44751604597679695362010-05-25T19:21:43.794+01:002010-05-25T19:21:43.794+01:00Diana - thank you! Off to pay you a visit.
Iota -...Diana - thank you! Off to pay you a visit.<br /><br />Iota - you so should! Although the first (and so far only other) Mantel I read was Back in Black which I didn't enjoy at all, so maybe she varies.<br /><br />Patchwork Bird - Nice to know I'm not alone!Will have to wrack my brains for other Tudor based works of genius! Have you read The Other Boleyn Girl? Not actually one of my favourites, but will give you another side to Mary Boleyn...<br /><br />Joss - hello! Will let you Back in Black when you're Back in Blighty. I actually didn't like it much (and so it rather put me off Wolf Hall - v glad it didn't), but will be interested to see what you think. Mother-in-law currently reading A Place of Greater Safety and said she was struggling rather, so will snaffle that off her when they're back from Dubai...<br /><br />Oh, and a big thanks to everyone for not pointing out my deliberate mistake in counting Henries... off to correct myself now.Harriethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11975259590293860488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432382804917497650.post-73449036508614770142010-05-25T17:55:31.295+01:002010-05-25T17:55:31.295+01:00H, am also a Mantel fan, read Wolf Hall on my trav...H, am also a Mantel fan, read Wolf Hall on my travels and felt as you did about it. Have cunningly book exchanged Wolf Hall for her french revolution number, A Place of Greater Safety, which is proving just as riveting. I think they will even bear re-reading. Rarer than hens teeth. love J in Boliviatravellingjossnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432382804917497650.post-6138362572657383612010-05-23T10:36:34.194+01:002010-05-23T10:36:34.194+01:00I have been meaning to write a post on Wolf Hall t...I have been meaning to write a post on Wolf Hall too. I'm similar to you in that I can't ever remember not finishing a book, my husband doesn't understand if I moan about something I'm reading why I don't just stop but I can't. And I also thought the ending in the Life of Pi was a load of crap (those teeth things still freak me out). But I was blown away by Wolf Hall, I found it heavy to start with (not helped by the over-characterisation and the way she refers to Cromwell as He - took me ages to figure this out) but Mantel carried me through the whole story with her imagery. I'm convinced the woman is a genius and I now have a new obsession with all things Tudor (I'm Irish by the way)...Musings of a Motherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18152792654181529365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432382804917497650.post-82415786476094551502010-05-23T05:02:49.667+01:002010-05-23T05:02:49.667+01:00I loved Hilary Mantel's "Eight Months on ...I loved Hilary Mantel's "Eight Months on Ghazza Street". Maybe I'll give this one a try too.Iota https://www.blogger.com/profile/08507184283437057648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432382804917497650.post-77109583869019835532010-05-22T23:17:19.680+01:002010-05-22T23:17:19.680+01:00I mean your...opsI mean your...opsDiana Mieczanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15261207538442821812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432382804917497650.post-77192291593887722412010-05-22T23:17:00.536+01:002010-05-22T23:17:00.536+01:00I adore you blog...I cant stop reading..I hope you...I adore you blog...I cant stop reading..I hope you would like to follow eachother....Please let me know...<br />Kisses and enjoy your weekend:)Diana Mieczanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15261207538442821812noreply@blogger.com