tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927232314996425607.post6438496093639512723..comments2023-10-26T03:39:23.813-07:00Comments on life or books?: LaterPenthehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11200896933898936176noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927232314996425607.post-79489155670424343392010-07-06T18:18:15.931-07:002010-07-06T18:18:15.931-07:00Gentlemen Prefer Blondes is fantastic holiday read...Gentlemen Prefer Blondes is fantastic holiday reading. It is better for a trip to Europe though, as they check out major sights like the Cartier sign.<br />More bite than the movie, and very funny.seepinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927232314996425607.post-3375618191447805692010-07-06T15:14:46.013-07:002010-07-06T15:14:46.013-07:00Good list, thanks. I love it that all the lists in...Good list, thanks. I love it that all the lists include some already-favourites, and some books I haven't read or thought about reading. <br /><br />Might go for some Rebus initially, which I've never picked up (escapism being the order of the day) and stick Angela Carter on the list. And I do have to go back to Possession, now I love so many of AS Byatt's other books, I guess.Penthehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11200896933898936176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927232314996425607.post-16659662255427869922010-07-06T04:29:20.158-07:002010-07-06T04:29:20.158-07:00Hey, Pen, hope you can enjoy your holiday without ...Hey, Pen, hope you can enjoy your holiday without spending too much time overthinking the interview! For reading on a plane, Lawrence Hill's Someone Knows My Name is terrific on the compelling-from-page-one stakes (African-American author; slave narrative; terrific character; slightly too good to be true but who cares).<br />I'm too lazy to go back to the comfort read post to reply properly - dreadful of me! - but I think it's a great thing to initiate.<br />For me, comfort reading includes A S Byatt's Possession; Angela Carter's Wise Children; and Ondaatje's The English Patient . . . Or, if I want something more escapist - Anita Diamant's The Red Tent (feminist, historical, escapist); Marion Zimmer BRadley's Mists of Avalon; Phryne Fischer's adventures in Melbourne; or something absorbing on the detective front (earlier Sara Paretsky with the indefatigable V I Warshawski; a Michael Connelly or one of Ian rankin's Rebus novels).<br />For what it's worth . . .Lippyhttp://rampingitup.typepad.com/ramping_it_up_children_w_/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927232314996425607.post-56447054133908453472010-07-05T03:25:49.164-07:002010-07-05T03:25:49.164-07:00The bit about doobies made something come out of M...The bit about doobies made something come out of MY nose. *snorty repressed laughter*GMT+10https://www.blogger.com/profile/13531838438495856014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927232314996425607.post-1016195751860439602010-07-04T22:33:12.091-07:002010-07-04T22:33:12.091-07:00Good advice! I just read that as well, and won'...Good advice! I just read that as well, and won't read it again straight away for fear of tears. <br /><br />I found an AS Byatt I haven't read in my bag, so I think I'll read that for the time being.Penthehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11200896933898936176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927232314996425607.post-29350375009269484532010-07-04T20:47:59.518-07:002010-07-04T20:47:59.518-07:00Yes, it is the kind of book that would benefit fro...Yes, it is the kind of book that would benefit from a second read.<br /><br />Book Thief?cristyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10438841050844456591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927232314996425607.post-55639654997536531542010-07-04T20:40:52.693-07:002010-07-04T20:40:52.693-07:00Yes. But that doesn't mean I couldn't read...Yes. But that doesn't mean I couldn't read it again. Great for the plane.Penthehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11200896933898936176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8927232314996425607.post-62923821677102192602010-07-04T19:29:40.751-07:002010-07-04T19:29:40.751-07:00Have you read Wolf Hall yet?Have you read Wolf Hall yet?cristyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10438841050844456591noreply@blogger.com