tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734266766203380275.post1174440156146392568..comments2023-07-05T11:01:35.281+01:00Comments on Against Her Better Judgment: In which the library looks a little leanBlondehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04135846185772109032noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734266766203380275.post-64107243846854180262011-02-28T20:11:54.563+00:002011-02-28T20:11:54.563+00:00TPS: Sorry about that. I am, apparently, fussy. I ...TPS: Sorry about that. I am, apparently, fussy. I might just look up the Angel's Game. Thank you.<br /><br />TP: Ooh, they both sound interesting, thank you! Book recommendations are always, always welcome.<br /><br />JtL: Sadly, it was never mine - a loan from Speckled Lad. Hennessey is, I think, now in Human Rights law. Quite whether it's as thrilled-packed as an Afghan tour, I don't know!Blondehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04135846185772109032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734266766203380275.post-76946551447878490542011-02-28T18:25:38.472+00:002011-02-28T18:25:38.472+00:00Blonde,
Where did your copy of The Junior Officer...Blonde,<br /><br />Where did your copy of The Junior Officers Book Club go? I bought and read on your recommendation, I did enjoy it and have passed along to someone else who enjoys military accounts and biographies. I think that Mr Hennessey as gone into the Law when he finished with the army, maybe he would do a similar to the JOBC for the Law.Jack The Ladhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15850918438127638907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734266766203380275.post-30847499847159869232011-02-25T21:26:50.527+00:002011-02-25T21:26:50.527+00:00If it's book recommendations you're after ...If it's book recommendations you're after then I can suggest two that I suspect you won't have read (only because neither of them is at all well known). <br /><br />The first is Thursbitch by Alan Garner (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Thursbitch-Alan-Garner/dp/0099459361) and the second is Riddley Walker by Russell Hoban (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Riddley-Walker-Russell-Hoban/dp/074755904X/).The Pedantnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734266766203380275.post-27863225585011170982011-02-25T13:46:27.175+00:002011-02-25T13:46:27.175+00:00Crikey Blonde, make it a real challenge to recomme...Crikey Blonde, make it a real challenge to recommend a book why don't you? <br /><br />I enjoyed SotW but The Angels Game was far better (in my opinion). It is very rare that I find myself so completely engrossed in a book that I never want it to end. <br /><br />It is a masterpiece in story telling and I found that I quickly became enthralled in the story, the characters and the descriptions of the buildings / city.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734266766203380275.post-52705114012514365002011-02-25T12:06:19.676+00:002011-02-25T12:06:19.676+00:00TPS: That's a good rule to have. And one I hav...TPS: That's a good rule to have. And one I have clearly not followed. Now, your recommendation: I read The Shadow of the Wind, and was (apparently singularly) unimpressed. How is this one in comparison?Blondehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04135846185772109032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734266766203380275.post-42356551726001153032011-02-25T10:17:08.533+00:002011-02-25T10:17:08.533+00:00Nothing beats a good book, especially ones that yo...Nothing beats a good book, especially ones that you enjoy going back and rereading time after time.<br /><br />I do occasionally lend a book to someone, especially if I have have sung its praises. My simple rule is that if I don't get it back then I don't lend again to that person.<br /><br />May I suggest you try The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafón next time you are browsing the shelves in your lunch hour.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734266766203380275.post-57533934877483930962011-02-25T09:21:08.141+00:002011-02-25T09:21:08.141+00:00HC: I'm going to take a wild stab in the dark ...HC: I'm going to take a wild stab in the dark and say that you don't drive to work.<br /><br />PDEWYMO: Good work. That is exactly how a Jilly should be. Mine's all crumply from being dropped in the pool.<br /><br />Will: Oh, that's annoying. Thanks for that recommendation, by the way. Cracking book. Utterly unconvinced by R-Patz casting for the film.<br /><br />Hannah: Never a truer word was typed, my friend.<br /><br />HC: Attention to detail, my friend.<br /><br />TP: Ooh, great recommendation, thank you.<br /><br />Amy: It's definitely a very personal thing, lending out books. What's your hit rate like with getting them back? Any tricks?<br /><br />Jman: Hah! Brilliant. You might be onto something there...Blondehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04135846185772109032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734266766203380275.post-91060985458645357822011-02-25T00:50:20.947+00:002011-02-25T00:50:20.947+00:00Sounds like it would be cheaper to buy SL a Kindle...Sounds like it would be cheaper to buy SL a Kindle.jmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734266766203380275.post-77852757945095321762011-02-25T00:12:42.736+00:002011-02-25T00:12:42.736+00:00I love lending out books, but I am VERY particular...I love lending out books, but I am VERY particular about getting them back. I tend to reread and if I like the book enough to recommend it and lend it out, I want it back.<br /><br />The only exception to this is the Twilight series. I bought them to see what the fuss was about and then lent them to a friend with a similar curiosity. When I gave them to her I believe my exact words were "Please take these ridiculous things off me and never give them back. Burn them if you have to. Just don't let me see them ever again"Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02221641004251160337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734266766203380275.post-89191025786233395452011-02-24T17:22:35.127+00:002011-02-24T17:22:35.127+00:00Just slightly off-topic but I have a recollection ...Just slightly off-topic but I have a recollection of you asking for good blogs to add to your reader list recently. If you're not already, you could do worse than follow the absurdist she queen, here - http://theabsurdistshequeen.blogspot.com/The Pedantnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734266766203380275.post-87988209468307751272011-02-24T16:38:21.576+00:002011-02-24T16:38:21.576+00:00How did I miss you bringing out the leopard skin o...How did I miss you bringing out the leopard skin one piece again?! Classic Blonde.HCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734266766203380275.post-90693652376764850942011-02-24T15:39:45.437+00:002011-02-24T15:39:45.437+00:00I'm pretty sure that if you took the archaeolo...I'm pretty sure that if you took the archaeological and historical "accuracy" out of a Dan Brown novel, you'd create a black hole.Hannahhttp://www.hannahswithinbank.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734266766203380275.post-79839908620025958372011-02-24T15:27:28.797+00:002011-02-24T15:27:28.797+00:00Someone has my copy of Bel Ami. Grr.Someone has my copy of Bel Ami. Grr.Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01456742697462240308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734266766203380275.post-24260641484536263602011-02-24T15:17:32.502+00:002011-02-24T15:17:32.502+00:00My copy of Polo is so embarrassingly well-thumbed ...My copy of Polo is so embarrassingly well-thumbed (spine missing, the lot) that lending it out would be to show someone how many times I've read it. <br /><br />I also got a message from one of the girls who stopped talking to me the other year, saying she would be returning a book I'd lent her. I couldn't even remember which one it was. But clearly having my copy of "Never let me go" on her shelf was too guilt enducing to bear. It arrived on my porch a day later.Please Don't Eat With Your Mouth Openhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09246896544080806179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734266766203380275.post-89829841715780279072011-02-24T13:59:51.642+00:002011-02-24T13:59:51.642+00:00I'm making my first tentative foray into the w...I'm making my first tentative foray into the world of audio books this week. My eyes tend to go to sleep on the journey home so I let my ears take the slack. Seems to be working so far but there's a very limited list of books to choose from.HCnoreply@blogger.com