tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926347286766677626.post8031242473122277784..comments2024-03-17T23:08:28.960-07:00Comments on Raybeard: My purchases this morning - and I'm as pleased as Punch!Raybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12424095016313843883noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926347286766677626.post-89050054329045381922011-08-02T01:04:33.790-07:002011-08-02T01:04:33.790-07:00We are absolutely together on this one, Spo. It...We are absolutely together on this one, Spo. It's a truly wonderful feeling of anticipated pleasures to come.Raybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12424095016313843883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926347286766677626.post-10996762132900348122011-08-01T20:19:34.320-07:002011-08-01T20:19:34.320-07:00I can think of no other pleasure quite like the fe...I can think of no other pleasure quite like the feeling of coming home with a bunch of new old books.Ur-spohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04237644452200889946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926347286766677626.post-63667363793389901642011-08-01T00:01:51.084-07:002011-08-01T00:01:51.084-07:00Craig - thanks for the warning but that shouldn...Craig - thanks for the warning but that shouldn't happen to me as I'm a pretty fast reader. I picked up 'Dragon Tattoo' because I was at a stall when I overheard an elderly couple (as old as me!) talking about Larsson. I asked if they'd recommend this one. They were united - "Absolutely!". Then later I bumped into them again and they said that they'd just seen 'Hornets Nest' at another stall so I went and picked that up too. So, with yours and their recommendations (and several others) I'm really looking forward to the read.<br />Btw I'm currently reading only my second-ever Le Carre, largely because of YOUR mentioning it in my blog of difficult reads a few weeks ago. Unfortunately I chose one of the longer ones, 'The Honourable Schoolboy', at nearly 700 pages. I see what you mean. It's very complex. Perhaps I should have got one of his shorter novels (of which there aren't that many), but I do like his writing style. However, I'm now a third of the way through this one and shall proceed undaunted.<br /><br />Cubby - Naughty naughty! You meant in BED, didn't you? Come one, admit it!Raybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12424095016313843883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926347286766677626.post-9098427847585975022011-07-31T14:50:22.795-07:002011-07-31T14:50:22.795-07:00Would you read aloud to me someday?Would you read aloud to me someday?Cubbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15419686621818785014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926347286766677626.post-6212014098758271852011-07-31T12:12:26.346-07:002011-07-31T12:12:26.346-07:00Be prepared to be out of commission for a couple o...Be prepared to be out of commission for a couple of weeks. When I started on the Stieg Larsson trilogy I had no idea that it would take over my life for about 2-3 weeks - I'm a slow reader! Poor Clive thought that I had emigrated. I hope you enjoy them... I thought that they were brilliant.Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14034726832462755283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926347286766677626.post-55476895839951119222011-07-31T11:29:46.028-07:002011-07-31T11:29:46.028-07:00Micky, you've just made me feel that my horizo...Micky, you've just made me feel that my horizons are too close. Scarrow & Grsnt? Who they? Time to explore, methinks.<br />I go to Amazon too occasionally, but usually for a purpose rather than to browse.Raybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12424095016313843883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926347286766677626.post-55130191706974195262011-07-31T10:56:01.403-07:002011-07-31T10:56:01.403-07:00I am similarly addicted to certain authors who wri...I am similarly addicted to certain authors who write for what is laughingly termed 'the teenage market'. Really what this means is 'books that are adult but we call 'teenage' in the hope that some 'teenagers' might read them. 'Just look at the success of H. Potter' they cry.<br /><br />'Bugger off' I retort - although kids of all ages (except teenagers) read and watch HP, his biggest fan base is surely with the pre-teens.<br /><br />So I look mostly at Amazon to continue my flirtations with the likes of Alex Rider and the kids of the Power of Five and those time travellers of Alex Scarrow - not to mention the 'Gone' novels of Michael Grant.<br /><br />Each to our own, eh? Enjoy!1q23https://www.blogger.com/profile/17681774922317014815noreply@blogger.com