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14 years ago @ The Blue Bookcase - Literary Blog Hop: Feb... · 0 replies · +1 points

I didn't think I'd ever be able to answer this one.... but then I got a movie flashback thingy and just went with it. Thanks Mel U!

14 years ago @ The Blue Bookcase - Top Ten Tuesday: Chris... · 0 replies · +1 points

Holden is a very popular one. I never thought of Briony. The girl names are easier to think up somehow than the boys. I tried my best too but could only think up about 3 for the boys!

14 years ago @ And the Plot Thickens... - Finding Things in Seco... · 1 reply · +1 points

You are very lucky to find nice things in your books. The only things I get are dried boogers and the occasional shopping list. I found one shopping list last year on a hand-made christmas card.

Oh, and I love the term 'bookmooch'. I'm going to add it to my personal list of cool words :)

14 years ago @ http://breadcrumbreads... - Go, and Catch a Fallin... · 0 replies · +1 points

I picked up Stardust for a pound at my supermarket last year. It was a short, but surprisingly enjoyable read. It did play upon the LOTR Aragorn and Arwen storyline a bit (she elven, immortal and he mortal lalala), but it was ok.

The movie version was much, much better. Good review!

14 years ago @ http://breadcrumbreads... - Tentatively Attempting... · 1 reply · +1 points

Age of Innocence is one of those reads that you need to warm up to. Like you, I also found the first few pages boring and set it down. But going back to it I really appreciated the delicacy of the story. My edition has a preface that describes the era as a 'long-lost pocket of New York Etiquette'.

14 years ago @ http://breadcrumbreads... - Visiting Lands Inspire... · 0 replies · +1 points

That's an era I didn't think of. And I like the way you thought of coming back to visit it as a man. It would be much more advantageous I'm sure.

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15 years ago @ http://purplemoonmyst.... - Literary Blog Hop · 0 replies · +1 points

I agree with you there. But I can't say that Stephen King actually does a lot of that. There was this one book I read ealier this year (never finished it!) called 'The Electric Church' by Jeff Somers. Too much description, not enough action.

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15 years ago @ And the Plot Thickens... - BBC 'The Big Read' - T... · 1 reply · 0 points

Briliant list, I've got about 36 (I think) read from this list. Quite a few are ones I've started and not finished. Great, I'm putting this up on my blog too :)

15 years ago @ The Blue Bookcase - Literary Blog Hop: Nov... · 1 reply · +1 points

Another brilliant question. It had me stumped for a while but I think I may have outdone myself with the answer!

I totally avoided the aspect of 'time' when judging a classic. I chose Danielewski's 'Only Revolutions' as my nominated modern classic. I'm nuts about this guys work. He should be awarded a booker prize or something.

15 years ago @ The Blue Bookcase - Literary Blog Hop: Nov... · 0 replies · +1 points

Tough question! I really had to think hard about what I could suggest as literary nonfiction. It's emerged that I don't read enough of it. Something I'll try to remedy with a bit of Maya Angelou. Thanks for the suggestion Connie!

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