tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post1159743464861115103..comments2024-03-29T08:14:16.520+01:00Comments on From My Mental Library: Read in 2013 - 23: Making God LaughLibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-89625846652761748422013-07-08T18:42:41.569+02:002013-07-08T18:42:41.569+02:00Hmmm... I'd like to know how the story continu...Hmmm... I'd like to know how the story continues, but now that I already know that the two couples are going to end up together cross-wise, I don't want to read the first book.<br /><br />Sometimes books that usually come at a certain price are offered for free for a limited time, and I seem to have caught this one at such a time; I see that it has a price-tag now.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-48073584617678127402013-07-08T18:28:59.508+02:002013-07-08T18:28:59.508+02:00Never mind the brackets, Graham. I was still able ...Never mind the brackets, Graham. I was still able to understand your comment.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-61391964599814867292013-07-08T18:10:36.702+02:002013-07-08T18:10:36.702+02:00Raunchy broads in a Russian novel - how brilliant ...Raunchy broads in a Russian novel - how brilliant is that. No wonder the ohrase stayed with you.Scriptor Senexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17795521284516432520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-3873548631612993922013-07-08T10:14:02.862+02:002013-07-08T10:14:02.862+02:00I meant a free amazon kindle book.I meant a free amazon kindle book.Thickethouse.wordpresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17187303460677067276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-66376253647013187122013-07-08T10:13:25.161+02:002013-07-08T10:13:25.161+02:00I am trying to recall a free amazon book that I re...I am trying to recall a free amazon book that I really liked, and nothing is coming to mind. Still, there are some very inexpensive books they have that I've liked a lot. I'm think publishers are not paying for good proof-reading anymore and it's very jarring to spot some of the mistakes. It just takes me out of the story when, as happened a few days ago, I read that someone took a "tazi" to the airport. Thought that feels like, perhaps, the printer's error. <br /><br />Do you feel as though you want to read the first book in this series? <br /><br />And I don't think I could handle Scarlett O'Hara being called Rossella!Thickethouse.wordpresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17187303460677067276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-79374365187149921122013-07-08T09:50:21.583+02:002013-07-08T09:50:21.583+02:00Oops. I put my brackets in the wrong place: slopp...Oops. I put my brackets in the wrong place: sloppy editing. Sorry!Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-39712852747151229762013-07-08T09:49:17.791+02:002013-07-08T09:49:17.791+02:00The first time I read "War and Peace" al...The first time I read "War and Peace" all the names were in French (which, given that French was the Court language) somehow seemed natural. One of the subsequent translations I read (I've read it three times) had the names translated into English and I really struggled with that.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-68286518917086899782013-07-08T09:24:54.359+02:002013-07-08T09:24:54.359+02:00Not yet 40 years ago, but around 20, I stayed (as ...Not yet 40 years ago, but around 20, I stayed (as was my habit then) on Sicily for the summer with my then husband's family. Looking for something to read (quite a challenge in a household where the parents can barely read and write, and the younger people are glued to the telly for most of the time!), I found an old copy of "Gone With The Wind" in Italian and thought, why not. Opening it, on the first page I found that Scarlett had been renamed "Rossella". That was it. Book closed. I went to the shop and bought a magazine instead.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-65332552464501216432013-07-08T08:54:25.340+02:002013-07-08T08:54:25.340+02:00Sloppy writing/editing can be so irritating as to ...Sloppy writing/editing can be so irritating as to get in the way of a good read as, for me, can translation. I recall when Solzenictzen's <i>The Gulag Archipelago</i> was first published in the West the translation was American English and I had great difficulty with the idea of 'raunchy broads' emanating from Russia. Not a particularly rational reaction on my part but, as you will gather, one that irritated me enough for it to have stayed with me for the 40 years since it was published.<br /><br />The title of this book reminded me of a saying a friend has "If God didn't have a sense of humour then he wouldn't have created man." Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-56588211632023306742013-07-08T07:28:16.855+02:002013-07-08T07:28:16.855+02:00Some of my reading has come about because of what ...Some of my reading has come about because of what I found on other people's blogs, too :-)<br />I know a lot of people won't even notice the typos in this book, and if they do, they are not bothered. I did and do a lot of proof-reading as part of my job, though, and can't switch that part of my mind off so easily.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-30507983553788997232013-07-07T22:09:56.084+02:002013-07-07T22:09:56.084+02:00The book has a great title, I think, and an intere...The book has a great title, I think, and an interesting premise but that is too bad it wasn't edited better, per your review. I do love to read reviews and jot down titles to read so am glad I found you :)Terra https://www.blogger.com/profile/04396481049075747940noreply@blogger.com