tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post1844507153743756925..comments2024-03-27T06:22:50.868+01:00Comments on From My Mental Library: Read in 2011 - 15: A Village DeceptionLibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-70957887481985924152011-07-02T18:35:00.062+02:002011-07-02T18:35:00.062+02:00Jenny, you are right - all too often, readers'...Jenny, you are right - all too often, readers' attention is sought through sensationalism, when sometimes one really just wants nothing more from a book than a bit of harmless entertainment.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-87245645596010104172011-07-02T11:53:03.898+02:002011-07-02T11:53:03.898+02:00I have read some of these books and I think they a...I have read some of these books and I think they are very good of their own type. I don't hold to the belief that books should always have something "important" to say. There is a great art in being able to create something that can be appreciated by many people, but is not stupid or vulgar.Jenny Woolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16881781466502273314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-33185463447204363972011-07-02T09:56:39.208+02:002011-07-02T09:56:39.208+02:00Kristi, they are just right for a cottage weekend ...Kristi, they are just right for a cottage weekend - I hope you will enjoy them. Just don't expect too much :-)Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-87117554067573469522011-07-01T18:42:01.868+02:002011-07-01T18:42:01.868+02:00Ha! I have an omnibus of her first three books whi...Ha! I have an omnibus of her first three books which I keep meaning to read, and now you've inspired me to pack it and take it along to the cottage this holiday weekend.Thickethouse.wordpresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17187303460677067276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-21337257350401313442011-07-01T10:02:19.889+02:002011-07-01T10:02:19.889+02:00Thank you, Julie, GB and Jill. I think it is good ...Thank you, Julie, GB and Jill. I think it is good that we always have such a wide range of reading material and films to choose from and can fit that according to our mood and our needs at the time.<br />I, for instance, always need something substantial, some non-fiction preferably, after a few cozy books, and at the moment, I am once again doing a parallel reading of novels at night and a book about the Medieval Frederic II (who has featured in my blog before, in one of the chapters about Sicily) and his time (the early 1200s).Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-83747473445715359562011-07-01T00:03:38.602+02:002011-07-01T00:03:38.602+02:00GB I quite agree Re. The Gulag Archipelago which r...GB I quite agree Re. The Gulag Archipelago which rests on a shelf just above my computer station. I don't know why I don't donate it to a book sale!Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11791018174075586241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-44994335899642868822011-06-30T22:04:21.648+02:002011-06-30T22:04:21.648+02:00Sounds like The Archers. Sometimes we just want c...Sounds like The Archers. Sometimes we just want comfortable situations in our lives. Reality is quite stressful enough and I, for one, like a good dose of comfort in my films and books these days. I spent my youth reading, amongst other things of course, the Russian Novels and I think when The Gulag Archipelago and Cancer Ward were published I decided enough was enough.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-7364724583840159282011-06-30T20:29:49.213+02:002011-06-30T20:29:49.213+02:00Sounds like my kind of village.
Thanks for the rev...Sounds like my kind of village.<br />Thanks for the review, and the tip. The cover art sure is inviting. I want tea and scones just looking at it!<br />xx<br />julieJulie Whitmore Potteryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12283540996942265818noreply@blogger.com