tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post6961172051565469121..comments2024-03-29T08:14:16.520+01:00Comments on From My Mental Library: Read in 2012 - 9: The Undomestic GoddessLibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-78605228234189858502012-04-17T08:16:24.215+02:002012-04-17T08:16:24.215+02:00Same here, John. I like to vary in my reading, and...Same here, John. I like to vary in my reading, and every now and then, something like "The Undomestic Goddess" is very welcome.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-40869260688878271182012-04-16T21:48:41.141+02:002012-04-16T21:48:41.141+02:00Strange as it may seem I love the occasional '...Strange as it may seem I love the occasional 'chick lit', especially if it is a bit deeper than the average. This sounds like fun.Scriptor Senexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17795521284516432520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-5652936260813362972012-04-16T07:40:17.494+02:002012-04-16T07:40:17.494+02:00Ah, Friko, but I have not given away too much, hav...Ah, Friko, but I have not given away too much, have I? I have not told you how Samantha is found out, what she in turn finds out, who her love interest is and what she decides to do with her life in the end.<br />Of course, what consists "good writing" is often subject to the reader... let's say the writing in this one is good enough for me. I even came across two or three words I looked up, just to make sure I got their meaning right.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-8504076000310371722012-04-15T19:15:55.072+02:002012-04-15T19:15:55.072+02:00I've never read Kinsella and now you've to...I've never read Kinsella and now you've told me so much about this book that I won't need to read it.<br />I like funny and light, but I need the writing to be good. Is it?Frikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-58920796792789185442012-04-15T08:41:18.742+02:002012-04-15T08:41:18.742+02:00Denise, she IS chick lit, but that can be fun - fo...Denise, she IS chick lit, but that can be fun - for me, it does not have to be high brow literature, sometimes I simply want to be entertained.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-82520132349660200402012-04-15T08:40:33.517+02:002012-04-15T08:40:33.517+02:00It was fun, and I liked about the main character t...It was fun, and I liked about the main character that she never tries to impart what she has learnt to anyone else, as in "I know best and can show you how to improve your life". Not everybody needs or wants their lives improved all the time.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-46616315856253681762012-04-15T08:38:57.262+02:002012-04-15T08:38:57.262+02:00Plenty of lawyers, Graham, and of course a happy e...Plenty of lawyers, Graham, and of course a happy ending!Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-57043064312346543842012-04-15T08:38:40.605+02:002012-04-15T08:38:40.605+02:00Yes, of course how much I enjoy a book depends a l...Yes, of course how much I enjoy a book depends a lot on my mood, and apparently I was in the right one for The Undomestic Goddess. Mavis Cheek? I have never heard the name, would you say her books are comparable?Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-350688318959300262012-04-15T08:37:14.564+02:002012-04-15T08:37:14.564+02:00Hello Jane and Lance,
had it not been for my Mum, ...Hello Jane and Lance,<br />had it not been for my Mum, who picked this one up at our local library, read it first and then let me read it, I don't think I would have come across it, either. And no harm would have been done by not having read it...<br />But, as it so happened, it provided me with a fun few hours, and that is never a bad thing.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-47646734964454886412012-04-15T03:01:31.209+02:002012-04-15T03:01:31.209+02:00I always see Sophie Kinsella's books in the bo...I always see Sophie Kinsella's books in the bookstore but I've read any of her works. I just though that she's too chick lit for my taste (yeah, I haven't read her but I'm already judging her!)Denisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04097026183980787963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-79148060086470750292012-04-15T02:52:17.585+02:002012-04-15T02:52:17.585+02:00Sounds like fun, Meike. I'll have to keep an ...Sounds like fun, Meike. I'll have to keep an eye out for it.Canadian Chickadeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12995693884248628958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-61851366214068086492012-04-14T23:52:48.834+02:002012-04-14T23:52:48.834+02:00So long as it has lawyers and a happy ending I'...So long as it has lawyers and a happy ending I'm OK with it!GBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10289400344300258872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-30673511075280860252012-04-14T20:46:27.273+02:002012-04-14T20:46:27.273+02:00Maybe you're more in the mood for a Sophie Kin...Maybe you're more in the mood for a Sophie Kinsella than you were when you read the others? Something about better weather and lighter spirits? I went through a Mavis Cheek phase myself a year or two back - something I wouldn't normally read. And yes, it was Summer....Macyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16117141586263456823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-77662154400343709972012-04-14T15:39:50.493+02:002012-04-14T15:39:50.493+02:00Hello Meike:
This is a wonderful review inasmuch a...Hello Meike:<br />This is a wonderful review inasmuch as you give a very good indication not only of the type of novel which it is, but also of the various genre into which it might fit. However, on balance, and whilst we accept all that you say in the way of this being rather different from Sophie Kinsella's other books, we shall probably pass on it!!Jane and Lance Hattatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831890261259302647noreply@blogger.com