tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post2029527269270221186..comments2024-03-28T17:40:31.828+01:00Comments on From My Mental Library: Read in 2016 - 9: DustLibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-6868831672822325932016-04-23T21:29:55.237+02:002016-04-23T21:29:55.237+02:00Hello Arthur, what an honour to read yours, the au...Hello Arthur, what an honour to read yours, the author's, comment to my review of "Dust" on my blog! Thank you very much for having taken the time to pop in.<br />I could have said a lot more about "Dust", but did not want to make the review too long. Some of the words Robert collects (and what they mean to him) are great, and the general atmosphere of the place is captured so well, I think - of course I've never been to a similar place, let alone in the late 1920s/early 30s, but this is how I imagine it.<br />Once again, thank you!Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-29748003190528451642016-04-23T14:18:45.937+02:002016-04-23T14:18:45.937+02:00I'm pleased to hear that DUST has had a good r...I'm pleased to hear that DUST has had a good reception, so to speak. It was my first book that captured my childhood. Not that I had any supernatural rainmakers in my hometown (though the town I grew up in did have a rainmaker show up in the 1930s who promised rain, but instead stole a whole bunch of money). I was trying to recreate what is was like growing up on the prairies with a crazy imagination. So that's why Robert is such a "word" boy. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14770678628958584026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-40136127864599835302016-04-14T18:26:41.478+02:002016-04-14T18:26:41.478+02:00There is much to like about this book, too, Kristi...There is much to like about this book, too, Kristi. I have not yet mentioned, for instance, that Robert loves to "collect" words. He hears or reads a particular word and "stores" it because he loves the sound and what it means.<br />I very much like how Robert's perecption of the world around him is described, very plausible.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-61536281013885209062016-04-14T18:25:23.446+02:002016-04-14T18:25:23.446+02:00Yes, my kindle is my beloved and trusted travel co...Yes, my kindle is my beloved and trusted travel companion :-)Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-59222698984155445012016-04-14T15:30:25.714+02:002016-04-14T15:30:25.714+02:00I'm not sure this is the sort of story I would...I'm not sure this is the sort of story I would like....I don't usually like stories about children disappearing! But you describe it very well, I think.Thickethouse.wordpresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17187303460677067276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-38588079316778849372016-04-14T14:22:26.251+02:002016-04-14T14:22:26.251+02:00You have a kindle, don't you? I have a Nook an...You have a kindle, don't you? I have a Nook and the Barnes & Noble store has different free books than Amazon. This sounds intriguing. I'm like tou, I don't like gore.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12512800812290518552noreply@blogger.com