tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-182642520216901583.post4846020266988004443..comments2023-11-01T02:35:48.057+00:00Comments on Geranium Cat's Bookshelf: Darkness at teatimeGeraniumCathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03010199887691558717noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-182642520216901583.post-55959028366741502482011-09-05T05:44:10.994+01:002011-09-05T05:44:10.994+01:00Oh, how was it hearing Neil speak in person???? Y...Oh, how was it hearing Neil speak in person???? You are so lucky, and to have a lovely evening doing it with your sons! I've listened to some of his auditory posts when he puts them up, I enjoy how he speaks very much. I've read American Gods and I remember crying near the end. It was some years now, so I'm due for a reread at some point. <br /><br />The joys of country life. I often think of you in the northeast, by the lovely ocean, wondering how you are on the farm. When we saw the northeast when I lived in England, I loved the closeness to the sky, the feeling that you were on the edge of the world. It sounds silly, certainly in the northeast Europe is just 'over there', but there is something about seeing ocean liners go by, isn't there?Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09095246748581382752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-182642520216901583.post-56153859667802150002011-08-30T19:41:38.467+01:002011-08-30T19:41:38.467+01:00And I'm just the opposite. :<) Fairy tales ...And I'm just the opposite. :<) Fairy tales are often too scary for me, and I love short stories.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-182642520216901583.post-83372141564049551132011-08-26T17:50:34.234+01:002011-08-26T17:50:34.234+01:00Librarian, I was curious to see what it might have...Librarian, I was curious to see what it might have been called in German, but Amazon.de just lists it as Stardust! Do give it a try if you get the chance, and Neverwhere as well.<br /><br />Nan, yes, that's exactly what put me off too. I shall see if the library has the memoir. I'm a bit lukewarm about short stories - I don't mean to be, but I don't seem to be able to help it. Fairytales are all right, but even the best writers leave me cold.Jodie Robsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02442935205880334932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-182642520216901583.post-29575773994625587892011-08-26T16:56:37.213+01:002011-08-26T16:56:37.213+01:00Oh, just like me! I read MD faithfully in my twent...Oh, just like me! I read MD faithfully in my twenties and thirties. Her women were always just a bit older than I was, and I so enjoyed learning about them. I was telling another blogger recently that I cut my bangs after seeing she did, but of course, my hair being curlier than hers they never quite looked like hers. :<) I stopped reading her when her books got more social/political than personal. I don't even know if that's the right way to describe the change, but something wasn't the same. I did read The Seven Sisters about ten years ago and found it oh, so strange. BUT, I've just bought her short stories, and her sort-of memoir, The Pattern in the Carpet. I've read about half of it. I think it will answer your questions about Margaret Drabble's home place. I really recommend it. Great writing. There really isn't anyone quite like her, and I'm so happy to be in her company again.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-182642520216901583.post-2893173033027200802011-08-26T14:03:49.489+01:002011-08-26T14:03:49.489+01:00Is Stardust also by Neil Gaiman? No, I don't t...Is Stardust also by Neil Gaiman? No, I don't think I have read it, but then again, sometimes I have read a book in German, and the title has been "translated" beyond recognition - which is one reason why I prefer reading books in their original language, if I can.<br />My favourite character in "American Gods" was Horus.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-182642520216901583.post-88200903062603520022011-08-25T20:36:56.147+01:002011-08-25T20:36:56.147+01:00Dear Librarian, American Gods is *the* book that I...Dear Librarian, American Gods is *the* book that I would have written if I could! I've been reading myths and legends since I was a small child, and it feeds my obsession, so I'm not a disinterested audience (I didn't want it to end). Interestingly, most people seem to love it or hate it - you're exceptional in being more neutral! Have you read Stardust? A bit shorter and very charming.Jodie Robsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02442935205880334932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-182642520216901583.post-4320416874892927022011-08-25T19:34:07.195+01:002011-08-25T19:34:07.195+01:00"American Gods" was suggested to me by a..."American Gods" was suggested to me by a close friend whose opinion I truly value, and so I read it about a year ago. I did enjoy it and found most of Mr. Gaiman's ideas original and witty, but maybe two thirds or three quarters into the book, I somehow wanted to say to him "don't you think that's a bit much now?"; it was probably just me who'd had enough of the whole theme. Still, as I said, I enjoyed the book, the language, the style, the book being completely different to any other I'd read before (and after).Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.com