Comments on: Knitting & Reading http://www.fourth-edition.co.uk/2010/03/knitting-reading/ - the blog formerly known as bookish Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:36:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Karie http://www.fourth-edition.co.uk/2010/03/knitting-reading/comment-page-1/#comment-6252 Karie Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:27:25 +0000 http://www.fourth-edition.co.uk/?p=2191#comment-6252 @Jodi: Rec promptly written down. @DKen: well, well, uhm .. it's an acquired taste I guess .. @KOL: thank you! @Jodi: Rec promptly written down.

@DKen: well, well, uhm .. it’s an acquired taste I guess ..

@KOL: thank you!

]]> By: Knitting Out Loud http://www.fourth-edition.co.uk/2010/03/knitting-reading/comment-page-1/#comment-6251 Knitting Out Loud Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:16:13 +0000 http://www.fourth-edition.co.uk/?p=2191#comment-6251 I LOVED Never Let Me Go and can't get into Girl With A Dragon Tattoo, but really enjoy your blog! I LOVED Never Let Me Go and can’t get into Girl With A Dragon Tattoo, but really enjoy your blog!

]]> By: Darth Ken http://www.fourth-edition.co.uk/2010/03/knitting-reading/comment-page-1/#comment-6250 Darth Ken Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:36:21 +0000 http://www.fourth-edition.co.uk/?p=2191#comment-6250 I will *never* get why "smells faintly of sheep" is a good thing ;) I will *never* get why “smells faintly of sheep” is a good thing ;)

]]> By: Jodi http://www.fourth-edition.co.uk/2010/03/knitting-reading/comment-page-1/#comment-6248 Jodi Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:26:14 +0000 http://www.fourth-edition.co.uk/?p=2191#comment-6248 I'm with you on "Never Let Me Go." I think many people imported their memories of reading "The Remains of the Day" into their reviews of this book. It also would have benefited from tighter editing. Hmmm... curious to see what you think of "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo." Not my favorite, but it had some moments. It's a thriller, not literary fiction -- I wish I had kept that in mind as I read it. I do, however, recommend "The Glass Room," by Simon Mawer, which I just read. It's not up there with Byatt's latest, for example, but it brought something to the table, and I can see why it was considered for the Booker Prize. I’m with you on “Never Let Me Go.” I think many people imported their memories of reading “The Remains of the Day” into their reviews of this book. It also would have benefited from tighter editing.

Hmmm… curious to see what you think of “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.” Not my favorite, but it had some moments. It’s a thriller, not literary fiction — I wish I had kept that in mind as I read it.

I do, however, recommend “The Glass Room,” by Simon Mawer, which I just read. It’s not up there with Byatt’s latest, for example, but it brought something to the table, and I can see why it was considered for the Booker Prize.

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