tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13506151.post8597246826434958184..comments2023-11-05T22:12:49.545+11:00Comments on World. Oyster. Stage.: Murdering your darlingsMelbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02257719342445833725noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13506151.post-61457967949188669392010-02-17T16:08:27.685+11:002010-02-17T16:08:27.685+11:00Seriously, those photos of your books & book s...Seriously, those photos of your books & book shelves are like p0rn for readophiles.<br /><br />I've just started reading Simone de Beauvoir's <i>The Prime of Life</i>. I haven't read <i>Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter</i> yet though, which I'm disappointed about because I really wanted to read that first. I was going to buy <i>The Second Sex</i> at the same time, but it was too heavy to carry home & I didn't have enough money!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03085054284790032962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13506151.post-53692805270608702982010-02-05T22:23:30.251+11:002010-02-05T22:23:30.251+11:00In Cold Blood is in my top 5 books. I must head up...In Cold Blood is in my top 5 books. I must head up to TBG (my local book shop)and pick up a copy because even though I love it and have read it several times - I don't actually own a copy.Leilanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10518147080644400465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13506151.post-20043363910773255492010-01-29T17:30:21.769+11:002010-01-29T17:30:21.769+11:00You've overtaken me squib. I'm stuck at 51...You've overtaken me squib. I'm stuck at 510. I don't read complete books, several at once. I read, stop, read something else, either finish that one, then either go back to the first and finish or go to something else, either read it or drop it. Like that. I know it's messy but I'm not compelled to finish a book no matter what.<br /><br />Yes BookMoth, Norma Kouri, what a fascinating doco. Saw that late last year on tv? Amazing similarities. I know Helen Demidenko is now practising as a lawyer and blogs I think. What a thing that was. <br /><br />Lots of people rave about Middlesex so I'm looking forward to it. And finishing A Heartbreaking Work... where is my copy?Melbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02257719342445833725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13506151.post-90958961560951230692010-01-29T11:39:32.411+11:002010-01-29T11:39:32.411+11:00I'm up to page 605 of Anna K. I don't know...I'm up to page 605 of Anna K. I don't know how you can read more than one book at once<br /><br />I'd love to have <a href="http://www.frenchboutique.com.au/products/french-library-bookcase-with-ladder-at-your-specs-/2554557/1" rel="nofollow">these</a> *drool*squibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10744419106501810243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13506151.post-48210439546114184132010-01-29T01:02:42.106+11:002010-01-29T01:02:42.106+11:00Middlesex! Swoon! One of my fave books evah. I rea...<i>Middlesex</i>! Swoon! One of my fave books evah. I read that the same year I read <i>The Corrections</i>, <i>Everything Is Illuminated</i> and <i>A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius</i>. God that was a good year... 2002, I think? 2003?<br /><br />Also, on the topic of literary frauds: if you haven't yet, you've gotta see <i>Forbidden Lies</i>, the documentary-thriller (it really is a thriller) about Norma Khouri, author of <i>Forbidden Love</i>. Definitely shades of Demidenko. Amazing. Utterly compelling.Book_Mothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16939718432966833043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13506151.post-4944848857390756052010-01-28T21:24:28.813+11:002010-01-28T21:24:28.813+11:00Just finished Bones tonight. It is a lovely book, ...Just finished Bones tonight. It is a lovely book, yes the movie was pretty messy but I thought the acting was strong. Too much Peter-Jackson weird shit in it though. Too much.<br /><br />Haven't gotten to Iain Banks yet. I do remember you recommended him.<br /><br />Dennis Wheatley is pretty good, intellectual horror. It's supernatural-type stuff. I liked it.Melbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02257719342445833725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13506151.post-50402942385420361692010-01-28T18:50:19.390+11:002010-01-28T18:50:19.390+11:00I really really love Stephen King and his whole ou...I really really love Stephen King and his whole outlook on life and perception of the universe which comes through in his books. Everyone seems to think his stuff is pretty trashy but his books have enriched my life.<br /><br />I will have to try this Dennis Wheatley I think - I love good horror. <br /><br />Have you got round to any Iain Banks yet? And how is The Lovely Bones going? I just watched the movie and it was a muddled mess, but still not the worst I've seen. I hear the book is better so it may be time to read it.Eszhttp://kittysdrawings.comnoreply@blogger.com