Posts by Ngaire BookieMonster
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As mentioned elsewhere, I'm planning to re-read Angela Carter's The Passion of the New Eve. Put that in a pidgeon hole and smoke it. Whoops, we're back to wild game.
Oooh, nice choice. It's been about 15 years since I read that (*pause for a minor freakout*), so I'd love to know how it holds up.
Mind you pretty much all Angela Carter has held up outstandingly for me.
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Woops. I genre-bombed.
But back to the wunny babbits...
:DI love books. I'm as comfortable reading chewing gum crime novels like Iain Pears's Jonathan Argyl series as I am his more crafted historical novels like Stone's Fall and An Instance of the Fingerpost. The same goes with Banks in Fiction or Sci-Fi.
I agree to a large extent with this, though I also know certain "types" of book won't necessarily go with my reading style - for instance I'm a terrible, terrible spoiler, so I often find crime or thriller fiction somewhat unsatisfying if the writing doesn't carry it above a fixation on plot.
Having said that though if I hadn't been persuaded (once upon a time a very long time ago) to ignore my initial "fantasy=ack" opinonated stance I wouldn't have bothered reading Pratchett either, so I realise having opinionated stances is sometimes rather stupid of me.
It seems true to a large extent that genre labels have been marketing (or publisher or bookseller) created. There are so many books in the world you need a way to categorise them into more digestible bites of selling goodness. But of course the downside is you then relegate your buyer to a "section" unless they have the motivation to look outside that. There is no solution to this really.
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Nom nom nom wunnybabbits.
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Rapid hand clapping motions and he says "Yeah! Fluffy bunnies!" Thanks, I can stick with my original opinion... ;-)
I wish I knew how to put pictures in posts, but I don't so:
http://icanhascheezburger.com/2008/06/06/funny-pictures-bwavo-clappity-clappity/Yayayays!
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In case anyone is going to venture, do NOT read "Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell." I have read fantasy since I was 6 yrs old, and this is the worst let-down for a very-much touted book I have ever encountered.
Pedestrian/dull/lowkey/plonk.:) I love that book like it's a fluffy bunny of fabulousness. It's actually one of the most enjoyable reading experiences I've had. But then I'm not a fantasy fan at all (whilst I know Pterry is usually relegated to the fantasy section, I don't think he is at all, but it's the closest I'd get), so perhaps that's the difference.
I don't really know why JS&MN is put under fantasy either - sometimes it seems "Fantasy" is just "Other".
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also Mr. Fusspot makes me think of Gaspode the Wonder Dog
Mr Fusspot is a great "following dog" to Wuffles.
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I can see why some people didn't like Making Money, but I enjoyed it more than Going Postal, myself.
Plus it still has the funniest moment I've ever read in a book:
""Look out! He's got a daisy!" he shouted, and then thought: I just shouted "Look out! He's got a daisy!", and I think I"m going to remember, for ever, just how embarrassing this is."I laughed for days, I think.
Unseen Academicals hit me between the eyes a bit. If no one minds, here's the link to my full review http://www.bookiemonster.co.nz/2009/11/unseen-academicals-by-terry-pratchett/
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I'm now about 2/3rds of the way through The Little Stranger. Waters has such an amazing touch with dialogue, it always feels so real and authentic to the time of whichever book you're reading.
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Jolisa, and anyone else planning to read The Little Stranger be warned, it's really scary!
I know you said you didn't enjoy it, but this made me Yay-clappity! Maybe because I like a bit of darkness in my summer holiday, or something.
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Bookiemonster - while I found "The Colour of Magic" (the only Pterry adaptation I've seen) a bit disappointing, I'm willing to give "Hogfather-the film" a go...because it's begat by the book"Hogfather."
Totally agree - the book is fantastic (and I have a special place in my heart for Binky). I think that's why the movie/mini-series just didn't live up to it for me - and will be interested to hear what others think after they've seen it.
What I love about his work is that it tells you almost everything you might want to know about the long 18th century, culturally speaking, as understood from the vantage point of the long 20th century, except on a completely different planet. With jokes.
Yes. Yes. YES! Yes! Yes. I can't say yes enough to this. Yes.
It's so nice to be amongst fellow Pterry-ites.
Oooh, also, Susan Cooper's The Dark is Rising - perhaps a little old at this point
Oh yes, another one of my favourite series when I as young. It seemed even a bit out of date then but the plot was enthralling enough for that not to matter much.