tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656468.post115262570114065661..comments2024-03-28T13:18:28.238+00:00Comments on Grumpy Old Bookman: Christopher Brookmyre: All Fun and Games Until Somebody Loses an EyeMichael Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11338398159818400930noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656468.post-1152982212209354732006-07-15T17:50:00.000+01:002006-07-15T17:50:00.000+01:00Not my cup of tea either. Which is a shame, becaus...Not my cup of tea either. Which is a shame, because I thought I was going to really enjoy AFAGUSLAE - mainly because I too liked the cover.<BR/><BR/>What was it my mum told me about that...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656468.post-1152788599569763672006-07-13T12:03:00.000+01:002006-07-13T12:03:00.000+01:00Just goes to show the subjective nature of reading...Just goes to show the subjective nature of reading (of course!).<BR/><BR/>I loved Lethem's Motherless Brooklyn and (with one exception) really enjoy C Brookmyre ...<BR/><BR/>This is fuel for a post I have lurking re the role of comedy in crime ...Debihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09600815804658702077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656468.post-1152738687864748012006-07-12T22:11:00.000+01:002006-07-12T22:11:00.000+01:00Yes, I like the covers too, but find the actual bo...Yes, I like the covers too, but find the actual books unreadable.<BR/><BR/>Also Jonathan Lethem, I struggled through one of his but although many people I know think he is great, not my cup of tea either.Maxine Clarkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06628509319992204770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656468.post-1152738162571408792006-07-12T22:02:00.000+01:002006-07-12T22:02:00.000+01:00Brookmyre's Saul Bass inspired book covers are qui...Brookmyre's Saul Bass inspired book covers are quite nice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656468.post-1152703949036294432006-07-12T12:32:00.000+01:002006-07-12T12:32:00.000+01:00Re GOB's comment in yesterday's Victorian porn Par...Re GOB's comment in yesterday's Victorian porn Part 2 blog "…even in this day and age, many of the English live in abject terror of all forms of human sexuality."<BR/>Some people feel the English are obsessed by sex. <BR/><BR/>Passing the romance shelves in my public library this week, I glanced at the display of face-forward books and noticed one was The Sex Diet. Quite a clever title, I suppose, combining two things thought to be of irresistible interest to women readers. But perhaps self-defeating because many readers would feel uncomfortable presenting the book at the check-out desk.<BR/><BR/>Reviewing it, Harriet Klausner, a well-known Amazon.com reviewer, wrote, "Fans will appreciate this humorous tale of lust in the kitchen." <BR/><BR/>Perhaps, but there are now several online forums where readers recommend books in which sex is not the main ingredient. Judging by their posts, they are not elderly prudes, just bored by a surfeit of sex scenes.Anne Wealehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16735566519099369022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656468.post-1152702453593467722006-07-12T12:07:00.000+01:002006-07-12T12:07:00.000+01:00Yes, it's very disappointing when you fail to see ...Yes, it's very disappointing when you fail to see what so many others find hilarious. I wanted to like Brookmyre but when I picked up his latest novel in the shop, I couldn't get past the first paragraph. At least with Jasper Fforde I reached about halfway before deciding that as I hadn't laughed so far, I was unlikely to at allAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com