tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1008954639175647714.post731345219998079592..comments2024-01-06T01:32:29.535-05:00Comments on reading avidly dot com: Communion Town, by Sam ThompsonNancyOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12027036137062767840noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1008954639175647714.post-65783888028688011832012-09-03T06:01:36.514-04:002012-09-03T06:01:36.514-04:00Hi Jo! I think that the more we read the more we...Hi Jo! I think that the more we read the more we're going to pick up on that kind of thing that you mentioned re Harold Fry. So now that you mentioned Byron I'll go read it before I get to Joyce's book. Thanks!!<br><br>Re Communion Town -- there were a few things like that in the book, but I think you'll find that there a number of positives about it as well. I just hate when writers do this to this extreme!NancyOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12027036137062767840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1008954639175647714.post-30325171473784326322012-09-02T23:00:21.661-04:002012-09-02T23:00:21.661-04:00Oh dear, I am worried now. I have this on my TBR p...Oh dear, I am worried now. I have this on my TBR pile and I will not understand those references. At least I can pick it up with a realistic expectation now having been warned. I do sometimes feel the more I read, the more unread I feel.<br><br>For example, I am currently listening to 'The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry' by Rachel Joyce and at the same time reading 'The Coral Thief' by Rebecca Stott. Only when I read a reference to Byron's poem 'Childe Harold's Pilgrimage' within 'The Coral Thief' did I realise the significance of the main character being named Harold in Joyce's novel.Jo @ Booklover Book Reviewshttp://www.bookloverbookreviews.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1008954639175647714.post-40013539373540039052012-08-30T17:49:38.174-04:002012-08-30T17:49:38.174-04:00If the book doesn't end up on the shortlist, y...If the book doesn't end up on the shortlist, you can have my copy. If it does and it doesn't win (I hold on to the winners for some stupid reason) I'll mail it to you. <br><br>Stylistically, the "noir-y mock up chapter" reeks of Raymond Chandler. I had to laugh because he uses little subtitles like "Perfidy in a Pencil Skirt" etc. and really does a fine Chandler here.NancyOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12027036137062767840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1008954639175647714.post-52493677861452371702012-08-30T13:14:08.606-04:002012-08-30T13:14:08.606-04:00You're a very well read reader and you echo mu...You're a very well read reader and you echo much of what catches me when we read the same books. I suspect I'd feel the same way with this one -- which is too bad (the noir-y mock up chapter has me v curious!).Audrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07511122937603890352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1008954639175647714.post-7846983830016436822012-08-30T11:12:22.980-04:002012-08-30T11:12:22.980-04:00I swear Audra, that is my exact feeling. But you s...I swear Audra, that is my exact feeling. But you shouldn't take just my word for it. There are a number of positive reviews for Communion Town where people can't speak highly enough of it. And I probably wouldn't have been so miffed except for reading the Strange Horizons review today which really made me feel like a hick.NancyOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12027036137062767840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1008954639175647714.post-72707633865364259802012-08-30T11:07:28.335-04:002012-08-30T11:07:28.335-04:00Oooh, hmm -- I was intrigued at first but now not ...Oooh, hmm -- I was intrigued at first but now not sure -- I do like layered novels but not ones that are so dripping with allusions and references I feel like a dummy. :/Audrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07511122937603890352noreply@blogger.com