Laurel’s Comments (group member since Aug 06, 2013)

Laurel’s comments from the I Read Therefore I Am group.

I thought it was just normal fog - I must have missed the news all week lol!

@Lee - both my horses fell over but they're ok ;)

ha ha, yeah but I got 11 books for £10.89 so it's a bargain really ;)

Is anyone putting a bet on the national???
I'm sticking a quid on Shakalakaboomboom and another quid on Big Shu - it's the only time I ever bet on the horses.

Which translation did you read Angela?

Midway along the journey of our life
I woke to find myself in a dark wood,
for I had wandered off from the straight path.

How hard it is to tell what it was like,
this wood of wilderness, savage and stubborn
(the thought of it brings back all my old fears),

a bitter place! Death could scarce be bitterer.
But if I would show the good that came of it
I must talk about things other than the good.

Translator Mark Musa

Recent additions to the tbr mountain:
204. Danta Alighieri - The Divine Comedy, Vol. 1: Inferno
205. John Milton - Paradise Lost
206. Arturo Perez Reverte - The Dumas Club
207. Chris Yates - Nightwalk: A Journey into the Heart of Nature
208. Victoria Hislop - The Story: Love, Loss and the Lives of Women: 100 Great Short Stories
209. Mike Ashley - The Mammoth Book of Apocalyptic SF
210. Mark Cocker - Crow Country
211. Max Adams - The King in the North: The Life and Times of Oswald of Northumbria
212. James McPherson- Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era
213. Cormac McCarthy - All the Pretty Horses


And I had a bit of a splurge on the kindle spring sale this morning and got....
214. Kirsty Logan - The Rental Heart and Other Fairytales
215. David rose - Posthumous Stories
216. Caroline Ross - Small Scale Tour
217. Anna Kim - Anatomy of a Night
218. Pasi Ilmari Jaaskelainen - The Rabbit Back Literature Society
219. Joaquin Perez Azaustre - The Swimmers
220. Alexis Stamatic - Bar Flaubert
221. Christa Wolf - Cassandra: A Novel And Four Essays
222. Claudie Gallay - The Breakers
223. Joyce Carol Oates - A Fair Maiden

Oh dear - this instant downloading thing is dangerous! At least they are only 99p ;)

yes, very! Whereabouts in Italy are you going? Hope you enjoy it :)

Cool (although it'll take more than some notes to make me seem smart lol!)
My copy came today - has anyone started yet?

For anyone interested, here are some of Robert's poems from her website: http://www.micheleroberts.co.uk/poems...

And this interview with her is a good introduction about her inspiration/influences and the themes of her work: http://www.cercles.com/interviews/rob...

Lol!

@Gab - don't see why you shouldn't call your character that as long as your story and character are nothing like the Uriah from Divergent. As to whether he should be your main character's brother, friend or lover - I suppose that depends on where you want your story to go so I have no idea - good luck!

Angela - Sorry to hear about your Grandfather, we are all thinking of you and your family.

Hope you're feeling better soon Ellie - take care!

@ Hilary - that's really strange but I think it's kind of cool to have such a literate ghost!

Yeah my english teacher said it was supposed to be that - showing how convincing the devil could be and all that jazz but.... I just thought he was a great character!

I've got a copy of Paradise Lost coming with my copy of Inferno so am looking forward to finally finishing it - we only studied Books I and II when I did my English Lit a-level so I'd like to read the whole thing.

He doesn't seem to have a clue how to handle people does he? The whole mess with Burdovsky could have been dealt with a lot better if he had thought about it but I don't think it's just him - all those young men were pretty hysterical and Lizabetha Prokofievna is definitely a few sandwiches short of a picnic. And I've no idea what Nastasia Philipovna's game is...
There doesn't seem to be one 'normal' person between the lot of them.

Nicely written but not very spooky and to be honest a bit dull - not much mystery really and too much description of stuff so it was a bit of a let down cos it sounded good from the blurb.

Sounds interesting - the lost hour really threw me as well earlier! Having some serious arguments with the alarm clock before I realised what was going on...

It's pretty miserable today as well but I think it's going to change again soon! Have got a (very)rare sunday off work so have made a batch of spiced rhubarb and apple jam to celebrate :)

36. Tom Franklin - Hell At The Breech
37. Susan Ee - Angelfall
38. Diane Setterfield - Bellman and Black
39.John Harwood - The Asylum
40. Agatha Christie - Murder at the Vicarage