tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4609118120551505936.post3267869251767107753..comments2024-03-28T06:49:38.484+01:00Comments on Beyond the Lone Islands: A Short Book Review: The Uncommon ReaderDawnTreaderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04533307672147117843noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4609118120551505936.post-11378954042513083652013-05-24T00:38:50.587+02:002013-05-24T00:38:50.587+02:00This set me off on a twenty minute ramble through ...This set me off on a twenty minute ramble through the archives of my mind via Google. I saw Alan Bennet in <i>O What a Lovely War</i> at the Piccadilly Theatre, London, back in the late sixties. I've had a considerable respect for his wit ever since even though I'm not sure that I always understand it.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4609118120551505936.post-25890014023149600752013-05-07T23:57:23.986+02:002013-05-07T23:57:23.986+02:00What a strange and interesting concept for a book,...What a strange and interesting concept for a book, and certainly not one I have ever heard of before.<br />I can't imagine the Queen borrowing a book from a mobile library, except as a public relations stunt.VirginiaChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17282569773671179047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4609118120551505936.post-45770188757263782052013-05-07T21:04:42.070+02:002013-05-07T21:04:42.070+02:00It think it is probably a bit of both, Ginny.It think it is probably a bit of both, Ginny.DawnTreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04533307672147117843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4609118120551505936.post-62706690347505791532013-05-07T21:03:56.833+02:002013-05-07T21:03:56.833+02:00I do like the ambiguity of the English title. (Not...I do like the ambiguity of the English title. (Not quite translatable into Swedish so here it got a different one.) DawnTreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04533307672147117843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4609118120551505936.post-21990679119582608522013-05-07T21:01:06.375+02:002013-05-07T21:01:06.375+02:00I don't think I've read anything else by h...I don't think I've read anything else by him (yet), Adrian.DawnTreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04533307672147117843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4609118120551505936.post-57959121084430178262013-05-07T20:59:15.612+02:002013-05-07T20:59:15.612+02:00I enjoyed it too even if I'm sort of in two mi...I enjoyed it too even if I'm sort of in two minds about using a still living person (Queen Elizabeth) as main character in a work of fiction. On the other hand it's hardly the first time it's been done (thinking of the film The Queen).DawnTreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04533307672147117843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4609118120551505936.post-26296136513671804322013-05-07T20:28:51.209+02:002013-05-07T20:28:51.209+02:00What a strange little book this must be! So is is ...What a strange little book this must be! So is is just for amusement and funny, or is it actually a way to convey good books to read?Ginny Hartzlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09329131153403895625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4609118120551505936.post-40207083626162798092013-05-07T14:09:18.420+02:002013-05-07T14:09:18.420+02:00when I saw the title I thought you were doing a po...when I saw the title I thought you were doing a post on ME... LOL the uncommon reader of my Kindle....this brought back memories of the book mobile coming to our street for many years, it only came every 2 weeks and I would read all my books the first week and have to re-read them while waiting for more.MadSnapperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08163140037276496519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4609118120551505936.post-40854979354379458112013-05-07T09:58:12.006+02:002013-05-07T09:58:12.006+02:00Thanks for this Monica. I'd forgotten all abou...Thanks for this Monica. I'd forgotten all about Allan Bennet. I must catch up on his books. ADRIANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07113961163396562781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4609118120551505936.post-87069079038117150702013-05-07T07:45:45.634+02:002013-05-07T07:45:45.634+02:00Some years ago (it must have been just before I be...Some years ago (it must have been just before I began blogging, otherwise there would be a review on my blog) I read this book; I am not sure now but I even think it was a birthday present from my sister. I enjoyed it very much and thought the idea original and the writing clever and witty.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.com