tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4609118120551505936.post8870643520517005587..comments2024-03-28T12:15:59.787+01:00Comments on Beyond the Lone Islands: Three books I listened to in JuneDawnTreaderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04533307672147117843noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4609118120551505936.post-25539590018692068072017-07-20T19:30:24.683+02:002017-07-20T19:30:24.683+02:00I should add that I started reading the Pratchett ...I should add that I started reading the Pratchett novels because my brother (at least at first) "fed" them to me as audio books one at a time. (And introducing one sub-series at a time.) I actually never read a single one of them in print, but all as audio books! DawnTreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04533307672147117843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4609118120551505936.post-28202858797013230992017-07-20T19:24:14.901+02:002017-07-20T19:24:14.901+02:00The Discworld series is divided into several sub-s...The Discworld series is divided into several sub-series, Graham, and it may be better to just try one such sub-series rather than start with No. 1 and know that there are 40+ more following... Should ever want to give them another go there is a Wikipedia article to help sort things out a bit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discworld. Or I guess you could just ask CJ! :) DawnTreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04533307672147117843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4609118120551505936.post-36487333077918029142017-07-20T19:13:31.433+02:002017-07-20T19:13:31.433+02:00Those reviews of yours in the past look familiar n...Those reviews of yours in the past look familiar now that I look them up, Meike. Can't say I remembered them when I decided to read this book, though. (But who knows what goes on in the hidden depths of one's brain!)DawnTreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04533307672147117843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4609118120551505936.post-37126030507492545282017-07-20T19:04:09.001+02:002017-07-20T19:04:09.001+02:00I think it was partly the cover art that tempted m...I think it was partly the cover art that tempted me too with that dragon book, Terra :)DawnTreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04533307672147117843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4609118120551505936.post-16367156454640956702017-07-20T17:18:44.477+02:002017-07-20T17:18:44.477+02:00I must get around to reading more of Terry Pratche...I must get around to reading more of Terry Pratchett's books. I started with the first two Discworld novels and faltered thereafter. Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4609118120551505936.post-73979274974969522962017-07-18T14:09:35.110+02:002017-07-18T14:09:35.110+02:00If you put "Colgan" into the seach box o...If you put "Colgan" into the seach box on my blog, Monica, you will find one or two (possibly more, I can't remember) of my reviews of her books - all of them given to me by my mother-in-law. It is exactly her kind of thing; mine only when I want VERY light reading, because, as you say, her stories usually follow the same familiar pattern, and the average reader will know by page six who the female heroine will end up with.<br /><br />Neil Gaiman is an author I admire, but I have to be in a specific mood in order to enjoy his books. I did like "American Gods", but I can imagine it is not for everyone.<br /><br />The first one with the dragons does not sound like something I'd like to read, and I am not surprised you found it uninspiring.<br /><br />Thank you for three great reviews!Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4609118120551505936.post-82061014489012109572017-07-18T05:53:11.898+02:002017-07-18T05:53:11.898+02:00Those Crompton books sound the most intriguing in ...Those Crompton books sound the most intriguing in your post. The dragon on the cover of the first book might draw me in as I do like dragons and this one has an interesting expression.Terra https://www.blogger.com/profile/04396481049075747940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4609118120551505936.post-24173045647875215722017-07-17T22:23:56.972+02:002017-07-17T22:23:56.972+02:00Interesting. I would think of the three, the Books...Interesting. I would think of the three, the Bookshop On The Corner/ Non-corner would appeal to me the most.Ginny Hartzlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09329131153403895625noreply@blogger.com