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From: Lady Nina on 17 Sep 2009 11:15 On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:00:28 GMT, ensmjc(a)bath.ac.uk (M J Carley) wrote: >In the referenced article, spamtrap2(a)ntlworld.com writes: > >>In the sun, at a bar having had a long day of being bumped over >>cobbles. >> >>Michael drew the line at me reading it at the dinner table. > >In fairness, if you insist It was more pleading than insisting. >on being brought on holidays and pushed >around Rome for food I can eat and read at the same time you know. > and culture, you can see my point. Well yes, but it's still a damn good book. -- Lady Nina
From: zymurgy on 17 Sep 2009 11:23 On 17 Sep, 14:56, Lady Nina <spamtr...(a)ntlworld.com> wrote: > On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 06:11:37 -0700 (PDT), zymurgy > > > > > > <zymu...(a)technologist.com> wrote: > >On 17 Sep, 13:58, Lady Nina <spamtr...(a)ntlworld.com> wrote: > >> On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:33:24 +0100, Phil Launchbury > > >> <ph...(a)launchbury.org.uk> wrote: > >> >In article <4ab21cfe$0$2480$db0fe...(a)news.zen.co.uk>, Hog wrote: > >> >> Phil Launchbury wrote: > > >> Stunning novel, so good I just wanted to sit and read it rather than look round Rome. > > >Well, I knew you were a bit wierd, but this positively confirms it :) > > In the sun, at a bar having had a long day of being bumped over cobbles. Ah yes, not the most 'chair friendly of places .. Paul.
From: darsy on 17 Sep 2009 11:24 On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:53:03 +0100, Lady Nina <spamtrap2(a)ntlworld.com> wrote: >On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 06:20:44 -0700 (PDT), zymurgy ><zymurgy(a)technologist.com> wrote: > >>On 17 Sep, 14:09, darsy <da...(a)sticky.co.uk> wrote: >>> On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:58:53 +0100, Lady Nina <spamtr...(a)ntlworld.com> >>> wrote: > >>> >http://www.amazon.co.uk/Extremely-Loud-Incredibly-Close-Novel/dp/0241... >>> >>> >Stunning novel, so good I just wanted to sit and read it rather than >>> >look round Rome. >>> >>> "Everything is Illuminated" is better. >> >>Not read either, but Amazon recommends 'The Book Thief' when you put >>in E-L-I-C. > >It also recommends 'If nobody speaks of remarkable things' which I >raved about a while back. aaarrrgghhh - now that, I thought was awful. -- d.
From: darsy on 17 Sep 2009 11:30 On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:49:44 +0100, Lady Nina <spamtrap2(a)ntlworld.com> wrote: >On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:09:58 +0100, darsy <darsy(a)sticky.co.uk> wrote: > >>>http://www.amazon.co.uk/Extremely-Loud-Incredibly-Close-Novel/dp/024114213X >>> >>>Stunning novel, so good I just wanted to sit and read it rather than >>>look round Rome. >> >>"Everything is Illuminated" is better. > >I'd never heard of him until I picked this one up, I've now put the >above on the list. it's sort of an intellectual reverse-Borat. -- d.
From: darsy on 17 Sep 2009 11:31
On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:45:41 +0100, Ben <ben(a)bensalesDOTME.uk> wrote: >On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 07:40:39 -0700 (PDT), zymurgy ><zymurgy(a)technologist.com> wrote: >>I did like The DaVinci Code, but 'Deception Point' and 'Digital >>Fortress' were unmitigated wank. > >Dan Brown's books are great until you read the one that's about your >own subject matter. hey, like GEB then ;-) -- d. |