tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post7684778534571547514..comments2024-03-07T11:39:09.758+11:00Comments on Will Type For Food: Out of Zeit, out of GeistTimThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-91123020053803367612008-12-18T13:53:00.000+11:002008-12-18T13:53:00.000+11:00I'll look out for "Which Witch"I started at 8.25 o...I'll look out for "Which Witch"<BR/><BR/>I started at 8.25 or something. I got left at the bus stop and waited for a late bus. Then there was that long bus journey.<BR/><BR/>Tedious public transport and bus delays do have some advantages!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-14010598822391940062008-12-18T13:20:00.000+11:002008-12-18T13:20:00.000+11:00You read it this morning? When did you *start*, if...You read it this morning? When did you *start*, if you finished it at 11.23? <BR/><BR/>Fair enough I guess, some of the Lemony Snickets I effectively started and finished on the Newcastle to Sydney train trip. <BR/><BR/>She's a great writer, Ibbotson. Her best is probably 'Witch Witch'.TimThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-61399661984915755332008-12-18T12:33:00.000+11:002008-12-18T12:33:00.000+11:00By the way, I had a look on Amazon to read reviews...By the way, I had a look on Amazon to read reviews of The Secret of Platform 13. SOme people liked/loved it and some people hated it and some were in between (that's all fine, books polarise people).<BR/><BR/>What was annoying though was how many reviews insisted on ranting about Harry Potter in it, either in comparisons to or making nearly the whole post about a comparison to Harry, or pointing out that Ibbotson's book was before HP so didn't copy HP, etc.<BR/><BR/>Puh-leeeaase! It was like a point of honour. (Rather than using it to enhance the review by saying "This is in Rowling-esque style so if you liked HP you will like this too")<BR/><BR/>Plenty of authors I'm sure use other books as inspiration so if any author does happen to use a book or books to inspire their story ... well who would care anyhow? So long as they have written a good story themselves! (and it isn't outright plagiarism)<BR/><BR/>On the other hand if they have written it very similarly to someone else's and the other person's is better ... well I would like o know the other person's name and what their book is called!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-5222306912442134252008-12-18T11:17:00.000+11:002008-12-18T11:17:00.000+11:00TimT, on my blog you mentioned the author Eva Ibbo...TimT, on my blog you mentioned the author Eva Ibbotson.<BR/><BR/>I went and got the book, The Secret of Platform 13 by Ms Ibbotson recently and read it this morning.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your recommendation - lovely book, good fantasy, well-written and imaginative and a nice children's read. Lotsa fun, a good use of the premise.<BR/><BR/>Am in line to read more of Ibbotson's efforts!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-79159926863904091102008-12-18T07:27:00.000+11:002008-12-18T07:27:00.000+11:00Cow's resolution to get books from the Library ins...Cow's resolution to get books from the Library instead of buying them is working pretty well. <BR/><BR/>For those books she got because she SHOULD read them (but then doesn't uptake them at all) they can simply be returned without guilt.<BR/><BR/>For unputtdownable books, she can buy them later, after they have proven their worth.<BR/><BR/>Moo!The Topiary Cowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04649189953257408994noreply@blogger.com