tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2322599747616522091.post2432636589780490907..comments2024-01-26T01:59:22.417+00:00Comments on Katie Who Can Read: Sunday Summary: Book splurges and birthdaysKatie Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12844778170761632779noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2322599747616522091.post-38518925617232856052014-10-19T17:44:20.248+01:002014-10-19T17:44:20.248+01:00Also, those chocolates were an excellent choice. T...Also, those chocolates were an excellent choice. The caramel cheesecake in particular was AMAZING. Thank you very much.Katie Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12844778170761632779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2322599747616522091.post-76827961886175792652014-10-19T13:10:23.385+01:002014-10-19T13:10:23.385+01:00Ellie! Work hasn't been too bad these last cou...Ellie! Work hasn't been too bad these last couple of weeks. My colleague and I managed to talk the manager out of some of the proposed Christmas moves, so in the end we only moved a couple of bays, thankfully. Next to crime fiction is NOT a good place to put the humour books.<br /><br />BOOKS! I'm not sure what made me pick up Cell over some of the other titles, but I am looking forward to reading it. I think 2014 is the Year of Stephen King (as well as the Year of Awesome Books With Yellow Covers.) I'd read a couple of his books before, but now I'm recognising him as a master storyteller, not just a horror writer. I probably saw Gravity in one of your book hauls. I'd never really been interested in reading Tess Gerritson, but any story set on a space station is going to get my attention. <br /><br />I've read one of the Star Wars books, which is very interesting, with a couple of surprises even if you know the story. The author wrote at the back that even though it was on the surface a ridiculous concept, Star Wars was intentionally written drawing on some of the same mythological and storytelling archetypes that Shakespeare used.<br /><br />I LOVE MY POP SPOCK! He is sitting on the shelf above my desk looking down at me right now. I saw your Pop Loki as well. They are so awesome. I could quite easily start a collection...<br /><br />I wasn't too surprised by Bex's choice of book either (except that I'd forgotten it was on my list.) I'd looked for it in every bookshop I encountered in the Windermere/Ambleside area in the summer, but with no luck. Mr Ransome seems like a very interesting person. <br /><br />But of course you need to be able to test every bag with a book. What use is a bag with no room for books? (This one is really more of a satchel than a handbag, which suits me just fine.)Katie Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12844778170761632779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2322599747616522091.post-19309050156763223772014-10-19T12:59:18.708+01:002014-10-19T12:59:18.708+01:00I'd love to see how the Shakespeare Star Wars ...I'd love to see how the Shakespeare Star Wars works out as a stage production, although I think it might work better as a radio play, as the "chorus" fills in a lot of the description of what's going on when there is no dialogue. I recommend the Big Comfy Bookshop, it is a fine specimen of bookshop (and coffee and cake shop!)Katie Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12844778170761632779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2322599747616522091.post-20197299305478857282014-10-17T11:01:13.145+01:002014-10-17T11:01:13.145+01:00*sails in very late* God, I suck at commenting. ...*sails in very late* God, I suck at commenting. I've had this post open in its own tab since it went up, and now my computer's trying to reboot and I'm like "NOOO! I HAVEN'T COMMENTED YET!" So, hello. :) I hope your week at work wasn't TOO awful. Rearranging books is something that's meant to be fun, but it really isn't at those kinds of volumes. You have my sympathies... Also, may the Christmas fever sneak up SLOWLY, give you chance to adjust each step of the way. Far easier that way.<br /><br />Now, BOOKS! I have Cell on my shelves too, and it MIGHT be my next King read. I like the modern technology focus, it seems a bit different from the other novels of his that I've read so far. Can't go wrong with Mary Roach, good call. I reviewed Life Support recently and BOUGHT Gravity, so maybe that's the link you couldn't put your finger on?<br /><br />I have a couple of newer titles to add to my Marvel pile at some point too. Let me know how those Shakespeare Star Wars books are - I've seen them around a fair bit on BookTube but no one's really reviewed them yet! POP SPOCK AND SHERLOCK, oh yes. I just got my first Pop figurine as well, it's so cute! Hope I picked well on the chocolate front - there were about 15 flavours and they all sounded so niiiiice! Fuzzy felt card and Life After Life, very nice. I want to read that one too! I had a feeling Bex might buy you the Arthur Ransome book - another one you have to read so I know whether to buy it immediately, haha! That bag is gorgeous - and funnily enough, every time I buy a new one (even a smaller cross-body one for days out) I always take a paperback with me to try it for size. <br /><br />THIS POST IS FULL OF WONDERFUL THINGS KATIE. I hope your October as a whole turns out to be the same, even if it's a busy month! :DElliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07246472269477492583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2322599747616522091.post-43383867834992183822014-10-10T03:02:13.572+01:002014-10-10T03:02:13.572+01:00May I say firstly, Happy birthday! Ur presents loo...May I say firstly, Happy birthday! Ur presents look great and it sounds like you had a good day.<br /> I'm originally from coventry and I'm very pleased to here of this new book shop development- I'll definitely be looking it up when I next return. Also I'd love to know what you make of the star wars Shakespeare books, as my husband has been asked to join in with a performance of one of them and we were wondering 'what the heck...?'<br />RachelAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09085535176578277841noreply@blogger.com