tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2322599747616522091.post3537681455871291840..comments2024-01-26T01:59:22.417+00:00Comments on Katie Who Can Read: Reading Cram Read-a-thon Day 2 and Top Ten TuesdayKatie Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12844778170761632779noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2322599747616522091.post-34296690200069849232013-12-15T10:26:39.899+00:002013-12-15T10:26:39.899+00:001. *joins you in booing and hissing at The Rag Tha...1. *joins you in booing and hissing at The Rag That Shall Not Be Named.* It's the air of self-righteousness that accompanies the muck-raking and hate-mongering that marks that paper aside from all the other rags. <br /><br />2. Yay China Mieville! I've managed to get Judith reading his books too. Perdido Street Station's huge and a bit intimidating, but it's fantastic, as is The City and the City.<br /><br />3. I hope your American tourists bought something before they ran screaming into the hills. ;)<br /><br />4. They are more like dementor-moths, on closer inspection. Or Judi called them Medusa-moths. Whatever they are, they are loose in the city causing terror and mayhem. <br /><br />5. Mr Penumbra readalong in the new year?<br />I got A Cuckoo's Calling on some kind of special offer, though I can't remember exactly what. It was certainly too good to pass up on, anyway. But it's just sitting there looking accusingly at me. But Potter first. I've started, so I must finish, and Christmas is the perfect time for that.Katie Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12844778170761632779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2322599747616522091.post-5613492937001082642013-12-14T10:27:30.155+00:002013-12-14T10:27:30.155+00:001. BOOM. Evil Daily Mail joke... I like it. Yo...1. BOOM. Evil Daily Mail joke... I like it. You're right, Rita Skeeter would definitely be a front-page gossip harridan for their *delightful* rag. *hisses furiously in their general direction*<br /><br />2. Okay now I really want Perdido Street Station. I've been wanting to try CM for ages! Also NOS4R2 (clearly the new 11/22/63 - where no one can quite remember how the title goes but THERE ARE DEFINITELY NUMBERS IN IT). So... yeah, go you.<br /><br />3. "First, as far as I can make out, someone programmes a hoover to make it become sentient. You may call it a cleaning construct all you like, but as far as I'm concerned it's a hoover. Now, quite what the plot has planned for a sentient hoover, I am yet to find out." - This just made me burst out laughing and scare a couple of American tourists. :)<br /><br />4. KILLER MOTHS! Awesome. I might have to buy this book for my mum for Hallowe'en, she hates moths with a passion! *evil laugh*<br /><br />5. MR PENUMBRA! Yes, we should all read this now that I actually have a copy. Also, the cover is so trippy, I love it. I'm awaiting the paperback of The Cuckoo's Calling - as soon as it hits shelves (or actually appears in the library without a 4-year waiting list) I AM SO THERE. Rereading Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is SOMEWHERE on the horizon, and also A Christmas Carol if I can make a little niche of book-and-mince-pie-with-alcoholic-hot-chocolate time on Christmas Eve. YAY CHRISTMAS!<br /><br />Off to read your next installment of readathonny goodness!Elliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07246472269477492583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2322599747616522091.post-30246070684224151872013-12-12T20:58:47.000+00:002013-12-12T20:58:47.000+00:00Yes, you and Laura and I think Sarah all kept ment...Yes, you and Laura and I think Sarah all kept mentioning NOS4R2 until I had to give in. I'm looking forward to getting stuck into that. I've read his first book, "Heart-Shaped Box" which was pretty good, but NOS4R2 and Horns both look incredible.<br /><br />Oooh, photobooks! Maybe I'll get one of those made rather than putting them in an album one at a time. That'll have to wait till payday, though. <br /><br />I'm with you on Stephen King; I've read a few of his books, many are on my "one day" list and others I just have no desire to ever read. They didn't have Cujo in our The Works, but I agree, that is a "no thank you" book for me too.Katie Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12844778170761632779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2322599747616522091.post-44831516812949786432013-12-12T00:01:34.507+00:002013-12-12T00:01:34.507+00:00Ah, the Waterstones stamp card trap. I've fall...Ah, the Waterstones stamp card trap. I've fallen into that way more times than I care to count! I do have a ten stamped card in my purse that I'm looking forward to spending though :) Plus, you got N0S4R2 which makes me happy!<br /><br />I like to have physical photo albums too. I collect photos by year on my laptop, then at the end of the year I have a photobook made, so they're all on my shelf with the year on the spine. It's nice to have them to look through. <br /><br />Ah, I bought that Stephen King from The Works too. It's weird, some of his books really appeal and I fall completely in love with them... others I'm not bothered about in the slightest. I bought this because they had it or <i>Cujo</i> which falls firmly into the 'no thank you' category!Hanna @ Booking in Heelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17705048655467252248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2322599747616522091.post-91501556251909066862013-12-10T16:37:18.044+00:002013-12-10T16:37:18.044+00:00Glad to know Mr Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore i...Glad to know Mr Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore is worth reading. I saw it and remembered reading about Hanna and Ellie fighting over it earlier in the year! :D<br /><br />This is my second copy of the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - the old one got so worn out, but I found this one second hand and it had the right cover so I had to snap it up. It takes me right back to my childhood.<br /><br />I've been dithering this afternoon; got distracted sorting out my photos from the last year, deciding which ones need to be printed. I still like to have real photo albums to look back at good memories. And I have a review to write and cookies and cakes to bake. The beauty of longer readathons is that it's OK not to get much reading done on some days because there are plenty of chances to catch up.Katie Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12844778170761632779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2322599747616522091.post-26971151336156197162013-12-10T16:09:21.413+00:002013-12-10T16:09:21.413+00:00Damn - both Hanna and Laura bought NOS4R2 when we ...Damn - both Hanna and Laura bought NOS4R2 when we were in Leeds and I've been wavering ever since! It just looks like the perfect book to read during December and I badly want it! I so very, very nearly bought it this lunchtime in fact! Mr Penumbra's 24 Hour Bookstore is good - I read it earlier in the year and it's quirky and fun and has the best sounding bookshop in the entire world :) <br /><br />I have that exact same copy of <i>The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe</i>! I used to adore it as a child and it's the first "proper" book that I remember really loving. I do really want to re-read the series, actually. I'm not much of a re-reader (which I know strikes most readers as odd!) but I have been craving a bit of Narnia lately :) I might become a hermit for the weekend and get a copy and regress for a little while!<br /><br />My read-a-thon progress is terrible so far and I haven't even made it through a page so far today! I have a meeting this evening too so I'm not expecting to get much more than the hour that I'll be travelling to and from the meeting :| The rest of my week looks a lot quieter though so maybe that'll be my time to shine! :) Lit Addicted Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15307643382274474774noreply@blogger.com