tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post116830131159845131..comments2024-01-06T00:28:45.062+08:00Comments on Bibliobibuli: A Novel Guide to the Novelbibliobibulihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1168340044961123942007-01-09T18:54:00.000+08:002007-01-09T18:54:00.000+08:00yes, read you last entry. poor glenda.sutherland d...yes, read you last entry. poor glenda.<BR/><BR/>sutherland does say some pretty stupid things esp. <A HREF="http://thebookaholic.blogspot.com/2006/11/so-who-do-we-think-we-are.html" REL="nofollow">his comment about reviewers</A>bibliobibulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1168338784331145482007-01-09T18:33:00.000+08:002007-01-09T18:33:00.000+08:00Wall to wall bookshelves, groaning under the weigh...Wall to wall bookshelves, groaning under the weight of books...sigh. My idea of heaven.<BR/><BR/>However, the idea that reading a book is as hard as writing one? Let me throw something at him, preferably a weighty tome or two. (Now, who would ever guess that I am currently labouring with editorial requests for changes to the latest submitted MS, and that a final, final deadline looms on same...)Glenda Larkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10113271268122909969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1168325119147107162007-01-09T14:45:00.000+08:002007-01-09T14:45:00.000+08:00frankly ... nofrankly ... nobibliobibulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1168320080206123302007-01-09T13:21:00.000+08:002007-01-09T13:21:00.000+08:00yup, I can see where this Bibliomania addiction is...yup, I can see where this Bibliomania addiction is leading us. I too read books about books, collect posters and photos about libraries and book collecting and my idea of interior decoration is wall to wall bookshelves.<BR/><BR/>Do you think that is any hope for us?Alex Tanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04003300678212296112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1168308597702643492007-01-09T10:09:00.000+08:002007-01-09T10:09:00.000+08:00here's the amazon link for mullan's book it's a mu...here's <A HREF="http://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Novels-Work-John-Mullan/dp/0199281777/sr=11-1/qid=1168308143/ref=sr_11_1/203-1789530-5580714" REL="nofollow">the amazon link for mullan's book</A> <BR/><BR/>it's a must-read for sure and i thank you for telling me about it.<BR/><BR/>sutherland though is developing a more general argument, and though he does refer to specific texts is concerned mainly with how they illustrate aspects of the published book.<BR/><BR/>ugghhh ... not content with reading books, we have to read books about booksbibliobibulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1168307456877668602007-01-09T09:50:00.000+08:002007-01-09T09:50:00.000+08:00*sigh* better go back for it then ...*sigh* better go back for it then ...bibliobibulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1168306912552228922007-01-09T09:41:00.000+08:002007-01-09T09:41:00.000+08:00Yes, the stuff Mulan discusses is more substantial...Yes, the stuff Mulan discusses is more substantial and literary compared to Sutherland's which is more behind-the-scenes and entertaining. But both books are worth reading.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1168305335875182202007-01-09T09:15:00.000+08:002007-01-09T09:15:00.000+08:00I thought Mullan's book had more...substance... :-...I thought Mullan's book had more...substance... :-))) <BR/>But Sutherland's book was rather gossipy and entertaining.Poppadumdumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11763910123949254981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1168304248846607492007-01-09T08:57:00.000+08:002007-01-09T08:57:00.000+08:00there were just too many books on that shelf. i ha...there were just too many books on that shelf. i had to grab for the nearest temptation and just walk away. let me know how john mullan's book is though ...bibliobibulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1168303732122589822007-01-09T08:48:00.000+08:002007-01-09T08:48:00.000+08:00Nearly got this last night at the final day of the...Nearly got this last night at the final day of the Kinokuniya sale - opted for John Mullan's "How Novels Work" in the end...Poppadumdumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11763910123949254981noreply@blogger.com