tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post6426637641093201582..comments2024-01-06T00:28:45.062+08:00Comments on Bibliobibuli: Stef Penney's Rattling Good Yarnbibliobibulihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-83263314634609093932007-08-10T18:03:00.000+08:002007-08-10T18:03:00.000+08:00i am so looking forward to monday's viscous clash ...i am so looking forward to monday's viscous clash of opinions!!bibliobibulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-89171610898502077312007-08-10T17:56:00.000+08:002007-08-10T17:56:00.000+08:00HaHa! I would wait for the movie, if my faith in s...HaHa! I would wait for the movie, if my faith in screen adaptations weren't already eroded to the point of non-existence! <BR/>But anyway, I've violated my own rule of not ripping a book until I've read it completely. So, maybe I should stop being a prick and give it a go. Am still in a grouchy mood after having to endure Cormac McCarthy's literary pretensions to the dystopian fiction genre! And yes, I have commented on this in another of your posts so excuse my repetitive ramblings! Am sharpening my claws for the meet this Monday hehehehe...KayKayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14658249157364728825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-34015218163943929002007-08-10T16:57:00.000+08:002007-08-10T16:57:00.000+08:00why do i always hear you in my head pulling it apa...why do i always hear you in my head pulling it apart at a book club meets? maybe because you do it so well! <BR/><BR/>i went back and found <A HREF="http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2007/4/27/lifebookshelf/17269559&sec=lifebookshelf" REL="nofollow">the review</A>. <BR/><BR/>this isn't an exhilarating thriller of a read, though i though it well-plotted, ... albeit as i say with hanging threads and slowed down by too many characters who end up not doing enough.<BR/><BR/>but it is well written and certainly not over literary, and i enjoyed it and got wrapped up in the story and didn't want to put it down towards the end. <BR/><BR/>(but then you never ever like the books i like and we are doomed to fight and fight. so no, don't read it.)<BR/><BR/>alan cheong makes some good points and i found it v. interesting to read what he says about penney as a scriptwriter. i think this book will be filmed and will look damned good on the big screen given the right cast and director. maybe you should just wait for the movie?bibliobibulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-83301869849495763762007-08-10T15:32:00.000+08:002007-08-10T15:32:00.000+08:00Sharon dear, so the obvious question for me to ask...Sharon dear, so the obvious question for me to ask is this: awards and plaudits aside, is the Company Of Wolves readable? Or is this another case of stripping what has the potential to be a ripping good yarn of all the elements that make it thrilling in the first place, like flow, plot and suspense and replacing it with pretentious prose, a glacial pace and ponderous characters who bore you crapless with philosophical ruminations? Does this wolf have bite? I remember somebody reviewing it in the Star (forget the name) and not being very impressed.KayKayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14658249157364728825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-20939776278085191262007-08-10T11:04:00.000+08:002007-08-10T11:04:00.000+08:00wow! that's good! as far as i know it hasn't been ...wow! that's good! as far as i know it hasn't been published in the US yet but i guess it will be a matter of time. sometimes it takes a few months.<BR/><BR/>in malaysia we are lucky because we get both british and american editionsbibliobibulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-88758434293195419522007-08-10T08:51:00.000+08:002007-08-10T08:51:00.000+08:00Talking about shifting copies on the other side of...Talking about shifting copies on the other side of the world - I read your entry about Tan Twan Eng and was interested in A Gift of Rain. I cannot find a new copy through Barnes & Noble or Amazon.com (US). I'll have to ask my aunt to send me a copy from the UK.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05666478794959561778noreply@blogger.com