tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post7792056367851109058..comments2024-01-26T10:20:37.836+00:00Comments on Diary of a Goldfish: Booky MemeThe Goldfishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15213378454070776331noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-70741311382310546372007-09-24T01:54:00.000+01:002007-09-24T01:54:00.000+01:00Another Christopher Brookmyre fan! Excellent. Gi...Another Christopher Brookmyre fan! Excellent. <BR/><BR/>Give me a week or two on the tag--snowed under at the moment, but this is a good one for me.S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06957943262402999997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-58286959964805812282007-09-23T04:47:00.000+01:002007-09-23T04:47:00.000+01:00Hey, reporting back that I have finished my assign...Hey, reporting back that I have finished my assignment - wow, does that sound such like a keener turning in their book report?Elizabeth McClunghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03627373214555333537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-61720326909252092732007-09-21T12:38:00.000+01:002007-09-21T12:38:00.000+01:00I love Brookmyre too. He is very witty, sick, swea...I love Brookmyre too. He is very witty, sick, swears a lot (the c word is used liberally) and inventive.<BR/><BR/>He is my favourite British author and Goldfish is right "Quite Ugly One Morning" is not a great book. Most of his others are far superior, but as a first novel it makes you look forward to his next one. And that is a very good thing.marmiteboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06727386811098683743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-79171366483062430172007-09-21T09:16:00.000+01:002007-09-21T09:16:00.000+01:00Once again I am relieved to not be tagged.I don't ...Once again I am relieved to not be tagged.<BR/><BR/>I don't have the energy right now to research and compile a list of Weighty Tomes, Worthy Works, and Obscure Yet Meaningful Explorations Of Issues. So I'd have to admit that I enjoyed The Da Vinci Code. And then I'd never be able to show my face on the internet again.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11639094548415759560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-3220487472603154852007-09-21T01:43:00.000+01:002007-09-21T01:43:00.000+01:00I have no idea when I will get to this, as I have ...I have no idea when I will get to this, as I have much backlogged material to blog and also my life became a lot more complex this week, and no it's not just the cat. But I will do it, honest.<BR/><BR/>Meanwhile, I have to tell you my <I>Crime and Punishment</I> story. I started reading it in high school, under protest, got five pages in, and never went further. Do you know what it took for me to finish it? Getting my leg cut off. It's like some kind of joke based on something a teenager would say -- "You'd have to cut one of my legs off before I'd sit still long enough to read <I>that</I>" or some such thing. But truly, sitting around recuperating from that exact experience, I actually finally got around to finishing <I>Crime and Punishment</I> (which I had promised someone I would do so we could talk about it intelligently) and was surprised not to loathe it after all -- though I certainly won't be rereading it, no matter how senile I get.<BR/><BR/>I was perplexed that I did not sympathize with Raskolnikov as a killer, not in the least, but nevertheless found myself pulling for him slightly anyway. What's up with that?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-25899621625905661522007-09-20T18:37:00.000+01:002007-09-20T18:37:00.000+01:00David - it's worth another try, I think. Not for e...David - it's worth another try, I think. Not for everyone, of course.<BR/><BR/>Elizabeth - yeah, I think you would appreciate Quite Ugly actually.<BR/><BR/>Ol Nobby - I know and I've been reading you there, but I've been very slow adjusting my blogroll. Done now, sorry about that.<BR/><BR/>JackP - that's cool. I hate tagging people as you have a limit.<BR/><BR/>And yes, I get that often, but I am rather unashamed in my weirdness. If I'm on the ball I'll sometimes say, "A friend of mine..."<BR/><BR/>Diddums - You've lost me about the Moomin...? :-DThe Goldfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15213378454070776331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-20798897960666847692007-09-20T00:01:00.000+01:002007-09-20T00:01:00.000+01:00What - no Moomins?Thanks for doing the meme. :-).What - no Moomins?<BR/><BR/>Thanks for doing the meme. :-).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-40044969779720486442007-09-19T23:51:00.000+01:002007-09-19T23:51:00.000+01:00Well, you mentioned me, you bought a book that I t...Well, you mentioned me, you bought a book that I talked about and I was looking for a meme, so I'll consider myself memed with that one.<BR/><BR/>It'll probably be next week though...<BR/><BR/>...Oh, and one of the bizarre things about being a regular blog reader is that you find yourself wondering how well you actually know the person.<BR/><BR/>For example, I've never met you, or your family, yet you seem very familiar to me, and I occassionally have to stop myself saying "oh yes, the Goldfish was saying that just the other day" so people don't think I'm weird(er).<BR/><BR/>Does anyone else experience this, or is it just me?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-40867158576533835582007-09-19T23:20:00.000+01:002007-09-19T23:20:00.000+01:00Aha, some time ago I deleted my blog and started a...Aha, some time ago I deleted my blog and started again, thinking I was using the same URL, however "Ramblings" now takes one to somewhere else and http://nobbysramblings.blogspot.com/ Doth take one to me.<BR/><BR/> I only posted that because I seemingly am lost.<BR/><BR/> My library is a bit strange, mainly an eclectic lot of art books, seeing voices, a Journey into the world of the deaf and really some interesting stuf which people voer the eyars trying to encourage me to write have sent me.<BR/><BR/> Heck mehinks I had better go make a posting on my blog.<BR/><BR/> Thank youGone Fishinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03601595396241016724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-50083866897396882252007-09-19T21:37:00.000+01:002007-09-19T21:37:00.000+01:00Horaay, I'm tagged - quite honestly Quite Ugly one...Horaay, I'm tagged - quite honestly Quite Ugly one morning sounds like a Great book to me. I will look it out.Elizabeth McClunghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03627373214555333537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-24285678873593526892007-09-19T16:04:00.000+01:002007-09-19T16:04:00.000+01:00Crime and Punishment? I couldn't read more than 50...Crime and Punishment? I couldn't read more than 50 pages of that in high school, but maybe I can try again.david hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13417150218003379557noreply@blogger.com