tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34311728.post8416609432543902612..comments2023-07-14T05:32:49.071-07:00Comments on Ava Reviews: Karen Joy Fowler - The Jane Austen Book ClubAvahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17274222598587327676noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34311728.post-22178641356107618662008-07-29T19:24:00.000-07:002008-07-29T19:24:00.000-07:00Hey.. hehe cool as water eh? Thanks !Hey.. hehe cool as water eh? Thanks !Avahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17274222598587327676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34311728.post-72307326491227760902008-07-29T08:56:00.000-07:002008-07-29T08:56:00.000-07:00Sometimes hype and expectations can ruin an experi...Sometimes hype and expectations can ruin an experience. But then what to do? We are humans :) I have faced this problem even with movies. Go with high expectation and come back disappointed!<BR/>Dont know if I will read the book but your review was as cool as water ;)WhatsInANamehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07498298103761502178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34311728.post-11118327170073371092008-07-09T05:22:00.000-07:002008-07-09T05:22:00.000-07:00Your friend indeed has good taste. Yes, I have rea...Your friend indeed has good taste. Yes, I have read Amitav and tell your friend I love him too.Veehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13543217536330822671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34311728.post-57649259137133129822008-07-09T03:44:00.000-07:002008-07-09T03:44:00.000-07:00That is a lot. I do hope you like Amitav Ghosh. ...That is a lot. I do hope you like Amitav Ghosh. A friend recommended me and I hve fallen totally in love with himAvahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17274222598587327676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34311728.post-61473054008484005662008-07-09T03:28:00.000-07:002008-07-09T03:28:00.000-07:00Well, anything which is not "self-help, related to...Well, anything which is not "self-help, related to health-n-living, business, literature n finance". Literature to an extent I can, but these days not much. What I prefer can be anything like history, biographical (not of businessmen n scientists), entertainment, leisure, law or out-n-out fiction.Veehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13543217536330822671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34311728.post-43908865676775805832008-07-09T00:26:00.000-07:002008-07-09T00:26:00.000-07:00Papaya - Breathing Lessons ! That was the name of ...Papaya - Breathing Lessons ! That was the name of the Anne Tyler book that I liked a lot. Have reviewed it too in an earlier blogAvahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17274222598587327676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34311728.post-58259491078972167072008-07-08T23:50:00.000-07:002008-07-08T23:50:00.000-07:00Oxyaha.. ok.. Jane herself seems to have equal num...Oxy<BR/><BR/>aha.. ok.. <BR/><BR/>Jane herself seems to have equal number of fans and detractors, both equally passionate. I say, each to his own.<BR/><BR/>which books do you fancy?Avahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17274222598587327676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34311728.post-35570424027997245952008-07-08T23:44:00.000-07:002008-07-08T23:44:00.000-07:00I said I am keeping MS.. Keeping Mouth Shut...:):)...I said I am keeping MS.. Keeping Mouth Shut...:):) Jane I read the usual famous ones, Not much into her though and would never be I guess. So, nothing to say.Veehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13543217536330822671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34311728.post-23412324206355805302008-07-08T21:57:00.000-07:002008-07-08T21:57:00.000-07:00oxy wht are you saying? I dont understand.oxy wht are you saying? I dont understand.Avahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17274222598587327676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34311728.post-20927338911209003852008-07-08T21:56:00.000-07:002008-07-08T21:56:00.000-07:00hmmm papaya : You could read The Accidental Touris...hmmm papaya : You could read The Accidental Tourist, Searching for Caleb and another book (the name escapes me) which i have reviewed here on the blog - check my past entries. Anytime I see Anne Tyler, I pick it up, and am never disappointed.<BR/><BR/>If that book is hard to find, I doubt if I will be able to get it. But will put it on my wishlist anyway.<BR/><BR/>Btw, this book, the Jane Austen Book club was made into a movie and our fellow MS ian Anindo Sen had reviewed it very well, that had triggered my desire to read the book. I remember seeing your comments there.Avahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17274222598587327676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34311728.post-25064881051042967402008-07-08T11:57:00.000-07:002008-07-08T11:57:00.000-07:00I am MUM... keeping MSI am MUM... keeping MSVeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13543217536330822671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34311728.post-73061698001823885582008-07-08T06:36:00.000-07:002008-07-08T06:36:00.000-07:00is this a movie too ? i know i read a review that ...is this a movie too ? i know i read a review that was so well-written on MS that i immediately added it to my list. good to know, i will read but not with so many expectations. btw, if ur looking for another book refning JA this comes highly recommended <I>Old Friends and New Fancies: An Imaginary Sequel to the Novels of Jane Austen </I> by Sybil G. Brinton. it's v. hard to find though :(<BR/><BR/>never read anne tyler .... any particular book u recommend?<BR/><BR/>/pcouchpapayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07975268418221809396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34311728.post-82389510886404817562008-07-08T04:50:00.000-07:002008-07-08T04:50:00.000-07:00Victoria Hislop, never read her. Just googled for...Victoria Hislop, never read her. Just googled for The Island and the story sounds enticing. Thanks for the tip, will keep far away from The Return. Sometimes I think the authors are pressured to measure up to their initial success and wind up failingAvahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17274222598587327676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34311728.post-32618874577769628422008-07-08T04:41:00.000-07:002008-07-08T04:41:00.000-07:00Hi,Just found your blog after you visited mine.I k...Hi,<BR/>Just found your blog after you visited mine.<BR/>I know what you mean about hype. I have just read The Return by Victoria Hislop. her long awaited follow-up novel after The Island. I was v disappointed.<BR/>Stock characters and a twist which was stretching dramatic licence too far.<BR/>The flamenco bits were great though.Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01351497943306272385noreply@blogger.com