tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5721389856439655701.post5317973672375712614..comments2023-04-14T06:57:08.855-04:00Comments on No knitted knickers: Book Review: Untold Story by Monica Alinoknittedknickershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17836706729342065636noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5721389856439655701.post-25183896604392043732011-11-04T06:33:25.754-04:002011-11-04T06:33:25.754-04:00I have just been catching up with your posts - I c...I have just been catching up with your posts - I can't quite work out why I have missed them, but forgive me do! I loved your review - really interesting. I think one of the problems from an editing point of view is that early books from an unknown will get, let us say, more forcefully edited than later ones. Which is why a novelist's later efforts can get longer and more rambling - because no one is going to want to offend the big name bestseller, and certainly not the lowly copy editor!<br /><br />I feel your pain, as they say, on the refurb front, as I am going through the same thing at the moment!<br /><br />Pomona xPomonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18399181139470676975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5721389856439655701.post-62193439467951249762011-11-03T15:56:10.056-04:002011-11-03T15:56:10.056-04:00I really enjoyed Brick Lane so I'm surprised t...I really enjoyed Brick Lane so I'm surprised that she had written drivel since. Could you class it as "bought it at the airport as there was nothing else suitable for reading on the beach" ??! Loving the typewriter embroidery. xxJuliabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07712813736158254230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5721389856439655701.post-80298053590233558062011-11-03T05:09:03.149-04:002011-11-03T05:09:03.149-04:00Ooh yeah grading systems can be interesting. How a...Ooh yeah grading systems can be interesting. How about one that's "Don't buy, borrow from a friend" - actually that's much like borrow from a library, forget I said that.<br /><br />I should think before I type.<br /><br />And I like MeMe Rose's suggestion of "Buy from charity shop" - because that would be in between - oh my goodness go out and buy it now and borrow from a friend/library.<br /><br />I for one am pleased you reviewed this - everyone can't get it right all the time!The Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04550480429586819194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5721389856439655701.post-67501092900401288612011-11-02T18:55:28.839-04:002011-11-02T18:55:28.839-04:00I like the contrasting book choices. When I was a ...I like the contrasting book choices. When I was a member of a book club we really trashed nearly all the books we read. Oh the fun we had...nimble fingers and steady eyebrowshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11677272558535053485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5721389856439655701.post-37396775999931997722011-11-02T18:44:47.623-04:002011-11-02T18:44:47.623-04:00I think you should only reveiw bad books, so that ...I think you should only reveiw bad books, so that we get a good laugh, except it might send you round the bend! How about 'if you're' stuck for something to do' for the ok ones? Keep up the good work, love Linda xflowers on my tablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11134447944633072349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5721389856439655701.post-85349674715891599732011-11-02T15:57:05.816-04:002011-11-02T15:57:05.816-04:00And I clearly get a D for comprehension- I just sa...And I clearly get a D for comprehension- I just saw that you wrote the library recommendation!!!!!!!!!!!<br />D'Oh!!!!Grateful4Crochethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12529453409267085049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5721389856439655701.post-86196027724686291702011-11-02T15:55:45.810-04:002011-11-02T15:55:45.810-04:00Your review really made me,laugh! And it's gre...Your review really made me,laugh! And it's great to know not to ever bother with this book!<br />What about for middling reviews: "Its one to get from the library- not to buy"?Grateful4Crochethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12529453409267085049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5721389856439655701.post-28897157120907024492011-11-02T12:46:39.388-04:002011-11-02T12:46:39.388-04:00Goodness, hasn't the Diana story been done to ...Goodness, hasn't the Diana story been done to death years ago? You'd expect a 'top twenty' writer to come up with something original wouldn't you? What a disappointment for you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5721389856439655701.post-29043755433649546572011-11-02T12:46:08.605-04:002011-11-02T12:46:08.605-04:00...what about something like "if you find it ......what about something like "if you find it in a hotel room" or "if it turns up in Oxfam".Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529555477542458602noreply@blogger.com