Comments on: Things I Read Recently http://bocktherobber.com/2007/10/things-i-read-recently Offending everybody since 2006 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 07:07:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: shane http://bocktherobber.com/2007/10/things-i-read-recently#comment-6944 shane Fri, 02 Nov 2007 15:08:48 +0000 http://bocktherobber.com/2007/10/things-i-read-recently#comment-6944 Good idea - just have done Good idea - just have done

]]> By: Bock http://bocktherobber.com/2007/10/things-i-read-recently#comment-6905 Bock Thu, 01 Nov 2007 21:08:39 +0000 http://bocktherobber.com/2007/10/things-i-read-recently#comment-6905 Savannah: let us know what you think of it. Sam (Probchild): I was toying with the idea of not reading it, but now I'll have to. Shane: Thanks. I'll check it out, and maybe that mp3 deserves more prominence. Why don't you put it up on your site? Savannah: let us know what you think of it.

Sam (Probchild): I was toying with the idea of not reading it, but now I’ll have to.

Shane: Thanks. I’ll check it out, and maybe that mp3 deserves more prominence. Why don’t you put it up on your site?

]]> By: shane http://bocktherobber.com/2007/10/things-i-read-recently#comment-6900 shane Thu, 01 Nov 2007 20:12:27 +0000 http://bocktherobber.com/2007/10/things-i-read-recently#comment-6900 You should check that new book of Short stories by Kevin Barry- there are little kingdoms. I like that a lot. There is one of them here, with him reading - good Limerick accent http://www.stingingfly.org/interview.mp3 You should check that new book of Short stories by Kevin Barry- there are little kingdoms. I like that a lot. There is one of them here, with him reading - good Limerick accent
http://www.stingingfly.org/interview.mp3

]]> By: problemchildbride http://bocktherobber.com/2007/10/things-i-read-recently#comment-6895 problemchildbride Thu, 01 Nov 2007 18:00:26 +0000 http://bocktherobber.com/2007/10/things-i-read-recently#comment-6895 I read The Road a few months ago. He writes so well I felt hungry for most of it and hankered for tinned fruit for days after. Spare and bleak don't cover it. But it could equally be described as rich and beautiful. It's terrific. I read The Road a few months ago. He writes so well I felt hungry for most of it and hankered for tinned fruit for days after. Spare and bleak don’t cover it. But it could equally be described as rich and beautiful. It’s terrific.

]]> By: savannah http://bocktherobber.com/2007/10/things-i-read-recently#comment-6766 savannah Thu, 01 Nov 2007 01:43:42 +0000 http://bocktherobber.com/2007/10/things-i-read-recently#comment-6766 how did i miss this? i've read everything of his...maybe it's the subject, i don't know, but i will look for it tomorrow. the last time i was in nyc, i couldn't bring myself to go to the wtc site. i haven't seen any of the movies either. even writing about now still brings that quick intake of breath. . . how did i miss this? i’ve read everything of his…maybe it’s the subject, i don’t know, but i will look for it tomorrow. the last time i was in nyc, i couldn’t bring myself to go to the wtc site. i haven’t seen any of the movies either. even writing about now still brings that quick intake of breath. . .

]]> By: Bock http://bocktherobber.com/2007/10/things-i-read-recently#comment-6745 Bock Wed, 31 Oct 2007 19:28:44 +0000 http://bocktherobber.com/2007/10/things-i-read-recently#comment-6745 Snookertony: It's always dangerous to recommend, I find. People are so ungrateful and they're mostly fools anyway. Idiots. Badgerdaddy: I will check it out. Thanks. S&C: Send me a postal order. John Mac: Sorry. I deleted your comment by accident while removing awful spam. I haven't got round to reading The Road yet, but I have been told that it feels a lot like that Stephen King book, which one was it? The Stand, I think, but without the horror, and without anything happening. Maybe that's a bit unfair, but it was Wrinkly Paddy who said it, and you know what he's like. Oh wait. You don't know what he's like. You don't know him. Anyway, that's what he said. Snookertony: It’s always dangerous to recommend, I find. People are so ungrateful and they’re mostly fools anyway. Idiots.

Badgerdaddy: I will check it out. Thanks.

S&C: Send me a postal order.

John Mac: Sorry. I deleted your comment by accident while removing awful spam. I haven’t got round to reading The Road yet, but I have been told that it feels a lot like that Stephen King book, which one was it? The Stand, I think, but without the horror, and without anything happening. Maybe that’s a bit unfair, but it was Wrinkly Paddy who said it, and you know what he’s like.

Oh wait. You don’t know what he’s like. You don’t know him. Anyway, that’s what he said.

]]> By: MJ http://bocktherobber.com/2007/10/things-i-read-recently#comment-6724 MJ Wed, 31 Oct 2007 15:10:12 +0000 http://bocktherobber.com/2007/10/things-i-read-recently#comment-6724 How do you prevent butter stains on the pages? How do you prevent butter stains on the pages?

]]> By: Sniffle & Cry http://bocktherobber.com/2007/10/things-i-read-recently#comment-6723 Sniffle & Cry Wed, 31 Oct 2007 15:01:26 +0000 http://bocktherobber.com/2007/10/things-i-read-recently#comment-6723 Thanks Bock, that's forty three dollars and four bits I owe you. Thanks Bock, that’s forty three dollars and four bits I owe you.

]]> By: badgerdaddy http://bocktherobber.com/2007/10/things-i-read-recently#comment-6715 badgerdaddy Wed, 31 Oct 2007 09:22:45 +0000 http://bocktherobber.com/2007/10/things-i-read-recently#comment-6715 Couldn't agree more about Proulx. She's so good, I hardly noticed I was reading, if you see what I mean. And a pretty fucking excellent short story writer too, which is unusual. Been reading a lot of crime the last few years myself, and I heartily recommend The Big Clock by Kenneth Fearing. Loved it, but it seems not that many people know of it these days. Check it out Bock, it's only an afternoon's read, if you have a spare one. Couldn’t agree more about Proulx. She’s so good, I hardly noticed I was reading, if you see what I mean. And a pretty fucking excellent short story writer too, which is unusual.
Been reading a lot of crime the last few years myself, and I heartily recommend The Big Clock by Kenneth Fearing. Loved it, but it seems not that many people know of it these days. Check it out Bock, it’s only an afternoon’s read, if you have a spare one.

]]> By: snookertony http://bocktherobber.com/2007/10/things-i-read-recently#comment-6708 snookertony Wed, 31 Oct 2007 04:04:03 +0000 http://bocktherobber.com/2007/10/things-i-read-recently#comment-6708 I have found it dangerous to recommend books or films to anyone 'cos they'll invariably think it was shite and you end up in the same bucket... Lately I despair of getting my hands on anything worth reading - I buy, beg or borrow and find myself giving up within chapters. But occasionally I get a nugget. I offer up "Who's who in hell" by Robert Chalmers. I was enthralled. (Barring that read the last Harry Potter again...) I have found it dangerous to recommend books or films to anyone ‘cos they’ll invariably think it was shite and you end up in the same bucket…
Lately I despair of getting my hands on anything worth reading - I buy, beg or borrow and find myself giving up within chapters.
But occasionally I get a nugget.
I offer up “Who’s who in hell” by Robert Chalmers.
I was enthralled.
(Barring that read the last Harry Potter again…)

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