tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406446365589143789.post671105483733086927..comments2023-07-03T09:22:01.637+01:00Comments on tasting rhubarb: The Water TheatreJeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08690685768980280402noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406446365589143789.post-11422369791332342662010-11-15T14:24:25.138+00:002010-11-15T14:24:25.138+00:00I don't think my priorities, or interests, or ...I don't think my priorities, or interests, or even my standards have changed that much. I think perhaps it's just the sheer number of novels I've consumed in the past fifty years. Not surprising, really, that that should make some difference.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08690685768980280402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406446365589143789.post-65319589677713967222010-11-15T08:20:23.687+00:002010-11-15T08:20:23.687+00:00Hurray! Both for more book reviews from you and fo...Hurray! Both for more book reviews from you and for this one specifically. I really enjoyed Lindsay Clarke's The Chymical Wedding, which I read, ouf, twenty years ago or so. I'm delighted to see he's written something new and I'll have to try it. I know what you mean about books being less gripping on the whole. I wonder why that is? More critical faculties on our part, perhaps?litlovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10952927245186474480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406446365589143789.post-47827651276929011692010-11-13T21:53:11.916+00:002010-11-13T21:53:11.916+00:00Funny, I had the impression you wrote about books ...Funny, I had the impression you wrote about books more often too, perhaps because you write about other things you've read? I always value your reviews a lot, they always feel generous and trustworthy, somehow.<br /><br />I remember 'The Chymical Wedding' coming out, I was selling books then and it was rather recommended as a bookseller's kind of book, understated and intelligent, but for some reason I didn't read it either, perhaps because there were no free copies to be had!<br /><br />I don't know if it's a question of being sated or jaded, perhaps your priorities just change...Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.com