tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post1526707517491784421..comments2024-02-10T19:58:20.327+00:00Comments on Stuck in a Book: Colourful WorldStuckInABookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-520837560721020172008-07-09T18:46:00.000+01:002008-07-09T18:46:00.000+01:00A real rainbow has no colour "indigo" (it is not a...A real rainbow has no colour "indigo" (it is not a spectral colour) Purple can be seen in the supernumary bands (alternating green/purple) that one can often see inside the violet edge of the rainbow. These are caused by diffraction rather than refraction.<BR/><BR/>Physical CatAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-42789246449241291432008-07-09T08:13:00.000+01:002008-07-09T08:13:00.000+01:00I confess to using the Cilla Black version of the ...I confess to using the Cilla Black version of the rainbow, but the TV weatherman (talking about rainbows yesterday) alerted me to<BR/>Richard Of York Gave Battle In VaneMary Cavanaghhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17969833405395303943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-42133296795620617242008-07-08T17:32:00.000+01:002008-07-08T17:32:00.000+01:00Isn't a rainbow Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Indig...Isn't a rainbow Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Indigo Violet?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-11211520921298749082008-07-07T17:48:00.000+01:002008-07-07T17:48:00.000+01:00As you're missing pink ...When Hitler Stole Pink R...As you're missing pink ...When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-49117133155223119782008-07-07T17:30:00.000+01:002008-07-07T17:30:00.000+01:00"Forever in BLUE" "Anne of GREEN Gables"awesome bo..."Forever in BLUE" <BR/>"Anne of GREEN Gables"<BR/><BR/>awesome books and series. =)<BR/><BR/>Carmen T<BR/>carmenalexistsang@gmail.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-28848908798737070862008-07-07T17:25:00.000+01:002008-07-07T17:25:00.000+01:00Scales of Gold, Dorothy DunnettDavid Copperfield, ...Scales of Gold, Dorothy Dunnett<BR/>David Copperfield, Charles Dickens (though that seems a bit like cheating!)<BR/>The Scarlet Pimpernel, Baroness Orczy<BR/>The Wine-Dark Sea, Patrick O'Brian<BR/><BR/>Simon... email me for your BAFAB book, mate!!! jbrown14464 at yahoo dot comJennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00251983804060081813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-18196365240289511922008-07-07T16:14:00.000+01:002008-07-07T16:14:00.000+01:00I think my favourites would have to be The Black B...I think my favourites would have to be <I>The Black Book</I> by Orhan Pamuk, <I>The Bluest Eye</I> by Toni Morrison, <I>The Little Black Book of Stories</I> by A. S. Byatt, and <I>The Bluebird Cafe</I> by Carmel Bird.<BR/><BR/>And I have <I>The Temple of the Golden Pavilion</I> by Yukio Mishima and <I>The Red and the Black</I> by Stendhal on my TBR list.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-76528034847774002752008-07-07T12:39:00.000+01:002008-07-07T12:39:00.000+01:00Has to be, as with OVW, Anne of Green Gables!Has to be, as with OVW, Anne of Green Gables!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-79671857873850703772008-07-07T11:02:00.000+01:002008-07-07T11:02:00.000+01:00I didn't get around to answering your Persephone q...I didn't get around to answering your Persephone question, but if I had Duff Cooper's Operation Heartbreak would have been high on my list. I thought it was a great book and not at all what you might expect.Juxtabookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17102279698993288454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-48562817943391232412008-07-07T10:10:00.000+01:002008-07-07T10:10:00.000+01:00Bother - The Colour Purple has already been mentio...Bother - The Colour Purple has already been mentioned. I love that story, even though it makes me weep. When I was younger I loved Wilkie Collins (I hate to think how many times I've read The Moonstone) so the Woman in White deserves a mention. Vikram Chandra's Red Earth and Pouring Rain is another great read that I really should re-visit.Petahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03269614153944571970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-22893477112988338242008-07-07T08:29:00.000+01:002008-07-07T08:29:00.000+01:00Anne of GREENgables - me too. It's a childhood thi...Anne of GREENgables - me too. It's a childhood thing!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-38067590466624228722008-07-07T07:51:00.000+01:002008-07-07T07:51:00.000+01:00It's really a short story, but I love 'The Masque ...It's really a short story, but I love 'The Masque of the Red Death' by Edgar Allan Poe!GlassCurlshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07006992143355408956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-42317900749093254212008-07-07T07:50:00.000+01:002008-07-07T07:50:00.000+01:00Colours of the rainbow, minus PINK!A Man Called RE...Colours of the rainbow, minus PINK!<BR/><BR/>A Man Called RED<BR/>Half of a YELLOW Sun<BR/>PINK?<BR/>Anne of GREENGables<BR/>ORANGES Are Not The Only Fruit<BR/>The Color PURPLE<BR/>White City BLUE<BR/><BR/>It's White City Blue, by Tim Lott that tops my listMary Cavanaghhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17969833405395303943noreply@blogger.com