tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post7325287530509893207..comments2024-02-10T19:58:20.327+00:00Comments on Stuck in a Book: Favourite title?StuckInABookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-41342730573523871582010-03-27T04:58:47.805+00:002010-03-27T04:58:47.805+00:00I used to work in the Rare Book Room at Bryn Mawr ...I used to work in the Rare Book Room at Bryn Mawr College, and I came across a set of books called "Salad for the Solitary" (1854) and "Salad for the Social" (1856). I love the idea of preparing your salads based on personality preferences for introversion or extroversion!<br /><br />(P.S.: This is my first post, but I've been enjoying your blog for a while now)The Dormousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16147599435935796188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-75403666966248577902010-03-25T21:47:31.923+00:002010-03-25T21:47:31.923+00:00Sorry another one: Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of...Sorry another one: Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death by MC Beaton.Janellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13961832954886167857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-44384831943389378662010-03-25T21:46:38.549+00:002010-03-25T21:46:38.549+00:00Like Claire, One Hundred Years of Solitude (I like...Like Claire, One Hundred Years of Solitude (I liked all of yours!); Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy; The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula le Guin (all about people who combine both sexes, on another planet); The Night the Bed Fell on Father by James Thurber (short story, very funny); I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith; Bats in the Belfry (all about Siamese Cats); The House at Pooh Corner (this is shading into my favourite books so I will stop now!)<br />Also am aiming to read Howard's End is on the Landing for the title.Janellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13961832954886167857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-42386694989138264622010-03-24T23:04:47.679+00:002010-03-24T23:04:47.679+00:00It doesn't make you actually hallucinate Fouca...It doesn't make you actually hallucinate Foucault does it? That would be my reason for leaving it on the shelf...Miss Debshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04499754337210843595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-50126859787082419852010-03-24T22:59:37.297+00:002010-03-24T22:59:37.297+00:00I bought Hallucinating Foucault because of its tit...I bought Hallucinating Foucault because of its title! It was quite good... I always meant to blog about it, but somehow never got around to it.StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-44077639381603782242010-03-24T22:52:16.296+00:002010-03-24T22:52:16.296+00:00Two titles I came across recently that stopped me ...Two titles I came across recently that stopped me in my tracks are Hallucinating Foucault by Patricia Duncker and Flowers Stained With Moonlight by Catherine Shaw. Beautiful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-55145240407287053922010-03-24T00:09:02.215+00:002010-03-24T00:09:02.215+00:00Having thought briefly about it, I'm going to ...Having thought briefly about it, I'm going to plump for 'Goodnight Mister Tom'.Colinhttp://www.colinjthomas.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-17978782551951028492010-03-23T23:28:32.442+00:002010-03-23T23:28:32.442+00:00The Brontes Went to Woolworths, although it took m...The Brontes Went to Woolworths, although it took me ages to find a cheap second-hand copy and then when I read it, I didn't enjoy it all that much ... they were such an irritating family. Not the Brontes, the family in the book, whose name I'll probably remember as soon as I press send.maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13955194101659665925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-44467825135022249022010-03-23T22:20:20.556+00:002010-03-23T22:20:20.556+00:00West with the Night - Markham
Screwtape Letters - ...West with the Night - Markham<br />Screwtape Letters - Lewis<br />Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell - Clarke<br />The Deathly Hallows - Rowling<br />Very fun post--thanks!Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00029895022186304294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-41628396344132196432010-03-23T22:12:39.329+00:002010-03-23T22:12:39.329+00:00'The Finest Type of English Womanhood' con...'The Finest Type of English Womanhood' conjures up all sorts of images and just sounds lovely.Darlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07415316482631852565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-29313973538833696582010-03-23T18:15:41.072+00:002010-03-23T18:15:41.072+00:00Agatha Christie is hard to beat. My favourite is ...Agatha Christie is hard to beat. My favourite is 'Sparkling Cyanide'. Also 'the Moving Finger' and 'Dead Man's Folly'. And for fun 'the Adventure of the Christmas Pudding' and 'Butter on a Lordly Dish' (a radio play)!<br /><br />The Guardian newspaper just had an article on what NOT to call your novel http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2010/mar/19/how-not-to-title-a-novelAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-83110168358085664662010-03-23T16:10:50.052+00:002010-03-23T16:10:50.052+00:00My favourite title is: The Voluptuous Delights of ...My favourite title is: The Voluptuous Delights of Peanut Butter and Jam. Unfortunately I didn't enjoy the book much!Jackie (Farm Lane Books)http://www.farmlanebooks.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-56590168077862488312010-03-23T14:16:21.998+00:002010-03-23T14:16:21.998+00:00I'm attracted to beautiful titles as much as I...I'm attracted to beautiful titles as much as I am to covers! Some of my very favourites:<br /><br />One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez<br />Memories of My Melancholy Whores by Gabriel Garcia Marquez<br />The Moor's Last Sigh by Salman Rushdie<br />The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera<br />To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf<br />The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love by Oscar Hijuelos<br />A Simple Habana Melody (from when the world was good) by Oscar Hijuelos<br />Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer<br />Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro<br />The Book of Luminous Things, edited by Czeslaw Milosz<br /><br />So many more, but I'll stop taking over your comments page!clairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14397226316253896335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-79345878634343175322010-03-23T13:45:01.371+00:002010-03-23T13:45:01.371+00:00Raising More Hell and Fewer Dahlias, The amazing M...Raising More Hell and Fewer Dahlias, The amazing Maurice and his educated rodents, Love's Labour's Lost, and I have *always* enjoyed Much Ado About Nothing, largely because most don't realise that is a fair summary of the plot.<br /><br />Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Sausages is one on my reading list. Although Holt's books are known for their brilliant titles and poor narrative (with a few exceptions).Miss Debshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04499754337210843595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-69154547163828976602010-03-23T13:42:39.112+00:002010-03-23T13:42:39.112+00:00That's tough! Here's my favorite three (of...That's tough! Here's my favorite three (off the top of my head, so I might be forgetting something)...<i>The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time</i>, <i>Ella Minnow Pea</i>, <i>Now We Are Six</i>.Tiffany Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16030610462498175664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-36566337782123669632010-03-23T13:31:01.168+00:002010-03-23T13:31:01.168+00:00The Kitchen God's Wife - Amy Tan
The House o...The Kitchen God's Wife - Amy Tan<br /><br />The House of the Spirits - Isabel Allende<br /><br />White is for Witching - Helen Oyeyemi<br /><br />And lest we forget a true great ...<br /><br />Angus, Thongs and Full Frontal Snogging - Louise Rennison<br /><br />(actually the whole series)I forget to flosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12526462962925675918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-64456099760409261472010-03-23T13:07:28.897+00:002010-03-23T13:07:28.897+00:00The two that pop into mind are Loves Music, Loves ...The two that pop into mind are <i>Loves Music, Loves to Dance</i> and then also <i>The Moon is a Harsh Mistress</i>. I haven't read Heinlein's book yet, but I just love that title.Literary Felinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13079276242303738719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-31681525447977873692010-03-23T12:38:58.678+00:002010-03-23T12:38:58.678+00:00Hmmmm a favourite title... I think I am going to h...Hmmmm a favourite title... I think I am going to have to go away and think about that one Simon as I have never really thought about it before! I will be back with answers pronto!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-58308666960078912162010-03-23T12:27:43.443+00:002010-03-23T12:27:43.443+00:00I slept on this one last night. It appears my fav...I slept on this one last night. It appears my favorites are long titles, and many of them from the humor category. That said, Howard's End is on the Landing has got to be my favorite (but then I love everything about it from cover to contents).<br /><br />For other titles that I love (not necessarily for their contents), I turn to some of our southern humorists like Fannie Flagg, who gave us The Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe, and Welcome to the World, Baby Girl! Then there's Lewis Grizzard who came up with these, "Don't Bend Over in the Garden, Granny, You Know Them Taters Got Eyes" and "I Took a Lickin' and Kept on Tickin' : And Now I Believe in Miracles." And to round them off with another great bibliophilic title there's Kathy L. Patrick's, "The Pulpwood Queen's Tiara-Wearing, Book-Sharing Guide to Life."<br /><br />I agree with Karen on The Sweetness, and loved Kirsty's news headline, and Ali Mal reminded me of "Who Killed Roger Ackroyd," and "Why Didn't They Ask Evans?"<br /><br />And I'll just stop here since I could go on and on. What a fun thing to think about - thanks again Simon, for putting the question out ther.Susan in TXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09550766549670690646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-22364337824897864742010-03-23T12:20:21.065+00:002010-03-23T12:20:21.065+00:00'If Not Now. When? Primo Levi'If Not Now. When? Primo LeviJennifer Deehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05465209544401844796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-5066857781323608752010-03-23T12:14:56.367+00:002010-03-23T12:14:56.367+00:00Liked your post. Someday I hope to write a book wh...Liked your post. Someday I hope to write a book where the royalties will pay for the copies I give away. <br />:-)<br />NikkiNikki Thorntonhttp://www.princetoncryo.com/control-rate-freezer.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-67186976544097741382010-03-23T11:24:38.117+00:002010-03-23T11:24:38.117+00:00A Dance to the Music of Time (Anthony Powell) - th...A Dance to the Music of Time (Anthony Powell) - though I hated the three books I managed to get through.<br />The Towers of Trebizond (Rose Macaulay).<br />The Serendipity Shop (Dorita Fairlie Bruce).<br />If This is Love, I'll Take Spaghetti (a teenage novel I have never read, but the title stuck).aliphilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04953460417699823826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-50841007375355071832010-03-23T10:10:22.645+00:002010-03-23T10:10:22.645+00:00"Under the Greenwood Tree"
"The Da..."Under the Greenwood Tree" <br />"The Darling Buds of May" <br />Off the top of my head & probably influenced by spring *finally* arriving :)<br />Oh yes, "The Body in the Library" always makes me smile.Ali Malhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01595941215998565255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-3708320295077161222010-03-23T09:48:41.198+00:002010-03-23T09:48:41.198+00:00I have a few:
- Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Mura...I have a few:<br /><br />- Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami<br />- The Loudest Sound and Nothing by Clare Wigfall<br />- Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte<br />- Other Stories and Other Stories by Ali Smith (which was the title that inspired my blog's name)<br /><br />As a corollary to this topic, this seems like an apt moment to share my favourite newspaper headline. A few years ago, the big news in my native Scotland was that Celtic, one of the two biggest football teams in the country, had been beaten by the tiny Inverness Caledonian Thistle. The Daily Record (Scottish equivalent of the Mirror) had this GENIUS headline:<br /><br />"SuperCaleyGoBallisticCelticAreAtrocious"<br /><br />I have no interest in either football or tabloids, but my goodness, that headline is a belter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-11041050585097722312010-03-23T09:39:49.733+00:002010-03-23T09:39:49.733+00:00'The World My Wilderness' Rose Macaulay.
&...'The World My Wilderness' Rose Macaulay.<br />'Ill Met By Moonlight' W.Stanley Moss.<br />'The Day After Tomorrow' Allan Folsam.<br />'Empire of the Sun' JG Ballard.<br />'As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning' Laurie Lee.<br />'The Story of a Nobody' Anton Chekov.<br />'Dance to the Music of Time' Anthony Powell.<br />'So Long See You Tomorrow' William Maxwell'<br />'The House of Lost Souls' FG Cottam.<br /><br />Just rummaged through my bookshelves for these. I have been known to buy a book just because of its title.Jennifer Deehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05465209544401844796noreply@blogger.com