Comments on: The Child that Books Built, Francis Spufford

By: Jeane

Jeane — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 20:21:45 +0000

Oh. Thanks for the warning! It still sounds interesting, but I’ll probably approach it with more care and less glee.

By: jennysbooks

jennysbooks — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 01:20:06 +0000

Nymeth – I’m always interested to see what books authors like to read; but it’s even more interesting to see what they say about books I like too. I’d love to read a book of essays about Narnia, for instance. 🙂

Jeane – Just as a warning, it’s more analytical than I was expecting. He did talk at some length about some books, but there was also quite a lot of talking about development psychology and things. Still interesting!

By: Jeane

Jeane — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 15:24:57 +0000

Oh, this book sounds just for me! I can’t wait to read it myself.

By: Nymeth

Nymeth — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 22:44:30 +0000

You know, of all the books he talked about there this was the one that caught my attention the most. I made a mental note to get it soon. But I didn’t know it mentioned Ursula Le Guin! “Soon” has just become “now”.

Also: “one of the reasons I carry on loving reading so much is that I love that moment when you are reading a book and you come across a sentence and you think, This person knows me – this person is me” – Definitely also true for me.