Comments on: Baltimore, or, The Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire, Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden https://readingtheend.com/2009/04/25/baltimore-or-the-steadfast-tin-soldier-and-the-vampire-mike-mignola-and-christopher-golden/ before I read the middle Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:05:34 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: Review: The Eyre Affair, Jasper Fforde « Jenny's Books https://readingtheend.com/2009/04/25/baltimore-or-the-steadfast-tin-soldier-and-the-vampire-mike-mignola-and-christopher-golden/#comment-13145 Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:05:34 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=666#comment-13145 […] but I am tortured by the thought of how much better it could have been if only X, Y, and Z.  Like Baltimore, or The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane, or The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay (I know!  […]

]]> By: jennysbooks https://readingtheend.com/2009/04/25/baltimore-or-the-steadfast-tin-soldier-and-the-vampire-mike-mignola-and-christopher-golden/#comment-13144 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 01:33:56 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=666#comment-13144 The little notes thing is fantastic. I am so pleased I thought of doing that – it’s not just to remind me what the book’s about, as it is to remind me what part of the review led me to write it down. Like, if a book takes place in Britain during or between the World Wars, that’s enough to bump it up to the top of my TBR list; ditto if there are orphans or Catholic schools, or multiple points of view. Or vampires. Or Victorians.

]]> By: Nymeth https://readingtheend.com/2009/04/25/baltimore-or-the-steadfast-tin-soldier-and-the-vampire-mike-mignola-and-christopher-golden/#comment-13143 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:40:18 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=666#comment-13143 “If you like Victorian fairy tales, you’ll like this book.”

That’s all I need to know! I actually remember reading Jenclair’s review of this and wanting to read it, but I had forgotten about it in the meantime. I love the little notes to yourself idea. I should totally start doing that.

]]> By: jennysbooks https://readingtheend.com/2009/04/25/baltimore-or-the-steadfast-tin-soldier-and-the-vampire-mike-mignola-and-christopher-golden/#comment-13142 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:34:07 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=666#comment-13142 You know, I think a lot of the Anderson references and similarities sailed straight over my head, because I can’t stand his fairy tales. They’re so depressing! I like The Ugly Duckling, but mostly his characters have such miserable wretched fates – especially the women!

]]> By: Little Willow https://readingtheend.com/2009/04/25/baltimore-or-the-steadfast-tin-soldier-and-the-vampire-mike-mignola-and-christopher-golden/#comment-13141 Sat, 25 Apr 2009 16:05:36 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=666#comment-13141 I really enjoyed BALTIMORE and felt as though it captured that Victorian / Gothic style of storytelling quite well. I loved how the authors wove in quotes from The Steadfast Tin Soldier by Hans Christian Andersen, the inspiration for the story.

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