Comments on: West with the Night, Beryl Markham https://readingtheend.com/2009/10/03/west-with-the-night-beryl-markham/ before I read the middle Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:04:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: Jenny https://readingtheend.com/2009/10/03/west-with-the-night-beryl-markham/#comment-14052 Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:04:00 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=1810#comment-14052 In reply to Matthew.

Me too – I’m afraid it makes me a shallow reader, but I like nonfiction best when it’s done as a story.

]]> By: Matthew https://readingtheend.com/2009/10/03/west-with-the-night-beryl-markham/#comment-14051 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:19:33 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=1810#comment-14051 Hmm…I was overwhelmed by the plethora of facts in Fast Food Nation. I do enjoy reading those revealing truths but I am not rooted into the materials. I guess in general I’m not a big fans of non0fiction that caters toward facts and exposition.

]]> By: Jenny https://readingtheend.com/2009/10/03/west-with-the-night-beryl-markham/#comment-14050 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 01:07:58 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=1810#comment-14050 In reply to Jeane.

Oh, “plummy”, I meant the writing was a bit rich. I enjoyed it though – thanks for the recommendation!

]]> By: Jenny https://readingtheend.com/2009/10/03/west-with-the-night-beryl-markham/#comment-14049 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 01:06:48 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=1810#comment-14049 In reply to Nymeth.

I almost never have that reaction. Chocolat didn’t even make me want chocolate. It’s odd, because I’m very suggestible normally.

]]> By: Jenny https://readingtheend.com/2009/10/03/west-with-the-night-beryl-markham/#comment-14048 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 01:04:57 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=1810#comment-14048 In reply to Sharry.

My broken laptop simile was apparently startlingly effective. It might help if you went into it knowing that it’s a series of anecdotes, rather than a cohesive narrative.

]]> By: Jenny https://readingtheend.com/2009/10/03/west-with-the-night-beryl-markham/#comment-14047 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 01:00:13 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=1810#comment-14047 In reply to Mum.

When I first read this, I thought you were saying Roald Dahl had had an affair with Antoine de Saint-Exupery. I was super excited about that piece of literary gossip – but no, okay, I get it now. Roald Dahl & Antoine de Saint-Exupery, big cads.

]]> By: Jenny https://readingtheend.com/2009/10/03/west-with-the-night-beryl-markham/#comment-14046 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:59:00 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=1810#comment-14046 In reply to Care.

Haha, thanks, it’s my own fault.

]]> By: Care https://readingtheend.com/2009/10/03/west-with-the-night-beryl-markham/#comment-14045 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:00:19 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=1810#comment-14045 LOL! sorry about the over-heating but it made me laugh! 🙂

]]> By: Mum https://readingtheend.com/2009/10/03/west-with-the-night-beryl-markham/#comment-14044 Sun, 04 Oct 2009 13:47:14 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=1810#comment-14044 EVERYBODY had affairs with Antoine de Saint-Exupery. (And Roald Dahl, the big cad.) I know exactly what you mean about getting the laptop overheating: books that do that to me leave me exhausted and unsatisfied, even when I really like discrete parts.

]]> By: Sharry https://readingtheend.com/2009/10/03/west-with-the-night-beryl-markham/#comment-14043 Sun, 04 Oct 2009 03:15:19 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=1810#comment-14043 Food descriptions always make me hungry. Then again, I’m usually munching on something when I read (usually because I only have time to read at mealtimes). As for West with the Night, I’ve heard about it, and considered reading it, but if the end result is a broken laptop.. maybe at a later time, when I’ve got the fortitude for it 😛

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