tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19926025.post8127683689813776165..comments2024-02-14T17:33:59.172-04:00Comments on The Written World: Book Review: What Makes This Book so Great by Jo WaltonKailanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11136262232046813471noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19926025.post-76336186420030054762014-03-13T22:26:14.590-03:002014-03-13T22:26:14.590-03:00I'm still enjoying all the books I sought out ...I'm still enjoying all the books I sought out after reading this book!Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01374498643286099244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19926025.post-28757445247816175882014-03-01T01:31:29.463-04:002014-03-01T01:31:29.463-04:00I am so glad that I put in a library request on th...I am so glad that I put in a library request on this one (after hearing about it from you when you started) because I finished it last night and loved every minute of reading it. I HAVE to get to Jo Walton's books this summer, don't I? I just like the way she thinks. There are just so many new books and, like she says, so many to re-read regularly too. I wish I could get through as many as she does but, alas, my kid is much younger and more demanding than hers!<br /><br />I do like re-reading entire series when a new book comes out, mostly because I have a terrible memory and always assume that I won't remember a super pertinent plot line or person if I don't have everything fresh in my mind again.<br /><br />Anyway, this was such a fantastic book! As busy as I am with DWJ March, I took the time today to schedule a post for April about this book before I lost any of my thoughts -- and it was the longest and most thoughtful post I've written in a while. This book definitely makes you think and decide and vow and all sorts of fun things!Kristen M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02335598194501733541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19926025.post-27327103746836709982014-02-09T13:14:15.614-04:002014-02-09T13:14:15.614-04:00Sounds like a rather thought-provoking collection ...Sounds like a rather thought-provoking collection of essays! I really like her posts on tor.com - she highlighted a lot of the more obscure (to me, anyway!) SF/F books. <br /><br />I used to be a big re-reader (ha - I automatically included the hyphen!), but not so much nowadays...<br />Lihttp://bookdaze.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19926025.post-59331717655442268902014-02-09T09:30:57.874-04:002014-02-09T09:30:57.874-04:00Love that you shared your responses Kailana, thank...Love that you shared your responses Kailana, thank you. I don't re read, never have, I feel like I'd lose something if I did... And that suck fairy would get me!<br /><br />Shelleyrae @ Book'd Outshelleyrae @ book'd outhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03888977858862922561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19926025.post-43685616354427781632014-02-07T17:29:31.491-04:002014-02-07T17:29:31.491-04:00I did enjoy this different sort of review. I'...I did enjoy this different sort of review. I'm so overwhelmed by how everything is turning into series that it makes me want to avoid any and all. partly because I don't reread before the next comes out (mostly due to time). I am starting to consider doing to book series what I do w/ tv series. wait for them to be collected or mostly collected.<br /><br />I tend to gulp, and when I skim it is to get through a book for class (which isn't actually all that wise but seriously, the digressions in 18th century literature...), but SF can sometimes be pretty tedious, so I will skim or hear humming during a particularly detailed explanation in the world-building.<br /><br />Can't think of an example for the suck fairy, but I've experienced a book/author being better and worse in the reread now that I am older.<br /><br />L (omphaloskepsis)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19926025.post-19069034364380756712014-02-07T14:29:57.432-04:002014-02-07T14:29:57.432-04:00This sounds so interesting - essays on topics I wo...This sounds so interesting - essays on topics I would actually be keen to read about! And I like the way you've reacted to the essays instead of the whole book. Re-reading is a big one for me - I loved re-reading when younger but I just don't do it now. Sounds like you're more ahead on that front than me. And the essay about series - I love reading them and I hate giving up, but sometimes it happens ...Meghanhttp://medievalbookworm.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19926025.post-17542361255194502072014-02-07T12:53:17.755-04:002014-02-07T12:53:17.755-04:00I cannot imagine going back to reread a series fro...I cannot imagine going back to reread a series from the start. I may go back and read a couple of paragraphs here and there but like you, I have too many series going on to make this work. And, you bet some of the series I read have gone downhill and I've stopped reading them. One I always think of is the Stephanie Plum series. I don't mind a less than stellar entry in a series but the characters have to grow and there has to be some progression in a series. Ilianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07026669671843769219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19926025.post-47203836753385244542014-02-07T10:10:23.671-04:002014-02-07T10:10:23.671-04:00Wow, a lot to think about here. I think it's h...Wow, a lot to think about here. I think it's hard to write a series in which every. single. book. is excellent. So I don't give up if I hit an installment I don't love. On the other hand, if two or three in a row are less than wonderful, I get reluctant to return to the series.<br /><br />I don't usually skim, but I do if I don't like the book but am curious about what happens. I'm not trying to savor the story or writing in that situation, so I don't care what I miss.Beth Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08627666337961326265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19926025.post-6060342426935374342014-02-06T19:16:00.742-04:002014-02-06T19:16:00.742-04:00I've got to read this! I love Walton quite a b...I've got to read this! I love Walton quite a bit for always supporting Mary Renault (an author I don't truly feel gets enough attention these days), and I'm always interested to see what she has to say about other books. Jenny @ Reading the Endhttp://readingtheend.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19926025.post-35625104312784759492014-02-06T18:53:52.665-04:002014-02-06T18:53:52.665-04:00Loved your review! I want to read this and I thin...Loved your review! I want to read this and I think I want to own it too! I reread a lot, mostly books I read as a kid but now that I'm getting cough older cough, I'm turning to books I read as an adult as rereads too.Nikki in Niagarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13348586723780500367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19926025.post-49904594003923010192014-02-06T18:43:50.617-04:002014-02-06T18:43:50.617-04:00Definitely going to get this book. Enjoyed reading...Definitely going to get this book. Enjoyed reading all your answers. I too read 'everything' in a book, I can't skim for the life of me. LOL! I love the idea of rereading and do occasionally but not nearly as often as I should. I don't go back and reread the rest of the series when a new book is out either. I may have done it once, but not a regular thing with me.Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06371069000185280668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19926025.post-17267744402490774472014-02-06T17:00:19.095-04:002014-02-06T17:00:19.095-04:00I'm am so enjoying this book (thanks to you an...I'm am so enjoying this book (thanks to you and others for recommending it)! I am actually trying to sip, rather than gulp; to read the essays and then give each one a little thought. I love Walton's comments about re-reading in the first essay. I used to re-read regularly, but over the last few years, only a few books call me to read them again. At least in fiction. I'm reading some of my yoga books again, and I've read all of my favorites at least twice. I also re-read gardening books and other nonfiction fairly regularly. When I do read fiction favorites again, I am so happy if they have lived up to my initial opinions, but not all of them do.jenclairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06046532245054911248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19926025.post-86848733758785965932014-02-06T16:21:33.187-04:002014-02-06T16:21:33.187-04:00This sounds interesting. I love reading books abo...This sounds interesting. I love reading books about reading. I like the whole suck fairy too. When I reread the Chronicles of Narnia I loved books that I hadn't like before and vice versa. Haven't reread Wrinkle in Time because I loved it so much as a kid I'm afraid to mess up the memory.Katherine Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12126062556416434416noreply@blogger.com