tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post4662289774774408915..comments2024-03-19T09:33:19.249+00:00Comments on The Speculative Scotsman: Books Received | The BoSS for 16/01/11Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08713791516631476930noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post-64795872574919028972011-01-17T13:46:01.046+00:002011-01-17T13:46:01.046+00:00Why kidding, Ria? Give me a couple of weeks and if...Why kidding, Ria? Give me a couple of weeks and if I haven't gotten around to The Pain Merchants by then, I probably won't - give me a prod and I'll send it along. Better someone enjoys it than it gets musty on my Ikea bookcases! :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08713791516631476930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post-28748464152773099722011-01-17T13:43:34.496+00:002011-01-17T13:43:34.496+00:00@Anonymous
Not to backhand what I'm sure was ...@Anonymous<br /><br />Not to backhand what I'm sure was meant as a compliment of sorts, but Adam's a good guy, a great writer, and we're not exactly competing in any event - surely there's room enough on the internets for us both!<br /><br />Besides which, I'm of a mind his reviews are among the very best; if I could muster half of his succinctness, well...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08713791516631476930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post-90455598462492310072011-01-17T11:41:50.368+00:002011-01-17T11:41:50.368+00:00This blog is so much better than Wert's dry an...This blog is so much better than Wert's dry and dull effort.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post-12367335203323083052011-01-16T16:51:32.837+00:002011-01-16T16:51:32.837+00:00Pain Merchants sounds like it could be really inte...Pain Merchants sounds like it could be really interesting - certainly a book that's right up my alley, anyway. I'm looking forward to your review of that. (And if you can't get around to it, send it to me and I'll review it for you! Kidding, kidding...)Tea and Tomeshttp://tea-and-tomes.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post-21874151178923433162011-01-16T16:23:42.511+00:002011-01-16T16:23:42.511+00:00"Shades of Grey" was excellent. I had ju..."Shades of Grey" was excellent. I had just read all of Fforde's Thursday Next and Nursery Crime books, but this was so good. One of the few books I kept thinking about after I finished it.David H.noreply@blogger.com