tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11948033.post115726863167807376..comments2023-10-30T13:15:58.050+00:00Comments on Ems in London: Reading on Kosemshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644341573332011753noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11948033.post-1157369135184810512006-09-04T11:25:00.000+00:002006-09-04T11:25:00.000+00:00Mebbe my reaction says more about me than you, eh?...Mebbe my reaction says more about <I>me</I> than you, eh?<BR/><BR/>I just remember how all the Oxford girls I used to date/court/do unpleasant things to would bang on and on about the bloody <B>Alchemist</B>, which is a SHIT book. He even recently did a rude book (<B>Eleven Minutes</B>) which he tried to suck me in with. That was SHIT too.<BR/><BR/>These Oxford girls all played the cello and had long hippy skirts with bells on the hem and were very CND without even knowing what the letters stood for and had holes in the sleeves of their jumpers where they poked their thumbs through and all still read Winnie-The-Pooh...<BR/><BR/>I should have been aiming for a completely different demographic, I've since found out. What a waste of time. I tried giving them Anais Nin or something to read, but it didn't move them like it did me.<BR/><BR/>ShameShephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12008400837024000440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11948033.post-1157311858316016402006-09-03T19:30:00.000+00:002006-09-03T19:30:00.000+00:00Listen, I was seduced by the cover and I ditched t...Listen, I was seduced by the cover and I ditched the book once I had stopped cringing. I almost didn't mention it as I guessed someone (i.e. you) would react badly. I'm sure it was Gladstone who said that you need a little roughage in your diet when his literary tastes were mentioned.<BR/><BR/>Crimson, Petal & White is on the shelf. I agree it is outstanding. Am I redeeming myself?emshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01644341573332011753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11948033.post-1157309532718872462006-09-03T18:52:00.000+00:002006-09-03T18:52:00.000+00:00Paulo Coelholoholio...?You're gonna have to pull o...Paulo Coelholoholio...?<BR/><BR/>You're gonna have to pull out something pretty damn special to make up for that one, missy. Appalling. Bloody sheep-herding dreamy wanky freak.<BR/><BR/><I>(But Michel Faber's <B>Crimson, Petal & White</B> is outstanding - go and get that and devour it, maybe this snobbish & elitist but always-right bookseller will forgive you for...no I can't even bring myself to ridicule his name...)</I>Shephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12008400837024000440noreply@blogger.com