tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post8258665821041368120..comments2024-03-28T11:17:43.586+00:00Comments on Read-warbler: The Shadow Land Cathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06371069000185280668noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-48551030298322750432018-09-05T09:34:17.262+01:002018-09-05T09:34:17.262+01:00Margaret: I completely understand a third book not...Margaret: I completely understand a third book not being read... happens to me all the time. I've lost count of the series I've started and never got around to the second book, let alone the third.<br /><br />Really looking forward to The Great Fortune but there's another reservation on it so I may have to wait a while to get it. <br /><br />Tracy: I'm trying not to be put off by lengthy books but it's hard. I suppose it's that thing of not having very many books to show for a whole month of reading if you've spent time reading one or two lengthy ones. I'm trying really hard to get rid of that kind of silliness in my thinking but again, it's hard. Working on it though. LOL<br /><br />Well Susan Hill *really* recommends The Balkan Trilogy and after that Olivia Manning's Levant trilogy... same characters but in Egypt I think. Tempted by all of them. <br />Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06371069000185280668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-21667676581166657872018-09-05T06:01:21.424+01:002018-09-05T06:01:21.424+01:00This book sounds very interesting and I might atte...This book sounds very interesting and I might attempt it sometime, even with it length. But I am really interested in the books in the Balkan Trilogy. I had heard of it before but had not pursued it.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-78063037321716341952018-09-03T06:42:55.320+01:002018-09-03T06:42:55.320+01:00Cath, I loved Olivia Manning's first book in h...Cath, I loved Olivia Manning's first book in her Balkan trilogy, as you saw on my blog and I've also read the second book, The Spoilt City (my review is <a href="https://booksplease.org/2008/01/07/the-spoilt-city-by-olivia-manning/" rel="nofollow">here.</a>) <br /><br />I fully intended, back in 2008!!! to read the third book. But I couldn't find a copy of just the third book on its own, so in the end I bought the Trilogy - and by then other books got in the way and I still haven't read it. I really must! I can't believe it was over 10 years ago.<br /><br />I really hope you'll love The Great Fortune and Absent in the Spring!! :)BooksPleasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08721650104596705715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-25991490267396144412018-09-02T23:06:03.455+01:002018-09-02T23:06:03.455+01:00Margaret: I forgot to say, no I'm not going to...Margaret: I forgot to say, no I'm not going to do RIP this year, I don't think I did it last year either. But I'll still read those sort of books this autumn. I'm already reading a book of wierd stories based on the sea. Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06371069000185280668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-11430780264515009082018-09-02T23:03:10.147+01:002018-09-02T23:03:10.147+01:00Margaret: Yes, both books are long and I do think ...Margaret: Yes, both books are long and I do think the author goes on a bit descriptively... I skipped passages at times. In the end though I thought it well worth reading to learn a bit about Bulgaria for the European challenge.<br /><br />Talking of which, I'm rereading Susan Hill's book, Jacob's Room is Full of Books and she recommends Olivia Manning's Balkan trilogy. I saw on Goodreads that you'd read the first book so searched out your blog review. I've now reserved it from the library to read for 'Romania' as you clearly liked it a lot. I also now have a lovely new copy of Absent in the Spring. I'm thinking you might be a bad influence. LOL!Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06371069000185280668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-13671958346663208162018-09-02T18:44:18.234+01:002018-09-02T18:44:18.234+01:00I think that maybe I'd like this more than The...I think that maybe I'd like this more than The Historian which I read in 2006. At that time I thought it was OK but long, so I suppose I' could find The Shadow Land too long! <br /><br />I see you don't want to do RIP this year - I don't think I will either, although I do like to read creepy stuff. <br />BooksPleasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08721650104596705715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-2482068315626553982018-08-30T10:43:44.345+01:002018-08-30T10:43:44.345+01:00Hey Pat. :-) Yep, I think I remember you reading T...Hey Pat. :-) Yep, I think I remember you reading The Historian a few years back, before me I think, and I read it more than 10 years ago. Time flies... LOL! Ready for a reread and possibly Drood too. I don't want to do RIP but autumn always makes me want to read creepy stuff. Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06371069000185280668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-84259513481251986772018-08-29T23:37:01.461+01:002018-08-29T23:37:01.461+01:00I thought I recognized her name! I read the Histor...I thought I recognized her name! I read the Historian also..long ago. It's so funny how you like to read books that happen in America and I love Victorian England/Scotland books!! Glad you enjoyed this one.DesLilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02582481597658080464noreply@blogger.com