http://www.workfromhomewisdom.com/2009/03/16/new-page/ successful home working Mon, 06 Sep 2010 07:21:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.workfromhomewisdom.com/2009/03/16/new-page/#comment-42 judy Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:23:21 +0000 http://www.workfromhomewisdom.com/?p=337#comment-42 I wonder what you'd think about The Believers by Zoe Heller. I've just finished it and I must say I find it very hard to really like a book, however well-written, whose characters are so unpleasant and/or depressing. I wonder what you’d think about The Believers by Zoe Heller. I’ve just finished it and I must say I find it very hard to really like a book, however well-written, whose characters are so unpleasant and/or depressing.

]]> http://www.workfromhomewisdom.com/2009/03/16/new-page/#comment-39 margaret chamberlain Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:44:32 +0000 http://www.workfromhomewisdom.com/?p=337#comment-39 Engleby was either loved or hated. I loved it. Engleby was either loved or hated. I loved it.

]]> http://www.workfromhomewisdom.com/2009/03/16/new-page/#comment-38 judy Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:36:55 +0000 http://www.workfromhomewisdom.com/?p=337#comment-38 My favourite Sebastian Faulks novel is On Green Dolphin Street. I find something quite chilling about his other writing, and I couldn't get into Engleby, but maybe it wasn't the right time. Sometimes I come back to books again after a while and really enjoy them. I've just looked at The Tenderness of Wolves on Amazon and it has attracted loads of reviews, mostly 4s and 5s but also lots of lower ratings. I wonder if that's the sign of a 'good' book - people either love it or hate it, but either way they have a strong reaction. My favourite Sebastian Faulks novel is On Green Dolphin Street. I find something quite chilling about his other writing, and I couldn’t get into Engleby, but maybe it wasn’t the right time. Sometimes I come back to books again after a while and really enjoy them.
I’ve just looked at The Tenderness of Wolves on Amazon and it has attracted loads of reviews, mostly 4s and 5s but also lots of lower ratings. I wonder if that’s the sign of a ‘good’ book – people either love it or hate it, but either way they have a strong reaction.

]]> http://www.workfromhomewisdom.com/2009/03/16/new-page/#comment-35 margaret chamberlain Thu, 19 Mar 2009 22:04:28 +0000 http://www.workfromhomewisdom.com/?p=337#comment-35 I read Engleby by Sebastian Faulks at Christmas. I found it compelling. It's nothing like Faulks' other novels, which I've also enjoyed, but this is just such a strange and intimate diary format where I was completely involved with the narrator. I also love love love Patricia Highsmith's books.. After enjoying the film of The Talented Mr Ripley and enjoying it, I went on to read ALL her books, They are VERY weird but wonderful. I'm reading The Tenderness of Wolves at the moment, it's really slow, but very well-written. I read Engleby by Sebastian Faulks at Christmas. I found it compelling. It’s nothing like Faulks’ other novels, which I’ve also enjoyed, but this is just such a strange and intimate diary format where I was completely involved with the narrator. I also love love love Patricia Highsmith’s books..
After enjoying the film of The Talented Mr Ripley and enjoying it, I went on to read ALL her books, They are VERY weird but wonderful. I’m reading The Tenderness of Wolves at the moment, it’s really slow, but very well-written.

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