tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1713469465303122569.post1956874964395181666..comments2023-04-13T02:30:53.892-07:00Comments on Mudpuddlesoup: mudpuddlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16647084124715892324noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1713469465303122569.post-77902515676402538532020-11-14T10:57:19.282-08:002020-11-14T10:57:19.282-08:00that's pretty much been my experience, also: ...that's pretty much been my experience, also: the Hannay ones were excellent, i thought. any of them that described long walks across the Scottish highlands i liked (indicating my simple-minded novel criteria, haha...)mudpuddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16647084124715892324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1713469465303122569.post-34024849099657656622020-11-13T22:02:02.443-08:002020-11-13T22:02:02.443-08:00I thought I'd read this book but the storyline...I thought I'd read this book but the storyline just doesn't ring a bell at all. I love the Richard Hannay books, especially Mr Standfast, and lots of his others but one or two that I've read have been a wee bit strange. Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06820925595506920754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1713469465303122569.post-81851836228951527092020-11-11T20:37:05.097-08:002020-11-11T20:37:05.097-08:00that was how it seemed to me when i finished it, b...that was how it seemed to me when i finished it, but now i'm wondering if it might have just been that i'm a lot older and that sort of thing doesn't appeal like it used to... i'd hate to believe that, tho, because that sort of tale used to be such fun! the truth is it's probably a bit of both: my aging and B's book not being quite as good as the others...mudpuddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16647084124715892324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1713469465303122569.post-19738307325913076252020-11-11T17:54:50.994-08:002020-11-11T17:54:50.994-08:00It's always kind of a bummer when these massiv...It's always kind of a bummer when these massive books end up being duds. All that time that went into reading it and...blech.Sarah @ All The Book Blog Names Are Takenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12507006809241347635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1713469465303122569.post-38804800014820889892020-11-11T10:21:21.209-08:002020-11-11T10:21:21.209-08:00haha... reading books by English persons does ten...haha... reading books by English persons does tend to set me off, i guess... and you're right, it did have spin to it, it's just that it was, imo, too much like a dying frisbee, sort of tottering it's way thru the pages...mudpuddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16647084124715892324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1713469465303122569.post-32357818711544739072020-11-11T09:11:24.034-08:002020-11-11T09:11:24.034-08:00Sounds like a head spinner. I loved when you used ...Sounds like a head spinner. I loved when you used the expression "hare off."Judy Kruegerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11632346091869688862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1713469465303122569.post-47628966629562789532020-11-10T20:30:18.085-08:002020-11-10T20:30:18.085-08:00i did a post on "Island" sometime this y...i did a post on "Island" sometime this year, i think; i liked it better than this one: it was not pretentious and just told a straight story which i always like... interesting point re Nietzsche; i don't know if his philosophy would have come to Buchan's attention or not... that might have been somewhat out of his comfort zone so to speak...mudpuddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16647084124715892324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1713469465303122569.post-43820316352634460942020-11-10T20:27:19.506-08:002020-11-10T20:27:19.506-08:00i guess it used to be pretty popular; probably wi...i guess it used to be pretty popular; probably with the upper classes i'd surmise... it actually did have a fair amount of action in it; i have a feeling i might have just got bored with the central part which had to do with Adam and his attempts to get things to swing his way through his contacts with his rich friends... or maybe i'm a bit replete with Buchan...mudpuddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16647084124715892324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1713469465303122569.post-51737400059885995772020-11-10T18:28:52.766-08:002020-11-10T18:28:52.766-08:00Buchan can be pretty fun. I haven't read this ...Buchan can be pretty fun. I haven't read this one. Pity it wasn't better. As for the worship of great men, I suppose Nietzsche was still in the air.<br /><br />I'm figuring on reading The Island of Sheep for the 1936 club in the spring.reesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15818057262934008241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1713469465303122569.post-64456589132388445902020-11-10T16:36:46.073-08:002020-11-10T16:36:46.073-08:00Super review. The plot of this one sounds eventful...Super review. The plot of this one sounds eventful. Buchan’s actual life sounds eventful too. Too bad that the book was disappointing. <br /><br />The idea of a few great people who are geniuses and who guide the world has thankfully fallen out of fashion. Brian Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15139559400312336791noreply@blogger.com