tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5916640680794365241.post3042362606655403651..comments2023-09-10T19:29:28.614+10:00Comments on Bait For Bookworms: Another Missive From The (Maybe) FutureThe Bookwormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09438661852327001822noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5916640680794365241.post-20567114337067060642012-01-05T14:15:17.749+11:002012-01-05T14:15:17.749+11:00Good luck with the writing - I am looking forward ...Good luck with the writing - I am looking forward to reading both your books!<br /><br />And I;m interested to hear you intend to read more genre/'lowbrow' fiction this year. 2011 for me was dominated by the experience of reading a series of 'lowbrow'/fantasy books, the five novels in the series A Song of Ice and Fire (3 more due to be written; no idea when; sigh). Utterly compelling evocation of a world, with many pleasurable linguistic/historical referents merged with the fantasy stuff... The Wars of the Roses were never so much fun!<br /><br />And I've just finished reading The Stranger's Child (Hollinghurst). Gripping stuff, though james Wood's review in the New Yorker got it right: where there was not a single word out of place in The Line of Beauty, this one seems lazier/comfier/less daring...<br /><br />Happy reading, and all the best for 2012 - may it be a year filled with productive work and much happiness, after the stress of 2011.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com