tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4788728147009985845.post1864332423705223392..comments2008-09-29T17:34:30.201-04:00RfPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16893174259391576697readforpleasure@gmail.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4788728147009985845.post-16524981433402365112008-09-29T17:34:00.000-04:002008-09-29T17:34:00.000-04:00

Your tbr list continues to intrigue. Have you read The Rachel Papers yet? I found the protagonist one of the most vile and obnoxious boys to have ever graced the pages of the novel - yet I really enjoyed it. The rare insight into the unvarnished masculine mind was unsettling and astonishing. Amis was very young when he wrote it, and there must be strong autobiographical elements to it... <BR/><BR

Meriamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11832436776375729050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4788728147009985845.post-79794075496711318002008-09-18T17:51:00.000-04:002008-09-18T17:51:00.000-04:00

I've been meaning to comment on this post forever. Finally dug out my copy of Getting Even by Woody Allen in which he does the film noir pastiche Mr Big. An armful of trouble asks a private eye to find God for her:<BR/><BR/>"Her story was beginning to interest me. Spoiled co-ed. High IQ and a body I wanted to know better.<BR/><BR/>'What does God look like?'<BR/><BR/>'I've never seen him'<BR/>

Tumperkinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11008683032460114886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4788728147009985845.post-51671862587260466282008-09-15T20:57:00.000-04:002008-09-15T20:57:00.000-04:00

I've always had a conflicting relationship with film noir. On one hand, I love the tropes, and I love the strong heroines. On the other hand, I don't like how the heroines bring about the male's doom. I suppose I'm too much of a romance reader.

JChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00539286824195140523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4788728147009985845.post-34741640720077446682008-09-11T20:01:00.000-04:002008-09-11T20:01:00.000-04:00

'Sokay. Everything's interconnected. Somehow.<BR/><BR/>I saw <I>Body &amp; Soul</I> as a <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000V1OUPE?ie=UTF8&tag=readforplea-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B000V1OUPE" REL="nofollow">Masterpiece Theatre series</A> eons ago. I liked the subject and the acting (Kristin Scott Thomas), but I missed the final episode, and I always

RfPhttp://www.readforpleasure.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4788728147009985845.post-52769897569501706702008-09-11T17:20:00.000-04:002008-09-11T17:20:00.000-04:00

Sorry, this is totally unrelated to noir and/ or observatories, but I just noticed Bernstein's Body and Soul on your bookberg. I've read that! What brought it to your attention? (I found it years ago in my local library, it was pretty old, even then). Have you read it yet? It's about a <I>nun</I>.<BR/><BR/>I guess you already know that...

Meriamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11832436776375729050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4788728147009985845.post-49623184046176606832008-09-10T21:31:00.000-04:002008-09-10T21:31:00.000-04:00

Welcome, and no worries. This web thingy is like that.<BR/><BR/>It wasn't my photo, just the first I found with that design. It's from the Stellafane Convention hosted by a telescope company on Breezy Hill, Vermont. (I think these are <A HREF="http://stellafane.org/convention/2008/2008gallery.html" REL="nofollow">semi-official photos</A>.)<BR/><BR/>I've been <A HREF="http://images.google.com/

RfPhttp://www.readforpleasure.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4788728147009985845.post-80893663596347935232008-09-10T20:59:00.000-04:002008-09-10T20:59:00.000-04:00

Hey, what a fun blog. Why have I never been here? I have a question: can I use your observatory photo on a follow-up post to my Duke &amp; I post? I really appreciated your adding that in!

Carolyn Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17195853833116263029noreply@blogger.com