tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169151311037688512.post7518705444952612497..comments2024-01-07T09:36:51.796-08:00Comments on Chess, Comics, Crosswords, Books, Music, Cinema: Kabuko the Djinn by Hamraz Ahsan, 2013Prashant C. Trikannadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169151311037688512.post-4670748561645349092014-09-28T09:59:29.950-07:002014-09-28T09:59:29.950-07:00Col, I have rarely ever put away a book. I mean I ...Col, I have rarely ever put away a book. I mean I have but I always come back and finish reading it.Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169151311037688512.post-75198194542069385392014-09-24T05:57:02.869-07:002014-09-24T05:57:02.869-07:00I'll always finish once I've started somet...I'll always finish once I've started something. I don't think I'd start this one though.col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169151311037688512.post-77505370788394553102014-08-26T01:01:37.304-07:002014-08-26T01:01:37.304-07:00Ron, I did not know about WINGS OF DESIRE or Bruno...Ron, I did not know about WINGS OF DESIRE or Bruno Ganz who, now that I read about him, appears to be a versatile actor. He also played Hitler in a film called DOWNFALL. I rarely watch foreign films on account of having no easy access to them.Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169151311037688512.post-42252780030557806012014-08-25T08:30:54.801-07:002014-08-25T08:30:54.801-07:00When I wrote the above, I was also thinking of the...When I wrote the above, I was also thinking of the Wim Wenders film Wings of Desire, in which Bruno Ganz plays an angel who becomes mortal.Ron Scheerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169151311037688512.post-19051168460928396492014-08-24T21:29:37.551-07:002014-08-24T21:29:37.551-07:00Kelly, I often hop from book to book though I alwa...Kelly, I often hop from book to book though I always come back and read the ones that I'd left midway. I usually finish reading the early ones in the same month that I started reading them. If I'm reading a classic, then I need to read something more fast paced but I'll finish the classic eventually. As of today I have five or six unfinished books which I hope to read through within a fortnight. Thanks to ebooks, I have been spoiled for choice.Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169151311037688512.post-77789429905390295962014-08-24T08:44:18.091-07:002014-08-24T08:44:18.091-07:00I mostly finish books I start, but I've abando...I mostly finish books I start, but I've abandoned a few too, lately. Sometimes I just know it's not for me, and there are SO many books to get to. Now and then I'll finish something truly terrible so I can feel justified in my review (and have lots of supporting examples). The last few things I've read have been so disappointing that I have to cleanse my palate with some guaranteed winners.Kelly Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01752857506190488860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169151311037688512.post-10235521558494680572014-08-24T03:57:00.713-07:002014-08-24T03:57:00.713-07:00Tracy, thank you. I feel incomplete, like somethin...Tracy, thank you. I feel incomplete, like something is not right, when I dump a book halfway and so I usually read it all the way through, sometimes over a period of time. I have not heard of THE THIRD REICH IN POWER and will look for a copy. Thanks for mentioning it. Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169151311037688512.post-19088204595189040212014-08-24T03:49:32.115-07:002014-08-24T03:49:32.115-07:00Ron, you have an interesting perspective. I felt m...Ron, you have an interesting perspective. I felt much the same way when I read THE INVISIBLE MAN by H.G. Wells. While it was a curse for the invisible man, I wondered what it would be like to be invisible, or to be able to fly like Superman for that matter. Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169151311037688512.post-78244129852870365682014-08-24T03:46:19.461-07:002014-08-24T03:46:19.461-07:00Charles, you surely have! I grew up reading all ki...Charles, you surely have! I grew up reading all kinds of American paperbacks that I don't even remember today. This is probably just the second or third book in years I must have put away. I suppose I wasn't in the right frame of mind to read it.Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169151311037688512.post-60920185183097326882014-08-23T13:35:37.776-07:002014-08-23T13:35:37.776-07:00Prashant, I rarely stop reading a book once I have...Prashant, I rarely stop reading a book once I have started. Only two I can remember in the last five years or so. One of Dennis Lehane's books was just too tense for me: DARKNESS, TAKE MY HAND. And Richard J. Evans 700 page book on THE THIRD REICH IN POWER. After 200 pages, I knew that book was too long and depressing for me. Sometimes I think I should give up on some books, but so far I haven't. I have always liked your attitude: "I always find something that redeems the book in my eyes."TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169151311037688512.post-75191526080147941822014-08-23T08:34:20.931-07:002014-08-23T08:34:20.931-07:00Based on the description, I would give this book a...Based on the description, I would give this book a try myself. The theme of a supernatural being assuming human form is a subject that runs through literature from its beginnings and must answer to a deep curiosity in us about ourselves and the possibilities of mysteries beyond.Ron Scheerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169151311037688512.post-66711826323453283032014-08-23T08:27:47.039-07:002014-08-23T08:27:47.039-07:00A brainwashed prisoner of the American paperback! ...A brainwashed prisoner of the American paperback! Then we have done our job. :) If I make it more than ten or fifteen pages into a book I will finish it too, even if I have to plod.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.com