Comments on: A grasshopper leaped from his leg, and other book memes http://libodyssey.wordpress.com/2008/02/20/a-grasshopper-leaped-from-his-leg-and-other-book-memes/ Journey of a new librarian Fri, 02 May 2008 04:30:03 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: libodyssey http://libodyssey.wordpress.com/2008/02/20/a-grasshopper-leaped-from-his-leg-and-other-book-memes/#comment-62 libodyssey Sat, 01 Mar 2008 14:58:49 +0000 http://libodyssey.wordpress.com/?p=52#comment-62 I read Ian McEwan's <i>Atonement</i> several years ago, just after it came out, and absolutely adored it. I always thought of it as a thriller, so you could have knocked me down with a feather when it appeared that they were marketing the film as a romance! Yet when I saw it, I felt that it was an excellent representation of the book. I guess it's just what a reader brings to the novel at the time. I'm afraid that despite this less-than-erudite book/film review, my schooling in literature is more along the lines of what McEwan refers to as 'the realm of some higher bullshit'. A very sobering thought! I read Ian McEwan’s Atonement several years ago, just after it came out, and absolutely adored it. I always thought of it as a thriller, so you could have knocked me down with a feather when it appeared that they were marketing the film as a romance! Yet when I saw it, I felt that it was an excellent representation of the book. I guess it’s just what a reader brings to the novel at the time.

I’m afraid that despite this less-than-erudite book/film review, my schooling in literature is more along the lines of what McEwan refers to as ‘the realm of some higher bullshit’. A very sobering thought!

]]> By: We can cast all we like, but we may not catch any fish « Libodyssey http://libodyssey.wordpress.com/2008/02/20/a-grasshopper-leaped-from-his-leg-and-other-book-memes/#comment-56 We can cast all we like, but we may not catch any fish « Libodyssey Thu, 28 Feb 2008 02:18:53 +0000 http://libodyssey.wordpress.com/?p=52#comment-56 [...] can cast all we like, but we may not catch any fish As I’ve mentioned before, I am not the Annoyed Librarian. But as Kathryn Greenhill suggests, every librarian gets annoyed [...] [...] can cast all we like, but we may not catch any fish As I’ve mentioned before, I am not the Annoyed Librarian. But as Kathryn Greenhill suggests, every librarian gets annoyed [...]

]]> By: Sara Jervis http://libodyssey.wordpress.com/2008/02/20/a-grasshopper-leaped-from-his-leg-and-other-book-memes/#comment-51 Sara Jervis Thu, 21 Feb 2008 04:50:30 +0000 http://libodyssey.wordpress.com/?p=52#comment-51 There I put it in, not realising how I did it. There I put it in, not realising how I did it.

]]> By: Sara Jervis http://libodyssey.wordpress.com/2008/02/20/a-grasshopper-leaped-from-his-leg-and-other-book-memes/#comment-50 Sara Jervis Thu, 21 Feb 2008 04:48:39 +0000 http://libodyssey.wordpress.com/?p=52#comment-50 Automatic responses, true to their primal role, are relatively impervious to the conscious will. This principle of archaism extends even to the facial expressions that communicate emotion. A spontaneous and genuine smile, which originates in the limbic system and is emotion-driven, is unmistakeable to the practiced observer. Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge by Edward O. Wilson This author was recommended by Ian McEwan (Saturday, Chesil Beach, Atonement, ) I McE loves scientists who can write - http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23164881-5001986,00.html (Pardon me not using direct link. I have forgotten a fair few of 23 things skills, let alone my various passwords, which says something, I do not know what ...yet. Automatic responses, true to their primal role, are relatively impervious to the conscious will. This principle of archaism extends even to the facial expressions that communicate emotion. A spontaneous and genuine smile, which originates in the limbic system and is emotion-driven, is unmistakeable to the practiced observer.

Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge by Edward O. Wilson

This author was recommended by Ian McEwan (Saturday, Chesil Beach, Atonement, ) I McE loves scientists who can write – http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23164881-5001986,00.html

(Pardon me not using direct link. I have forgotten a fair few of 23 things skills, let alone my various passwords, which says something, I do not know what …yet.

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