tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post6873523671950624872..comments2024-03-25T22:59:30.053+00:00Comments on Desperate Reader: The Female of the Species – SapperDesperate Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15708411387912078122noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-31348355243228792992011-01-12T21:57:28.608+00:002011-01-12T21:57:28.608+00:00Novel Insights - I think you're right on both ...Novel Insights - I think you're right on both counts. When I read an iffy comment from say Trollope I imagine that now we would have the same sort of ideas, but reading Sapper it felt that underneath the attitudes of the day he would be a harder man to convince about ideas of racial equality.Desperate Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15708411387912078122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-41197473614666807362011-01-12T20:37:48.344+00:002011-01-12T20:37:48.344+00:00The cover (2nd) is camper than Christmas and Easte...The cover (2nd) is camper than Christmas and Easter and Dorothy put together! Sounds really interesting to read. I wonder if the fact that it was racist in an opinionated way (i.e. rather than just being part of the background situation) that was so unnerving...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-81567450336881840122011-01-12T08:34:56.231+00:002011-01-12T08:34:56.231+00:00Those covers are wonderful! Even Noel Coward woul...Those covers are wonderful! Even Noel Coward would have found them over the top. Dornford Yeats is no more than a name to me and I'm not sure I will be moving him to the top of my tbr list but I wouldn't mind having some of the books around just to see people's reactions.Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16966461711132186974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-35620846186305183802011-01-11T23:31:12.737+00:002011-01-11T23:31:12.737+00:00I did have fun Simon, but found it a hard book to ...I did have fun Simon, but found it a hard book to write about because at the end of it despite having enjoyed the read I couldn't think of much that was positive to say, yet to be entirely negative when I liked the book doesn't feel right either. Drummond doesn't feature to heavily in this one which is probably a good thing.Desperate Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15708411387912078122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-63546175555249859302011-01-11T23:18:14.278+00:002011-01-11T23:18:14.278+00:00I read Bulldog Drummond eight years ago, or therea...I read Bulldog Drummond eight years ago, or thereabouts, and I must confess that I didn't like it at all... not only for the xenophobia (I agree with you that it's often pointless to analyse old books by today's more acceptable standards) but because I loathed Drummond and wanted all of his enemies to beat him! Also the writing annoyed me... 'That worthy', rather than 'Drummond', proliferated - if I recall correctly...<br /><br />Still, each to their own! Glad you had fun :)StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-40217294695469783932011-01-11T23:06:07.033+00:002011-01-11T23:06:07.033+00:00Reading it really made me want to smoke gold tippe...Reading it really made me want to smoke gold tipped black papered Balken Sobranis cigarettes again - despite quiting over a decade ago. It's that kind of book.Desperate Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15708411387912078122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-1056137214495749432011-01-11T22:57:38.115+00:002011-01-11T22:57:38.115+00:00I've heard of Dornford Yates (I think I have a...I've heard of Dornford Yates (I think I have a couple of his books sitting on my shelf - and only because he was mentioned in another book I was reading) but I haven't heard of Sapper. Interesting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com