tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post6022050760613953314..comments2024-03-25T22:59:30.053+00:00Comments on Desperate Reader: Pulp FictionDesperate Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15708411387912078122noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-70076861579689390912011-02-15T10:53:01.079+00:002011-02-15T10:53:01.079+00:00Thanks for that, glad they brighten up the day and...Thanks for that, glad they brighten up the day and as I said before they're fun to do! Your post on M&B brought back memories of the 'male' series of pulp fiction which was the cowboy 'penny paperbacks'. They also used to be devoured by many and found their way to the stalls of 'jumble sales' that were the forerunner of the now infamous car-boot sales. The likes of "Guns of the Timberlands" by Louis L'Amour, "The Gun Tamer" by Max Brand, "Play a Lonely Hand" by Luke Short and so on were also always on the Library 'just returned' shelves nearly every week! I had forgotten all about them till your M&B post reminded me. Always interesting posts, thanks again, all the best.Magniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14063363584507592592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-66810951132647345432011-02-14T14:40:27.086+00:002011-02-14T14:40:27.086+00:00I have seen it Magnie - I follow regularly I promi...I have seen it Magnie - I follow regularly I promise, and actually they're a bit of a highlight so keep up the good work:)Desperate Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15708411387912078122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-46140855584802484922011-02-14T09:37:53.639+00:002011-02-14T09:37:53.639+00:00Enjoyed your post again, and M&B were the stap...Enjoyed your post again, and M&B were the staple diet of many a household for years! Thought you might like the theme of this weeks old Punch cartoon, if you've not already seen it :) <br /><br />http://cartoonsofold-magnie.blogspot.com/Magniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14063363584507592592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-62159892704255026882011-02-13T22:03:19.486+00:002011-02-13T22:03:19.486+00:00Harriet I'm impressed - that's something I...Harriet I'm impressed - that's something I'd love to read...<br /><br />Ruby - this book is heading your way like it or not.<br /><br />Annie - the way people engage with books is fascinating. I think of M&B almost like a drug (sedative variety) my gran devoured them which didn't seem very sinister to me at the time but when I think how unhappy her married life ended up being it makes me wonder what she found in there. English was a late second language for her though so it may have been that she just found them easy to read. <br /><br />Verity - I bet you felt like you were doing something a bit naughty and that your parents disaproved? I remember that being part of the charm. Mostly for this sort of entertainment I watch tv and had forgotten how nice it is sometimes to read something so lightweight. Glad you smiled:)Desperate Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15708411387912078122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-368712611013456582011-02-13T11:58:21.768+00:002011-02-13T11:58:21.768+00:00Ooh - that is fun! I haven't read one in year...Ooh - that is fun! I haven't read one in years - my friend and I used to read them at school, aged 10! I saw yesterday's Telegraph knocking around the library this morning and there was an article about M and B - I htin maybe there is a TV programme about them later this week - must go back and retrieve it! This review really made me smile Hayley!verityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16825551404394913715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-65032196302033956742011-02-13T09:59:22.750+00:002011-02-13T09:59:22.750+00:00Like Ruby, I've never read one, but I always r...Like Ruby, I've never read one, but I always remember looking at a some copies one day in the local library and discovering that they all had what looked like a secret code written on the inside of the back cover. When I asked the librarian about it she said that was the way in which avid M&B readers kept track of which ones they had read and which they hadn't. If their personal symbol was there then they had already devoured it.Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16966461711132186974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-2661255439071674902011-02-13T09:03:06.426+00:002011-02-13T09:03:06.426+00:00I have read quite a few M&Bs in my day and in ...I have read quite a few M&Bs in my day and in fact had a go at writing one some years ago (turned down, but with a quite encouraging letter). I haven't read any of the newer ones, though. Like you I think this cover is appalling, and I think if I were to return to them I'd read the older ones, too.harriethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04470091985662379182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-69607933395967999202011-02-13T00:36:57.138+00:002011-02-13T00:36:57.138+00:00I have to confess that I've never read one, bu...I have to confess that I've never read one, but I can see that there is a place for good old fashioned escapism. I don't think M&B needs to be so blatant as to use "sexy" in a title and I think that I would be more attracted to the older-fashioned ones.As for "pebbled nipples", well, I am a woman of the world and I have just pushed my elbows protectively against my own upon reading that! Whatever next, marbled buttocks??!!!!Rubyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03964613999404091909noreply@blogger.com