tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post7540463505505567399..comments2024-03-25T22:59:30.053+00:00Comments on Desperate Reader: Bodies From The LibraryDesperate Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15708411387912078122noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-18964582006717849952016-06-15T20:30:10.636+01:002016-06-15T20:30:10.636+01:00Quite apart from anything else it's good to be...<i>Quite apart from anything else it's good to be in a room with a group of people who are all clearly fans of the same sort of books (it doesn't really happen to me that often). <br />It also made me question my own attitude towards genre fiction; why do I feel the need to justify reading these books - which I do - even if only by saying how much fun they are in a vaguely apologetic way. </i><br /><br />I could have authored that. Would loved to have been there!Debbie Rodgershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15630059470408161434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-75017900403637291212016-06-15T02:10:33.957+01:002016-06-15T02:10:33.957+01:00Andrew Berkely wrote Before the Fact under the pse...Andrew Berkely wrote Before the Fact under the pseudonym Frances Iles, which was made into the Hitchcock film Suspicion starring Joan Fontaine and Cary Grant. It's well worth a read, if only because of how it turns the usually murder mystery format on its head.<br /><br />I agree about the apology thing. I too need to stop doing it! As if other people even care what kind of books I read.Belindahttp://hereiknit.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com