tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post3252219690623112445..comments2024-03-28T15:00:12.581-04:00Comments on Letters from a Hill Farm: The Dog Who Came In From The Cold by Alexander McCall SmithNanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-64388008602229860932012-11-06T11:18:06.729-05:002012-11-06T11:18:06.729-05:00How does this man do it?!! It is hard to keep up w...How does this man do it?!! It is hard to keep up with all the new ones. Amazing.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-64719380319908973002012-11-06T10:28:14.187-05:002012-11-06T10:28:14.187-05:00I have read every single series by Smith and I'...I have read every single series by Smith and I'm just now ordering Unusual Uses for Olive Oil which is the fourth part in the 2 1/2 Pillars of Wisdom series. Have u read that one? So glad to hear of this book. I had no idea a new one was out.CHEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04634088152624853449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-9360627503961526912012-11-06T09:17:07.223-05:002012-11-06T09:17:07.223-05:00I do like Mma R. the best. There's nothing ...I do like Mma R. the best. There's nothing 'out there' in those books. :<)Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-11714737728593289582012-11-06T08:54:28.904-05:002012-11-06T08:54:28.904-05:00Thanks for this honest review. Now I don't fe...Thanks for this honest review. Now I don't feel so badly that I have not been able to get into any of Alexander McCall Smith's books beside the First Ladies Detective series, which I love. They just don't have what that series has. Maybe I need to give them another go.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15988251415347075888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-49785370587137702082012-11-05T20:37:58.664-05:002012-11-05T20:37:58.664-05:00Do you like any one in particular?Do you like any one in particular?Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-39795900017036048372012-11-05T20:37:36.435-05:002012-11-05T20:37:36.435-05:00You are so right. He is an amazing man. He does so...You are so right. He is an amazing man. He does so much in the world, in addition to writing a zillion series. I so admire him. Born the same year as me, and boy he gets a lot more done than I do. :<)Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-59326694728393792792012-11-05T20:36:08.121-05:002012-11-05T20:36:08.121-05:00I listened to one on tape, and read a couple but t...I listened to one on tape, and read a couple but then I quit. I liked a few of the characters, especially the dog who went to the bar, but I just couldn't take some of them.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-84606641830092000972012-11-05T20:34:29.951-05:002012-11-05T20:34:29.951-05:00You don't have to be a book blogger; you can j...You don't have to be a book blogger; you can just write about any books that move you to do so! Very funny description though.<br />I knew that about the serial. I actually began listening to it as a podcast with the wonderful Andrew Sachs reading. He was Manuel on Fawlty Towers. <br />I have that sense that the author is a most approachable and appealing man.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-57446069831716528282012-11-05T20:31:14.912-05:002012-11-05T20:31:14.912-05:00I think the Mma Ramotswe is my very favorite of hi...I think the Mma Ramotswe is my very favorite of his series. I've read all but the latest.<br />I used to love Isabel Dalhousie, but not so much now.<br />Very, very funny -your last sentence. :<)Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-43687090823379504352012-11-05T20:29:57.603-05:002012-11-05T20:29:57.603-05:00Maybe, but maybe not. Thicket House and Audrey bel...Maybe, but maybe not. Thicket House and Audrey below both like them. Reading is so very personal. Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-67747576949628523912012-11-05T19:13:49.915-05:002012-11-05T19:13:49.915-05:00I've read a few of his series and enjoy them f...I've read a few of his series and enjoy them for the most part.Stacihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07600979915661464945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-53548012290517597712012-11-05T19:11:21.107-05:002012-11-05T19:11:21.107-05:00I think that's what I like best about these bo...I think that's what I like best about these books, though -- that unreality, with the warmth and humor that always goes with it. I just like to imagine AMS sitting in his study, or on a plane, and thinking all this stuff up. His brain/imagination must be percolating full time! Audreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14912114716426828436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-9028222076154214912012-11-05T17:40:46.722-05:002012-11-05T17:40:46.722-05:00Thinking about Sallie's comment, I should say ...Thinking about Sallie's comment, I should say that I couldn't get into 44 Scotland Street at all in the beginning and then I listened to it on tape and it did the trick for me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-88198118949221128362012-11-05T17:38:54.491-05:002012-11-05T17:38:54.491-05:00I've now read all three of the Corduroy Mansio...I've now read all three of the Corduroy Mansions books and like them in the way I like McCall Smith's work. There is some willing suspension of disbelief! It's like an alternate reality with our standards.<br /><br />Something about the unreality of these books and characters reminds me of Dickens (though quite different!) and he also wrote in serial form, often.<br /><br />I have some books in the 44 Scotland Street series that I haven't yet read, and now I am wondering what I will think.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-8523663897758235692012-11-05T16:00:36.844-05:002012-11-05T16:00:36.844-05:00I love the Precious series, but just couldn't ...I love the Precious series, but just couldn't read Scotland Street at all, so when I first saw this book at the library some while ago I was very curious which camp it'd fall in...definitely the Precious side for me. I enjoyed it and have now read the second book too. I actually blogged about this book last year while I entertained a brief flirtation with being an occasional book blogger. (I no longer entertain that fantasy.) But at the time I got a comment from a lady in England who said that this book ran as a serial in one of the London daily papers. And that McC-S took suggestions from his readers as to how to continue with the book and series. I found that very interesting!Sallie (FullTime-Life)http://travelingrainvilles.typepad.com/traveling_home/2012/11/an-iffy-kind-of-a-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-20121271332176833252012-11-05T15:16:38.966-05:002012-11-05T15:16:38.966-05:00I have GOT to make time to read these books, Nan. ...I have GOT to make time to read these books, Nan. I read the first in Number One Ladies Detective Agency books and LOVED it. But somehow I never got around to reading the rest. And these two series I know nothing about except for what you've told me. I have them on my list but....well, just have never gotten around to them. There are just so many darn books to be read. When I die I want to be buried with my books...just in case I get bored. Ha.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-7101564988306358952012-11-05T13:25:19.842-05:002012-11-05T13:25:19.842-05:00So far, I have not yet read any of this author'...So far, I have not yet read any of this author's work, and although the parts you quote seem very good, I would possibly be fed up with unbelievable characters and their equally unbelievable circumstances.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.com