tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170629471427858872.post1624385411725619583..comments2023-10-28T01:00:43.874-07:00Comments on The Book Frog: Reading Roundup, 2 July 2011Rebecca Glennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11497012798954379217noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170629471427858872.post-54380424521178359872011-07-08T20:32:31.018-07:002011-07-08T20:32:31.018-07:00i just discovered your blog and am a new follower!...i just discovered your blog and am a new follower! <br /><br />i love the oxford comma. it really helps. i hate long long sentences where you need to figure things out.aloihttp://guiltlessreading.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170629471427858872.post-66080172466879002632011-07-03T07:38:06.483-07:002011-07-03T07:38:06.483-07:00Yes, The Quincunx is the not new book. I haven'...Yes, <i>The Quincunx</i> is the not new book. I haven't acquired it yet, mind you, but read of it, I can't remember exactly, but somewhere, and was intrigued. I'd always eyed it on the shelf when working in the fiction section, but never approached it.<br /><br />Thanks for the Bingham review. See my comment over at the forum.<br /><br />I'm going to link the Burgess again <a href="http://enriquefreequesreads.blogspot.com/2011/06/99-novels-best-in-english-since-1939-by.html" rel="nofollow"><b>right here</b></a>, because it sounds so wonderful and because we all need interesting, quirky reading lists from quirky, brilliant thinkers.Rebecca Glennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11497012798954379217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170629471427858872.post-15933630365267386132011-07-02T22:39:13.520-07:002011-07-02T22:39:13.520-07:00um ... never mind about the Burgess ... seems I fo...um ... never mind about the Burgess ... seems I forgot I already linked it last month! I'll go find something else ...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13736768855641666746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170629471427858872.post-2022715320864431632011-07-02T22:28:49.005-07:002011-07-02T22:28:49.005-07:00I assume The Quincunx by Palliser to be the "...I assume <i>The Quincunx</i> by Palliser to be the "not new" you rounded up this week, eh? Not much of a roundup, you say? Listen, if the only book you'd rounded up all week was, in fact, <i>The Quincunx</i>, you'd of had yourself a grand week, from my perspective. Years since I read it, but oh so intriguing. Bit of a puzzle. Must pay close attention to the details in order to unlock all five keys to the mystery.<br /><br />I'll be back in a sec and link a fairly recent review, full of great ideas for summer reads, suggestions courtesy of Anthony Burgess ...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13736768855641666746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170629471427858872.post-38990287228733174882011-07-02T12:46:40.747-07:002011-07-02T12:46:40.747-07:00Yes! It just makes sense. When I'm reading a w...Yes! It just makes sense. When I'm reading a writer who doesn't use that Oxford comma, my mind makes weird clumps of the last two items in the series...and don't you just love that, "my parents, Ayn Rand and God?"<br /><br />Delicious!Rebecca Glennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11497012798954379217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170629471427858872.post-45062648948269043522011-07-02T08:09:20.501-07:002011-07-02T08:09:20.501-07:00I so love the Oxford comma. It makes me horribly ...I so love the Oxford comma. It makes me horribly said that it's going out, but I will continue to use it regardless.karen!https://www.blogger.com/profile/03020530163370836712noreply@blogger.com