tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post1932702960635865958..comments2024-03-26T17:48:56.627+00:00Comments on 'Do You Write Under Your Own Name?': First sentencesMartin Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-35256855888285826452008-01-05T10:47:00.000+00:002008-01-05T10:47:00.000+00:00I have seen it many times ago and yes, it was exce...I have seen it many times ago and yes, it was excellent, with stellar performances from Sandrine Bonnaire and Isabelle Huppert. Chabrol is fairly uneven a director, but when he's good he's damn good, the best of French directors in exercise.Xavierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05702919450638993709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-45084323744214398952008-01-04T23:31:00.000+00:002008-01-04T23:31:00.000+00:00Xavier, I haven't seen the Chabrol film, unfortuna...Xavier, I haven't seen the Chabrol film, unfortunately. Is it good?Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-45707561746052416822008-01-04T22:22:00.000+00:002008-01-04T22:22:00.000+00:00the Rendell book is one of my all-time favourites ...<I>the Rendell book is one of my all-time favourites - I also saw an extraordinary dramatised version at a Nottingham crime festival during the 1990s.</I><BR/><BR/>Have you seen the French film adaptation directed by Claude Chabrol?Xavierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05702919450638993709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-72790515549873176022008-01-03T21:36:00.000+00:002008-01-03T21:36:00.000+00:00Isn't that the difficulty, Maxine? So many fine bo...Isn't that the difficulty, Maxine? So many fine books that it would be good to re-read. So many more that one is desperate to get around to for the first time. I've only managed to read two mysteries from cover to cover this holiday - and it's back to work tomorrow. It feels like under-achievement. The best laid reading plans....Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-15270896921827916372008-01-03T20:36:00.000+00:002008-01-03T20:36:00.000+00:00I agree, Judgement in Stone is a very good book - ...I agree, Judgement in Stone is a very good book - I'm tempted to re-read it.Maxine Clarkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06628509319992204770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-66750904085414489122008-01-03T12:46:00.000+00:002008-01-03T12:46:00.000+00:00Thanks for these comments. Maxine, I'll certainly ...Thanks for these comments. Maxine, I'll certainly look out for the Setterfield book. Julia, the Rendell book is one of my all-time favourites - I also saw an extraordinary dramatised version at a Nottingham crime festival during the 1990s.Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-27440653473392234112008-01-02T21:12:00.000+00:002008-01-02T21:12:00.000+00:00And by the way, that was a most excellent novel by...And by the way, that was a most excellent novel by Ruth Rendell, although horrifying. :)Julia Buckleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-70707811443336153102008-01-02T17:16:00.000+00:002008-01-02T17:16:00.000+00:00Very interesting entry. I directed my JournalScape...Very interesting entry. I directed my JournalScape readers to it.<BR/><BR/>http://www.journalscape.com/ericmayer/2008-01-02-12:01Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-44981971132096731772008-01-02T13:05:00.000+00:002008-01-02T13:05:00.000+00:00I've just read and very much enjoyed The Thirteent...I've just read and very much enjoyed The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield. The first few chapters concern a young woman who does not read contemporary fiction (for various reasons explained in the book). When she finally does, she is immediately hooked in the way you describe in your post - if not by the first line, by the first paragraph or two.<BR/>Mind you, The Thirteenth Tale does not have a great first line: "It was November". Great book, though -- I had no idea it was going to be a "mystery" or "crime" novel but in a way it is -- though you could not pigeonhole it into a narrow genre.Maxine Clarkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06628509319992204770noreply@blogger.com