tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post8053590991723005083..comments2024-03-26T17:48:56.627+00:00Comments on 'Do You Write Under Your Own Name?': Deadly PleasuresMartin Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-47776695742982934452008-01-08T21:00:00.000+00:002008-01-08T21:00:00.000+00:00Ali, my approach is similar to yours. Years ago, I...Ali, my approach is similar to yours. Years ago, I used to finish every book I started. Now, though, I find that if I don't really care for a book, I either skip through it or give up. As you say, it's all about time, and the lack of it.Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-39937280781765946472008-01-08T11:15:00.000+00:002008-01-08T11:15:00.000+00:00Great Post Martin -It was indeed surreal to meet u...Great Post Martin -<BR/><BR/>It was indeed surreal to meet up for the panel at B'con Vegas in 2003 and to discover we live so close in the NW of England! Especially as I'd read amny of your Devlin books. <BR/><BR/>Reviewing - interesting, you see I only review books I finish, and these are books I enjoy. The problem is that I get so many books to review and I am also a compulsive book buyer that my time is squeezed, hence if a book does not engage - by around 60 pages or so, I just have to put it down. <BR/><BR/>Struggling with a book I'm not enjoying slows my reading down; basically it puts me off grabbing the book - hence very rarely do you see negative reviews of mine, as normally I've not finished it.<BR/><BR/>I have reviewed for DP for many years now, and find George, Larry, Maggie, Ted, Bev, as well as youself, Cath S and the DP crew's views most interesting.<BR/><BR/>The only downside of DP is that I end up buying many US books that are not available in the UK - When DP arrives, I curl up on the sofa with a flask of coffee and find myself in sheer bliss -<BR/><BR/>Great Blog / & BTW I have done my sections on the Harcourt book and looking at the list of contributors, etc it will be a fine read -<BR/><BR/>Best for 2008<BR/><BR/>AliAli Karimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00640079406581573368noreply@blogger.com