tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3864810488845027193.post5237115968060562011..comments2023-11-02T00:39:32.777-07:00Comments on Tiny Little Reading Room: Review: On Beautytinylittlelibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02889130720769404460noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3864810488845027193.post-60275291961675718272008-11-18T16:05:00.000-08:002008-11-18T16:05:00.000-08:00Katherine - I got the impression the first line wa...Katherine - I got the impression the first line was supposed to start the homage to, I think, Howard's End. But it was beyond me.<BR/><BR/>I've heard that the Autograph Man wasn't all that great. I'm not sure if I'll read another of her books. I'm glad I read this one, but I don't know that I need to read another.tinylittlelibrarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02889130720769404460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3864810488845027193.post-5601040005382001122008-11-05T13:54:00.000-08:002008-11-05T13:54:00.000-08:00I tried to read her first book White Teeth? and I ...I tried to read her first book White Teeth? and I just couldn't get into it. This sounds better.Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06805703235065408842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3864810488845027193.post-19284437450733045232008-11-05T12:27:00.000-08:002008-11-05T12:27:00.000-08:00Good review! I read this when it was first publish...Good review! I read this when it was first published, and liked it myself, but other people have thought it not good at all. This isn't quite as good as White Teeth, but better than The Autogrpah Man.<BR/><BR/>RE: EM Forster: I had a friend in college who wrote her senior thesis on this book, and how it WASN'T in any way like his works (and I forget now which book this is supposedly modelled after; A Room With A View, maybe?). But there's definitely an homage to Forster in there somewhere.Katherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16108897586586146730noreply@blogger.com