tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post3247122064696663589..comments2024-03-26T11:27:35.814-07:00Comments on Tom Stephenson: Finding the right time to readUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-21055476090505412222013-04-14T13:45:49.465-07:002013-04-14T13:45:49.465-07:00I only know the Ghanaian detectives - plus all the...I only know the Ghanaian detectives - plus all the idiot men they hang out with.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-69270095189766504722013-04-14T13:05:00.836-07:002013-04-14T13:05:00.836-07:00I have the 'Ladies D A' dramatized on DVD ...I have the 'Ladies D A' dramatized on DVD - not my cup of tea. For falling asleep 'Scotland Street' works fine for me, so strangely rambling on and on (as long as poor Bertie and his weird mother aren't turning up - Irene is a nightmare, which I never have during sleep :-)Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-19487776396386313032013-04-14T10:59:00.686-07:002013-04-14T10:59:00.686-07:00Although I am quite happy in my own company, I als...Although I am quite happy in my own company, I also find myself the most boring person I have ever had to deal with, maybe because I know me so well. Some others are almost up to my standard, but I don't know them that well, so I find they can be entertaining - sometimes.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-61571726782852087832013-04-14T10:56:37.151-07:002013-04-14T10:56:37.151-07:00'The Ladies Detective Agency' has been dra...'The Ladies Detective Agency' has been dramatised on the radio here a lot, and it is absolutely bloody awful. I now hate Alexander McCall-Smith ('s writing) so much, that I would rather pay not to read anything of his (this is not a constructive critique, you will have guessed...).Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-37406851325098182482013-04-14T10:53:29.245-07:002013-04-14T10:53:29.245-07:00I can't sleep when I'm angry.I can't sleep when I'm angry.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-34298827393532750842013-04-14T10:16:32.915-07:002013-04-14T10:16:32.915-07:00I have heard of "whatever turns you on" ...I have heard of "whatever turns you on" Tom but this sounds more like a case of "whatever turns you off."The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-18457809053160034372013-04-14T10:08:02.100-07:002013-04-14T10:08:02.100-07:00I really giggled a lot reading through your post (...I really giggled a lot reading through your post (didn't fall asleep by the way). I read to fall asleep in the late evening (it works - I read McCall-Smith Scotland-Street-novels - and it is utterly immaterial on which page you are.) The last time I got lost in a book was India Knight's "Mutton. Age before beauty. Maybe" - laughed so much... Don't look much TV - though at the moment zig DVDs with TV-series, but that's work. In films I identify so very much that I am wide awake. Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-78587120294870518072013-04-14T08:07:47.648-07:002013-04-14T08:07:47.648-07:00I tend to either lose books, or have them half-inc...I tend to either lose books, or have them half-inched. So I buy books that I've already read 100 times before; Cold Comfort Farm is probably the one I've bought most of. Anyone who has problems getting to sleep should aim to read any two chapters of Jeffrey Archer (any book) in bed, and they'd be off in minutes.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-73405656367230808202013-04-14T05:59:50.537-07:002013-04-14T05:59:50.537-07:00I have never worked out how sudoko works, and I ne...I have never worked out how sudoko works, and I never buy newspapers these days, but I'm sure I would sleep too - just from the effort of it.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-49177587866566814922013-04-14T05:58:24.455-07:002013-04-14T05:58:24.455-07:00It depends on the pub. There is a nice, quiet litt...It depends on the pub. There is a nice, quiet little pub full of strangers and seats by a fire just round the corner which I have been visiting recently, and that would be ideal for reading. It's a winter pub though, and the weather is getting warmer now.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-42840401565149914612013-04-14T04:59:09.801-07:002013-04-14T04:59:09.801-07:00Can you read something with a pint in a quiet corn...Can you read something with a pint in a quiet corner of the pub? Or are you a " prop up the bar" man?John Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-79653679831996394322013-04-14T04:57:25.265-07:002013-04-14T04:57:25.265-07:00Takes me ages to read a book because I always fall...Takes me ages to read a book because I always fall asleep. I even fell asleep in the middle of doing a suduko puzzle last week. Now that is scary.Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10787732343048847565noreply@blogger.com