Comments on Books & other thoughts: A magical story collection

Thanks for stopping by, Heather! I am sure you'll...

2008-05-05T13:21:00.000-04:00

Thanks for stopping by, Heather! I am sure you'll love this collection, especially since you already enjoy de Lint. I'll be looking forward to reading your review one of these days! :-)

I am so happy to find your blog. I love this autho...

2008-05-05T12:14:00.000-04:00

I am so happy to find your blog. I love this author, but didn't know about this book. It probably is on my wish list and I forgot. Will definitely move it closer to the top of the list. Thanks.

Thanks! I think your wiki idea is a great one, and...

2008-05-02T21:04:00.000-04:00

Thanks! I think your wiki idea is a great one, and I had a similar idea, but so did Natasha at Maw Books, and so I set my idea aside. I'll participate in yours, though. A wiki is a great idea.

Debi - I do think you will enjoy de Lint's books. ...

2008-05-02T16:18:00.000-04:00

Debi - I do think you will enjoy de Lint's books. I love some more than others, but I've enjoyed them all. And that is GREAT news about your son enjoying Please Write in This Book so much! Yay! :-)

Dewey - I love that you love the idea! Of course you can do it, too. I routinely try to find other blog reviews (using blogsearch.google.com) when I post a review of a book, and I link to the ones that I find. But it isn't great at finding pertinent ones, and I know I'm missing a lot. I am planning on putting together a wiki this summer, once my semester is over and I get some free time, and inviting other book bloggers to join - we'd have a centralized place to post links to our reviews! What do you think? Would you be interested? I also have a challenge up my sleeve for linking to reviews, too, and I'm hoping to post in in the next week or so. :-D

In fact! I think I would like to use that for a we...

2008-05-02T15:17:00.000-04:00

In fact! I think I would like to use that for a weekly geeks theme, if you wouldn't mind. I would have everyone who wanted to start this as a policy wrote a post about it and invite people to submit their links and then add them to their posts. Maybe a deadline, like review from the last month, would be best, so people wouldn't get a hundred link requests coming in. Ooh, I love this idea! Very community-building.

I just notice in your sidebar that you say that if...

2008-05-02T15:16:00.000-04:00

I just notice in your sidebar that you say that if people have reviewed books you've reviewed, you'll put links in your posts. I LOVE that idea. I hope you don't mind if I borrow it? I think it's not only a good thing for the other bloggers (because they get links, maybe new visitors, etc.) but for you (and me if I do it) because whenever I review a book, I wonder what others thought of it, and if they commented with their link to their own review, I'd get to see what they thought!

I'm one of the three people on the planet who have...

2008-05-02T07:15:00.000-04:00

I'm one of the three people on the planet who have yet to read de Lint. Do have a couple of his in my TBR pile, but now I'm thinking I should go pick up this one and start with it. What a wonderful review!

I wanted to thank you again for your review of Please Write in This Book! We went to the bookstore last night, and I handed it to my somewhat reluctant reader. He sat right down and read the first third of the book before we even left the store. Talk about making this mommy happy!

You will definitely enjoy this, I'm sure. The int...

2008-05-01T23:01:00.000-04:00

You will definitely enjoy this, I'm sure. The interconnectedness is a big payoff, but even without it the stories are still wonderful! I'll be looking forward to your reviews as you make your way through all those books. :-)

I feel the same as you about short stories. I need...

2008-05-01T15:08:00.000-04:00

I feel the same as you about short stories. I need more time to get into the story and with short stories, as soon as I'm into it it's over! But sometimes some writers are capable to grab me from the start and write beautiful satisfying short stories.
The fact that these are interconnected is definitely a big plus! I know I'll be reading everything by Charles De Lint in the future and I'll be looking forward to this one!

Ladytink - you'll love it!Stephanie - Between you ...

2008-05-01T11:34:00.000-04:00

Ladytink - you'll love it!

Stephanie - Between you and Chris and all the others reviewing Gaiman's short stories, his collections have gone on my list, too!

How funny. I just reviewed a de Lint book myself ...

2008-05-01T10:19:00.000-04:00

How funny. I just reviewed a de Lint book myself a couple of days ago. I just love de Lint. I'm totally with you on the short story too, although I'm trying hard to break free of that type of thinking. Neil Gaiman's stories have helped.

Nice review!

I have this in my TBR pile right now.

2008-05-01T05:07:00.000-04:00

I have this in my TBR pile right now.

Robin - I loved Seven Wild Sisters, and also A Cir...

2008-04-30T21:36:00.000-04:00

Robin - I loved Seven Wild Sisters, and also A Circle of Cats, with its gorgeous illustrations by Charles Vess. It is fun when favorite characters appear - sometimes in they just have "walk on" parts, but it's always fun to see them. I'm sure you'll enjoy this collection.

Thanks for stopping by, Chatteringbee! You are in for a treat, whichever book by de Lint you decide to read first!

Hi, Mariel - I hope the build-up won't be too much, as far as de Lint goes! I'm sure you'll enjoy whichever one you start with, though. And yes, I know just what you mean about the blogging world - I have discovered so many wonderful authors - and been egged on to read some that I have been meaning to for ages - because of people's wonderful reviews.

I always find it quite sad that such an obviously ...

2008-04-30T20:37:00.000-04:00

I always find it quite sad that such an obviously popular author hasn't made it to the general public. I worked in a bookshop for years and always considered myself relatively savvy when it came to books, but I didn't hear about Charles de Lint until Rhinoa recommended him to me a few months ago. Since then, I've heard nothing but gushing praise about the man and his work from so many bloggers.

So yes, I'm sold! I shall definitely be reading his work, starting with this title and shall never reply totally on myself to find new authors again! Yet another reason why the blogging world is so wonderful!

oooh...I've heard tons of great things about Charl...

2008-04-30T19:58:00.000-04:00

oooh...I've heard tons of great things about Charles de Lint but I've yet to pick up one of his books. Maybe now's the time to do so...
Oh, and I found your blog through Weekly Geeks!
-Reader Rabbit

What an interesting review! I just finished readi...

2008-04-30T19:25:00.000-04:00

What an interesting review! I just finished reading Seven Wild Sisters, only my second de Lint, so I was particularly interested to hear that one of the stories is about Lily. How cool to weave his characters into other stories! I will definitely have to read this one now. Thanks!

Rhinoa - I'm glad you loved it - and the one with ...

2008-04-30T17:12:00.000-04:00

Rhinoa - I'm glad you loved it - and the one with the trow was one of my favorites, too. :-)

Nymeth - I predict that he will become one of your favorites, based on how many other favorites we share!

"De Lint is one of my favorite authors because his...

2008-04-30T15:39:00.000-04:00

"De Lint is one of my favorite authors because his themes and characters resonate so well with my own beliefs and the things that fascinate me."

Yup! Well, I can't call him a favourite yet since I've only read one of his books, but I do feel the same way about his work.

This is a great collection, and I'm glad you enjoyed it as much as I did!

I loved this collection and would definitely recom...

2008-04-30T13:16:00.000-04:00

I loved this collection and would definitely recommend it to anyone who has not read any of de Lint's work before as it is such a great introduction to a range of his settings and characters. The tale about the trow was my favourite. I am glad you enjoyed it too :)