tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1433153409320048017.post6663055104901426635..comments2024-03-29T00:30:43.715-07:00Comments on BookBath: The Unbearable Lightness of Scones - Alexander McCall SmithKarenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15971901652392645980noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1433153409320048017.post-58583301648563801722009-04-19T08:40:00.000-07:002009-04-19T08:40:00.000-07:00I have only read the first in this series so far a...I have only read the first in this series so far and didnt quite gel with it like I have his other series. Will give the second one ago at some point but its always the Ladies Detective series I pick up instead.Savidge Readshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16188492593913938737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1433153409320048017.post-37398251115192045962009-04-17T21:15:00.000-07:002009-04-17T21:15:00.000-07:00I read a number of AMS's series, but for some reas...I read a number of AMS's series, but for some reason haven't started this one yet! I might need to rectify that!Marghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13508430635744720721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1433153409320048017.post-13142623804119779922009-04-16T10:27:00.000-07:002009-04-16T10:27:00.000-07:00I really like this series - although I think there...I really like this series - although I think there have been some patchy moments (like Dominica and the pirates) but very nice, thoughtful comfort reading.Jodiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11462660276240016464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1433153409320048017.post-78123677877389093342009-04-15T13:14:00.000-07:002009-04-15T13:14:00.000-07:00Hi Trish - they are great books for when you aren'...Hi Trish - they are great books for when you aren't feeling like concentrating too much. That's not to say that they are simple or light necessarily - just written brilliantly.<br /><br />Hi adevotedreader - thanks for letting me know. Hopefully there will be a new one in the series soon!Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15971901652392645980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1433153409320048017.post-11037998356943280862009-04-15T05:36:00.000-07:002009-04-15T05:36:00.000-07:00I'm with Lisa, I love both the Scotland Street and...I'm with Lisa, I love both the Scotland Street and the Isabel Dalhousie books. As far as I know, McCall Smith tries to write a book in each series each yea, so there should be more to come!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1433153409320048017.post-38278481004580675022009-04-14T18:20:00.000-07:002009-04-14T18:20:00.000-07:00I admit I had to do a double take with the title--...I admit I had to do a double take with the title--immediately thought, "my copy of The Unbearable Lightness of Being doens't look like that!" :) I've never read anything by him, but I've heard good things.Trish @ Love, Laughter, Insanityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17225576485797030511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1433153409320048017.post-12267819013741249862009-04-13T13:57:00.000-07:002009-04-13T13:57:00.000-07:00Hi Eva - Maybe this type of book just isn't for yo...Hi Eva - Maybe this type of book just isn't for you?? I recommended the first in the series to one of my friends who was looking for something light to read on a work trip and she finished the book but she wasn't all that into it. Although, like you say, sometimes we have to be in the right moods for certain books.<BR/><BR/>Hi Lisa, I'm reading the Sunday Philosophy series too at the moment - onto the second book now. Liking it too although probably not quite as much as the 44 Scotland Street books at the moment - I'm sure it will grow on me.<BR/><BR/>Hi Claire - I've read the first couple of books from the No. 1 Ladies series - they were great books too I thought. There are just too many books and not enough time!Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15971901652392645980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1433153409320048017.post-16072885445109565152009-04-13T13:41:00.000-07:002009-04-13T13:41:00.000-07:00I've been wanting to start the No. 1 Ladies series...I've been wanting to start the No. 1 Ladies series but always I find (in used bookshops only, because I'm cheap, lol) never the first book. As I want to read it in order, I've never gotten around to. But someday..<BR/><BR/>And yes, that is indeed the cutest title. :Dclairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14397226316253896335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1433153409320048017.post-75324663504987432742009-04-13T07:21:00.000-07:002009-04-13T07:21:00.000-07:00I love this series, as well as the Sunday Philosop...I love this series, as well as the Sunday Philosophy Club series by Smith. I have only read a couple of the No. 1 Ladies Det. Agency books, but I've started watching the HBO series on Sunday nights, which is good. I love Smith's sense of humor! I have a feeling he'll be writing more in this series, as well as the others. He is a very prolific writer and an interesting man.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00795619401977840939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1433153409320048017.post-29120350514514029542009-04-13T03:46:00.000-07:002009-04-13T03:46:00.000-07:00I read the first of this series during the first r...I read the first of this series during the first read-a-thon and didn't really like it, but I realise now that this may be due to sleep-deprived crankiness! This is definitely the Best Title Ever (although every time I see a title from this series, I immediately want to read it!), so I might end up trying out the second one at some point. Right now, though, I want to begin his Bostwana series-my mom loves it!Evahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06703372903532502944noreply@blogger.com