tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post6667480737463007276..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: 'A Fashionable Book' by Katherine LangrishMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-74090249406052788382012-07-19T07:03:41.934+01:002012-07-19T07:03:41.934+01:00The fashion industry is a booming one and with eve...The fashion industry is a booming one and with everyone trying to chase after it to keep up with the latest trends, it can get a little tiring with the amount go magazines to refer too, the entertainment to watch and a whole lot of money to fork out simply because that top is simply too gorgeousFashion Design Bookshttp://articles.org/fashion-design-books/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-56679663057981542932011-12-05T14:22:00.320+00:002011-12-05T14:22:00.320+00:00I didn't buy Dan Brown's book to see what ...I didn't buy Dan Brown's book to see what all the fuss was about--but I know people who did. Those same people then said they couldn't understand why the book was selling so many copies. No, really? No clues from your own experience at all, then?<br /><br />People are funny.<br /><br />We're social animals so jumping on bandwagons comes naturally to us.nonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00415222406280230021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-77273008418974273272011-12-04T20:38:37.815+00:002011-12-04T20:38:37.815+00:00I read Midnight's Children twice...for much th...I read Midnight's Children twice...for much the same reasons.Essie Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04611324005960689918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-3838680175566950482011-12-04T14:56:30.375+00:002011-12-04T14:56:30.375+00:00What I rather liked about this was Pepys' humi...What I rather liked about this was Pepys' humility as a reader. You feel he has this awful suspicion that there's something wrong with him for not liking Hudibras - that it's not the book's fault, but a fault in his own taste. And so he keeps trying... <br /><br />Or was it really only a wish to be in fashion?Katherine Langrishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12529700103932422873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-55843754255080544442011-12-04T12:37:06.634+00:002011-12-04T12:37:06.634+00:00Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose! I...Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose! I so enjoyed reading your post about the perplexed Pepys - I certainly have a pile of books belonging to the what-is-the-fuss-all-about category? But my loss is Oxfam's gain...Linda B-Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01599899073420595717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-85057960874542122132011-12-04T10:56:59.571+00:002011-12-04T10:56:59.571+00:00This is such a lovely post about poor Pepys, Kath,...This is such a lovely post about poor Pepys, Kath, especially when one knows about being lured on in the same way by a much-spoken-about title.<br /><br />Even, I fear, to recognising the implicit nodding of head and biting of tongue in front of the respected and rational Somebody.Penny Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386668303428008498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-68074144864194767052011-12-04T10:38:25.805+00:002011-12-04T10:38:25.805+00:00Yes, I've been there too. I even struggled wit...Yes, I've been there too. I even struggled with <i>Hudibras</i> - though I loved <i>Religio Medici</i> from the off. (Haven't tried the Osborne yet.)<br /><br />The classic text I bounced off hardest was probably <i>Herzog</i> - but I'm glad to say it was a library copy.Catherine Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17693526864905868829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-75253579852122889492011-12-04T10:35:00.666+00:002011-12-04T10:35:00.666+00:00I can so relate to this! Especially the bit about ...I can so relate to this! Especially the bit about feeling to have to read something that everyone is talking about.<br /><br />That's why I ended up buying Labyrinth. But not twice more!Mary Hoffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.com