tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643066160382165031.post3963695789918856449..comments2023-08-24T12:30:11.744+01:00Comments on Domestic Oubliette: Borders Closing...Domestic Oubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17298706907126418711noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643066160382165031.post-77412552234658109782009-07-20T22:42:43.607+01:002009-07-20T22:42:43.607+01:00Shock Horror! Where am I going to bring the grand-...Shock Horror! Where am I going to bring the grand-children for their holiday treat from now on? An hour there and coffee & stuff in the cafe just outside (and €100) means that the four of us have a wonderful time.<br><br>Books:<br>Large up-to-the-minute Atlas of the World<br>Chambers Dictionary<br>Collection of Jennifer Johnston's books<br>Collection of Donna Leon's books<br>Biggest book of Poetry ever compiled!<br>(and a selection of beautiful cards that I never send to anyone but keep hand, just in case....)Drama Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13432851717594794217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643066160382165031.post-6128035568221972162009-07-20T18:55:48.089+01:002009-07-20T18:55:48.089+01:00I just realised - naming a book that represents my...I just realised - naming a book that represents my cool side probably just reveals the fact that I don't have one... *sigh*Niamh Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06519443787482685320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643066160382165031.post-52567989136989192832009-07-20T18:50:39.087+01:002009-07-20T18:50:39.087+01:00Oh thats just great timing. By the time I get back...Oh thats just great timing. By the time I get back to Dublin all that will be left will be the books I already own.<br>Maybe I'll get lucky and Chapters will shut down next month.Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393230552429472770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643066160382165031.post-62742108318963387202009-07-20T13:43:34.047+01:002009-07-20T13:43:34.047+01:00The Times history of the World. - with all the cha...The Times history of the World. - with all the changing maps and empires falling around the world.<br><br>The Grapes of Wrath. Because narrative actually sounds like God talking.<br><br>The Stand - best epic novel written by a coked out novelist ever.<br><br>The God Delusion.<br><br>Haunted by Chuck Pahlaniuk.<br><br>Anything by Harold Robbins. I read loads of his books as a teen - the best sex I ever read.Uiscebothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08415603898882232950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643066160382165031.post-86604494692884879362009-07-20T10:25:39.073+01:002009-07-20T10:25:39.073+01:00ohmygod. do not compute. brain overload. switch...ohmygod. do not compute. brain overload. switch the off button NOW. 5 books that define you? Phew..... (cause I am that complicated...!)<br>LOVE Wendy Cope btwbeedlemamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00162685973075108123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643066160382165031.post-58683026708749138322009-07-20T07:50:08.256+01:002009-07-20T07:50:08.256+01:00Wendy's great, just got her there a couple of ...Wendy's great, just got her there a couple of weeks ago - at full price.<br><br>My five books:<br><br>An Intimate History of Humanity - think it sums everyone up though - sociologically - a great book.<br>Proust was a neuroscientist - ditto on the fact that it covers everyone - physically and artistically this time.<br>Ogden Nashes poetry collection - funny, and irreverant but with a serious side somewhere.<br>Complete Irish Wildlife - ok this would apply if I really got out hiking as much as I'd like - maybe this is a "wish it represented me" list, more than an actual.<br>Finally - The Lizard King - doors biography, representing my "cool" side... never mind that I read it nearly 20 years ago now, and couldn't tell you much about it - I remember it being good at the time.Niamh Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06519443787482685320noreply@blogger.com