Comments on: Michel Faber “The Crimson Petal and the White” http://www.samulli.com/weblog/michel-faber-the-crimson-petal-and-the-white ...the only variable is about what Thu, 05 May 2011 11:11:46 +0200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: samulli http://www.samulli.com/weblog/michel-faber-the-crimson-petal-and-the-white/comment-page-1#comment-3505 samulli Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:13:17 +0000 http://www.samulli.com/weblog/?p=825#comment-3505 Well, that's the thing with high expectations: I have very rarely encountered any book that really could live up to any kind of hype. Nowadays I make a conscious effort to try to have no expectations whatsoever before I start on a book I have heard good thing about. It helps that most of those have been languishing on my shelf for months, if not longer, before I finally get to them. Whatever it was I read about them, I have long forgotten by that time. ;) Well, that’s the thing with high expectations: I have very rarely encountered any book that really could live up to any kind of hype. Nowadays I make a conscious effort to try to have no expectations whatsoever before I start on a book I have heard good thing about. It helps that most of those have been languishing on my shelf for months, if not longer, before I finally get to them. Whatever it was I read about them, I have long forgotten by that time. ;)

]]> By: Susan Helene Gottfried http://www.samulli.com/weblog/michel-faber-the-crimson-petal-and-the-white/comment-page-1#comment-3504 Susan Helene Gottfried Mon, 14 Jul 2008 20:47:38 +0000 http://www.samulli.com/weblog/?p=825#comment-3504 Great review! I have to confess that while I liked the book, it didn't live up to my expectations. Susan Helene Gottfrieds last blog post..<a href="http://westofmars.blogspot.com/2008/07/susan-speaks-here-there-and-everywhere.html" rel="nofollow">Susan Speaks: Here, There, and Everywhere</a> Great review! I have to confess that while I liked the book, it didn’t live up to my expectations.

Susan Helene Gottfrieds last blog post..Susan Speaks: Here, There, and Everywhere

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