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A Writer's Commonplace Book [Illustrated] (Hardcover)

by Rosemary Friedman (Author)

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Hardcover: 224 pages
Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books Ltd; illustrated edition edition (5 Oct 2006)
Language English
ISBN-10: 1843172275
ISBN-13: 978-1843172277
Product Dimensions: 18.4 x 13.4 x 3 cm

Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

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4.0 out of 5 stars 'Dip-in-able', 15 Nov 2006

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The problem with this book is that it is such a nice idea, you start thinking of what could be in here that isn't. Compared to say, John Gross's collection, The Oxford Book of Aphorisms, it falls between two stools - whereas Gross's collection is very thorough and consistently insightful, this collection is not quite detailed enough to pass as a reliable reference book and a bit too ambitious for a 'loo' book. The structure, divided into themes, is fine, but the sketchiness disappoints (not hugely, but it niggles). It contains a few specific, sourced, observations, and a few anonymous unsourced contributions. Now, I'd rather have more of one or the other - more careful, attributed, quotations, or more ideas and sayings grabbed from radio, TV, newspapers, bus queues, whatever. As it is, you tend to whizz through the book thinking, 'Yes, I've read that one before, but this one seems banal...' It's a right old curate's egg. Which, to be fair, is what a commonplace book should be, but I would just have liked it to have been a bit richer, a bit more convinced by the courage of its convictions, and a bit more...surprising. But I don't want to seem ungrateful - this is a nice, entertaining collection, well-edited and certainly entertaining enough for a read-through over the holidays (and it would make a good prezzie for someone off to university - they might be inspired to start their own commonplace book!).

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5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Book, 21 Nov 2006

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I was given this book as a present, and it is fantastic! It is wonderfull to have on your coffee table, or on a bedside table. I am going to buy several more to give to people over christmas, or when i get invited to dinner parties.

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