Algernon (Darth Anyan)’s Comments (group member since Mar 01, 2012)

Algernon (Darth Anyan)’s comments from the Wodehouse cracks me up group.

I also purchased perfection after reading one of his books [Right Ho, Jeeves] in the form of a yellow rubber duck. According to Bertie Wooster:

The discovery of some toy duck in the soap dish, presumably the property of some former juvenile visitor, contributed not a little to this new and happier frame of mind. What with one thing and another, I hadn't played with toy ducks in my bath for years, and I found the novel experience most invigorating. For the benefit of those interested, I may mention that if you shove the thing under the surface with the sponge and then let it go, it shoots out of the water in a manner calculated to divert the most careworn. Ten minutes of this and I was enabled to return to the bedchamber much more the merry old Bertram.

I'm still reading Wodehouse with great pleasure, but I forgot to check out the group activity. I hope Dan will find the help he needs to move things along.
Pip, Pip and Cheerio to you all!

with so many positive reviews, I must finally take the plunge and read it. I have a copy, but it got lost on the slopes of my "to-be-read" mountain

don't give up.
This is a slow burner group, but hopefully we will visit these great stories soon

I also remembered another one : Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons, a countryside romance that was also filmed with Kate Beckinsale in the cast

Connie Willis can deliver the goods when she puts her mind to doing comedy. To Say Nothing of the Dog and Bellwether are the two examples that first come to mind.

Dorothy Dunnet can be fun in her escapist crime / romance novels in the loosely knit Johnson Johnson series. Dolly and the Singing Bird is the first one.

For fans of Egyptology, there's another series by Elizabeth Peters featuring Amelia Peabody. Crocodile on the Sandbank is the first one.

I'm sure there's more to remember if I check back on my past years bookshelves.

thanks for the head-up. I still have many of the original Jeeves and Wooster books to read, but I also like Sebastian Faulks, so I put this one on my wishlist.

I missed the feminine touch in the present novel. So glad I went to a mixed school, even if I ignored the girls at 15 in favor of soccer and hanging out with the boys.

here's my review: Mike

Psmith entrance really raised the enjoyment level I got from the book.

Finished, now to put some thoughts down on paper ...

I're read the first chapters on Mike going to Wrykin, then took a break to brush up on my cricket knowledge (currently nil), since it appears it is central to the story. It sure has a lot of rules about hitting a ball with a bat.

bring it on ! (Monday probably for me - busy weekend)

thanks, it helps to clarify that 'Mike' includes 'Mike and Psmith' . My understanding is that the two smaller books were published separately, and later combined into the 'Mike' edition from 1953.

Jolly good!
How about it, Cindy?

yes, last updated version 2005

I was planning to read the first Psmith book in April, I anyone else is interested
Mike and Psmith

Good fun, as expected, but I'm thinking reading a book each month may be too much of a good thing. I tried once to read all the Discworld books by Pratchett in sequence. He is one of my favorites, but I still got burned out (admittedly by the 22nd book). I think letting two or three months pass between books by the same author works better for me.

Among other things, the joy of playing fast and loose with the English language, inventing elaborate insults and colourful similes, mixing the cultured references from Jeeves with the clubhouse nicknames and pranks of Bertie.

not fair: one of the questions had a double answer

Finally got around to it in time for the May reading. So far I like it better than April's choice. Great nicknames as usual: Corky, Catsmeat ...

I've started this - will probably finish it over the Easter weekend. A bit slower to start than Code of the Woosters, but it is picking up steam nicely (or should I say the fires have been kindled at the Wee Nooke?)