Comments on: The Top Ten http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/the-top-ten/ Reflections of a working writer and reader Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:06:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Patty http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/the-top-ten/comment-page-1/#comment-108405 Patty Fri, 04 Apr 2008 09:37:58 +0000 http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/the-top-ten/#comment-108405 Interesting list. I would love the see the individual lists of the writers as well though :) <strong>jb says</strong>: I think you'll need to buy the book for that, Patty. Interesting list. I would love the see the individual lists of the writers as well though :)

jb says: I think you’ll need to buy the book for that, Patty.

]]> By: Susan Abraham http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/the-top-ten/comment-page-1/#comment-27104 Susan Abraham Mon, 12 Feb 2007 04:12:56 +0000 http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/the-top-ten/#comment-27104 Thank you John. Being rewarded with this list of lively classics, is like a flash of a gem! Chekhov & Flaubert are personal favourites. <strong>jb says:</strong> It's a good list. On the right day I could have come up with something very similar myself. Thank you John. Being rewarded with this list of lively classics, is like a flash of a gem!

Chekhov & Flaubert are personal favourites.

jb says: It’s a good list. On the right day I could have come up with something very similar myself.

]]> By: Diana http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/the-top-ten/comment-page-1/#comment-27004 Diana Sun, 11 Feb 2007 21:32:19 +0000 http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/the-top-ten/#comment-27004 I was a little bit disappointed in this book. I'd hoped for more obscure revelations; I already knew that Anna Karenina and Lolita are great books! I've really only skimmed it at this point but I hope in going back through I can find some surprises amongst those lists. <strong>jb says</strong>: I haven't read it, Diana, and probably won't. So if you do find any surprises there, it would be really good to hear about it. I was a little bit disappointed in this book. I’d hoped for more obscure revelations; I already knew that Anna Karenina and Lolita are great books! I’ve really only skimmed it at this point but I hope in going back through I can find some surprises amongst those lists.

jb says: I haven’t read it, Diana, and probably won’t. So if you do find any surprises there, it would be really good to hear about it.

]]> By: Dick http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/the-top-ten/comment-page-1/#comment-26943 Dick Sun, 11 Feb 2007 17:29:27 +0000 http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/the-top-ten/#comment-26943 Two Brits & a bunch of johnny foreigners. What about John Buchan, Captain W.E. Johns & Sapper? Poor show all round... <strong>jb says</strong>: Hi Dick. Biggles was my <em>real </em>father. It was great to read about him, his brilliant adventures in the skies, knowing that I was his bastard. . . Two Brits & a bunch of johnny foreigners. What about John Buchan, Captain W.E. Johns & Sapper? Poor show all round…

jb says: Hi Dick. Biggles was my real father. It was great to read about him, his brilliant adventures in the skies, knowing that I was his bastard. . .

]]> By: Bill Liversidge http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/the-top-ten/comment-page-1/#comment-26901 Bill Liversidge Sun, 11 Feb 2007 16:24:15 +0000 http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/the-top-ten/#comment-26901 I'm a sucker for lists too. I have to admit to experiencing a childish thrill at seeing that Fitzgerald made both lists. I'd have been mightily dismayed if he hadn't. <strong>jb says</strong>: Heart-warming, isn't it, when something that good is appreciated? I’m a sucker for lists too. I have to admit to experiencing a childish thrill at seeing that Fitzgerald made both lists. I’d have been mightily dismayed if he hadn’t.

jb says: Heart-warming, isn’t it, when something that good is appreciated?

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