tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261162596630192850.post3271223225056464223..comments2023-06-30T09:48:39.223+02:00Comments on The Blue Spire: RamblingsPerovskiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02288179080765960283noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261162596630192850.post-36067720531195256192009-10-29T14:58:28.429+01:002009-10-29T14:58:28.429+01:00Thanks, Tills! (She did do a good job of that, did...Thanks, Tills! (She did do a good job of that, didn't she, Bix?). Will try to post about it along the way.Perovskiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02288179080765960283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261162596630192850.post-85670436894243794542009-10-29T12:22:59.412+01:002009-10-29T12:22:59.412+01:00Animal Farm ... I haven't read it. You'll...Animal Farm ... I haven't read it. You'll have blog about it as you go through it, maybe I'll put it on my list. Actually, from Tilly's wonderful synopsis, I may just pick it up.Bixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06263963508785739508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261162596630192850.post-88607012153212074692009-10-29T10:42:03.686+01:002009-10-29T10:42:03.686+01:00I didn't read Animal Farm until a few years ag...I didn't read Animal Farm until a few years ago when I was living in Kitchener. I don't remember how I ended up at the library that day but I remember it was raining and I thought I would just sit down for a bit and flip through Animal Farm to see if I wanted to read it and to wait out the rain, and it wasn't until a few hours later when I finished reading it that I remembered that I was still sitting in the library. Great book, as I recall, I think you'll like it.<br /><br />I like fiction because it allows for an examination of humanity and society through a non conventional lens. On the surface Animal Farm is about a group of animals who learn to talk and take over a farm, but under that it's about human nature and how power and corruption are linked and how society seems to require leadership but the leaders are so often untrustworthy, and does that dichotomy then negate the value of the society and leadership. <br /><br />Yeah, great book to start your foray into fiction, whoever recommended it deserves a kudos. I'd say just leap in with an open mind and I think you'll enjoy it.Tillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04513051941291177904noreply@blogger.com