tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post3141398787660931174..comments2024-03-28T15:50:29.884-05:00Comments on The Nature of Things: A Murder of Quality by John le Carré: A reviewDorothy Bordershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12441731296027227394noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-18233791226850310182021-11-01T08:29:18.197-05:002021-11-01T08:29:18.197-05:00Even though this one features George Smiley, it co...Even though this one features George Smiley, it could easily be a standalone read.Dorothy Bordershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12441731296027227394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-50302106074222360222021-10-31T21:36:43.253-05:002021-10-31T21:36:43.253-05:00I have not read anything by John Le Carre that I c...I have not read anything by John Le Carre that I can recall. I need to remedy that. A Murder of Quality sounds like a good read.Captivated Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15789205839634527219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-78758135089858739432021-10-25T19:36:30.586-05:002021-10-25T19:36:30.586-05:00Robert Burns could have been writing about us read...Robert Burns could have been writing about us readers; our best laid plans often go astray.Dorothy Bordershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12441731296027227394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-90110477436576779682021-10-25T18:24:27.603-05:002021-10-25T18:24:27.603-05:00I get distracted the same way all the time. I star...I get distracted the same way all the time. I started a challenge for myself to read a book about every single president, not just Kennedy, Lincoln, or Washington. In 2016. I am nowhere near done, and here we are almost at the end of 2021.Sarah @ All The Book Blog Names Are Takenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12507006809241347635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-49020481873301532572021-10-24T18:08:21.810-05:002021-10-24T18:08:21.810-05:00This one was published in 1962 and as far as I can...This one was published in 1962 and as far as I can remember, it is the only one in the series that didn't directly involve spies.Dorothy Bordershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12441731296027227394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-81651043713469070862021-10-24T17:55:35.790-05:002021-10-24T17:55:35.790-05:00That's a worthy goal to reread all of the Smil...That's a worthy goal to reread all of the Smiley books. Now what year was this one published? I didn't realize he did non-spy Smiley books?! Just murder mysteries? My. I will ask my husband if he has read any of these mystery ones. thecuecardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08870323589682197091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-81301628797569881862021-10-24T11:57:47.697-05:002021-10-24T11:57:47.697-05:00I'm always up for le Carré!I'm always up for le Carré! Dorothy Bordershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12441731296027227394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-71007112640014262842021-10-24T11:51:10.668-05:002021-10-24T11:51:10.668-05:00While this doesn't sound like my kind of thing...While this doesn't sound like my kind of thing, I'm really glad you liked it!The Butterfly Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13218064101468042347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-61653849326686774822021-10-23T15:26:46.568-05:002021-10-23T15:26:46.568-05:00Having worked for British intelligence himself, I ...Having worked for British intelligence himself, I think le Carré had a good understanding of how the spy game worked and that most of the time it was very boring stuff. He brought that understanding to the Smiley novels and created in his main character, as you say, the anti-Bond. Smiley was all cerebral whereas Bond was all action. Personally, I prefer the cerebral.Dorothy Bordershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12441731296027227394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-25966247772644767702021-10-23T14:34:33.799-05:002021-10-23T14:34:33.799-05:00This reminds me of how long it's been since I&...This reminds me of how long it's been since I've read one of those Smiley novels; I think I've only read four or five of them, all told. I remember enjoying them because they were kind of the anti-James Bond books to me. It was nice to find an author who took spy novels to a realistic place in contrast to the Bond style (I loved those, too, but was looking for something more real). Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-64506956722098383852021-10-22T18:02:46.088-05:002021-10-22T18:02:46.088-05:00That's one reason why I seldom set reading goa...That's one reason why I seldom set reading goals for myself. I always seem to get distracted so I find it is usually best to just read whatever appeals to me at the moment.Dorothy Bordershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12441731296027227394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-84227063542644346002021-10-22T15:46:33.471-05:002021-10-22T15:46:33.471-05:00I get distracted away from my reading lists all th...I get distracted away from my reading lists all the time! I loved the one Len Deighton book I read, Berlin Game, and I always meant to read more of his writing, but I obviously got distracted and never made it back to his other books. But I should try him again sometime. He is such a good writer.Lark https://www.blogger.com/profile/13777891312147377769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-68401457869326220202021-10-22T06:24:27.444-05:002021-10-22T06:24:27.444-05:00Le Carré agreed with you. I could hardly believe i...Le Carré agreed with you. I could hardly believe it when I read in his foreword that he was sent to boarding school at five years of age.Dorothy Bordershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12441731296027227394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-43944976211894044392021-10-22T06:06:15.098-05:002021-10-22T06:06:15.098-05:00Boarding schools to me always seem an unwarranted ...Boarding schools to me always seem an unwarranted act of cruelty inflicted on children. David M. Gascoigne,https://www.blogger.com/profile/17229638811027153569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-81900385516475019462021-10-21T21:13:48.430-05:002021-10-21T21:13:48.430-05:00There are nine featuring Smiley, the last one publ...There are nine featuring Smiley, the last one published in 2017 after a pause of 27 years.Dorothy Bordershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12441731296027227394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-43484031768323612352021-10-21T20:52:54.932-05:002021-10-21T20:52:54.932-05:00i read the first one a long time ago, but lost tra...i read the first one a long time ago, but lost track since then... how many of the Smiley adventures are there?mudpuddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16647084124715892324noreply@blogger.com