Comments on: The Behaviour of Moths, Poppy Adams http://www.booksplease.org/2008/10/30/the-behaviour-of-moths-poppy-adams/ A book lover writes about this, that and the other Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:14:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Cornflower http://www.booksplease.org/2008/10/30/the-behaviour-of-moths-poppy-adams/comment-page-1/#comment-3343 Cornflower Sat, 13 Dec 2008 15:31:18 +0000 http://www.booksplease.org/?p=1220#comment-3343 I've just finished this and I thought it was a marvellous book! The moths aspect is quite fascinating and added another dimension to an intriguing story. I’ve just finished this and I thought it was a marvellous book! The moths aspect is quite fascinating and added another dimension to an intriguing story.

]]> By: Margaret http://www.booksplease.org/2008/10/30/the-behaviour-of-moths-poppy-adams/comment-page-1/#comment-2668 Margaret Fri, 31 Oct 2008 08:08:03 +0000 http://www.booksplease.org/?p=1220#comment-2668 GeraniumCat, there is quite a lot about moths in the book - catching them, studying them, how the caterpillars behave and turn into pupae and eventually emerge as moths. It makes me want to find out more! As for possessions I know just what you mean - I have some things belonging to my parents (they both died years ago) that I can never part with. Roxanne, it is indeed a creepy book. I can understand the change in name a bit - because it is about "the sister" - which one I'm not sure. I prefer the British title, which is just as well, I suppose, as I am British. Jacket designs and titles can certainly affect how I initially view a book. GeraniumCat, there is quite a lot about moths in the book – catching them, studying them, how the caterpillars behave and turn into pupae and eventually emerge as moths. It makes me want to find out more! As for possessions I know just what you mean – I have some things belonging to my parents (they both died years ago) that I can never part with.

Roxanne, it is indeed a creepy book. I can understand the change in name a bit – because it is about “the sister” – which one I’m not sure. I prefer the British title, which is just as well, I suppose, as I am British. Jacket designs and titles can certainly affect how I initially view a book.

]]> By: Roxane Stoner http://www.booksplease.org/2008/10/30/the-behaviour-of-moths-poppy-adams/comment-page-1/#comment-2665 Roxane Stoner Fri, 31 Oct 2008 07:11:23 +0000 http://www.booksplease.org/?p=1220#comment-2665 I have been wanting to read that book since I have seen it advertized on the Virago Press Website. I love the name of the author. The story sounds a bit creepy and the characters very odd and mysterious. The jacket with the intersting color and design was really interesting too. Anyway it has just been released in the USA under a different name "The Sister" and it has a different appeal all around because of the jacket which dark in color with a photograph of a plaster head of a woman. I might wait to get the original version to read. It is strange how marketing can change the first impression of a book. Thank you for your thorough review. I have been wanting to read that book since I have seen it advertized on the Virago Press Website. I love the name of the author. The story sounds a bit creepy and the characters very odd and mysterious. The jacket with the intersting color and design was really interesting too. Anyway it has just been released in the USA under a different name “The Sister” and it has a different appeal all around because of the jacket which dark in color with a photograph of a plaster head of a woman. I might wait to get the original version to read. It is strange how marketing can change the first impression of a book. Thank you for your thorough review.

]]> By: GeraniumCat http://www.booksplease.org/2008/10/30/the-behaviour-of-moths-poppy-adams/comment-page-1/#comment-2662 GeraniumCat Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:20:49 +0000 http://www.booksplease.org/?p=1220#comment-2662 I love moths - is there enough about them to amuse me, or must I accept it's just an attractive title, and concentrate on the story? The question about possessions is interesting, I would like to be more detached from them, but I know if I ever have to clear my mother's house (as she expects I will) that it will be very difficult to part with things I have known for so long that they feel like part of what defines me. I love moths – is there enough about them to amuse me, or must I accept it’s just an attractive title, and concentrate on the story? The question about possessions is interesting, I would like to be more detached from them, but I know if I ever have to clear my mother’s house (as she expects I will) that it will be very difficult to part with things I have known for so long that they feel like part of what defines me.

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