Comments on: GUEST BLOG- At Swim-Two-Birds by Emmie http://readingbooks.blog/2015/08/20/guest-blog-at-swim-two-birds-by-emmie/ Book Reviews | IAuhor nterviews | EST 2013 Tue, 01 Sep 2015 00:38:21 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.2 By: storyfairy http://readingbooks.blog/2015/08/20/guest-blog-at-swim-two-birds-by-emmie/#comment-5111 Tue, 01 Sep 2015 00:38:21 +0000 https://amandeepmittal.wordpress.com/?p=3105#comment-5111 This book sounds fascinating! It reminds me of both the show “Once Upon a Time” and my own fantasies about my favorite movie and TV characters.
I know what it’s like to only get halfway through a book. I had that experience with two of Gregory McGuire’s books. ]]> By: August- Monthly Recap | CONFESSIONS OF A READAHOLIC http://readingbooks.blog/2015/08/20/guest-blog-at-swim-two-birds-by-emmie/#comment-5110 Fri, 28 Aug 2015 18:38:01 +0000 https://amandeepmittal.wordpress.com/?p=3105#comment-5110 […] At Swim-Two-Birds by Flann O’Brien by Emmie […] ]]> By: aubreyleaman http://readingbooks.blog/2015/08/20/guest-blog-at-swim-two-birds-by-emmie/#comment-5109 Thu, 20 Aug 2015 23:25:40 +0000 https://amandeepmittal.wordpress.com/?p=3105#comment-5109 In reply to Another Night of Reading.

I am planning on it! 🙂

]]> By: Another Night of Reading http://readingbooks.blog/2015/08/20/guest-blog-at-swim-two-birds-by-emmie/#comment-5108 Thu, 20 Aug 2015 17:56:59 +0000 https://amandeepmittal.wordpress.com/?p=3105#comment-5108 In reply to lotsoflove200989.

It sounds very interesting, thanks for the suggestion!

]]> By: Another Night of Reading http://readingbooks.blog/2015/08/20/guest-blog-at-swim-two-birds-by-emmie/#comment-5107 Thu, 20 Aug 2015 17:55:51 +0000 https://amandeepmittal.wordpress.com/?p=3105#comment-5107 In reply to aubreyleaman.

I agree with Aman, it is a very different experience and I really enjoyed both. I feel like O’Brien explores the different layers a story can have whereas Calvino observes ‘from above’ the way it is set up. Do read both, it will change the way you look at novels :).

]]> By: Aman(@amanhimself) http://readingbooks.blog/2015/08/20/guest-blog-at-swim-two-birds-by-emmie/#comment-5106 Thu, 20 Aug 2015 10:49:34 +0000 https://amandeepmittal.wordpress.com/?p=3105#comment-5106 In reply to aubreyleaman.

I have read Italo Calvino’s book you mentioned and I think it is an altogether a different experience reading it. Calvino’s words will grab you and have your full attention.

]]> By: Guest blog – At Swim-Two-Birds | Another Night of Reading http://readingbooks.blog/2015/08/20/guest-blog-at-swim-two-birds-by-emmie/#comment-5105 Thu, 20 Aug 2015 08:58:59 +0000 https://amandeepmittal.wordpress.com/?p=3105#comment-5105 […] I wrote a guest blog on Aman Mittal’s Confessions of a Readaholic. It discusses my views on  At Swim-Two-Birds by Flann O’Brien and the way metafiction is used in the book. Read it here.  […] ]]> By: lotsoflove200989 http://readingbooks.blog/2015/08/20/guest-blog-at-swim-two-birds-by-emmie/#comment-5104 Thu, 20 Aug 2015 06:07:33 +0000 https://amandeepmittal.wordpress.com/?p=3105#comment-5104 Have you read The New Life by Orhan Pamuk? It is pretty interesting though not in the exact same line as this one. The protagonist’s life changes when he reads a book of the same name; he is convinced that the novel narrates his story, and is surprised when he meets other ‘characters’ who feel similarly. ]]> By: aubreyleaman http://readingbooks.blog/2015/08/20/guest-blog-at-swim-two-birds-by-emmie/#comment-5103 Wed, 19 Aug 2015 21:19:32 +0000 https://amandeepmittal.wordpress.com/?p=3105#comment-5103 This book looks incredible! Have you ever read “If On a Winter’s Night a Traveler” by Italo Calvino? I haven’t yet, but it’s been on my list for a while now. It reminds me a lot of this one since the book is about a reader reading a book called “If On a Winter’s Night a Traveler.” Now I want to read both of them! ]]> By: leeduigon http://readingbooks.blog/2015/08/20/guest-blog-at-swim-two-birds-by-emmie/#comment-5102 Wed, 19 Aug 2015 21:17:42 +0000 https://amandeepmittal.wordpress.com/?p=3105#comment-5102 Sounds like “Inkheart,” only with a lot more trimmings. ]]>