Comments on Musings of a Bookish Kitty: Down to a Sunless Sea by Mathias B. Freese

Hi, Terri! I'm headed over to read your review no...

2008-09-14T14:43:00.000-07:00

Hi, Terri! I'm headed over to read your review now. I added a link to your review here. :-)

I finally got around to reading this collection! I...

2008-09-13T15:20:00.000-07:00

I finally got around to reading this collection! I've included a link to your review on my review post today.

I feel so glad that I read this book. I linked you...

2008-06-06T12:02:00.000-07:00

I feel so glad that I read this book. I linked your review to mine!

Here is my Review!

This one is in the TBR stack; glad to hear you enj...

2008-05-22T10:56:00.000-07:00

This one is in the TBR stack; glad to hear you enjoyed it!

I've never heard of this book or this author, but ...

2008-05-22T09:19:00.000-07:00

I've never heard of this book or this author, but it sounds interesting. I've been on a short story kick lately, so I'll have to give this one a try. Thanks for your review.

Matt - Thank you for stopping by!

Jen - I...

2008-05-22T06:17:00.000-07:00

Matt - Thank you for stopping by!

Jen - I hope you will be able to add it to the library's collection!

Nancy - I hope you will like it if you get to it. If I had bought it myself, I would have added it to my never-ending TBR collection, and it probably would still be there. Not for lack of interest, but because so many other books are in line before it. So, this worked out well, I think. :-)

Heather - Thank you for recommending it! It really was a moving book and I probably wouldn't have even known about it had it not been for you.

Dancin' Fool - Four days of reading sounds so nice! I'm thinking of devoting most of my upcoming four day weekend to reading too, but I have some must-do errands to run, which may delay that.

Jaimie - These short stories were certainly enriching!

It sounds like a powerful book. I like short stori...

2008-05-21T08:22:00.000-07:00

It sounds like a powerful book. I like short stories myself and feel they can be quite enriching. Thanks for the review!

Hello! That sounds really good, I will be making a...

2008-05-21T05:40:00.000-07:00

Hello! That sounds really good, I will be making a book purchase this evening! I have not read anything for a while and am dying to get back into a good book. We have a bank holiday this weekend and I have taken an extra day off work so I can get 4 days of reading in....cannot wait!

I hope you are really well, bye for now!!

I'm so very glad you enjoyed the book, particularl...

2008-05-20T18:05:00.000-07:00

I'm so very glad you enjoyed the book, particularly since it was my review that sent you off looking for it! It really touched me, and I'm glad it did the same for you.

This book sounds fabulous, Wendy, and I was laughi...

2008-05-20T14:44:00.000-07:00

This book sounds fabulous, Wendy, and I was laughing through that first paragraph. Oops, if the author had just waited a tiny bit longer . . .

I love short stories, so I'll chunk this one on the never-ending wish list. Thanks!

I know I replied to this the other day but I guess...

2008-05-20T11:14:00.000-07:00

I know I replied to this the other day but I guess it didn't go through! I really like the way this sounds so I'm going to suggest that my library order it at the next club meeting. Great find!

i'd like to thank you for your review and to answe...

2008-05-20T10:43:00.000-07:00

i'd like to thank you for your review and to answer a few of the comments. The title is from Coleridge and my characters "live" in a sunless sea.
for those who seek more information go to mathiasbfreese.com, for it reeks with blogs and one story from the book ("Juan Peron's Hands).My major work is The i Tetralogy which you can google, a historical fiction about the Holocaust which has garner raves worldwide. It is a sleeper.
thank you all
Matt Freese

April - I cheated and used a quote from later on i...

2008-05-19T22:14:00.000-07:00

April - I cheated and used a quote from later on in the book. It was one that especially caught my eye.

Andi - That has happened to me before too; I passed on a book I wish now I'd read. Sometimes the timing just isn't right though. I hope you do get a chance to read it.

Terri B - I'm afraid I'm not familiar with the Xanadu poem. Now that you mention it though, I wonder if that is where the title came from . . .

Kookie - I look forward to hearing what you think of it when you do read it!

Florinda - I wish I knew the answer to your question. I'll have to look up the poem and read it to get a better idea of what you and Terri are referring to.

Nymeth - It's never too late to buy a copy! Well, unless a book goes out of print, which this one hasn't. I hate it when books go out of print before I have a chance to get my hands on a copy . . .

Melody - I hope you will like it if you give it a try!

Pussreboots - I added your link to my review and thanks for adding mine to yours.

I also reviewed it but not as positively.

This book just sounds like my cup of tea! I'll hav...

2008-05-19T19:46:00.000-07:00

This book just sounds like my cup of tea! I'll have to add it to my wishlist.

I'm in the same boat as Andi. But it's not too lat...

2008-05-19T14:08:00.000-07:00

I'm in the same boat as Andi. But it's not too late to buy myself a copy. It really does sound like a wonderful book.

I'm not usually much for short stories, but this b...

2008-05-19T12:25:00.000-07:00

I'm not usually much for short stories, but this book might be worth checking into. The title is a reference to "Kublai Khan" by Coleridge, isn't it? Does the poem factor into any of the stories? Oh, I just noticed that Terri B. already asked that! (I'm not much for poetry either, but that literature-class standard has stuck with me for some reason :-)).

Thanks for an enlightening review, Wendy!

That sounds really amazing, Wendy. I'm putting th...

2008-05-19T11:35:00.000-07:00

That sounds really amazing, Wendy. I'm putting this one on hold immediately. Thanks for the review.

It's been awhile since I've read any short stories...

2008-05-19T08:11:00.000-07:00

It's been awhile since I've read any short stories. This one sounds like it would be a good choice.

I read the title and ever since then I can't get the Xanadu poem out of my head. "In Xanadu did Kubla Khan a stately pleasure-dome decree: Where Alph, the sacred river, ran through caverns measurelss to man down to a sunless sea ..." Happen to know if the author meant to make that connection?

Gah! I guess I should've snapped this one up when ...

2008-05-19T07:34:00.000-07:00

Gah! I guess I should've snapped this one up when I had the chance! I wasn't in the mood for short stories at the time and didn't think I'd get around to it in a timely manner.

This sounds like a very interesting book! That fi...

2008-05-19T07:30:00.000-07:00

This sounds like a very interesting book! That first line is a humdinger and definitely catches a reader's attention!