tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4120610619207414251.post328952340079352718..comments2023-10-08T22:52:40.964+10:00Comments on Between the Covers: Book Review: The Lambs of London by Peter AckroydAmat Librishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01343725194203848055noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4120610619207414251.post-62700223186696676412010-06-27T15:49:24.983+10:002010-06-27T15:49:24.983+10:00I read a book recently that I couldn't place a...I read a book recently that I couldn't place at all -- only to figure out half-way through that it was supposed to be in the 1980s! I would have guessed at least a couple of decades earlier. I blame the writer as well, though, for not establishing their setting very well.Kristen M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02335598194501733541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4120610619207414251.post-58173750745363932662010-06-27T03:48:23.514+10:002010-06-27T03:48:23.514+10:00At least they should put the date and setting loca...At least they should put the date and setting location of the book on the book jacket. That way if you are ever in doubt about it, you can flip to the book jacket and have your memory refreshed. I feel it's lax not to do this when it's so easy to slip it in in the middle of a complimentary phrase: "A rollicking epic of 1830s India" or "a tightly woven thriller set on the Jennyhttp://jennysbooks.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com