tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2758962596079172350.post961405534101611849..comments2023-11-02T13:04:31.154+00:00Comments on Rape and Adverbs: WICKED INTENTIONS, BY LYDIA JOYCEMeriamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11832436776375729050noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2758962596079172350.post-1768480928898087602009-09-04T22:27:23.812+01:002009-09-04T22:27:23.812+01:00are you ever going to blog again?
*wide appealing...are you ever going to blog again?<br /> *wide appealing eyes*Joanna Chambershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11008683032460114886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2758962596079172350.post-59818069361338430292009-06-29T00:15:39.049+01:002009-06-29T00:15:39.049+01:00I haven't read that one, T. I remember Laura f...I haven't read that one, T. I remember Laura from TMT posted on it but it didn't sound like my <i>cup of tea</i>.<br /><br />I'm conflicted about Joyce. On the one hand, I love her setting; I love her oppressive Victorian era, but I had a really hard time with the characters in her last two novels as well as the plotting, which was just poor. <br /><br />Dunno. I fully expect to read her next one, so what can I say?Meriamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11832436776375729050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2758962596079172350.post-73325897690617279722009-06-27T20:32:19.757+01:002009-06-27T20:32:19.757+01:00I tried one Joyce - the heroine with smallpox scar...I tried one Joyce - the heroine with smallpox scars; is that Voices in the Night? - and it was a DNF for me. <br /><br />I think I had a similar issue with tone. I suppose what some readers might praise as atmosphere or a noir-ish feel, just felt to me a one-note read with nothing to relieve the endless intensity.<br /><br />Not that I mind a bit of melodrama! In less restrained hands this sort of thing can be enjoyably camp.Joanna Chambershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11008683032460114886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2758962596079172350.post-76391647563232813472009-06-20T17:38:53.545+01:002009-06-20T17:38:53.545+01:00Ah, you're just an old-fashioned girl!
Maybe ...Ah, you're just an old-fashioned girl!<br /><br />Maybe it's like my on-again, off-again relationship with my MP3 player. My "off" times aren't because of any particular barriers to use. Sometimes I'd simply rather turn off and tune out.<br /><br />With books, my love of browsing is a factor too. I browse, I covet, I accumulate a stack... and then I realize I also have to carry groceries/dinner/spare shoes/umbrella.RfPhttp://www.readforpleasure.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2758962596079172350.post-17513751933316851432009-06-20T12:50:49.279+01:002009-06-20T12:50:49.279+01:00Actually, not two reviews ago I was enjoying the e...Actually, not two reviews ago I was enjoying the excessive angst of Kleypas' <i>Seduce me at Sunrise</i>... so I guess you're right. It's all about mood.<br /><br />I still maintain there's something totally eye-rolling about this novel, but it might not have elicited such a strong reaction were it not for the iphone factor.<br /><br />You were totally right about the iphone/ reading device incompatibility. Want to know something terrible? I' not even using my ereader anymore :-(<br /><br />I gave it a fair crack; guess I just prefer books?Meriamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11832436776375729050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2758962596079172350.post-43413372808658301802009-06-19T16:28:15.832+01:002009-06-19T16:28:15.832+01:00"Is there such a thing as too much melodrama?..."<i>Is there such a thing as too much melodrama?</i>"<br /><br />NEVER, BY MY TROTH!<br />Ahem.<br /><br />Seriously, you know my answer. If I'm not in the mood, even the comparatively understated Victorian melodrama in a Jo Goodman can make me roll me eyes.<br /><br />"<i>Despite the fact that both characters carry the sort of emotional baggage that makes a Thomas Hardy novel cheerful by comparison, there was something unrelenting about the dialogue, particularly between Thomas and Em who love to make grand and sweeping statements to each other.</i>"<br /><br />I like that comparison. If only Hardy had <i>owned</i> his melodrama, his books might have been much more tolerable.<br /><br />"<i>iphone as reading device: FAIL.</i>"<br /><br />For me too. Frustrating, innit? The idea of reading on a compact, ever-present, all-in-one gizmo is so appealing, but... FAIL in real life.RfPhttp://www.readforpleasure.comnoreply@blogger.com