tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4030352031960855220.post3631689333831029434..comments2023-11-28T20:13:15.814-05:00Comments on e-i-e-i-omg! The final chapter?: There was much heaving and sighing and hyperbole.Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12573143203599624833noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4030352031960855220.post-20718159102043505132018-07-31T11:02:58.544-04:002018-07-31T11:02:58.544-04:00Exactly. I once listened to a classic that I love...Exactly. I once listened to a classic that I loved, only to have to cringe through every passage where the female character was read in a high falsetto by an awful reader.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12573143203599624833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4030352031960855220.post-91921715663690701002018-07-31T11:01:51.570-04:002018-07-31T11:01:51.570-04:00Annie, even when he introduces a new chapter, it&#...Annie, even when he introduces a new chapter, it's breathy...Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12573143203599624833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4030352031960855220.post-86265963608353062792018-07-31T11:01:26.545-04:002018-07-31T11:01:26.545-04:00Excellent advice. And congratulations - being a w...Excellent advice. And congratulations - being a writer is not for the faint-hearted!Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12573143203599624833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4030352031960855220.post-16037176739077481672018-07-31T11:00:48.662-04:002018-07-31T11:00:48.662-04:00The librarian in our local library doesn't rea...The librarian in our local library doesn't read fiction, either. Not necessarily a good trait in a small community library.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12573143203599624833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4030352031960855220.post-37802932539363460722018-07-31T11:00:04.203-04:002018-07-31T11:00:04.203-04:00I have yet to find a romance passage that stirs me...I have yet to find a romance passage that stirs me in any genre. I believe my age is showing... Do you like the Outlander series? I'm still searching for commuting material.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12573143203599624833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4030352031960855220.post-37197914330045792252018-07-31T08:04:35.462-04:002018-07-31T08:04:35.462-04:00Don't cha truly wonder how some of these books...Don't cha truly wonder how some of these books ever got published? The other thing is the fact that the audio book reader can literally make or break a book. I have my favorite readers and then there are one or two that keep me from even ordering a book I might want to read/hear.Mama Peahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03649357184167949247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4030352031960855220.post-50760128601245084142018-07-30T18:44:36.863-04:002018-07-30T18:44:36.863-04:00The description is SO SO funny, breathy indeed.......The description is SO SO funny, breathy indeed........AnnieKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12538954196070789539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4030352031960855220.post-37763736830226839622018-07-30T16:57:58.883-04:002018-07-30T16:57:58.883-04:00I'm an emerging writer, some fiction, mostly p...I'm an emerging writer, some fiction, mostly poetry and a very wise professor of mine once said "read everything up high and down low". In other words we can learn something, gain a bit of pleasure, enjoy a few laughs even with those not-so-stellar books. Read on!Donna OShaughnessyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266654110280149719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4030352031960855220.post-61082833766957988602018-07-30T16:47:43.068-04:002018-07-30T16:47:43.068-04:00Telling me the title would be lost on me as I gave...Telling me the title would be lost on me as I gave up fiction a couple decades ago.Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13214319366049620074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4030352031960855220.post-17343324044789940092018-07-30T14:04:58.230-04:002018-07-30T14:04:58.230-04:00I'm already skimming past the over long descri...I'm already skimming past the over long descriptions of the 'romance' portions of the Outlander series and I'm only on book 2!ellen abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4030352031960855220.post-12366795771432077762018-07-30T14:04:16.000-04:002018-07-30T14:04:16.000-04:00PLEASW do a book post - this one will end (eventua...PLEASW do a book post - this one will end (eventually, painfully) and I will be faced with the endless drive without distraction!Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12573143203599624833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4030352031960855220.post-79951497846161585502018-07-30T13:08:31.507-04:002018-07-30T13:08:31.507-04:00LOL, I'm sticking with YA fantasy for the most...LOL, I'm sticking with YA fantasy for the most part these days, the heaving, sighing and hyperbole is usually pretty tame. In all honesty, I've listened to quite a few really good books lately. I need to do a book post. The last book had me literally on the edge of my seat multiple times. There I was in bed, hitting the timer for yet another half hour of reading....Theresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09574936988046982209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4030352031960855220.post-48233118092502437952018-07-30T12:48:12.241-04:002018-07-30T12:48:12.241-04:00Don't forget the sneering and scoffing. Both ...Don't forget the sneering and scoffing. Both play a very big part in this whole hot mess.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12573143203599624833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4030352031960855220.post-26124655703010935492018-07-30T12:08:10.576-04:002018-07-30T12:08:10.576-04:00Wonderful! Sounds exactly like the kind of book ...Wonderful! Sounds exactly like the kind of book I would most definitely love to... avoid. I do know what you mean about being caught up in something so bad that you can't just abandon it, though. This one would most definitely affect my Victorian sensibilities. I shall now exit stage left, leaving behind a waft of sweet scented lilies. I need to settle down in my lounge chair, sip a glass of lemonade and enjoy the exotic flora and fauna in my conservatory.<br />xElainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10461759848289268517noreply@blogger.com