tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3766154113445949185.post4374274569942523239..comments2024-01-09T20:36:22.442-05:00Comments on casual dread: Sunday Salon 01 February 2009: Mini-Review and a giveawayjessihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14185024917685330678noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3766154113445949185.post-17538654570553746392009-02-06T00:40:00.000-05:002009-02-06T00:40:00.000-05:00I found your blog through Fyrefly's. I listened t...I found your blog through Fyrefly's. I listened to this recently, and had much the same impression as to execution. I'd have liked this idea to go into a less fluffy book. I wish Karen Joy Fowler had written it! And now she can't--shoot! Though I'll admit I'd have felt a bit more charitable if I hadn't been coping with the CD version's overdone, not-quite-on-target accents. But it was (almost) all worth it just for the end twist. Is it a spoiler to say here that I think a man in full Regency dress boarding a plane in pursuit of his love is a masterful ending?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3766154113445949185.post-79457319561369945342009-02-02T22:06:00.000-05:002009-02-02T22:06:00.000-05:00Chayenne - I've only read the first book in The Da...Chayenne - I've only read the first book in The Dark is Rising sequence, but I definitely want to read the others. You should read Emma! It's my other favorite Austen novel (all of hers are good, though).<BR/><BR/>Beth - It's definitely a fun read, and quick, too - once I started, I read it all through in one sitting.<BR/><BR/>liane66 - Being a March would definitely be fun! I always liked Jo. :)jessihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14185024917685330678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3766154113445949185.post-231046603692330112009-02-02T12:23:00.000-05:002009-02-02T12:23:00.000-05:00Little women -- to be part of the March family --...Little women -- to be part of the March family -- would be great. I guess b/c its a favorite book from growing up.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the giveaway!<BR/><BR/>kimspam66(at)yahoo(dot)comA Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11271117434067244866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3766154113445949185.post-60902014732593624532009-02-01T14:45:00.000-05:002009-02-01T14:45:00.000-05:00I read Austenland in fall 2008. I thought it was a...I read Austenland in fall 2008. I thought it was a fun, if predictable, book. A good light read with lots of Austen references.Beth Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08627666337961326265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3766154113445949185.post-80264035892334107032009-02-01T14:33:00.000-05:002009-02-01T14:33:00.000-05:00Austenland sounds really interesting, although, I ...Austenland sounds really interesting, although, I have to admit, I only read Pride & Prejudice late last year. Before that, I knew of the story mainly through the BBC dramatization with Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle. Now that I've read it, though, I am firmly on Team Jane; I can't believe it took me so long to pick it up!<BR/><BR/>As to what literary universe I would like to inhabit -- the first one that comes to mind is the world contained in The Dark is Rising Sequence by Susan Cooper, as they were my favorite books as a child and the first series of books that made me want to encourage my younger siblings to read, too. :]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com