tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8464201653179922615.post2048445106992989262..comments2023-06-16T07:21:59.344-04:00Comments on Jacqui's Room: The Good Soldier: the Jacqui's Room NotesJacquihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08277260387578439327noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8464201653179922615.post-74647475315709044052008-08-05T10:01:00.000-04:002008-08-05T10:01:00.000-04:00Thorp: as it deserves. Enjoy.Thorp: as it deserves. Enjoy.Jacquihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08277260387578439327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8464201653179922615.post-82468836680875699052008-08-05T09:46:00.000-04:002008-08-05T09:46:00.000-04:00Got very busy -- still savoring East of Eden a cha...Got very busy -- still savoring <EM>East of Eden</EM> a chapter at a time.J. Thorphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16240583195604796756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8464201653179922615.post-9732964834898400292008-08-05T09:02:00.000-04:002008-08-05T09:02:00.000-04:00Oh no! I'm sorry you didn't like it. And I comple...Oh no! I'm sorry you didn't like it. And I completely understand about WANTING to be a fan; I really wanted to be able to say I'd enjoyed <I>Moby Dick</I>. But if she's not your style, she's not your style and we all admire you for trying.<BR/><BR/>Looking forward to hearing about <I>Swiss Family Robinson</I>!Jacquihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08277260387578439327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8464201653179922615.post-19323937869953434702008-08-04T10:28:00.000-04:002008-08-04T10:28:00.000-04:00I really thought I would be a Jane Austen fan once...I really thought I would be a Jane Austen fan once I started reading her books, but I'm so disappointed! I'm afraid to admit this to one of my former roommates who adores Jane Austen more than anything. <BR/><BR/>I read Persuasion this week and although I enjoyed the story once I got a ways into the book, the beginning seemed so dry and seemed to be written almost entirely in a "telling" sort of way that editors always point out not to do instead of in a "showing" sort of way. We were "told" about characters, their personalities and their relations instead of "shown". I must admit I started reading Emma as this week's book and had to change my selection because I didn't like the characters and it was also "telling" not "showing". I think that was the same reason that I liked the movie versions of Pride and Prejudice better than the book. I'm so sad; I really wanted to be a Jane Austen fan.<BR/><BR/>My next book is Swiss Family Robinson, and I'm loving it! I'm about halfway done.Kristi Valianthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05997984098630895653noreply@blogger.com