tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4515719778921089707.post3536159745212349844..comments2024-02-10T04:38:45.630-05:00Comments on Gabriel Reads: Literary Blog Hop!gabrielreadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11809365791580695386noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4515719778921089707.post-44487621823342553332011-04-30T16:20:16.794-04:002011-04-30T16:20:16.794-04:00What a great essay! Thank you for sharing this wi...What a great essay! Thank you for sharing this with us.<br /><br />Here is my response: <a href="http://readerbuzz.blogspot.com/2011/04/literary-blog-hop-queen-died-and-king.html" rel="nofollow">Readerbuzz: The Queen Died and the King Died.</a>Deb Nance at Readerbuzzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12128529491888701996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4515719778921089707.post-76923729633212469242011-04-29T21:14:36.929-04:002011-04-29T21:14:36.929-04:00I like the format of your post. I think that with...I like the format of your post. I think that with P&P, the love story works because it is not sentimental. The motivations of the characters are real (istic). <br /><br />Check out my hop <a href="http://hawthornescarlet.blogspot.com/2011/04/literary-blog-hop-ramblings-on.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>.LBChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08565867574821169945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4515719778921089707.post-14659945975782720512011-04-29T18:31:29.286-04:002011-04-29T18:31:29.286-04:00I agree that it's in the skill of a writer, if...I agree that it's in the skill of a writer, if done well you don't realise your strings are being tugged, if poorly you see every trick the writers attempting.@parridhlanternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12793548943992250238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4515719778921089707.post-65073106129888918082011-04-29T16:44:16.690-04:002011-04-29T16:44:16.690-04:00lucybirdbooks: Agreed. I can appreciate the poetry...lucybirdbooks: Agreed. I can appreciate the poetry of the play, but the characters never resonated with me. <br /><br />When I was in high school we had to do a project regarding Romeo and Juliet. While other students were making dioramas of the Globe Theater or putting together Romeo and Juliet board games, I was rewriting the second act of the play. I allowed Juliet to live and Romeo to find her in time and Paris to find them and die and Prince Escalus to cart Romeo off to prison because he had come back after being told to leave. Then I had him executed and made Juliet watch. My teacher loved it. :)<br /><br />As the Crowe Flies and Reads: I don't mind if an author tugs at my heartstrings a little, but I don't appreciate being told how to feel about a character or a situation.gabrielreadshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11809365791580695386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4515719778921089707.post-89879187466825466322011-04-29T15:54:52.161-04:002011-04-29T15:54:52.161-04:00I took a broader approach to this week's quest...I took a broader approach to this week's question...while I need to feel emotionally connected to a character to love a book, I deeply resent feeling that I've been emotionally manipulated by an author.As the Crowe Flies and Readshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12110661562901480120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4515719778921089707.post-18218608221523860172011-04-29T15:27:04.887-04:002011-04-29T15:27:04.887-04:00I do really like Romeo and Juliet but as a love st...I do really like Romeo and Juliet but as a love story it falls pretty shortAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4515719778921089707.post-40306869846788425042011-04-28T19:27:20.418-04:002011-04-28T19:27:20.418-04:00Miss Good on Paper: "Craptastic" is one ...Miss Good on Paper: "Craptastic" is one of my favorite words. I think it conveys a message unlike any other made up word. :)<br /><br />I've never read The Age of Innocence. In fact, I've never heard of it. I'll have to put it on my TBR list. <br /><br />Thanks for the follow!<br /><br />BookBelle: They're some of my all-time favorites as well. A girl I used to know in high school was just as obsessed with Great Expectations as I was and we used to have hours long conversations about it. I'd forgotten about them until today. <br /><br />Thanks for following! I've enjoyed reading your blog since I discovered it a few weeks ago. I'm just a really bad commenter. LOLgabrielreadshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11809365791580695386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4515719778921089707.post-46772111050561097462011-04-28T19:03:03.228-04:002011-04-28T19:03:03.228-04:00Your winners rock! Those are pretty much some of ...Your winners rock! Those are pretty much some of my all time favorite books. New follower.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4515719778921089707.post-92047377931194231102011-04-28T18:23:54.698-04:002011-04-28T18:23:54.698-04:00I love that you used "craptastic" to des...I love that you used "craptastic" to describe Romeo and Juliet. That alone made my day. Really interesting list. What do you think of The Age of Innocence? I remember hating this one back in high school (probably because I thought it was sentimental). However, when I recently read it again, I found it charming. <br /><br />Thanks for giving this question such a thorough response. -Miss GoPMiss Good on Paperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12322651575015033263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4515719778921089707.post-33853544917903223442011-04-28T15:07:16.101-04:002011-04-28T15:07:16.101-04:00L.L.: I think her name was Rosalind. You could hav...L.L.: I think her name was Rosalind. You could have something there about it being a satire. It just always seemed so...unrealistic to me. Regardless of whether or not Shakespeare intended it to be a satire, Romeo and Juliet has led to centuries of bad romances. There are so many plays that he wrote that are better than R&J (King Lear, Midsummer Night's Dream, Merchant of Venice, etc.) and it's almost painful to see that most people only read this play. <br /><br />Thanks for your comment!gabrielreadshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11809365791580695386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4515719778921089707.post-10442169628190126462011-04-28T14:42:54.877-04:002011-04-28T14:42:54.877-04:00I love the way you had so many different examples!...I love the way you had so many different examples! And I couldn't agree more with the Romeo and Juliet thing. You know how at the beginning Romeo is totally into someone else? Rosalind or Rosamond or whatever her name is. Sometimes it makes me wonder if Shakespeare really intended the play to be romantic, or if he was writing a sort of satire on young love. I remember being so disappointed when I actually read the play in ninth grade, because I'd held it up as this ideal of romance, and when I read it all I could think was, "That was pretty stupid. Why did they kill themselves?" If I could ask Shakespeare anything, it would be if he really thought he was being romantic. Anyway, my Romeo and Juliet rant is over. Thanks for a thought-provoking post!LLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11194834748090369779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4515719778921089707.post-45739303255904735362011-04-28T13:42:56.524-04:002011-04-28T13:42:56.524-04:00Mel: Or at least a really long book covering sever...Mel: Or at least a really long book covering several years. :)gabrielreadshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11809365791580695386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4515719778921089707.post-47916992729438112602011-04-28T13:40:09.101-04:002011-04-28T13:40:09.101-04:00I like your winners and losers. :) It's the &...I like your winners and losers. :) It's the 'love at first sight' thing...love, by definition, requires more than one look.Melodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08151339860580266808noreply@blogger.com