tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6290254700332637764.post2450824211825584453..comments2024-03-19T09:18:39.547+00:00Comments on A Playful Day: That's IT!!!A Playful Dayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09360882534286079210noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6290254700332637764.post-15383568053402678162011-06-30T10:22:16.686+01:002011-06-30T10:22:16.686+01:00Popular fiction is no different to Hollywood cinem...Popular fiction is no different to Hollywood cinema - conservative pap funded by money-obsessed dullards who think the general public deserves no better. A few books by women that I have enjoyed in the last year:<br /><br />The thing around your neck - Chimanda Ngozi Adichie<br />Your presence is requested at Suvanto – Maile Chapman<br />Helpless – Barbara Gowdy<br />Fruit of the lemon – Andrea Levy<br />How to breathe underwater – Julie Orringe<br />After the fire, a small still voice - Evie Wyld<br />The still point - Amy Sackville<br />A change of climate - Hilary MantelAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6290254700332637764.post-62032060469426053352011-06-29T15:57:48.844+01:002011-06-29T15:57:48.844+01:00Here's a book you'll probably enjoy, "...Here's a book you'll probably enjoy, "The Lacuna" by Barbara Kingsolver. Amazing. Seriously. Also, did you read "The Help"? For trashy stuff I've been reading the Fever series and it's been fun. The lead is sort of wishy washy but she has redeeming moments. I also liked Soulless, the Parasol Protectorate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6290254700332637764.post-34818362918591445142011-06-28T16:57:24.410+01:002011-06-28T16:57:24.410+01:00I wholeheartedly agree!I wholeheartedly agree!behind the ivyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03895765547538722429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6290254700332637764.post-30197723271466258842011-06-28T16:49:15.780+01:002011-06-28T16:49:15.780+01:00Which is why I don't read anything from the Ro...Which is why I don't read anything from the Romance section, because it's NOT REAL. It's so hard to find a good book these days. Which, I'm pretty sure is why I read a lot of non-fiction. <br />Did you ever read the Hunger Games series?Amberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12054601954693093675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6290254700332637764.post-1960921739500643322011-06-28T15:34:45.039+01:002011-06-28T15:34:45.039+01:00I was at the bookstore recently and I felt the sam...I was at the bookstore recently and I felt the same way! The kind lady trying to help me out was clueless. If I want romance, I'll read the only series of romance novels I love (Karen Moning's Highlander series. Nothing is sexier than a time travelling Druid Scotsman from the 16th century) but other than that, I don't want love in my books. <br /><br />I don't want vampires of any sort and I don't want werewolves either. And I hate this new line of alpha females that are incredibly hot, with low self esteem but they're shooting up bad guys and spouting out oneliners. Then they're swept off their feet by the bad guy that they can't help but love and then turn into brain dead zombies. I would love to see in a fantasy/scifi book, the archetype of the young naive adventurer as a female. That could be interesting.<br /><br />On the other hand, I'm also a little tired of the angst ridden, young naive male as the lead. It worked for Frodo Baggins but really, it's worn thin. Robert Jordan, this comment is directed at you! :DVanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08422727727510999968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6290254700332637764.post-62230029677521636662011-06-28T14:51:56.058+01:002011-06-28T14:51:56.058+01:00Exactly!!!!Exactly!!!!ImplausibleYarnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13621784318488689988noreply@blogger.com