My Recent Comments

Janet85 thanks for the link to your blog of keepers--very cool. This eharl website is such a good resource of new types of reads.

And, I love humor in books, but the books that can make me cry and laugh in the same read are treasures (and often added to my keeper pile). 

 

 Why bother keeping a keeper if I wasn't going to reread it? LOL It is time for me to cull my keepers. But I do keep and reread when I have either, read through my TBR, or I just need a change in pace from the books in my TBR.

Are you sure that it is a case of your muse not wanting to come out and play, or is it a case of being too tired to go out and play? Sounds like you are under a great deal of stress. Maybe you just need to go out and play and see if your muse will join you.

The Desert Lord's Baby by Olivia Gates, page 123. If we are talking the 5th complete sentence:

After Farooq left her last night, she was too agitated to do anything, let alone sleep. But Ameenah breezed in, all smiles and welcome, bearing the list Farooq had given her to perform on Carmen in preparation for the wedding. And the wedding night.

Since I'm too clueless to know what you mean by 'tag 5 people...' I'm responding to your tag. Anyone out there consider yourself tagged.

LOL--I remember those moments of reprieve when the babies were all sleeping. Enjoy your moment of freedom.

Merri, I am so glad that you found this blog and commented on the reader POV. Every person who reads brings their own experiences and views of their world to the book. It will color who they view what is going on in the story. IMO, it can influence the enjoyment of the story a small amount, or a great amount. And I don't know of anyone who does not bring their view of the world to their reading experience.

I can understand that POV has been used to explain the H/h experience or even the author's. Maybe there are some who might not want to include reader POV into the mix, but I'm a 'let's call a spade a spade' kind of gal. When I respond to a book, positive or negative, I try to claim ownership in any review I do. And that's my POV

As usual, Vince, I enjoyed reading your blog and as I looked at your list I thought, 'hmm, all the reasons I am not normally drawn to this line.' But then I realized that this is how the h of the book is seeing the H. The reader interprets the H through her eyes. Maybe my view of the H has been too simplified. I think I will need to look at reviews of HPs and select some that I think I stand a chance of liking. 

I liked reading KW's comments--they were instructive and give some of us a different way of looking at this line, basically some reframing. Donna, I also appreciate your insights.

I don't see a dilemma, do what feels right!

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I'm a great believer in using dreams for growth, discovery, etc. I've done dream interpretation for some of my co-workers--the first question I will ask after they describe the dream is, "what do you think it is telling you." Then I go from there.

Amanda, I thought I wrote out a comment and sent it via this blog, but found it never showed up. The funny thing is I made a suggestion that you consult your dreams. Imagine my surprise when I read Merri's response!