Comments on: The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1289 Reading, Writing, Movies and Mothering in Minneapolis, Mostly Mon, 11 May 2026 21:00:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Framed http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1289&cpage=1#comment-11189 Framed Sat, 26 Jan 2008 22:45:53 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1289#comment-11189 I read this for a challenge last October and thoroughly enjoyed it. I agree that the heroine was a wet rag but Count Fosco was delicious, especially because he was the only one smart enough to recognize the sterling qualities of the half sister (can't remember her name). Thanks for your review. I read this for a challenge last October and thoroughly enjoyed it. I agree that the heroine was a wet rag but Count Fosco was delicious, especially because he was the only one smart enough to recognize the sterling qualities of the half sister (can’t remember her name). Thanks for your review.

]]> By: girldetective http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1289&cpage=1#comment-11187 girldetective Sat, 26 Jan 2008 17:04:14 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1289#comment-11187 Gretchen, I LOVE your insight about the inverse relationship between praise of prose and fun reads! I just read Wide Sargasso Sea, and it was NOT a thumping good read, and all I can do is praise the writing and provocative ideas because I did think it was good. I think there's a difference good and enjoyable, sometimes. Lazy Cow: iron rod=mental domination, perhaps physical betting and, ahem, male member. Becca, I just had the prompt to read GwthW because of the Eleanor Roosevelt book I'm reading, and I avoided the Alienist because of a violence aversion that I may be over now. Gretchen, I LOVE your insight about the inverse relationship between praise of prose and fun reads! I just read Wide Sargasso Sea, and it was NOT a thumping good read, and all I can do is praise the writing and provocative ideas because I did think it was good. I think there’s a difference good and enjoyable, sometimes.

Lazy Cow: iron rod=mental domination, perhaps physical betting and, ahem, male member.

Becca, I just had the prompt to read GwthW because of the Eleanor Roosevelt book I’m reading, and I avoided the Alienist because of a violence aversion that I may be over now.

]]> By: Becca http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1289&cpage=1#comment-11167 Becca Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:21:09 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1289#comment-11167 Hm, thumping good reads: a few ideas. The Alienist by Caleb Carr http://www.amazon.com/Alienist-Novel-Caleb-Carr/dp/0812976142/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1201119262&sr=1-1 Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini http://www.amazon.com/Scaramouche-Dodo-Press-Rafael-Sabatini/dp/1406542695/ref=pd_bbs_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1201119132&sr=1-2 (There are others by the same author that are supposed to be good -- e.g. Captain Blood -- but I haven't read them) Can a book be nearly 1000 pages long, and still be a thumping good read? Then I'd say Gone with the Wind would qualify: http://www.amazon.com/Gone-Wind-Margaret-Mitchell/dp/1416548890/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1201119405&sr=1-1 Hm, thumping good reads: a few ideas.

The Alienist by Caleb Carr
http://www.amazon.com/Alienist-Novel-Caleb-Carr/dp/0812976142/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1201119262&sr=1-1

Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini
http://www.amazon.com/Scaramouche-Dodo-Press-Rafael-Sabatini/dp/1406542695/ref=pd_bbs_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1201119132&sr=1-2
(There are others by the same author that are supposed to be good — e.g. Captain Blood — but I haven’t read them)

Can a book be nearly 1000 pages long, and still be a thumping good read? Then I’d say Gone with the Wind would qualify:
http://www.amazon.com/Gone-Wind-Margaret-Mitchell/dp/1416548890/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1201119405&sr=1-1

]]> By: Lazy Cow http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1289&cpage=1#comment-11163 Lazy Cow Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:47:08 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1289#comment-11163 My inner 12 year old boy loves a good double entendre. Somehow missed that one you mentioned though. A thumping good read indeed. My inner 12 year old boy loves a good double entendre. Somehow missed that one you mentioned though. A thumping good read indeed.

]]> By: gretchen http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1289&cpage=1#comment-11153 gretchen Tue, 22 Jan 2008 23:23:33 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1289#comment-11153 I'd love a list of books that are thumping good reads. Most of the time when I'm looking for a good book, that's what I really mean. (I have discovered that when a book describes itself as "dreamy," or "elegiac," or mentions the prose at all, it's usually not a thumping good read.) And in the meantime, have you ever heard the recording of the Woman in White musical? I'd love to hear your comparisons of book to music. I’d love a list of books that are thumping good reads. Most of the time when I’m looking for a good book, that’s what I really mean. (I have discovered that when a book describes itself as “dreamy,” or “elegiac,” or mentions the prose at all, it’s usually not a thumping good read.) And in the meantime, have you ever heard the recording of the Woman in White musical? I’d love to hear your comparisons of book to music.

]]>