tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14782628.post5360733591608316974..comments2024-01-02T08:26:46.412-08:00Comments on Suisan: SBD: My Favorite Laura Kinsale BookSuisanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08005006529585506127noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14782628.post-37805702803095946742008-01-22T15:35:00.000-08:002008-01-22T15:35:00.000-08:00Only Kinsale I've read is Midsummer Moon (though s...Only Kinsale I've read is Midsummer Moon (though somewhere I've a half-read copy of Shadowheart - nothing wrong with the book, just real life got sad, and it was the wrong book for that moment.) <BR/>Anyway, I've ordered this one now. Thanks for the rec. <BR/><BR/>Marianne McAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14782628.post-15469509198199187232008-01-22T09:21:00.000-08:002008-01-22T09:21:00.000-08:00Bev: Oh please read a Kinsale! Please? So she's se...Bev: Oh please read a Kinsale! Please? So she's serious, but she can be funny too, like in Midsummer Moon. There are parts of Shadow and the Star which are silly too. The "serious" part of her reputation I think comes from the way in which her heroes really a desperately need or long for that woman in their life. It gets done badly in some paranormals (that whole icky "I can smell you from afar, Suisanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08005006529585506127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14782628.post-64117143036824372052008-01-22T08:57:00.000-08:002008-01-22T08:57:00.000-08:00Never read Laura Kinsale but this post there? Just...Never read Laura Kinsale but this post there? Just convinced me. Thank you. Adding now to my chart.Anahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17051732778079285105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14782628.post-22443668157161324572008-01-22T01:10:00.000-08:002008-01-22T01:10:00.000-08:00I admit to laziness and cheapness, as my library d...I admit to laziness and cheapness, as my library doesn't have any Kinsale books. But every time I read a review or rave I always think "Oh! I should get that!" rather than wallow in something I'm less interested in.Lyvviehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03660287093457746992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14782628.post-62764812456731497822008-01-21T23:39:00.000-08:002008-01-21T23:39:00.000-08:00Well, of course, you don't know me. But you can lo...Well, of course, you don't know me. But you can love me anyways just like I cans love you. We iz readers. So there. <BR/><BR/>A-hem. <BR/><BR/>Er, have I mentioned that Kinsale is one of those authors that I don't believe I've ever read. Or if I have, she's one of those that I probably only tried once and never read again. I'm thinking she was too serious for me. Or too much of a tearjerker or Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14782628.post-77966493413075106342008-01-21T22:18:00.000-08:002008-01-21T22:18:00.000-08:00It's a good thing you added that last bit or I wou...It's a good thing you added that last bit or I would have decided re-reading this one wouldn't be worth it ;) I've only read it once and it's on the keeper shelf. I keep thinking I have so many more of hers to read before I'm allowed to re-read.<BR/><BR/>CindySCindyShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18349459903336460467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14782628.post-67539111210740798892008-01-21T21:55:00.000-08:002008-01-21T21:55:00.000-08:00Had to edit. Typed Christian as Christina in the o...Had to edit. Typed Christian as Christina in the original. Gah.<BR/><BR/>If I pay you in chocolates, can I get someone over here to TYPE FOR ME?<BR/><BR/>I'm hopeless on the fingers which are too fast for their own good front.Suisanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08005006529585506127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14782628.post-21365648937178957002008-01-21T21:50:00.000-08:002008-01-21T21:50:00.000-08:00I swear though, even though I only love her books,...I swear though, even though I only love her books, I do admire from afar the actual person who created those books. Even though I don't know her at all. Not even a little bit.<BR/><BR/>So I admire her for her abilities, and I love her books. There. Did I parse it well enough to get out form under the hyper scrutiny of "fangirl" definitions? Did I.<BR/><BR/>By the way, Bev, have I told you lately Suisanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08005006529585506127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14782628.post-74393073270430255342008-01-21T18:39:00.000-08:002008-01-21T18:39:00.000-08:00(Well, not her as a person or an online personna, ...<I>(Well, not her as a person or an online personna, just her as the creator of these books I love so well. Her as the crafter of a phrase. Cause I don't know her personally, so I can't say if I love her. There, now I've defined my fannish behavior appropriately, and can move on to the blogging.)</I><BR/><BR/>ROTFL! Snicker. Snort. Thank you. Thank you. I needed that. Soooooo much. :DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com