tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post4555102833165926829..comments2024-03-27T12:54:20.598-07:00Comments on The Misadventures Of Super Librarian: The Scrapbook of Frankie PrattWendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12485867264936716806noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-47190755795405598082012-01-02T07:20:27.324-08:002012-01-02T07:20:27.324-08:00Fingers crossed you like both then Wendy! And toes...Fingers crossed you like both then Wendy! And toes.Marguerite Kayehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06886711566567879237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-7450248565797025912012-01-01T15:42:05.688-08:002012-01-01T15:42:05.688-08:00Marguerite: Uh, too late. I downloaded your new U...Marguerite: Uh, too late. I downloaded your new Undone yesterday :)<br /><br />Ooooh, and I am totally going to look that book up! I need another thing to read like a hole in the head - but that sounds GOOD!Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12485867264936716806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-11487142257944585102012-01-01T09:14:52.483-08:002012-01-01T09:14:52.483-08:00I won't offer you my upcoming Undone then, sin...I won't offer you my upcoming Undone then, since it would only add to the backlog! <br /><br />Instead, even though this is not really the place, I'll recommend a totally other book that I read the other day and I thought you might like for your reading challenge. I picked up The Pink Hotel by Anna Stothard in my local library, and it was just so different. A 17 year old girl goes to LA to discover her dead trashy mother through her letters and ex lovers. If you're looking for something totally different that still has a romance of a sort at its core then you could do a lot worsse. I loved it. <br /><br />Oh and while I'm here, a happy new year from Scotland. Thank you for still being here, I hope that 2012 is a lot less tough for you.Marguerite Kayehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06886711566567879237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-80395554051735831942011-12-30T08:31:44.237-08:002011-12-30T08:31:44.237-08:00Kwana: It's a clever hook. My only concern fr...Kwana: It's a clever hook. My only concern from a public lending standpoint was that it might contain "pull-outs" - which blessedly, it did not. Score one for Ecco (part of Harpercollins) for answering my tweet :)<br /><br />LoriK: Yeah the whole "I don't like reading about depressing time periods" doesn't hold a lot of water with me. Every era has tragedy. That said, WWI for Europeans was much more devastating than WWI for Americans - what with us showing up late for the "party."<br /><br />Magdalen: If she's had time to look at it - I'm sure she's probably done now. I literally inhaled it in one sitting. <br /><br />My grandmother has since passed (being born in 1909!) - but it made me wonder what I don't know about her. She was already an "old lady" by the time I came along. I wonder what she was like when she was a young adult?<br /><br />Marguerite: I have that short story! Honestly, I do! I looked at my e-reader recently and was shocked to discover a back-log of Undones and Spice Briefs to the tune of.....14. 14 of them! Yikes!Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12485867264936716806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-76414072319213231712011-12-30T01:28:22.594-08:002011-12-30T01:28:22.594-08:00I'm also fascinated by this era and wish it go...I'm also fascinated by this era and wish it got more attention. The impact of the war on women was phenomenal. I did write a short based in the 1920s with a shell-shocked hero, but it's basically gathered dust on the virtual shelves and I have been totally discouraged from writing anything else in that era. Though I read a LOT of its history.Marguerite Kayehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06886711566567879237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-57186865912641764142011-12-29T08:58:44.195-08:002011-12-29T08:58:44.195-08:00I gave a copy to my aunt, who's in her 80s, so...I gave a copy to my aunt, who's in her 80s, so a bit younger than Frankie, but who lived in NYC in the 20s. I hope she liked it, but more importantly, I hope she's done with it by next Wednesday so I can finish reading it when I visit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-23944887324360986832011-12-29T07:37:08.414-08:002011-12-29T07:37:08.414-08:00I'm totally with you on wishing that this era ...I'm totally with you on wishing that this era got more attention in romances. There are so many interesting stories to be told and IMO the times then weren't substantially more of a downer than other eras that people do write about.<br /><br />I also think that an HEA when things kind of suck has an extra sweetness, but I know that not everyone feels the same about that.LoriKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-65774534497169565922011-12-29T07:09:03.003-08:002011-12-29T07:09:03.003-08:00Thanks for this review. what and interesting book....Thanks for this review. what and interesting book.Kwanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06428954660974395117noreply@blogger.com