tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post115366129190181583..comments2024-03-27T22:25:42.129-05:00Comments on Reading the Past: It's baffling...Sarah Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13340312953393474963noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-1154391740666004532006-07-31T19:22:00.000-05:002006-07-31T19:22:00.000-05:00Hi Elizabeth, thanks for stopping by! I'd certain...Hi Elizabeth, thanks for stopping by! I'd certainly buy that this was a rush job... or something.Sarah Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340312953393474963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-1154380624971150082006-07-31T16:17:00.000-05:002006-07-31T16:17:00.000-05:00From an insider in the business - the blurbs for A...From an insider in the business - the blurbs for Amazon are frequently rushed jobs. If they're not based on the author's submission synopsis (and frequently they are!) they are written by some harrassed editor running between meetings and that's why a lot of them are so bad!Elizabeth Chadwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16911841862257909703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-1154210406004695302006-07-29T17:00:00.000-05:002006-07-29T17:00:00.000-05:00Thanks, Sarah, it's very reassuring to hear that!Thanks, Sarah, it's very reassuring to hear that!Sarah Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340312953393474963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-1154179175762253492006-07-29T08:19:00.000-05:002006-07-29T08:19:00.000-05:00What a semi-literate mess. I checked a copy of thi...What a semi-literate mess. I checked a copy of this novel in Waterstone's the other day and am relieved to report that the jacket blurb is completely different, i.e. intelligible and enticing. Phew.Sarah Cuthbertsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17841282823433026980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-1153753949290280412006-07-24T10:12:00.000-05:002006-07-24T10:12:00.000-05:00{shudder}I only made it halfway through before giv...{shudder}<BR/><BR/>I only made it halfway through before giving up. I think instead I'd just go read Sarah Dunant again. {s}Susan Adrianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10730673696950405605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-1153704424569150152006-07-23T20:27:00.000-05:002006-07-23T20:27:00.000-05:00Wait, who's in love with whom here?*reads again*Sa...Wait, who's in love with whom here?<BR/><BR/>*reads again*<BR/><BR/>Savonarola with Leonardo? No, Leonardo with Giuliano, who also happens to be pregnant? No wait, Lisa is pregnant. By Savonarola? So much for those religious types. No, wait, her husband is a religious type, too. That's it, Lisa's husband and Savonarola have some BDSM thing going on and that's why Savonarola has a dislocated shoulder when he's executed. Ok, but where's that baby coming from now?<BR/><BR/>What a mess.Gabriele Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17205770868139083575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-1153673261017813242006-07-23T11:47:00.000-05:002006-07-23T11:47:00.000-05:00It was bad enough already, but the exclamation poi...It was bad enough already, but the exclamation point really got me.Sarah Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340312953393474963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-1153671694036091002006-07-23T11:21:00.000-05:002006-07-23T11:21:00.000-05:00I loved this part of the synopsis: "Along the way,...I loved this part of the synopsis: "Along the way, Lisa and Leonardo make love!"<BR/><BR/>Wow! Can't wait!Susan Higginbothamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13517907583894026599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-1153665953894523172006-07-23T09:45:00.000-05:002006-07-23T09:45:00.000-05:00The last one I read by her was Burning Times, whic...The last one I read by her was Burning Times, which was enjoyable, but parts of it were a little too out-there for my tastes. I'd be willing to try her work again, though.Sarah Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340312953393474963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-1153663551320712772006-07-23T09:05:00.000-05:002006-07-23T09:05:00.000-05:00I wonder if a lot of those sales are related to th...I wonder if a lot of those sales are related to the success of The Borgia Bride, which was a pretty enoyable read.<BR/><BR/>I have heard that this one is nowhere near as good, but haven't got to it myself at all yet!Marghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13508430635744720721noreply@blogger.com