Comments on: My horrible dare is complete! http://www.thebookladysblog.com/2009/10/26/my-horrible-dare-is-complete/ Pin-Up Girl with a Reading Fetish Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:07:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: S.R. http://www.thebookladysblog.com/2009/10/26/my-horrible-dare-is-complete/comment-page-1/#comment-47072 S.R. Fri, 14 Jan 2011 05:54:34 +0000 http://thebookladysblog.com/?p=3342#comment-47072 "Even if it means they read Nicholas Sparks or James Patterson or Dan Brown or, god forbid, Stephenie Meyer. (Yep, there’s that book snob thing creeping in again.)" No, that doesn't mean you're a book snob, it just means you have taste! :-) “Even if it means they read Nicholas Sparks or James Patterson or Dan Brown or, god forbid, Stephenie Meyer.

(Yep, there’s that book snob thing creeping in again.)”

No, that doesn’t mean you’re a book snob, it just means you have taste! :-)

]]> By: Tweets that mention My horrible dare is complete! | The Book Lady's Blog -- Topsy.com http://www.thebookladysblog.com/2009/10/26/my-horrible-dare-is-complete/comment-page-1/#comment-29288 Tweets that mention My horrible dare is complete! | The Book Lady's Blog -- Topsy.com Sat, 09 Oct 2010 17:47:00 +0000 http://thebookladysblog.com/?p=3342#comment-29288 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Rebecca Schinsky, Erin. Erin said: Funniest thing ever!! #readathon RT @bookladysblog: If you need a little break, enjoy #iheartthespark, done 1 yr ago: http://bit.ly/cTyXU8 [...] [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Rebecca Schinsky, Erin. Erin said: Funniest thing ever!! #readathon RT @bookladysblog: If you need a little break, enjoy #iheartthespark, done 1 yr ago: http://bit.ly/cTyXU8 [...]

]]> By: Rebecca Joines Schinsky http://www.thebookladysblog.com/2009/10/26/my-horrible-dare-is-complete/comment-page-1/#comment-29286 Rebecca Joines Schinsky Sat, 09 Oct 2010 17:12:07 +0000 http://thebookladysblog.com/?p=3342#comment-29286 I suffer so you don't have to. :) I suffer so you don’t have to. :)

]]> By: Becky http://www.thebookladysblog.com/2009/10/26/my-horrible-dare-is-complete/comment-page-1/#comment-29285 Becky Sat, 09 Oct 2010 17:07:37 +0000 http://thebookladysblog.com/?p=3342#comment-29285 I've never read a Sparks novel either... but I've always been curious. I'm not anymore. Thank you. I’ve never read a Sparks novel either… but I’ve always been curious. I’m not anymore. Thank you.
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]]> By: Anne http://www.thebookladysblog.com/2009/10/26/my-horrible-dare-is-complete/comment-page-1/#comment-23546 Anne Thu, 12 Aug 2010 02:54:21 +0000 http://thebookladysblog.com/?p=3342#comment-23546 I think you might enjoy this... or rather, appreciate it... http://www.geekweek.com/2010/03/nicholas-sparks-douches-it-up-for-usa-today.html I think you might enjoy this… or rather, appreciate it… http://www.geekweek.com/2010/03/nicholas-sparks-douches-it-up-for-usa-today.html
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]]> By: Melanie's Musings :: One Girls Thoughts on (Mostly) Books http://www.thebookladysblog.com/2009/10/26/my-horrible-dare-is-complete/comment-page-1/#comment-6930 Melanie's Musings :: One Girls Thoughts on (Mostly) Books Sat, 01 May 2010 14:19:34 +0000 http://thebookladysblog.com/?p=3342#comment-6930 [...] few good reasons to not read Spark’s writing, or at least not his most recent book, check out The Book Lady’s challenge experience. It had me [...] [...] few good reasons to not read Spark’s writing, or at least not his most recent book, check out The Book Lady’s challenge experience. It had me [...]

]]> By: What I love about Dewey’s Read-A-Thon « Crazy Comma Momma http://www.thebookladysblog.com/2009/10/26/my-horrible-dare-is-complete/comment-page-1/#comment-6929 What I love about Dewey’s Read-A-Thon « Crazy Comma Momma Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:01:43 +0000 http://thebookladysblog.com/?p=3342#comment-6929 [...] #iheartthespark. Rebecca (@bookladysblog) had me literally laughing out loud when she read a Nicholas Sparks book and shared her thoughts with all of us while reading, one tweet at a time. Seriously funny stuff. It [...] [...] #iheartthespark. Rebecca (@bookladysblog) had me literally laughing out loud when she read a Nicholas Sparks book and shared her thoughts with all of us while reading, one tweet at a time. Seriously funny stuff. It [...]

]]> By: dihansmann http://www.thebookladysblog.com/2009/10/26/my-horrible-dare-is-complete/comment-page-1/#comment-6928 dihansmann Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:16:21 +0000 http://thebookladysblog.com/?p=3342#comment-6928 I just came across your blog for the first time today and was drawn into reading the whole post and all the comments while I'm (theoretically) at work. It was just too funny to stop. I feel exactly the same way about Sparks. I read A Walk To Remember several years ago while I was traveling in India. I'd been out of American for a couple of months and found an English language bookstore and just started picking things up and reading them. I didn't know who Sparks was but got far enough in the book that once I realized how trashy it was I thought it would be better to push through to the end. And then was supremely annoyed by the melodramatic death bait and switch. The whole thing was so over done and trite. I was horrified to think that this might be someone's impression of America. I've felt more than a little dirty for having read it ever since but reading your review was very cleansing. If it makes anyone feel better, most of the rest of the English books available were classic literature. Actually I used my rec-reading time while I traveled to take a little informal great lit course and I read A Tale of Two Cities, the Prince and the Pauper, Around the World in Eighty Days and the Three Musketeers (which was translated, obviously). But I guess Sparks gets everywhere. If I went to the same little bookshop today I could probably find Twilight. I just came across your blog for the first time today and was drawn into reading the whole post and all the comments while I’m (theoretically) at work. It was just too funny to stop. I feel exactly the same way about Sparks. I read A Walk To Remember several years ago while I was traveling in India. I’d been out of American for a couple of months and found an English language bookstore and just started picking things up and reading them. I didn’t know who Sparks was but got far enough in the book that once I realized how trashy it was I thought it would be better to push through to the end. And then was supremely annoyed by the melodramatic death bait and switch. The whole thing was so over done and trite. I was horrified to think that this might be someone’s impression of America. I’ve felt more than a little dirty for having read it ever since but reading your review was very cleansing.

If it makes anyone feel better, most of the rest of the English books available were classic literature. Actually I used my rec-reading time while I traveled to take a little informal great lit course and I read A Tale of Two Cities, the Prince and the Pauper, Around the World in Eighty Days and the Three Musketeers (which was translated, obviously). But I guess Sparks gets everywhere. If I went to the same little bookshop today I could probably find Twilight.

]]> By: Kari http://www.thebookladysblog.com/2009/10/26/my-horrible-dare-is-complete/comment-page-1/#comment-6927 Kari Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:07:39 +0000 http://thebookladysblog.com/?p=3342#comment-6927 Ha, this is the best review I've ever read of a Nicholas Sparks book. Especially this point you make: "I say “obviously” because really, all fiction is intended to manipulate our emotions. But what makes a book (or an author) good is how subtly, how skillfully, that manipulation is done." Dead on. I must admit, anytime his books are made into a movie, I am intrigued and want to see it. I tend to like them (I love love The Notebook), but something about it being on the big screen where you can be visually obvious and just enjoy it for a cry-worthy story seems to make it ok to me. If it's in book form, I just yell or throw the book, because he really has no subtlety at ALL and it's so trite. Ha, this is the best review I’ve ever read of a Nicholas Sparks book. Especially this point you make:

“I say “obviously” because really, all fiction is intended to manipulate our emotions. But what makes a book (or an author) good is how subtly, how skillfully, that manipulation is done.”

Dead on.

I must admit, anytime his books are made into a movie, I am intrigued and want to see it. I tend to like them (I love love The Notebook), but something about it being on the big screen where you can be visually obvious and just enjoy it for a cry-worthy story seems to make it ok to me. If it’s in book form, I just yell or throw the book, because he really has no subtlety at ALL and it’s so trite.

]]> By: mdilloway1 http://www.thebookladysblog.com/2009/10/26/my-horrible-dare-is-complete/comment-page-1/#comment-6926 mdilloway1 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:56:10 +0000 http://thebookladysblog.com/?p=3342#comment-6926 I just saw the video. LOLs at him saying he tries to make each novel different than the one before it. But kudos to him for the tight black T-shirts. I expected it to have the slogan "WELCOME TO THE GUN SHOW" on it. I have not read any of his books. I have never had room in my library tote. I just saw the video. LOLs at him saying he tries to make each novel different than the one before it.

But kudos to him for the tight black T-shirts. I expected it to have the slogan “WELCOME TO THE GUN SHOW” on it.

I have not read any of his books. I have never had room in my library tote.

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