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[erastes]

bah! BAH I say, BAH!!!

Can't watch that Men Snoggage video at work on the sooper dooper broadband because it needs Flash 205.a.a.a.1.x.b version or something which we have not got. I'll try again downloading it on my dial up tonight.

Frustrating. Very.

http://gehayi.livejournal.com/250330.html

Interesting debate here about the merits (or NOT) of Strange and Norrell. I don't think I'll be bothering with that one, in the foreseeable future. gehayi LOVES detailed and rich and if she finds it dull and unsatisfying and boring, I'll be asleep after five pages.

That being said, I'm reading "He Knew He Was Right" by Trollope which is about 800 pages long and I've read 250 and so far:

1. Wife receives dashing older man (friend of her family) with bad reputation for being a little too friendly with married women.

2. Husband dissaproves.

3. Disagreement and they seperate.

Er...

And that's it, just about. BUT. It is engaging and I will finish it, slow-paced or not. I am interested in what happens (if anything) but it does make me laugh, when I think of what happened in Standish and it was "only" 224 pages - I obviously just wasn't trying hard enough, was I? *Laughs*

Comments

[leatherdykeuk.livejournal.com]

I loved Strange and Norrell.

[raphinou.livejournal.com]

just wanted to say hello and to mentioned that i've (be)friended you back.

[cbpotts.livejournal.com]

See, I loathed Strange & Norrell. I bought it new, which I never do, and found myself forcing myself to pick it back up. There were a few glimmering threads in there, but so much crap and willful misspellings that I gave up.

On a brand new book.

This never, ever, ever happens.

The book is too large for its own good. Every other word could be chopped and you wouldn't lose much.

OT

[rmanley.livejournal.com]

I just sent you an email. *poke* I'll be off running errands, so if you email me back, it'll be a little while before I respond.

[lovefromgirl.livejournal.com]

You forgot 4. Repeat ad nauseam.

(Discovered via gehayi and lists of historical fiction rules. Friended because you seem awesome. ^_~)