tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-236334828969414641.post3427209436546626503..comments2024-02-09T13:20:01.103-08:00Comments on bibliophiliac: Sunday Coffeebibliophiliachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15495943887513443615noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-236334828969414641.post-7955641267547362202010-12-19T08:09:38.917-08:002010-12-19T08:09:38.917-08:00I agree spell checks will not catch the subtleties...I agree spell checks will not catch the subtleties of words.. they may sound the same.. but the meaning is off.<br /><br />Pet peeve.. run on paragraphs..... Can't abide by them... forget run on sentences.. seems that run on paragraphs are the fad nowadays.. whatever happened to indentations...<br /><br />argghhhhhhhhhh.Aisle Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14269549353612065870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-236334828969414641.post-90794415009250460502010-12-15T20:22:21.922-08:002010-12-15T20:22:21.922-08:00Yes, yes, yes! I once had a book for review that ...Yes, yes, yes! I once had a book for review that on page 13 said a character was 14 years old and on page 14 said she was 15 years old. Later there was a contradiction in her physical appearance. Where was the editor?Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05554217416500328610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-236334828969414641.post-50902747862762861772010-12-15T14:21:45.492-08:002010-12-15T14:21:45.492-08:00I'm one of your newish gentle readers and am t...I'm one of your newish gentle readers and am thrilled to have found you!Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09543197858284977937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-236334828969414641.post-12059764506894770502010-12-14T13:49:00.600-08:002010-12-14T13:49:00.600-08:00Oh we are grateful for you too Lisa and for all yo...Oh we are grateful for you too Lisa and for all your quirky interests (extra bonus points for boxing!).<br /><br />My biggest pet peeve is stagnant plots. I don't like to read pages and pages of great writing that don't move the story forward. I think I don't like that because I have a tendency to do it in my own writing.Mayowahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02123151836752576609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-236334828969414641.post-82681447456942033382010-12-13T18:32:41.421-08:002010-12-13T18:32:41.421-08:00Yeah, I hear you with the homophones. And what ab...Yeah, I hear you with the homophones. And what about pique? Poor pique always loses out to peak or peek. It's PIQUED MY INTEREST, people!<br />Woah, it felt good to get that out. Aren't peeves fun? Thanks for participating in the hop!Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16366906896853072205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-236334828969414641.post-84803433212320557072010-12-13T04:34:11.627-08:002010-12-13T04:34:11.627-08:00First of all bad language but bad sex scenes and b...First of all bad language but bad sex scenes and bad romantic scenes make me cringe big time.Willahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01901628974325954428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-236334828969414641.post-26135527710876745352010-12-12T21:30:01.719-08:002010-12-12T21:30:01.719-08:00I totally agree. I read a book to get a little lo...I totally agree. I read a book to get a little lost in it, not to be jolted out of it by silly little things. That can be exasperating.Melodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08151339860580266808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-236334828969414641.post-20295602002642302442010-12-12T18:15:38.281-08:002010-12-12T18:15:38.281-08:00It bothers me when characters are stereotypical. ...It bothers me when characters are stereotypical. The emotional woman who's interested in clothes and shoes... or the emotionally detached man who never cries and can't miss a football game. In real life we are all so much deeper than that - more complicated. It seems like lazy writing. <br /><br />Have a great week - we're almost on break!Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00068505185508588407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-236334828969414641.post-1224820924031790752010-12-12T14:00:17.153-08:002010-12-12T14:00:17.153-08:00Cardboard stereotypes there merely to forward the ...Cardboard stereotypes there merely to forward the writers agenda, stock characters loaned from Acme characters Inc, because the author's lazy or has so little respect for his audience that he believes they're not bright enough to realise. As for cats & dogs who behave out of character, well just meet our cat them, define what's "in character"<br />Parrish- a not so gentle reader.@parridhlanternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12793548943992250238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-236334828969414641.post-53749450355299812172010-12-12T13:15:35.028-08:002010-12-12T13:15:35.028-08:00Aside from bad grammar & usage (which I blame ...Aside from bad grammar & usage (which I blame the copy editor more squarely for than the author, usually), I have a peeve with the rise of the multiple narrator story. I think it's largely lazy storytelling--the author doesn't want to work to connect the dots between one character and another, usually. (Think Jodi Picoult or Chris Bohjalian, who do it in every book). Some writers do it well, of course, and when it happens I'm always pleasantly surprised!<br /><br />I agree with you about things in the narrative that take you right out of the flow of the story--irksome, those!As the Crowe Flies and Readshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12110661562901480120noreply@blogger.com