Comments on: Fusenews: Why Didn’t the Rest of the Country Warn Me About the Impending Snow? http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2008/12/22/fusenews-why-didnt-the-rest-of-the-country-warn-me-about-the-impending-snow/ A School Library Journal Blog Sat, 18 May 2013 19:59:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Saints and Spinners http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2008/12/22/fusenews-why-didnt-the-rest-of-the-country-warn-me-about-the-impending-snow/#comment-8897 Saints and Spinners Wed, 24 Dec 2008 17:30:22 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2008/12/22/fusenews-why-didnt-the-rest-of-the-country-warn-me-about-the-impending-snow/#comment-8897 I commented on Sarah Miller's blog and said something to the effect that the post does raise the question (at least with me) as to how my Goodreads list is for myself and how much it is for others. If my ratings and shelves rankle other people because I put some books on the abandoned list and gave them one or two stars as little signposts for myself (i.e. I thought the part I read was okay, not great, etc.), then-- well, I don't know what to say. I should probably stop now before I write something I regret!:) I commented on Sarah Miller’s blog and said something to the effect that the post does raise the question (at least with me) as to how my Goodreads list is for myself and how much it is for others. If my ratings and shelves rankle other people because I put some books on the abandoned list and gave them one or two stars as little signposts for myself (i.e. I thought the part I read was okay, not great, etc.), then– well, I don’t know what to say. I should probably stop now before I write something I regret!:)

]]> By: rams http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2008/12/22/fusenews-why-didnt-the-rest-of-the-country-warn-me-about-the-impending-snow/#comment-8898 rams Wed, 24 Dec 2008 11:18:46 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2008/12/22/fusenews-why-didnt-the-rest-of-the-country-warn-me-about-the-impending-snow/#comment-8898 Actually, what Chesterton said (in Charles Dickens: Last of the Great Men, aka Charles Dickens, A Critical Study) was that you should be careful how enthusiastically you praise the late Dickens or Dickens lovers will realize that you don't love Dickens at all. (I'm a David Copperfield gal, myself.) Actually, what Chesterton said (in Charles Dickens: Last of the Great Men, aka Charles Dickens, A Critical Study) was that you should be careful how enthusiastically you praise the late Dickens or Dickens lovers will realize that you don’t love Dickens at all. (I’m a David Copperfield gal, myself.)

]]> By: Karen http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2008/12/22/fusenews-why-didnt-the-rest-of-the-country-warn-me-about-the-impending-snow/#comment-8899 Karen Tue, 23 Dec 2008 21:29:04 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2008/12/22/fusenews-why-didnt-the-rest-of-the-country-warn-me-about-the-impending-snow/#comment-8899 Loved the link to "how to blog". I actually got away from it for a while this fall, and then recently posted about that very thing, and how I needed to make writing a habit again. Thanks for the timely link! Loved the link to “how to blog”. I actually got away from it for a while this fall, and then recently posted about that very thing, and how I needed to make writing a habit again.
Thanks for the timely link!

]]> By: SamR http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2008/12/22/fusenews-why-didnt-the-rest-of-the-country-warn-me-about-the-impending-snow/#comment-8900 SamR Tue, 23 Dec 2008 12:35:28 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2008/12/22/fusenews-why-didnt-the-rest-of-the-country-warn-me-about-the-impending-snow/#comment-8900 Only a few books in the pantheon of written works stand on the same level with Tale of Two Cities ... and most of those are also by Dickens. And by the by, Cricket on the Hearth came out 14 years before Tale of Two Cities. Apparently Dickens kicked the wakky tobakky habit at some point in between.... Only a few books in the pantheon of written works stand on the same level with Tale of Two Cities … and most of those are also by Dickens.

And by the by, Cricket on the Hearth came out 14 years before Tale of Two Cities. Apparently Dickens kicked the wakky tobakky habit at some point in between….

]]> By: Fuse #8 http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2008/12/22/fusenews-why-didnt-the-rest-of-the-country-warn-me-about-the-impending-snow/#comment-8901 Fuse #8 Tue, 23 Dec 2008 10:17:58 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2008/12/22/fusenews-why-didnt-the-rest-of-the-country-warn-me-about-the-impending-snow/#comment-8901 To be fair, it isn't disrepectful as much as it is an acknowledgment of the fact that as Dickens got older he lost his sense of humor. Happened to Twain too. I mean, can anyone read Great Expectations and say that it stands on the same level as Tale of Two Cities? Even Oliver Twist had humor, but GE is just so doggone earnest. Defend thyself! To be fair, it isn’t disrepectful as much as it is an acknowledgment of the fact that as Dickens got older he lost his sense of humor. Happened to Twain too. I mean, can anyone read Great Expectations and say that it stands on the same level as Tale of Two Cities? Even Oliver Twist had humor, but GE is just so doggone earnest. Defend thyself!

]]> By: LSCHL70573@aol.com http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2008/12/22/fusenews-why-didnt-the-rest-of-the-country-warn-me-about-the-impending-snow/#comment-8902 LSCHL70573@aol.com Tue, 23 Dec 2008 07:06:59 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2008/12/22/fusenews-why-didnt-the-rest-of-the-country-warn-me-about-the-impending-snow/#comment-8902 PEOPLE CRITICIZING CHARLES DICKENS?! Damn it, I haven't had my coffee yet, and there are people out there, on a perfectly decent pre-Christmas day, DISRESPECTING CHARLES DICKENS? The Dickens Action Figure next to my computer is hopping up and down with rag, slashing the air with his pen, ready to tear his critics limb from limb! And--coffee or not--I'm right behind him, buddies. Run for coveror take the consequences! And while we're at it, G. K. Chesterton would NOT approve of the careless and inaccurate way he is being paraphrased--(though he is probably less blood-thirsty than Charles and I.) PEOPLE CRITICIZING CHARLES DICKENS?! Damn it, I haven’t had my coffee yet, and there are people out there, on a perfectly decent pre-Christmas day, DISRESPECTING CHARLES DICKENS? The Dickens Action Figure next to my computer is hopping up and down with rag, slashing the air with his pen, ready to tear his critics limb from limb! And–coffee or not–I’m right behind him, buddies. Run for coveror take the consequences! And while we’re at it, G. K. Chesterton would NOT approve of the careless and inaccurate way he is being paraphrased–(though he is probably less blood-thirsty than Charles and I.)

]]> By: SamR http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2008/12/22/fusenews-why-didnt-the-rest-of-the-country-warn-me-about-the-impending-snow/#comment-8903 SamR Tue, 23 Dec 2008 06:51:06 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2008/12/22/fusenews-why-didnt-the-rest-of-the-country-warn-me-about-the-impending-snow/#comment-8903 Sorry to jump back in, but Dickens was hot on the mike after Two Cities, with Our Mutual Friend, Great Expectations and Edwin Drood. I feel a real loss for never knowing more about the character from Drood who lived in an apartment done up as ship's cabin, Mr. Tartar. He shows promise of being one of those Great Dickens Characters like Mr. Guppy or Jaggers or Valentine or... Sorry to jump back in, but Dickens was hot on the mike after Two Cities, with Our Mutual Friend, Great Expectations and Edwin Drood.

I feel a real loss for never knowing more about the character from Drood who lived in an apartment done up as ship’s cabin, Mr. Tartar. He shows promise of being one of those Great Dickens Characters like Mr. Guppy or Jaggers or Valentine or…

]]> By: Fuse #8 http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2008/12/22/fusenews-why-didnt-the-rest-of-the-country-warn-me-about-the-impending-snow/#comment-8904 Fuse #8 Mon, 22 Dec 2008 20:46:18 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2008/12/22/fusenews-why-didnt-the-rest-of-the-country-warn-me-about-the-impending-snow/#comment-8904 Aw. I've always had a fondness in my heart for Edwin Drood. Probably because he died before it was done, though. Aw. I’ve always had a fondness in my heart for Edwin Drood. Probably because he died before it was done, though.

]]> By: rams http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2008/12/22/fusenews-why-didnt-the-rest-of-the-country-warn-me-about-the-impending-snow/#comment-8905 rams Mon, 22 Dec 2008 20:25:42 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2008/12/22/fusenews-why-didnt-the-rest-of-the-country-warn-me-about-the-impending-snow/#comment-8905 To imitate Mike Myers paraphrasing G.K.Chesterton, all Dickens after Tale of Two Cities is crrrrrrrrrrrrrap. To imitate Mike Myers paraphrasing G.K.Chesterton, all Dickens after Tale of Two Cities is crrrrrrrrrrrrrap.

]]> By: SamRiddleburger http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2008/12/22/fusenews-why-didnt-the-rest-of-the-country-warn-me-about-the-impending-snow/#comment-8906 SamRiddleburger Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:42:27 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2008/12/22/fusenews-why-didnt-the-rest-of-the-country-warn-me-about-the-impending-snow/#comment-8906 Goodreads reviewers and I aren't speaking at the moment. As for "Cricket on the Hearth," I've now finished it and can only review it using the words of F#8 herself: "unholy crap." This story may rate below Hard Times. Goodreads reviewers and I aren’t speaking at the moment.

As for “Cricket on the Hearth,” I’ve now finished it and can only review it using the words of F#8 herself: “unholy crap.”

This story may rate below Hard Times.

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