tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10897259.post111343863105141795..comments2024-03-27T03:28:56.209-04:00Comments on Ramblings on Romance Etcetera. Etcetera: What type of reader are you?Kristie (J)http://www.blogger.com/profile/15743921647882733738noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10897259.post-37780626414704232222007-04-26T08:30:00.000-04:002007-04-26T08:30:00.000-04:00Cool blog, interesting information... Keep it UP H...Cool blog, interesting information... Keep it UP <A HREF="http://www.telephone-headsets-4.info" REL="nofollow">Headphone level volume control</A> <A HREF="http://www.phendimetrazine-7.info" REL="nofollow">Phendimetrazine 60 count</A> <A HREF="http://www.patanol-8.info" REL="nofollow">patanol</A> <A HREF="http://www.incorporating-a-business-in-utah.info" REL="nofollow">incorporating a business in utah</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10897259.post-1113706647705078142005-04-16T22:57:00.000-04:002005-04-16T22:57:00.000-04:00I'm more of an artistic reader, though I do get fr...I'm more of an artistic reader, though I do get frustrated by contemporary speech in historical books. Otherwise, though, it has to be a pretty obvious anachronism for me to notice it. And if the characters and story are good, I can overlook a few anachronisms.<BR/><BR/>AlyssaAlyssahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07336947764683939123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10897259.post-1113677046843583762005-04-16T14:44:00.000-04:002005-04-16T14:44:00.000-04:00I'm generally a technical reader--that is, if the ...I'm generally a technical reader--that is, if the book concerns something I happen to know about. A book that confuses hard disk space with RAM and ROM will almost definitely peeve me a little. But if the writing is good enough, I'll forgive the technical errors. Jennifer Crusie, for instance, made a HUGE factual error in Strange Bedpersons but I still enjoyed the book greatly so the mistake was barely a bump in the road. On the other hand, a mediocre or poorly-written romance with technical errors will irritate me even more than books of the same quality that don't.<BR/><BR/>One technical aspect that I find very, very hard to overlook is the consistent use of anachronisms. Characters from 19th-century England saying "Oh yeah?" or medieval serfs saying "pariah" drive me to distraction, and it's pretty rare for these to be isolated instances--an author who will commit those sorts of mistakes will either have characters who consistently sound like Californian yuppies or switch wildly from somewhat authentic period speech patterns to modern vernacular.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10897259.post-1113665781228202252005-04-16T11:36:00.000-04:002005-04-16T11:36:00.000-04:00I am one hundred percent an artistic reader (and w...I am one hundred percent an artistic reader (and writer, LOL). Nice post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10897259.post-1113638443306243792005-04-16T04:00:00.000-04:002005-04-16T04:00:00.000-04:00I came over through Maili's blog.I can definitely ...I came over through Maili's blog.<BR/><BR/>I can definitely say I am more of an artistic reader. I studied History in university but I hardly remember anything nowadays. I just learned recently that potatoes did not exist before...well, apparently there were tons of people who never knew the joy of the potato! I remember hearing about the potato famine when I was a teen and thinking how horrible it was that people didn't have potatoes! Yeah, not bright ;) I only learned this at AAR and I am sure that I will promptly forget such information in about a year.<BR/><BR/>I have friends that remember a stanza they had to memorize in school while I forgot these things the minute they were no longer any use to me.<BR/><BR/>I do notice anachronistic stuff in contemporaries though.<BR/><BR/>Great Topic<BR/>CindySAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10897259.post-1113617010492058742005-04-15T22:03:00.000-04:002005-04-15T22:03:00.000-04:00Hmmmmm..I think I may be a weird hybrid of both th...Hmmmmm..I think I may be a weird hybrid of both the technical and artistic type. I mean historical errors probably go right over my head for the most part but at the same time I can't stand wallpapered historicals i.e modern jargon in every other page etc. But I have been known to overlook these things if every other aspect in the book is extremely well done. Whew! can ya tell I'm feeling chatty today?Gigihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14714304209968060379noreply@blogger.com