tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post7683641778611152414..comments2024-03-18T15:17:26.003-05:00Comments on l'astronave: What I'm ReadingFrescahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15323129046492056942noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-46982440264423730662016-02-07T15:31:21.208-06:002016-02-07T15:31:21.208-06:00MICHAEL: Thanks--I wish the author (or her editor-...MICHAEL: Thanks--I wish the author (or her editor--did she <i>have</i> an editor?)had untwisted her sentences.<br /><br />I don't have much to say about <i>You've Got Mail</i> except,<br />How could main character fall in love with the man who destroys her independent bookstore?!?!?<br />And who lies to her about who he is while wooing her online?<br />Gross.<br /><br />BINK: I know what you were going for in writing that overlong sentence, but it's too good!<br /><br />It's quite a trick to write truly garbled yet intriguing sentences. :)<br /><br /><br />Frexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13191192404386975664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-28173263986920007352016-02-05T15:25:39.185-06:002016-02-05T15:25:39.185-06:00I've been reading a lot of drab fiction lately...I've been reading a lot of drab fiction lately--but nothing comprised of those dreadful on and on, run-on sentences of the sort that make you want to scream as if a monkey pulled your braids but it was really that nasty little snot Mich Walker who couldn't get sent to the principle's office fast enough to suit you, when you sat in the row behind Sally Mae in second grade at Our Lady of Good Lunch Catholic school.<br /><br />Ha!binknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-35471753266735132112016-02-04T15:31:07.723-06:002016-02-04T15:31:07.723-06:00"How does myth separate us from our beauty?&q..."How does myth separate us from our beauty?" That's a perfect sentence. (Strong transitive verb, by the way.) I gave up on buying new non-fiction sight unseen because of the kind of prose you quoted.<br /><br />I thought Marie Kondo wanted everyone to fold their stuff.<br /><br />If you have the inclination, I'd like to read whatever you might have to say about <i>You've Got Mail</i>.Michael Leddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.com