tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21031350.post115682635378232644..comments2023-11-12T09:52:42.825-05:00Comments on Medieval Woman: Blogging with Historical Novelist Susan Higginbotham: I Am Woman, Hear Me RantSusan Higginbothamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13517907583894026599noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21031350.post-1157069078281549142006-08-31T20:04:00.000-04:002006-08-31T20:04:00.000-04:00Maybe it's better in the UK than in the US?Maybe it's better in the UK than in the US?Susan Higginbothamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13517907583894026599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21031350.post-1157053115767626672006-08-31T15:38:00.000-04:002006-08-31T15:38:00.000-04:00Susan, they are just your average chick lit exampl...Susan, they <I>are</I> just your average chick lit examples. Terrible, I know. :)<BR/><BR/>As I said, there's little <I>good</I> chick lit, and the only one I remember on spot is German. ;) If you want fun, murder and mayhem, and still some chick lit elements, try Janet evanovitch' Stephanie Plum books. <I>One for Murder</I> had me in stitches during some scenes.Gabriele Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17205770868139083575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21031350.post-1157051979415764682006-08-31T15:19:00.000-04:002006-08-31T15:19:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Gabriele Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17205770868139083575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21031350.post-1157049318176310882006-08-31T14:35:00.000-04:002006-08-31T14:35:00.000-04:00Oh good - so I'm not alone! They all had that eff...Oh good - so I'm not alone! They all had that effect on me, too. Think I will stick to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle :-)Carlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11901028520813891575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21031350.post-1157047635083503672006-08-31T14:07:00.000-04:002006-08-31T14:07:00.000-04:00For the sake of chick lit, I hope they're not! Non...For the sake of chick lit, I hope they're not! None of them made me want to read further, to put it mildly.Susan Higginbothamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13517907583894026599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21031350.post-1157045902959072632006-08-31T13:38:00.000-04:002006-08-31T13:38:00.000-04:00Since there seem to be some experts here, or at le...Since there seem to be some experts here, or at least people with more knowledge of the genre than I have, can someone tell me if <A HREF="http://evileditor.blogspot.com/2006/08/old-beginnings-13.html" REL="nofollow">these opening scenes</A> are typical of chick lit, or has Evil Editor selected an unrepresentative sample?Carlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11901028520813891575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21031350.post-1157026422494680912006-08-31T08:13:00.000-04:002006-08-31T08:13:00.000-04:00Thanks, Sarah!Thanks, Sarah!Susan Higginbothamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13517907583894026599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21031350.post-1156989618621380922006-08-30T22:00:00.000-04:002006-08-30T22:00:00.000-04:00One chick lit/mystery I really enjoyed was Kathlee...One chick lit/mystery I really enjoyed was Kathleen Bacus's <I>Calamity Jayne</I>. It's hysterical. The sequel was pretty good, too.<BR/><BR/>I keep hearing the genre-readers-are-70%-female figure bandied around, but I've yet to hear a specific source for this info mentioned, either.Sarah Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340312953393474963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21031350.post-1156969064688066922006-08-30T16:17:00.000-04:002006-08-30T16:17:00.000-04:00I don't trust in someone who would not look mispla...I don't trust in someone who would not look misplaced at the front door of a disco.Gabriele Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17205770868139083575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21031350.post-1156961432866406782006-08-30T14:10:00.000-04:002006-08-30T14:10:00.000-04:00So did I :-) I rather think Boris Johnson has ste...So did I :-) I rather think Boris Johnson has stepped into Alan Clark's immaculate shoes.<BR/><BR/>Good point - the source ought to be market research, but that's rarely (never?) made public. It might just be Proof By Repeated Assertion.Carlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11901028520813891575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21031350.post-1156958388087633702006-08-30T13:19:00.000-04:002006-08-30T13:19:00.000-04:00Margaret and Alianore, thanks for the recommendati...Margaret and Alianore, thanks for the recommendations!<BR/><BR/>Enjoyed the link, Carla! I took the Johnson article more as poking a stick. <BR/><BR/>I wonder if there are studies showing whether women read more than men? Everything I've heard tells me they do, but I can't cite a source.Susan Higginbothamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13517907583894026599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21031350.post-1156954802406100302006-08-30T12:20:00.000-04:002006-08-30T12:20:00.000-04:00Boris Johnson had some highly dubious things to sa...Boris Johnson had some highly dubious <A HREF="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2006/06/15/do1501.xml&sSheet=/opinion/2006/06/15/ixopinion.html" REL="nofollow">things to say</A> about women's reading preferences in the <I>Daily Telegraph</I> (where else?). One can never tell with Boris whether he intends to be taken seriously or whether he's just poking a stick into an anthill for amusement (see the Comments thread appended to the article).Carlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11901028520813891575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21031350.post-1156950303183612932006-08-30T11:05:00.000-04:002006-08-30T11:05:00.000-04:00Eric: it's really interesting that you'd like to s...Eric: it's really interesting that you'd like to see a true life of Elizabeth de Clare, as I've often thought I'd like to write one! Which of her husbands are you descended from?<BR/><BR/>That article is incredibly irritating, not to mention patronising. I haven't read any chick lit for a while, but I think I will now, just to spite them.<BR/><BR/>Susan: I really like Marian Keyes, who's Irish - her novels are set in Ireland and/or England (and one in LA). And they're very fluffy, but I adore Sophie Kinsella's <I>Shopaholic</I> series!Kathryn Warnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00397714441908100576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21031350.post-1156949037420825602006-08-30T10:43:00.000-04:002006-08-30T10:43:00.000-04:00Sing out, Sister! I read a fair amount of chick l...Sing out, Sister! <BR/><BR/>I read a fair amount of chick lit, but not the sex & shopping ones so much. Most of the authors I read are British.<BR/><BR/>My recommendations:<BR/><BR/>Katie Fforde. She's my favourite addiction. I particularly like Living Dangerously, an earlier book...and if you're in a mood for Scotland, Highland Fling is nice. <BR/><BR/>Rebecca Campbell. Slave to Love knocked my socks off...not at all what I expected, a quieter tale about staff in a London auction house. Another of hers, Slave to Fashion is quite different, far more chick-litty than the first--sharper and sassier and cynical.<BR/><BR/>Carole Matthews. For Better for Worse is my favourite of hers. A modern-day romp: English girl comes to the US for a family wedding. It kept me laughing out loud during a London-Boston flight. People across the aisle were staring, seriously.<BR/><BR/>Megan Crane. English as a Second Language. About an American grad student at a British University (based on York University, where I studied one summer, so I could definitely relate.)<BR/><BR/>I loved Carla's point about the lack of study about men's reading preferences. Oh, so true!Margaret Porterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16202290659191790984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21031350.post-1156942090594520702006-08-30T08:48:00.000-04:002006-08-30T08:48:00.000-04:00Eric, nice to see you! You should get Frances Unde...Eric, nice to see you! You should get Frances Underhill's <I>For Her Good Estate: The Life of Elizabeth de Burgh</I>, a nonfiction account of Elizabeth based on her household records. Fascinating! <BR/><BR/>You all have any suggestions about some chick lit I can read to bug the folks at Voice?<BR/><BR/>I've never seen an article telling men what they ought to read either. I really can't recall anything by men complaining of what women read either--all the chick lit backlash seems to be women telling other women what they should or shouldn't be reading.<BR/><BR/>Frank, that site's a hoot. Have you ever seen the World of Longmere, where the webmaster's put made-up titles on real romance novel covers? Hilarious!Susan Higginbothamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13517907583894026599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21031350.post-1156940679219617672006-08-30T08:24:00.000-04:002006-08-30T08:24:00.000-04:00I haven't been reading fiction recently (ie for th...I haven't been reading fiction recently (ie for the last 30 years), but would be interested in a true life of my 21G grandmother Elizabeth de Clare.Eric Aveburyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14798868875167454423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21031350.post-1156910646399845022006-08-30T00:04:00.000-04:002006-08-30T00:04:00.000-04:00These ladies can tell you all about books with men...These ladies can tell you all about books with men in kilts on the cover: <BR/>http://www.smartbitchestrashybooks.com/index.php/Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03301077496668834657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21031350.post-1156887676693331872006-08-29T17:41:00.000-04:002006-08-29T17:41:00.000-04:00I've actually read some chick lit recently, and it...I've actually read some chick lit recently, and it wasn't half bad. Some of it was pretty funny. <BR/><BR/>You want chick lit or novels with men in kilts, though, I can send them by the boxload. That's what publishers seem to be sending me an awful lot of, lately.Sarah Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340312953393474963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21031350.post-1156874079626211892006-08-29T13:54:00.000-04:002006-08-29T13:54:00.000-04:00Funny, but I can't remember the last time I saw an...Funny, but I can't remember the last time I saw an article earnestly delineating what men want to/ought to read.Carlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11901028520813891575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21031350.post-1156870065024721792006-08-29T12:47:00.000-04:002006-08-29T12:47:00.000-04:00You go, girl.There are actually some chick lit boo...You go, girl.<BR/><BR/>There are actually some chick lit books that <I>are</I> fun, and I'm not normally into the genre. And those Scottish thingies can be fun in that OMG This Is So Bad-way.Gabriele Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17205770868139083575noreply@blogger.com