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Oct 28, 2011 20:19

#68: Lord of Misrule, Jaimy Gordon. This is set at a cheap racetrack and is all about horses and horse people. I was really hoping to love it. <-- that probably tells you how I ended up feeling about it ( Read more... )

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mardia October 29 2011, 00:33:33 UTC

I've read maybe one book that didn't have quotation marks, and while I enjoyed the book on the whole, I always felt like it was a twee sort of affectation. Like, why would you use a device that makes it harder for your reader to understand and comprehend things? It just throws me out of the story, tbh, and I don't see what you gain from it.

inlovewithnight October 29 2011, 00:34:15 UTC

Yes, exactly. It was frustrating.

anoneknewmoose October 29 2011, 00:40:56 UTC

YOU'RE HOME YOU'RE HOME YOU'RE HOME. *CLIIIIIIIIIIINGS*

rebelliousrose October 29 2011, 02:41:59 UTC

Have you ever read Riders, by Jilly Cooper? Total bonkbuster, but the horse stuff is great. Also Polo.

likeadeuce October 29 2011, 03:41:11 UTC

Oh, I forgot to warn you about the quotation marks. I knew there was something annoying and fake-Faulkner-or-McCarthy about it. /o\

Glad you made it home!

turps33 October 29 2011, 05:41:46 UTC

Glad you're back :)