tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33553028.post1516804269844441606..comments2024-03-14T16:46:14.455-05:00Comments on Becky's Book Reviews: The Sunday Salon: Reading, Read, To Read #5Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00793618692608823102noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33553028.post-313320071315352042009-02-03T00:41:00.000-06:002009-02-03T00:41:00.000-06:00Becky (yes, it's me again :) ), I just read your i...Becky (yes, it's me again :) ), I just read your interview - it was great! I just had to say that. <BR/><BR/>(And as the Pirates-fanatic I am, I'll also add that the third film makes <I>much more sense</I> the second time around - assuming that was your trouble with it. :) )L.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33553028.post-72343270238455935622009-02-01T16:16:00.000-06:002009-02-01T16:16:00.000-06:00Thanks, Becky! Well - maybe "Crusoe" then? :)Ouch!...Thanks, Becky! Well - maybe "Crusoe" then? :)<BR/><BR/>Ouch! Your poor hand! Take care! <BR/><BR/>And yes, it's funny how you appreciate being able to breathe through your nose when you haven't been able to! (I've had a horrid cold recently, so I understand.) L.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33553028.post-31699292455762266312009-02-01T15:54:00.000-06:002009-02-01T15:54:00.000-06:00R.J. Anderson, It's very interesting to me...as I ...R.J. Anderson, It's very interesting to me...as I know Moll Flanders and Roxana are both about fallen women or prostitutes...it just seems funny that the man who wrote a book that Christian believers of the day--Puritans and the like--really clung to and loved also wrote the others. <BR/><BR/>Roxana, according to Amazon, my good friend, Anonymous L. is..."Beautiful, proud Roxana is terrified of being poor. When her foolish husband leaves her penniless with five children, she must choose between being a virtuous beggar or a rich whore. Embarking on a career as a courtesan and kept woman, the glamour of her new existence soon becomes too enticing and Roxana passes from man to man in order to maintain her lavish society parties, luxurious clothes and amassed wealth. But this life comes at a cost, and she is fatally torn between the sinful prosperity she has become used to and the respectability she craves. A vivid satire on a dissolute society, "Roxana" (1724) is a devastating and psychologically acute evocation of the ways in which vanity and ambition can corrupt the human soul.<BR/><BR/>As to my health...there's good news and bad news...my cold is better. I can breathe through my nose again! Hurray! (Funny how you take breathing for granted.) The slightly bad news is that I slammed/jammed my left hand in between my chair and my desk. All four fingers. One finger did take the brunt. Let's just say I can't repeat what I said during these few minutes. :) After icing it down, I think it will be okay. But one finger does look like it might bruise.Beckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00793618692608823102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33553028.post-67436953140110771982009-02-01T15:09:00.000-06:002009-02-01T15:09:00.000-06:00I haven't read any Defoe so I've no advice to give...I haven't read any Defoe so I've no advice to give - I'm writing this comment merely to say I'll be curious to see which you choose and then to read your review of it. (I wonder what "Roxana" is about?)<BR/><BR/>Also - are you feeling better? L.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33553028.post-89600165466222312582009-02-01T15:02:00.000-06:002009-02-01T15:02:00.000-06:00ROBINSON CRUSOE has the most unapologetically stra...ROBINSON CRUSOE has the most unapologetically straightforward Christian conversion scene I've ever read in a novel not written for the CBA. I was ever so surprised, as no one had led me to expect this!R.J. Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04503519800068573393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33553028.post-69084876302047960192009-02-01T13:26:00.000-06:002009-02-01T13:26:00.000-06:00Congrats on being interviewed. I'll have to go an...Congrats on being interviewed. I'll have to go and check that post out :) It looks like you had another great week of reading. I can't believe February is here already either!samantha.1020https://www.blogger.com/profile/04124614710493747821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33553028.post-55154792085851069922009-02-01T13:18:00.000-06:002009-02-01T13:18:00.000-06:00I was so bummed...we were at B&N Friday night....I was so bummed...we were at B&N Friday night. I wanted to pick up Jellicoe Road, but they didn't have it! Can you believe that?!! Oh well, I'll just have to order it. <BR/>I wish I were as close to finishing the 1% Challenge as you. I've still got 8 to go. Yeah, I'm not going to make it.Debihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15429881953804634592noreply@blogger.com