tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710818943922563736.post657553003926603234..comments2023-10-05T13:20:39.120-04:00Comments on Leafing Through Life: Top Ten Tuesday: Bookish Pet PeevesMeganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07751131767729086158noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710818943922563736.post-84141918089313400352013-06-27T22:52:42.128-04:002013-06-27T22:52:42.128-04:00#*! I love the book Matched, but by the time I got...#*! I love the book Matched, but by the time I got to Reached where they had Cassia's two love internist's POVs. They sounded like the same character in two plot lines.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266920535920812959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710818943922563736.post-49226339101590217872011-03-29T02:24:15.235-04:002011-03-29T02:24:15.235-04:00Hehe love your "Ode to Quotation" marks....Hehe love your "Ode to Quotation" marks. <br /><br />--SharryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710818943922563736.post-14969169673603584972011-03-28T09:59:35.550-04:002011-03-28T09:59:35.550-04:00Some of your pet peeves are definitely MINE too :)...Some of your pet peeves are definitely MINE too :) Especially #2, #6, #7, and #8Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14332796775305098552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710818943922563736.post-12488970472894451832011-03-26T13:46:02.063-04:002011-03-26T13:46:02.063-04:00Yes to all of those! Though I don't mind the c...Yes to all of those! Though I don't mind the classics spinoffs so much...I just ignore them :-)Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11429588794754369453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710818943922563736.post-41013149108352862732011-03-23T13:23:06.866-04:002011-03-23T13:23:06.866-04:00Yeah, the super-long chapters. ugh. Interview WIth...Yeah, the super-long chapters. ugh. <i>Interview WIth The Vampire</i> comes to mind. The chapters were like, 100 pages long. Hullo? I need to come up for air more often than that.Trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18273468231529654323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710818943922563736.post-8087788517729415362011-03-22T23:49:50.991-04:002011-03-22T23:49:50.991-04:00Good Ones Megan...Preachy Books are a pet peeve of...Good Ones Megan...Preachy Books are a pet peeve of mine as well. I do like short chapters, as it makes me keep going for just a "one more chapter"...LOL(Diane) Bibliophile By the Seahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10519875632878992728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710818943922563736.post-22124780201748287872011-03-22T21:36:30.659-04:002011-03-22T21:36:30.659-04:00Oh, and I'm a new follower.Oh, and I'm a new follower.Deb Nance at Readerbuzzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12128529491888701996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710818943922563736.post-25270389500433074082011-03-22T21:36:05.064-04:002011-03-22T21:36:05.064-04:00Yes, definitely let's stop with all the spinof...Yes, definitely let's stop with all the spinoffs! <br /><br />Great list!Deb Nance at Readerbuzzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12128529491888701996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710818943922563736.post-15831312951525493912011-03-22T21:10:12.122-04:002011-03-22T21:10:12.122-04:00So you like your chapters just right? It's a g...So you like your chapters just right? It's a good point. Long chapters don't tend to bother me as much as short ones though.jaymehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01347097642286746941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710818943922563736.post-32169275103325657542011-03-22T18:51:21.514-04:002011-03-22T18:51:21.514-04:00I'm with you on super long chapters. I at lea...I'm with you on super long chapters. I at least appreciate it when there are little breaks in long chapters to make for a nice stopping place. One of my pet peeves is when the narrator jumps out of the text to talk to me, the reader... annoys me so much. :)Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14025977978080091819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710818943922563736.post-4902175328492169332011-03-22T16:06:21.767-04:002011-03-22T16:06:21.767-04:00Great list! I laughed several times and agreed str...Great list! I laughed several times and agreed strongly with most. Especially the classic spin-off ones. I like fairy tale re-tellings, but Austen novels will never be improved by being set in the modern day. :PJenna St. Hilairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04474588706124865006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710818943922563736.post-13084872734883043022011-03-22T16:05:14.102-04:002011-03-22T16:05:14.102-04:00Good Ones!
Yara @ Once Upon a Twilight!
Here is...Good Ones! <br /><br />Yara @ Once Upon a Twilight! <br />Here is my <a href="http://www.onceuponatwilight.com/2011/03/top-ten-tuesday-32211-bookish-pet.html" rel="nofollow">Top Ten Tues</a><br />And check out my <a href="http://www.onceuponatwilight.com/2011/03/big-1st-year-blogoversary-celebration.html" rel="nofollow">eReader Blogoversary Giveaway Ends 3/30</a>Once Upon a Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03010087756189825160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710818943922563736.post-38178526796329492492011-03-22T12:54:51.781-04:002011-03-22T12:54:51.781-04:00I'm so with you on #8! One of the reasons I di...I'm so with you on #8! One of the reasons I didn't like My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult was because all the characters sounded exactly the same.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196903315080725315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710818943922563736.post-83852261738587027052011-03-22T12:17:48.158-04:002011-03-22T12:17:48.158-04:00No quotation marks really bugs me too!No quotation marks really bugs me too!bermudaonionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10726401178972099557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710818943922563736.post-20994179177830989562011-03-22T11:30:18.547-04:002011-03-22T11:30:18.547-04:00Great list.
Your no. 2 is something I agree with ...Great list.<br /><br />Your no. 2 is something I agree with to a point - I hate sequels and prequels that use characters from classic books in the same setting, but I don't mind modernisations of classic novels that take the premise of the original and put a modern spin on it.<br /><br />No. 5 is getting to be increasingly annoying as I get older and my sight changes. I have been known to seek out editions with larger type.<br /><br />No. 8 is a good litmus test of a writer's skill in differentiating between characters. It takes a very good writer to pull off multiple narrators.Bibliophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10960676264710788969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710818943922563736.post-21484058247833998862011-03-22T11:10:34.316-04:002011-03-22T11:10:34.316-04:00A lot of those are on my list as well!A lot of those are on my list as well!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710818943922563736.post-84725647285328391982011-03-22T09:38:23.198-04:002011-03-22T09:38:23.198-04:00Great list, Megan! Though I actually love really s...Great list, Megan! Though I actually love really short chapters...which probably doesn't say good things about me and my attention span. :PDebihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13999759633682551104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710818943922563736.post-11641495863253651282011-03-22T09:17:44.522-04:002011-03-22T09:17:44.522-04:001: I'm like that with all punctuation. Annoys ...1: I'm like that with all punctuation. Annoys me so much!Ronnicahttp://ignoranthistorian.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710818943922563736.post-44833612294315265242011-03-22T08:36:27.392-04:002011-03-22T08:36:27.392-04:00Ha, I don't even notice chapters - how long or...Ha, I don't even notice chapters - how long or short, titles, when I started a new one... I just read! I am one of the weird ones on that note, I know. <br /><br />Love your list, btw. One of my pet peeves is when I am repeatedly told the same descriptor of a character. "her father was a preacher, she's a daughter of a minister", etc etc - I GET IT ALREADY! By the third time, I am getting an idea the author thinks lowly of the reader's ability to remember anything and it all goes down hill in my pickiness.<br /><br />:)Carehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06478474870247729611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710818943922563736.post-33035991444052132011-03-22T08:15:51.095-04:002011-03-22T08:15:51.095-04:00We agree on a lot of these - especially the stupid...We agree on a lot of these - especially the stupid 'tie-in' covers. I hate the new covers to the Sookie Stackhouse series; they're just yuck. And enough with the spin-offs! Good grief. And you're right, some of the editing mistakes that I'm finding lately are pathetic. Aren't professionals still doing the editing?<br /><br />But now, if I may, a question - what is the perfect length for a chapter in your opinion? Page-wise, I mean? And if it's a long chapter, does a break in the middle help? I'm interested from a writer's point of view...<br /><br />cjhCJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07798965643027904154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710818943922563736.post-35590932748707066032011-03-22T08:13:05.399-04:002011-03-22T08:13:05.399-04:00I just saw Amanda's comment and I wanted to ad...I just saw Amanda's comment and I wanted to add that Portuguese is the exact same. We mark dialogue with dashes; not quotation marks.<br /><br />Also, please ignore all the typos in my first comment :SAna S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16092495983972185943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710818943922563736.post-49428088042770345172011-03-22T08:11:59.293-04:002011-03-22T08:11:59.293-04:00I'm with you on many of those, especially 7 an...I'm with you on many of those, especially 7 and 8! My number one pet peeve, though, is probably awkward dialogue tags. As in, books whose authors clearly took the BAD advice going around about how it's bad to use "she said" too much and starts creating a bit too creative. The thing is, "said" is invisible. It just makes that someone has spoken, which is what you want it to do. But those unusual alternatives are not; they stand out, call attention to themselves, and those make the dialogue all awkward. Not to mention that many of them are just silly and redundant :PAna S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16092495983972185943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710818943922563736.post-23046788396515232112011-03-22T08:10:50.350-04:002011-03-22T08:10:50.350-04:00Yeah, a lot of those get on my nerves too!
Intere...Yeah, a lot of those get on my nerves too!<br /><br />Interestingly, in reading my HP books in French, I've discovered that they don't use quotes the same way. They use dashes and then a double << and >> for quotes within quotes. It was difficult to get used to at first, but I couldn't hold it against the book since that's the way quotes work in France.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07026099426503180472noreply@blogger.com