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Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :

I returned it today to the library, very late, and I felt so sad, like I was losing a friend. Great. Now I will have to buy it, just to have it, even though I am not a re-reader, ever.

When I read OSC's review of the book, I got all teary.

In short, I love Jonathan Strange and Mister Norrell, and miss them terribly.

[ October 08, 2005, 06:53 AM: Message edited by: Elizabeth ]

Posted by digging_holes (Member # 6237) on :

I was at the bookstore today, looking at the different editions, petting them, pawing them. I made sure I didn't get any drool on them though.

Posted by bunbun (Member # 6814) on :

I get warm fuzzy feelings just thinking about the whole thing.

Posted by littlemissattitude (Member # 4514) on :

quote:
Originally posted by digging_holes:
I was at the bookstore today, looking at the different editions, petting them, pawing them. I made sure I didn't get any drool on them though.

Gee, I'm so glad that I'm not the only one that does that. [Wink]

Posted by MyrddinFyre (Member # 2576) on :

I do that too! haha!

Posted by ricree101 (Member # 7749) on :

Am I honestly the only one who didn't really like this book?

Posted by Occasional (Member # 5860) on :

Actually ricee101 you aren't. There was someone here who commented it wasn't his kind of book for the society he feels comfortable with. However, I love the book but find the language very hard to read for long periods of time. I have to read it in small chuncks or it becomes overwhelming. Still not finished.

Posted by digging_holes (Member # 6237) on :

Someone once called me a book molester. I object to that term, though I admit that bookophile doesn't sound any better.

Posted by Olivet (Member # 1104) on :

I touch books, too. Sometimes I sniff them. [Blushing]

I just love books. I admit I've never laid out my favorites and rolled around naked on them, or anything, butthere is something pleasantly tactile about reading a book.

I also have a fondness for expensive papers. *giggle*

But I really loved JS&MN. It's out in paperback now, but I really prefer the hardcover with a book that thick.

Posted by digging_holes (Member # 6237) on :

I mentioned the book to my mom, making sure to mention the Hugo.

Hopefully she took the hint and I'll get it for my birthday, which is in just under a month. *prays* [Big Grin]

Posted by Irami Osei-Frimpong (Member # 2229) on :

I'll give it another try, but i'll tell you, I got about 100 pages in and I still couldn't get excited about that book.

Posted by Olivet (Member # 1104) on :

It's hard for me to admit, given that I really loved the book, but it isn't for everyone. It deserves every ounce of praise that it gets, though, because immitating Victorian prose while not actually leaving most readers comatose is a tremendous accomplishment.

But, you know, there's a lot of great writing out there that I don't particularly care for, either. Nobody can tell you what to like - either you do, or you don't. *shrug*

My favorite part was when JS found a way to make himself insane. I can't pass a pineapple in the grocery store without thinking about it.

Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :

Olivia,

I have an add on Yahoo which has a woman with a flower in her mouth, and it is soooooo creepy to me, because I think of what that meant in the book.

Also, I adore Victorian prose, so that was not an issue for me. I could see how many people would be put off by it.

Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :

I got the paperback and just started it yesterday. It starts out lovely and so far I'm enjoying it tremendously.

Funny, the last book I read (Well of Lost Plots, by Fforde), was also heavy on the footnotes.

Posted by RoyHobbs (Member # 7594) on :

It did get a little tough in parts, but I loved it. It deserves all the love that it gets as far as I am concerned.

Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :

Ah, here it is! The weird Yahoo ad that reminds me of the scene where the woman has the rose in her mouth. It creeps me out every time I see it!(I hope the link works and does not change the ad)

Darn it, it did not work. back to the drawing board.

Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :

OK, got it.

http://tinypic.com/ebee04.jpg

I think it was when Jonathan Strange saw Lady Poole? And she had a rose in her mouth?

Posted by JannieJ (Member # 8683) on :

I keep in the bookshelf near my bed. That's where I keep the books that I love so much that I take them out and hug them. And if you tell me I'm weird, I'll just stick my fingers in my ears and say, "lalalala I can't hear you."

(and reviews of books I love often annoy me. But OSC got it just right.)

Posted by jeniwren (Member # 2002) on :

I bought it last weekend along with several other books (there isn't a good bookstore close) and am not quite 2/3rds through. I'm still reserving judgement on whether I like it or not. The beginning had me hooked in the same way Jane Austen or actually more accurately, Jerome K. Jerome (I so so SO love Three Men in a Boat) did, but it meanders so much that I'm getting impatient to know what happens. So much so I did something I *never* do, and started reading the end. I stopped myself. But it is making me crazy.