tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post6891173665257640283..comments2024-02-10T19:58:20.327+00:00Comments on Stuck in a Book: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes - Anita LoosStuckInABookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-16999029042468090702012-12-03T11:16:01.017+00:002012-12-03T11:16:01.017+00:00Oh, fantastic - didn't even know it was a nove...Oh, fantastic - didn't even know it was a novel. And if it's a short novel that's even better(!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-40598653975080414362012-06-19T08:26:52.241+01:002012-06-19T08:26:52.241+01:00The film is wonderfully funny. And if I could type...The film is wonderfully funny. And if I could type little letters of shame here, I would say that I preferred it to the book because the girly-dialect, although appropriate, annoyed the hell out of me to read. It works so much better spoken.bibliolathashttp://bookforgetter.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-71357732620338376152012-06-18T13:06:10.241+01:002012-06-18T13:06:10.241+01:00I didn't realise it was a novel first, but I l...I didn't realise it was a novel first, but I love the film so I'll be on the look out for a copy of the book. I'd say from your review that the film is similar enough in nature to be enjoyable.Charliehttp://wormhole.carnelianvalley.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-23530315611109443892012-06-18T11:32:17.945+01:002012-06-18T11:32:17.945+01:00Just realised that I should have previewed the abo...Just realised that I should have previewed the above comment before posting as I would have realised that I should have replaced 'and' with 'I' before agreeing with Helen - I'm not usually illiterate or prone to typos!<br />BTW just spotted William by E H Young in your Top 50 column and read your post about it which is very useful as I have just acquired a copy of it, bought on the strength of E H Young's name because the edition is an old orange Penguin with absolutely no information on what it is about!<br />I thought it was worth a go because I loved Miss Mole and a couple of others by the same author, and after reading your post, I am very pleased that I did and look forward to reading it very soon! Thanks!LizFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-59192049524716757752012-06-18T11:07:48.786+01:002012-06-18T11:07:48.786+01:00I was trying to work out how long ago I actually r...I was trying to work out how long ago I actually read this book (probably in the same edition as yours as mine had the sequel attached too) but I have a nasty feeling that it might have been before you were born!<br />I did enjoy it though and it certainly enlivened the flight to Greece on which I read it! and agree with Helen that it is definitely in the same style as Valley Girl (and the English equivalent if the conversation I overheard between two schoolgirls on the bus was anything to go by - I do hope my children didn't sound quite that dim at the same age!)LizFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-20670439854177035332012-06-18T04:41:32.738+01:002012-06-18T04:41:32.738+01:00The film is very fun, Simon! I hope you do make t...The film is very fun, Simon! I hope you do make the time to watch it. I think I picked the book up years and years ago but found the style grating rather than enjoyably silly, so never made it all the way through.Claire (The Captive Reader)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07430380065718826213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-20856168213809947142012-06-18T01:50:31.366+01:002012-06-18T01:50:31.366+01:00Hi Simon
It reads like the "Valley Girl"...Hi Simon<br /><br />It reads like the "Valley Girl" style of speaking today.<br />Just yesterday I was walking in front of two young women whose conversation went like this:<br /><br />"So he says like yea aah you can come for lunch and I goes like yea I'd like that and yea no who knew he would ask me out like it was so unexpected yea"<br /><br />I think I shall pass on the book toohelen tilstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02791882664528962799noreply@blogger.com