Comments on: Good In Bed http://thegazz.com/gblogs/karinfuller/2006/04/26/good-in-bed/ Just another Thegazz.com weblog Sat, 22 Nov 2008 04:56:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.0 by: Karin http://thegazz.com/gblogs/karinfuller/2006/04/26/good-in-bed/#comment-158 Mon, 01 May 2006 10:55:00 +0000 http://thegazz.com/gblogs/karinfuller/2006/04/26/good-in-bed/#comment-158 I'm reading another book now (I forget the title) that has me constantly saying, "How convenient" all over again. I have this novel I've been carrying around (mostly in my head, about four chapters on paper) and it's made me determined that at every turn, something inconvenient will happen instead. I’m reading another book now (I forget the title) that has me constantly saying, “How convenient” all over again. I have this novel I’ve been carrying around (mostly in my head, about four chapters on paper) and it’s made me determined that at every turn, something inconvenient will happen instead.

]]> by: Raging Red http://thegazz.com/gblogs/karinfuller/2006/04/26/good-in-bed/#comment-157 Sat, 29 Apr 2006 13:33:00 +0000 http://thegazz.com/gblogs/karinfuller/2006/04/26/good-in-bed/#comment-157 <I>We do have to remember though that we are reading fiction and all is perfect in the fiction world.</I> Not if it's <I>good</I> fiction. A good novel has characters and emotions that contain truth. I haven't read any Jennifer Weiner, because it's the kind of book I see at the bookstore and just walk right past. Karin, your criticisms of the book make me realize that I was right to keep walking. We do have to remember though that we are reading fiction and all is perfect in the fiction world.

Not if it’s good fiction. A good novel has characters and emotions that contain truth. I haven’t read any Jennifer Weiner, because it’s the kind of book I see at the bookstore and just walk right past. Karin, your criticisms of the book make me realize that I was right to keep walking.

]]> by: Karin http://thegazz.com/gblogs/karinfuller/2006/04/26/good-in-bed/#comment-156 Thu, 27 Apr 2006 15:14:00 +0000 http://thegazz.com/gblogs/karinfuller/2006/04/26/good-in-bed/#comment-156 I guess I'm weird in that even though I find fault with certain books, if I like HOW they tell their stories, I generally keep reading them. There have been some books by Stephen King and Dean Koontz and James Patterson that I didn't like, but when a new one comes out (on the library shelf), I'll still check it out. How old is Jennifer Weiner? Maybe she just needs to live a bit more. There were a couple parts in Good In Bed that really got to me--when the doctor "friend" brought her the precise desserts she'd listed as her absolute favorites when she was in the hospital, and when she went to him and said "help." She has the potential to be a really good writer, but I think success has come so early in her life that it might prevent her from maturing as a writer and being able to produce more mature and realistic characters. I guess I’m weird in that even though I find fault with certain books, if I like HOW they tell their stories, I generally keep reading them. There have been some books by Stephen King and Dean Koontz and James Patterson that I didn’t like, but when a new one comes out (on the library shelf), I’ll still check it out.

How old is Jennifer Weiner? Maybe she just needs to live a bit more. There were a couple parts in Good In Bed that really got to me–when the doctor “friend” brought her the precise desserts she’d listed as her absolute favorites when she was in the hospital, and when she went to him and said “help.” She has the potential to be a really good writer, but I think success has come so early in her life that it might prevent her from maturing as a writer and being able to produce more mature and realistic characters.

]]> by: Tanya http://thegazz.com/gblogs/karinfuller/2006/04/26/good-in-bed/#comment-155 Thu, 27 Apr 2006 05:25:00 +0000 http://thegazz.com/gblogs/karinfuller/2006/04/26/good-in-bed/#comment-155 Hi Karin, I just had to write to you about Good in Bed. I read it back when it first came out and absolutely loved it! I do know what you mean about the story and how everything seems perfect and tied up in a pretty package with a big bow on top. We do have to remember though that we are reading fiction and all is perfect in the fiction world. I guess it's why so many people escape to that world to get a break from ours. LOL In spite of her characters "perfect" little lives she has become one of my fave authors. Have you read Goodnight Nobody yet? It was really good and her first attempt at blending her chick lit with mystery. It was the first in a series and I think you should give it a shot. Hi Karin,

I just had to write to you about Good in Bed. I read it back when it first came out and absolutely loved it! I do know what you mean about the story and how everything seems perfect and tied up in a pretty package with a big bow on top. We do have to remember though that we are reading fiction and all is perfect in the fiction world. I guess it’s why so many people escape to that world to get a break from ours. LOL

In spite of her characters “perfect” little lives she has become one of my fave authors. Have you read Goodnight Nobody yet? It was really good and her first attempt at blending her chick lit with mystery. It was the first in a series and I think you should give it a shot.

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