tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28671830.post6861693599288180646..comments2023-04-16T06:52:21.163-07:00Comments on somewhere i have never travelled: Book: FingersmithDaphnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15394393707234499156noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28671830.post-67123430029206750532009-12-04T17:47:40.498-08:002009-12-04T17:47:40.498-08:00Hi Annie! I was an exchange student in Oulu, Finla...Hi Annie! I was an exchange student in Oulu, Finland, in 1992. Minun Suomi ei ole kovin hyvä enää... but it sure is fun to try to figure it out! I suppose I should have said I *used* to be conversational in Finnish. It takes me awhile to remember it since I don't ever get to practice...Daphnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15394393707234499156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28671830.post-78156713776797352862009-12-04T17:46:51.753-08:002009-12-04T17:46:51.753-08:00Hi Annie! I was an exchange student in Oulu, Finla...Hi Annie! I was an exchange student in Oulu, Finland, in 1992. Minun Suomi ei ole kovin hyvä enää... but it sure is fun to try to figure it out! I suppose I should have said I *used* to be conversational in Finnish. It takes me awhile to remember it since I don't ever get to practice...Daphnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15394393707234499156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28671830.post-32668851136014290162009-12-04T16:51:59.743-08:002009-12-04T16:51:59.743-08:00Hello, came to visit from Maria's blog. So you...Hello, came to visit from Maria's blog. So you know conversational Finnish. That's rare. May I ask how? :-) (olen itse Suomesta)Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09021775422431421672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28671830.post-80843044188325889772009-12-03T21:06:36.817-08:002009-12-03T21:06:36.817-08:00Teabird: soon you will have lots of time for fun r...Teabird: soon you will have lots of time for fun reading! That's one good thing, right? Thanks for the nice comment. Sweeties are pretty great, and my sweetie is the best.Daphnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15394393707234499156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28671830.post-3815799851876164502009-12-03T20:26:41.233-08:002009-12-03T20:26:41.233-08:00Fingersmith and Velvet have been on my must-read-s...Fingersmith and Velvet have been on my must-read-someday lists -- now to start the must-read-someday-soon list and add these two! I love this review, and I love the comment about a relationship being just a relationship. (As if any relationship is "just"!)Sweeties are, and I'm just happy when people have sweeties of their own!teabirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01789062795176641187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28671830.post-35828678541888666592009-12-03T11:30:09.633-08:002009-12-03T11:30:09.633-08:00Tammie: I hope you like it! The follower thing is ...Tammie: I hope you like it! The follower thing is weird. I only did it to make it easy for people. I try not to pay any attention to it but it's hard!<br /><br />Kate: I'd be curious to know why you didn't enjoy it...I don't 'follow' blogs either, I just have them up on my Google home page so I don't know if I show up as a 'follower' or not... oh well! It doesn't matter anyway.Daphnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15394393707234499156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28671830.post-40889005920953640872009-12-03T11:12:02.830-08:002009-12-03T11:12:02.830-08:00I think I'm the only person in the world who d...I think I'm the only person in the world who didn't love this book. Seriously. I can't figure it out. I'll have to go look into why I didn't like it, but I seem to remember thinking that the plot was sort of contrived...it didn't surprise me at all. That said, I'm still eagerly awaiting Waters' newest book from the library.<br /><br />Yeah, followers. I have a few. And I tend to not bother to "follow" blogs I read a lot - like yours - since I don't need the reminder to read you! It does make me happy when I pick up followers, though. Yeah, very 7th grade.Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09314153391153507955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28671830.post-9888704038412808932009-12-03T10:45:26.654-08:002009-12-03T10:45:26.654-08:00im with barefoot, i really want to read this now. ...im with barefoot, i really want to read this now. the books in my to be read stack just arent doing it for me.<br /><br />i had one follower "leave" me, and although it was someone who never commented once, i sort of had this feeling like "what, im not good enough for you? what did i do to make you leave?" then i realized that was silly and got over it....but there still is that momentary feeling of failure when someone goes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28671830.post-43705897956769637292009-12-02T13:22:09.542-08:002009-12-02T13:22:09.542-08:00Barefoot: I hope so! It's really worth reading...Barefoot: I hope so! It's really worth reading.Daphnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15394393707234499156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28671830.post-86176192582623980632009-12-02T13:19:55.581-08:002009-12-02T13:19:55.581-08:00Man... I really want to read this! I wonder if my ...Man... I really want to read this! I wonder if my library has it....Theresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02570052669027349279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28671830.post-52504876365460384422009-12-02T12:15:52.030-08:002009-12-02T12:15:52.030-08:00Ana: You must read Tipping the Velvet -- you'l...Ana: You must read Tipping the Velvet -- you'll love it. <br /><br />Aarti: thanks! I loved Affinity when I read it, but it's a very different book than Fingersmith or Velvet. I think it's my least favorite of the three, actually. Although I loved the Spiritualism angle.Daphnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15394393707234499156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28671830.post-5582839463314149172009-12-02T12:10:20.431-08:002009-12-02T12:10:20.431-08:00Wow, you did really well on describing the plot wi...Wow, you did really well on describing the plot without giving it away! And a great review- good work! I don't know why I liked Affinity more. I don't even know if I *did* like it more or if I just liked it *differently*.Aartihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02354873119188597611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28671830.post-59321028050978268512009-12-02T11:24:53.861-08:002009-12-02T11:24:53.861-08:00Wheeee! Welcome to the club :D I loved how natural...Wheeee! Welcome to the club :D I loved how natural the relationship felt as well. Sarah Waters does that SO WELL. I haven't read Tipping the Velvet yet, but the other day I read a quote from it at the end of <a href="http://www.malindalo.com/2009/11/queerness/" rel="nofollow">a post by Malinda Lo</a> about this very topic that made me want to hug my computer screen. I need to read that book SOON.Ana S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16092495983972185943noreply@blogger.com