tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416913236621309814.post4664779248720771388..comments2023-05-24T08:06:43.882-04:00Comments on Romance Writer's Revenge: High Concept Romance: When the Dish Ran Away With the Spoon...Terri Osburnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17176989488447450585noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416913236621309814.post-29117355660528301842013-04-30T16:12:01.550-04:002013-04-30T16:12:01.550-04:00Pat "Seems like a cute premise that would nee...Pat "Seems like a cute premise that would need another subplot to prop it up, else it get tired fast."--EXACTLY SO! *LOL* <br /><br />There is humor in the YOU'VE GOT MAIL where the guy figures it out and by then LIKES the girl so then he's doing his damnedest to change her opinion of him...to me, it's like a twist on Pride & Prejudice. Hellie Sinclairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03933713255844695337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416913236621309814.post-21453487721776330802013-04-30T16:10:37.343-04:002013-04-30T16:10:37.343-04:00Thank you, Terri--and YES, I have been offline mos...Thank you, Terri--and YES, I have been offline most of the day. Company workshop about "embracing change" and "promoting healthy work culture" to a bunch of cynics. We came out in tact, so we believe we did well! Thank you for covering!Hellie Sinclairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03933713255844695337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416913236621309814.post-66592415997634134692013-04-30T16:09:26.825-04:002013-04-30T16:09:26.825-04:00Janga, I knew you wouldn't let me down! *LOL* ...Janga, I knew you wouldn't let me down! *LOL* And yes, the part I love most about YOU'VE GOT MAIL is the bookstore and the clash of the bookstore cultures each has. You instantly root for the SMALL bookstore...Hellie Sinclairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03933713255844695337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416913236621309814.post-21914180796454498532013-04-30T16:07:57.448-04:002013-04-30T16:07:57.448-04:00I did stump you all today. *LOL* I didn't mean...I did stump you all today. *LOL* I didn't mean to. It wasn't a riddle. I think the concept is used more often than you think--but mostly it doesn't carry for HALF THE NOVEL. You'll have the awkward meet in the beginning, call each other a jerk--and then show up the next day to realize SHE is your next door neighbor. Good luck to you. Pride & Prejudice--the first impression, NOT GOOD. Hellie Sinclairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03933713255844695337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416913236621309814.post-528444681864719902013-04-30T16:06:11.887-04:002013-04-30T16:06:11.887-04:00Mo, I love the Beatrice & Benedict bickering i...Mo, I love the Beatrice & Benedict bickering in MAAN! Hilarious! One of my favorite films with Emma Thompson and Kenneth Braggnan.<br /><br />Marn: "A book where the identity thing was a major conflict that I did love was Teresa Medeiros's Yours Until Dawn. I really had no idea in that one. At the end, I know I should have. But I really didn't."--I DIDN'T EITHER! I WAS SO CLUELESS! *LOL*Hellie Sinclairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03933713255844695337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416913236621309814.post-85735070190648847002013-04-30T14:57:41.204-04:002013-04-30T14:57:41.204-04:00Janga I love You've Got Mail, but it is the b...Janga <i> I love You've Got Mail, but it is the bookshop that makes it so appealing to me. I love Notting Hill for the same reason. :) </i><br /><br />Me too. :) I pretty much love anything with a bookstore in it. There's this animated movie, Rio, that my kids love and it starts in a bookstore. It had me right then, at the bookstore.Marnee Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01533816213473440342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416913236621309814.post-91532420180438463612013-04-30T14:46:32.347-04:002013-04-30T14:46:32.347-04:00I got nothing, still. The mysteries? Well, no, not...I got nothing, still. The mysteries? Well, no, not really.<br /><br />Honestly, the only thing even close to it is the Shakespeare one... Benedick and Beatrice, the war or words and the relationship they are tricked into that turns into reality. Just adore it...Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01517092592545660754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416913236621309814.post-5435163045290737732013-04-30T11:55:50.095-04:002013-04-30T11:55:50.095-04:00Pat - Isn't it odd? I'm sure the pen pal m...Pat - Isn't it odd? I'm sure the pen pal motif has been used plenty of times, but I must be missing it too.Terri Osburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17176989488447450585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416913236621309814.post-88782144234413471132013-04-30T11:52:53.942-04:002013-04-30T11:52:53.942-04:00Oh Janga - Love In The Afternoon is so amazing.......Oh Janga - Love In The Afternoon is so amazing....Sabrina Shields (Scapegoat)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416913236621309814.post-23767708482945409932013-04-30T11:52:17.260-04:002013-04-30T11:52:17.260-04:00Yeah, well, I'm even more stumped than Maureen...Yeah, well, I'm even more stumped than Maureen, because I've never actually seen You've Got Mail. Have I encountered a book (or movie) with this kind of premise? Probably. But it obviously wasn't memorable because I can't come up with an example to save my life.<br /><br />Seems like a cute premise that would need another subplot to prop it up, else it get tired fast.P. Kirbyhttp://www.patriciakirby.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416913236621309814.post-28897911841894432272013-04-30T11:05:56.074-04:002013-04-30T11:05:56.074-04:00Hellie is going to be offline most of the day so I...Hellie is going to be offline most of the day so I guess I'll play hostess. <br /><br />Mo - Looks we're working with the same number of functioning brain cells today. LOL! In all those cozy mysteries there are not note-writing elements?<br /><br />Sabrina - I do like the movie, but it still ticks me off that she lost her book store. I'm glad they found love, but it's not a real happy ending to me because the shop is gone.<br /><br />Janga - See above. :) That is a long list of mostly books I've never even heard of. I bow to your knowledge. Terri Osburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17176989488447450585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416913236621309814.post-38492966967453951122013-04-30T10:51:08.073-04:002013-04-30T10:51:08.073-04:00I think Boyle does this sort of thing very well. S...I think Boyle does this sort of thing <b>very</b> well. She used letters and mistaken identity in another of my favorites among her books--<i>Love Letters to a Duke</i>.<br /><br />I love <i>You've Got Mail</i>, but it is the bookshop that makes it so appealing to me. I love <i>Notting Hill</i> for the same reason. :)<br /><br />I do like books with an epistolary element. My keepers in that category are a motley mix, ranging from <i>Daddy Long Legs</i> and <i>Dear Enemy</i> by Jean Webster to literary fiction such as <i>The Color Purple</i> by Alice Walker, <i>Fair and Tender Ladies</i> by Lee Smith, and and <i>Gilead</i> by Marilynne Robinson and the Regency fantasy <i>Sorcery and Cecilia</i> by Patricia Wrede and Caroline Stevermer. I wish there were more romance novels in the group. <i>My Dearest Enemy</i> by Connie Brockway, <i>Scandal</i> by Amanda Quick, <i>My Secret Folly</i> by Laura Kinsale, <i>Love in the afternoon</i> by Lisa Kleypas, and, most recently, <i>With This Kiss</i> by Eloisa James--that's all I can remember.Jangahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15128188159653860806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416913236621309814.post-88966306358252142772013-04-30T10:05:52.496-04:002013-04-30T10:05:52.496-04:00Hellie has us all stumped. I love You've Got M...Hellie has us all stumped. I love You've Got Mail so much I almost don't want there to be anything else like it! :) <br /><br />Sabrina Shields (Scapegoat)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416913236621309814.post-8880307156663976432013-04-30T09:52:38.805-04:002013-04-30T09:52:38.805-04:00I don't think I've ever read a book like t...I don't think I've ever read a book like that movie. But I'm sure I've read a book where the joke went on too long, but I can't think of any specifics right now. Let me get through these emails and maybe my brain will return by lunch time.Terri Osburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17176989488447450585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416913236621309814.post-37578773622045380372013-04-30T09:33:04.188-04:002013-04-30T09:33:04.188-04:00I loved You've Got Mail, but now that I'm ...I loved You've Got Mail, but now that I'm thinking of books like it, I'm blanked.<br /><br />A book where the identity thing was a major conflict that I did love was Teresa Medeiros's Yours Until Dawn. I really had no idea in that one. At the end, I know I should have. But I really didn't. <br /><br />Marnee Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01533816213473440342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416913236621309814.post-31390916057458603832013-04-30T00:31:37.951-04:002013-04-30T00:31:37.951-04:00I got nothing. Other than the classic Much Ado Abo...I got nothing. Other than the classic Much Ado About Nothing. Sorta the sameidea...Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01517092592545660754noreply@blogger.com