tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17229339.post113824605589936585..comments2023-08-12T02:33:29.988-05:00Comments on 2 B Read: Binge ReadingSylvia Dayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06489243230694413409noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17229339.post-1138665829674376902006-01-30T19:03:00.000-05:002006-01-30T19:03:00.000-05:00Gail, I went through a Tarzan binge too--I'd forgo...Gail, I went through a Tarzan binge too--I'd forgotten about that. What fun to be reminded!<BR/><BR/>Your comment about Kim Harrison only having three books to binge on supports my theory that an author really needs ten or so titles to allow a real binge. Thanks for the validation.Nancy Herknesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15123215675723631386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17229339.post-1138498119630753102006-01-28T20:28:00.000-05:002006-01-28T20:28:00.000-05:00Hmm. I never really got into Nancy or Trixie--I re...Hmm. I never really got into Nancy or Trixie--I read the cover off my copy of TARZAN OF THE APES and went on an Edgar Rice Burroughs binge for a while.<BR/><BR/>I binge all the time these days, and not just on Hershey kisses. Now, I discovered Madeline Hunter with her first book and have never had the opportunity to binge--had the same problem with Julia Quinn--but I have binged on Laura Kinsale,Gail Daytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12799083467910831241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17229339.post-1138468319844108262006-01-28T12:11:00.000-05:002006-01-28T12:11:00.000-05:00Shanna, you're right about there being a certain p...Shanna, you're right about there being a certain pattern to the stories; I hadn't thought of that before. Perhaps that's part of the comfort factor: knowing that you can trust the author not to throw you a curve ball when you really don't want one.<BR/><BR/>David Eddings? Tell me more about him, Milady! (What fun to address someone as "milady"!)<BR/><BR/>Allison, I have to admit that I never Nancy Herknesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15123215675723631386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17229339.post-1138393512736565172006-01-27T15:25:00.000-05:002006-01-27T15:25:00.000-05:00Nancy, those Madeline Brent books are fun. I think...Nancy, those Madeline Brent books are fun. I think most were published in the 70s an 80s (I started reading them as a pre-teen), and I've heard that "Madeline" was actually a male British historian who is now dead.<BR/><BR/>The books also all seem to follow a pattern, but it's a good pattern. The heroine is orphaned (or thinks she is), has grown up in some strange, exotic place (like with a Shanna Swendsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07558317020951521656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17229339.post-1138371363896453872006-01-27T09:16:00.000-05:002006-01-27T09:16:00.000-05:00I, too, read Nancy Drew when I was about 9 or 10 ....I, too, read Nancy Drew when I was about 9 or 10 . . . after I devoured Trixie Belden (which was still coming out with a few new titles when I was 8).<BR/><BR/>My mom had every Agatha Christie and one summer I read most of them. I wouldn't say she was the best storyteller in the world, but I absolutely HAD to find out who did it to see if I was right, and I never could skip ahead and check the Allison Brennanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02872860080644987843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17229339.post-1138332172456092722006-01-26T22:22:00.000-05:002006-01-26T22:22:00.000-05:00Shanna, thanks for sharing Madeline Brent's name; ...Shanna, thanks for sharing Madeline Brent's name; I'll have to track down her books and see if she sends me on a binge too.<BR/><BR/>And I'll add "genre bingeing" to my hypothesis; I do that as well.Nancy Herknesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15123215675723631386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17229339.post-1138316550597349122006-01-26T18:02:00.000-05:002006-01-26T18:02:00.000-05:00I definitely have been known to binge on Dick Fran...I definitely have been known to binge on Dick Francis. There's just something about his books where if I read one, suddenly that's the only thing I want to read for a while and I'll re-read every book of his I have on hand.<BR/><BR/>I can also binge on the romantic adventures by Madeline Brent. I know not to just check one out of the library because I'll only have to go back again in a day or so Shanna Swendsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07558317020951521656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17229339.post-1138303141849481052006-01-26T14:19:00.000-05:002006-01-26T14:19:00.000-05:00OMG, Sue-Ellen, I love the Nancy Drew ditty! I wo...OMG, Sue-Ellen, I love the Nancy Drew ditty! I would have joined your fan club in an instant if I'd lived in the neighborhood.<BR/><BR/>One of my saddest moments was when my daughter finished the first Nancy Drew I had ceremoniously presented her with (I had, of course, saved them all from my childhood) and said, "It was okay but I don't want to read any more." Oh, the disappointment! We Nancy Herknesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15123215675723631386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17229339.post-1138300469700054132006-01-26T13:34:00.000-05:002006-01-26T13:34:00.000-05:00Hah, indeed, Ms. Mackay!Making careless typos ...H...Hah, indeed, Ms. Mackay!<BR/><BR/>Making careless typos ...<BR/><BR/>Her and little pals sang it enthusiastically at the opening of each fan club meeting. <BR/><BR/>... is divine justice for revealing childhood secrets!<BR/><BR/>Sue-Ellen Welfonder, betting old Allie-gal will think twice before she spills the beans on me again.Sue-Ellen Welfonderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17288792845669979642noreply@blogger.com