Comments for Dark Jane Austen Book Club http://www.darkjaneaustenbookclub.com Mon, 14 May 2012 23:24:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Who’s the Dreamiest Austen Hero? by Veronica Monique http://www.darkjaneaustenbookclub.com/2012/05/whos-the-dreamiest-austen-hero#comment-124 Veronica Monique Mon, 14 May 2012 23:24:00 +0000 http://www.darkjaneaustenbookclub.com/?p=2269#comment-124 Agreed! Agreed!

]]> Comment on Who’s the Dreamiest Austen Hero? by Sherri Browning Erwin http://www.darkjaneaustenbookclub.com/2012/05/whos-the-dreamiest-austen-hero#comment-123 Sherri Browning Erwin Mon, 14 May 2012 22:32:00 +0000 http://www.darkjaneaustenbookclub.com/?p=2269#comment-123 Darcy is probably the most obvious choice, but I have always been partial to Colonel Brandon. His complete devotion to Marianne, even with her obvious preference of Willoughby, wins me every time. There is absolutely nothing he wouldn't do for her, but he shows great consideration for her family and his friends as well. A true gentleman and hero. Darcy is probably the most obvious choice, but I have always been partial to Colonel Brandon. His complete devotion to Marianne, even with her obvious preference of Willoughby, wins me every time. There is absolutely nothing he wouldn’t do for her, but he shows great consideration for her family and his friends as well. A true gentleman and hero.

]]> Comment on From Eyre to Slayre by Sherri Browning Erwin http://www.darkjaneaustenbookclub.com/2012/05/from-eyre-to-slayre#comment-122 Sherri Browning Erwin Mon, 14 May 2012 22:22:00 +0000 http://www.darkjaneaustenbookclub.com/?p=2295#comment-122 Thank you, Veronica! And thank you for inviting me to the blog. Looking forward to answering some reader questions and maybe reading along with your next book club selection. I can always use more reading recommendations. Thank you, Veronica! And thank you for inviting me to the blog. Looking forward to answering some reader questions and maybe reading along with your next book club selection. I can always use more reading recommendations.

]]> Comment on From Eyre to Slayre by Veronica Monique http://www.darkjaneaustenbookclub.com/2012/05/from-eyre-to-slayre#comment-121 Veronica Monique Mon, 14 May 2012 18:12:00 +0000 http://www.darkjaneaustenbookclub.com/?p=2295#comment-121 I completely agree that a quality mash-up involves more than simply adding a monster here and there. Having read several mash-ups now I can tell a good one from a bad one as soon as the first monster is mentioned. We've had the misfortune of coming across one book that did a very poor job of this as evidenced by the use of contractions when the original author did not use them at all. It was as jarring as riding a bicycle over smooth pavement and suddenly finding yourself on an uneven gravel road riddled with pot holes. I am happy to say that Jane Slayre is from beginning to end a seamless story with every element woven together beautifully. I completely agree that a quality mash-up involves more than simply adding a monster here and there. Having read several mash-ups now I can tell a good one from a bad one as soon as the first monster is mentioned. We’ve had the misfortune of coming across one book that did a very poor job of this as evidenced by the use of contractions when the original author did not use them at all. It was as jarring as riding a bicycle over smooth pavement and suddenly finding yourself on an uneven gravel road riddled with pot holes. I am happy to say that Jane Slayre is from beginning to end a seamless story with every element woven together beautifully.

]]> Comment on The Color Red by Sherri Browning Erwin http://www.darkjaneaustenbookclub.com/2012/05/the-color-red#comment-120 Sherri Browning Erwin Wed, 09 May 2012 01:49:00 +0000 http://www.darkjaneaustenbookclub.com/?p=2318#comment-120 My kitchen is red. Red in the kitchen is supposed to stimulate the appetite (according to author Christina Dodd, who also has a red kitchen). I always thought maybe the red room in Jane Eyre (Slayre) might have also symbolized Jane's transformation from little girl to adolescence, but maybe I read too much into it. She emerges from that room an older and wiser girl, her eyes finally fully open to the horrors around her. My kitchen is red. Red in the kitchen is supposed to stimulate the appetite (according to author Christina Dodd, who also has a red kitchen). I always thought maybe the red room in Jane Eyre (Slayre) might have also symbolized Jane’s transformation from little girl to adolescence, but maybe I read too much into it. She emerges from that room an older and wiser girl, her eyes finally fully open to the horrors around her.

]]> Comment on The Color Red by MaryCMP http://www.darkjaneaustenbookclub.com/2012/05/the-color-red#comment-119 MaryCMP Wed, 09 May 2012 00:30:00 +0000 http://www.darkjaneaustenbookclub.com/?p=2318#comment-119 I'm with you Barbara. My living room walls are "henna" red. Still thinking of any books or movies that use red to represent good. Anybody? I’m with you Barbara. My living room walls are “henna” red. Still thinking of any books or movies that use red to represent good. Anybody?

]]> Comment on The Color Red by Veronica Monique http://www.darkjaneaustenbookclub.com/2012/05/the-color-red#comment-118 Veronica Monique Tue, 08 May 2012 23:41:00 +0000 http://www.darkjaneaustenbookclub.com/?p=2318#comment-118 Red does get a bad rap, but it is also a passionate color. That has to count for something. Red does get a bad rap, but it is also a passionate color. That has to count for something.

]]> Comment on The Color Red by Barbara http://www.darkjaneaustenbookclub.com/2012/05/the-color-red#comment-117 Barbara Tue, 08 May 2012 19:33:00 +0000 http://www.darkjaneaustenbookclub.com/?p=2318#comment-117 I just love to decorate with the color red, had no idea it was "bad" except of course for "scarlet woman" Red just makes me happy! I just love to decorate with the color red, had no idea it was “bad” except of course for “scarlet woman” Red just makes me happy!

]]> Comment on Members Q&A with Vera Nazarian by Mashing Up Jane Austen | Austen Authors http://www.darkjaneaustenbookclub.com/2012/04/members-qa-with-vera-nazarian#comment-116 Mashing Up Jane Austen | Austen Authors Fri, 04 May 2012 04:11:52 +0000 http://www.darkjaneaustenbookclub.com/?p=2224#comment-116 [...] and Dragons was the featured novel, and I had the pleasure of being author of the month over at the Dark Jane Austen Book Club. Among the various fun questions asked by the readers, one recurrent question came up yet again, [...] [...] and Dragons was the featured novel, and I had the pleasure of being author of the month over at the Dark Jane Austen Book Club. Among the various fun questions asked by the readers, one recurrent question came up yet again, [...]

]]> Comment on Winner of Northanger Abbey and Angels and Dragons by Vera Nazarian http://www.darkjaneaustenbookclub.com/2012/04/winner-of-northanger-abbey-and-angels-and-dragons#comment-115 Vera Nazarian Thu, 03 May 2012 00:51:00 +0000 http://www.darkjaneaustenbookclub.com/?p=2252#comment-115 Congratulations, and your book is on its way! :-) Congratulations, and your book is on its way! :-)

]]> Comment on The Art of Manipulation by Veronica Monique http://www.darkjaneaustenbookclub.com/2012/05/the-art-of-manipulation#comment-114 Veronica Monique Wed, 02 May 2012 12:38:00 +0000 http://www.darkjaneaustenbookclub.com/?p=2157#comment-114 I liked Argus's Mrs. Norris much better than Jane Austen's Mrs. Norris. The idea that Filch read Mansfield Park and liked the character Mrs. Norris enough to name his cat after her makes me giggle. Should we invite him to join us? Mrs. Norris is just plain horrid. She's like one of those people who just cannot think of any better way to employ her time than to make others miserable. As the eldest of her sisters she probably was miffed when her second sister married so well and then was pissed as all get out because her youngest married for love, which meant that both of them did better than her one way or another as she neither married so well or for love in comparison. As for General Tilney, I'm going with evil elitist, though I think there might have been a bit of pride mixed in with that detest of Catherine Morland's lack of fortune. Bet he was also very angry that he had actually listened to that idiot John Thorpe and felt made a fool of. He wasn't the kind of person who could let that go and probably felt that Catherine had been part of that deception. I liked Argus’s Mrs. Norris much better than Jane Austen’s Mrs. Norris. The idea that Filch read Mansfield Park and liked the character Mrs. Norris enough to name his cat after her makes me giggle. Should we invite him to join us?

Mrs. Norris is just plain horrid. She’s like one of those people who just cannot think of any better way to employ her time than to make others miserable. As the eldest of her sisters she probably was miffed when her second sister married so well and then was pissed as all get out because her youngest married for love, which meant that both of them did better than her one way or another as she neither married so well or for love in comparison.

As for General Tilney, I’m going with evil elitist, though I think there might have been a bit of pride mixed in with that detest of Catherine Morland’s lack of fortune. Bet he was also very angry that he had actually listened to that idiot John Thorpe and felt made a fool of. He wasn’t the kind of person who could let that go and probably felt that Catherine had been part of that deception.

]]> Comment on The Art of Manipulation by Sarah Askins http://www.darkjaneaustenbookclub.com/2012/05/the-art-of-manipulation#comment-113 Sarah Askins Wed, 02 May 2012 11:57:00 +0000 http://www.darkjaneaustenbookclub.com/?p=2157#comment-113 I think characters like Mrs. Norris and General Tilney serve to show us the good in the heroine. We could not see how good, how respected, if we did not have something sinister to compare. I think characters like Mrs. Norris and General Tilney serve to show us the good in the heroine. We could not see how good, how respected, if we did not have something sinister to compare.

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