tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555254327067745492.post5757327545950911248..comments2023-10-07T11:55:47.724-04:00Comments on A Reader of Fictions: InstaloveChristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00370486039531015541noreply@blogger.comBlogger74125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555254327067745492.post-56359883462340890672013-02-04T05:08:36.626-05:002013-02-04T05:08:36.626-05:00the very wonderful experience you will get on dinn...the very wonderful experience you will get on dinner with <a href="http://www.cruiseindubai.com/dhow-cruise-dinner.htm" rel="nofollow">Dhow cruise Dubai</a>Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17412354083554248615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555254327067745492.post-84890248134595235182012-11-30T12:47:53.294-05:002012-11-30T12:47:53.294-05:00Bahahaha, that name. Oh man, I'm pretty sure i...Bahahaha, that name. Oh man, I'm pretty sure in book form I would HATE kdrama. There are so many shows I love that I would judge highly in book form. Like, I was meh on The Selection, but if they make the show I will watch the heck out of it. Why? I like watching pretty people drama.<br /><br />Maybe they did. HOW CAN YOU KNOW?<br /><br />WHAAAAAT? THIS IS NOT REAL LIFE.Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00370486039531015541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555254327067745492.post-47493355878618964122012-11-30T09:42:48.448-05:002012-11-30T09:42:48.448-05:00I just finished one called OhLaLa Spouses. (shame ...I just finished one called OhLaLa Spouses. (shame on me, I should be writing thesis papers, not watching kdramas!) I watched it since it's first episode...then it went rolling downhill. Actually, I didn't finish the last episode because I went on forums and I knew the ending. And it wasn't one I approved of, so I was like "I have no time for this."<br />I have a feeling if that drama was in book form, we'd be ripping it to shreds with that ending.<br /><br />I also watched Innocent Man/Nice Guy. It's one of the popular ones this season. And I was so confused 90% of the time with that one. Every ten seconds I was thinking "WHY IS THIS HAPPENING? I THOUGHT THEY WERE ENEMIES? WHA?!?!" Yet people loved it to bits, so maybe I'm the only one. Sweet ending though.<br /><br />If only every guy that was mean to me REALLY had a secret crush on me as a kid.<br /><br />I read a romance novel once about sharing...all these guys grouped together and gave her an ultimatum. "Pick one, or none of us." Then she broke down and was like "I can't chooooseee, I love all of you guys!" then the guys were like "We were just joking! We had to check your love for us! Now we have confirmed it, LET'S BONE ALL NIGHT!"<br />It was disgusting.Lilianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11540910005642018594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555254327067745492.post-70858427040438077392012-11-30T09:09:07.553-05:002012-11-30T09:09:07.553-05:00I find a decent number, but the instalove really i...I find a decent number, but the instalove really is overwhelming. I get that teens might jump to conclusions and say they're in love, but it doesn't mean they have to be right about it every time!Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00370486039531015541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555254327067745492.post-13109125944420317572012-11-30T09:08:21.149-05:002012-11-30T09:08:21.149-05:00Bahahaha, you are SO right about that. Someone on ...Bahahaha, you are SO right about that. Someone on GR pasted quotes from the first chapter of Crash by Nicole Williams, and it totally had him falling for her because she sassed him back (despite her mental narrative about how any woman in the world want to get on that) and turned him down (surely temporarily), thus he feels respect and can love her like no other. OH REALLY?Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00370486039531015541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555254327067745492.post-12534389205250017522012-11-30T09:06:38.778-05:002012-11-30T09:06:38.778-05:00Bahahaha, you should. Oh, how I love kdrama. I wis...Bahahaha, you should. Oh, how I love kdrama. I wish I had time to watch one right now. BOOK CHALLENGE!<br /><br />Right? I've LOVED that story line since P&P. Make them snipe at each other or proclaim how they would never go to there and then fall in love against their will and I am reader putty in your hands. I KNOW that I'm being manipulated, but it calls to my heart. Pretty sure this is not a good thing for ever finding a relationship myself. I DO not like babies, but this means that I agree with you. NO BABIES AS A PLOT DEVICE.<br /><br />Nor is mine. I'm not convinced I can be in love with one person. I'm just sure that if I did meet two 'true loves' at once, I would prefer one or the other. Except for very rare circumstances where the dudes are okay with sharing you, you're going to have to choose one, the other, or neither. If you can choose, you prefer that one more and that's the truth of it.<br /><br />They've got to do what they've got to do.Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00370486039531015541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555254327067745492.post-23082942301609252192012-11-29T23:55:59.145-05:002012-11-29T23:55:59.145-05:00Yep, you basically covered it all. Instalove is so...Yep, you basically covered it all. Instalove is so prevalent too. I couldn't tell you the last time I read a YA novel where they main characters weren't "in love" within a week or two.Renae @ Respiring Thoughtshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01269581772628307546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555254327067745492.post-18712286561850361132012-11-29T14:43:22.566-05:002012-11-29T14:43:22.566-05:00Oh Gawd I completely agree! Instant love based on ...Oh Gawd I completely agree! Instant love based on nothing drives me up the wall. (Instant lust I can understand, but don't pretend it is something more.) The only thing that gets me so irked is love based on the simple fact that a woman speaks her mind to the man, as it that is so rare and amazing. Yes, both cop-outs. Agree. Great post. Sadieforsythehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15744505728777650782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555254327067745492.post-81696578392288845672012-11-29T12:44:25.124-05:002012-11-29T12:44:25.124-05:00I'm honored. =D
I will always find my way to ...I'm honored. =D<br /><br />I will always find my way to you.<br />K-dramas should totally hire me to write their romance scripts.<br /><br />I eat those hate-turn-into-love storylines up. *O* And yes, romance novels are half ridiculous. On the other hand, I hate ones that end with the lady getting pregnant. STOP USE POOR INNOCENT BABIES AS A PLOT DEVICE. (even though I know you hate babies)<br /><br />I..I...don't know (my love life is not that eventful...*ries*)! Why can't you meet both of your true loves at the same time? AND MAYBE YOU CAN'T MEASURE LOVE. Like you can't decide which drowning person to save in some hypothetical scenerio?<br /><br />No wonder I couldn't find any tables.<br />Lilianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11540910005642018594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555254327067745492.post-57107466951950067882012-11-29T12:30:04.025-05:002012-11-29T12:30:04.025-05:00Yes, very much so. Obviously, that happens in real...Yes, very much so. Obviously, that happens in real life, but I feel like in the book there should be an ending that shows that guys like that are not a good choice in the long run, because let's not romanticize that business.Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00370486039531015541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555254327067745492.post-50994031008815321132012-11-29T12:27:35.191-05:002012-11-29T12:27:35.191-05:00Haha, I forgive you. It's the thought that cou...Haha, I forgive you. It's the thought that counts.Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00370486039531015541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555254327067745492.post-76793015157314462362012-11-29T12:25:15.431-05:002012-11-29T12:25:15.431-05:00Exactly! I feel like it's a such a cop-out to ...Exactly! I feel like it's a such a cop-out to avoid having to make your characters fascinating. If I just TELL the reader how compelling this dude it, surely the reader will swoon over him, even if he is entirely wooden (punned). Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00370486039531015541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555254327067745492.post-67725198921064929862012-11-29T12:10:25.999-05:002012-11-29T12:10:25.999-05:00Ha, thanks. Glad you liked it!Ha, thanks. Glad you liked it!Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00370486039531015541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555254327067745492.post-84597068402743725662012-11-29T12:07:09.329-05:002012-11-29T12:07:09.329-05:00True, in adult books it is worse, because they rea...True, in adult books it is worse, because they really should know better by now. You've been smacked in the face by thinking you were in love before, so shouldn't you have learned something by now?Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00370486039531015541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555254327067745492.post-18923377925598617922012-11-29T12:06:20.472-05:002012-11-29T12:06:20.472-05:00BAHAHA, Jacob and Renesmee. That shit was so stupi...BAHAHA, Jacob and Renesmee. That shit was so stupid and SERIOUSLY creepy.<br /><br />I've never heard of D.B. Reynolds, but I doubt my library has those since they're a small press. I did pick up a free kindle copy of Brighter Kind of Darkness, so I'll probably read that one someday.<br /><br />Romeo and Juliet's 'love' so did not work for em. One of my least favorite Shakespeare plays!Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00370486039531015541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555254327067745492.post-37663409893437832332012-11-29T12:01:34.200-05:002012-11-29T12:01:34.200-05:00True, though series have this problem just as ofte...True, though series have this problem just as often, I feel.<br /><br />Awww, I'm glad you found your special someone. :)Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00370486039531015541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555254327067745492.post-83132684519815272102012-11-29T11:59:38.030-05:002012-11-29T11:59:38.030-05:00No, I totally get it! That would be a really uniqu...No, I totally get it! That would be a really unique challenge. Good luck with it!Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00370486039531015541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555254327067745492.post-9303539276505901242012-11-29T11:58:20.319-05:002012-11-29T11:58:20.319-05:00Bahahaha, he's still so NOT my type. I like th...Bahahaha, he's still so NOT my type. I like the cute, nerdy ones. :-pChristinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00370486039531015541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555254327067745492.post-34544030075926770112012-11-29T11:54:29.253-05:002012-11-29T11:54:29.253-05:00I don't know. I think you can be in love with...I don't know. I think you can be in love with two people at once. Why should my love for one person take away from the love I have for someone else? Two things can be great without diminishing each other. <br /><br />I've been thinking about that a lot with the recent surge of polyamory in the mainstream. Logically, my brain tells me "yes, yes, this makes sense" but I know I have jealousy issues so it wouldn't work for me. But to say it flat out doesn't work is undermining the relationships of many, many people out there, and I just don't feel comfortable making a blanket statement like that.<br /><br />Wow off topic. But anyway, I love this post. Bekkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17940606116740260845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555254327067745492.post-8760276035199078492012-11-29T11:24:13.954-05:002012-11-29T11:24:13.954-05:00Thanks. I'll hunt these down in the new year....Thanks. I'll hunt these down in the new year. I'm not completely dead inside, and I do like a well written romance between characters, but I think I've read too many bad ones that I've started to get a bit Scrooge-like. Maybe I should make it a challenge for next year to see how many non-romance books I can find throughout.Emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17023001440559139964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555254327067745492.post-71917461175055567602012-11-29T10:38:04.571-05:002012-11-29T10:38:04.571-05:00Aahhahahaha all of the gifs.
Ugh, it grosses me t...Aahhahahaha all of the gifs.<br /><br />Ugh, it grosses me the eff out when a girl falls in love with the hero who scares her. What the fuck, a healthy relationship does not involve a person being scared of their partner and to me that sets a dangerous awful message. (Sidebar just because I disagree with the message being sent/think it's bad does not mean I want to censor/ban books and I feel like I always need to disclaim this when expressing criticism of a book's elements).April (BooksandWine)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15268544465552896599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555254327067745492.post-59683113125236252732012-11-29T10:32:38.233-05:002012-11-29T10:32:38.233-05:00I have the urge to stand up at my desk and clap ri...I have the urge to stand up at my desk and clap right now, but for appearances sake I am not. Still, so so awesome. Bonus points for the Michael Scott gif.Nataliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04293540742871434984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555254327067745492.post-39853671563596501412012-11-29T08:28:10.254-05:002012-11-29T08:28:10.254-05:00Wow! Over 50 comments! Get it!!! Lol
Anywhoosies,...Wow! Over 50 comments! Get it!!! Lol<br /><br />Anywhoosies, I totally agree, ESPECIALLY about only being in live because if hotness. That annoys me to no end. I could write a whole blog post about "sexy" love interests and the fact that they must be actually interesting to be genuinely sexy. I'd also like to know more details than his hair and eye color. Don't we all know little quirks about the people we like? Where is that in fiction?! That makes characters interesting!!<br /><br />Ok. Sorry. That was mildly off topic. Rant = overKatiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06851403823244758904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555254327067745492.post-50495099174922621602012-11-28T21:10:49.685-05:002012-11-28T21:10:49.685-05:00Just stopping by to say thank you for signing up f...Just stopping by to say thank you for signing up for the 2013 Standalone Reading Challenge! Best of luck :)<br /><br /><br />This is an awesome post! Great gifs too. Haha. Insta-love can totally ruin a novel for me. <br /><br />BrittaBrittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13870318255296476906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555254327067745492.post-38609997589069936072012-11-28T20:58:36.853-05:002012-11-28T20:58:36.853-05:00Patrick Ness' A Monster Calls (although its YA...Patrick Ness' A Monster Calls (although its YA classification is debatable)<br /><br />This is hard. There are many where romance isn't prominent...but I guess the main characters have boyfriends/girlfriends.<br /><br />Lilian @ <a href="http://noveltoybox.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow">A Novel Toybox</a>Lilianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11540910005642018594noreply@blogger.com