Comments on: Review: Kill Dress by John Young http://luxuryreading.com/killdress/ Read With Us! Mon, 21 May 2012 07:27:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Carol Wong http://luxuryreading.com/killdress/#comment-64010 Carol Wong Sat, 14 Apr 2012 18:37:47 +0000 http://luxuryreading.com/?p=2200#comment-64010 LOL I love the cover. It makes me think of my Aunt Blanche's gray satin and rhinestoned dress. She loved wearing to parties at different embassies and being the center of attention for droves of men. She left the "magical" dress at our house one time and I had lost a lot of weight recently but I could not slide the dress over my generous hips. I think that her dress might make for a more interesting story than this author's! Carol Wong LOL I love the cover. It makes me think of my Aunt Blanche’s gray satin and rhinestoned dress. She loved wearing to parties at different embassies and being the center of attention for droves of men. She left the “magical” dress at our house one time and I had lost a lot of weight recently but I could not slide the dress over my generous hips. I think that her dress might make for a more interesting story than this author’s!

Carol Wong

]]> By: Sharon Young http://luxuryreading.com/killdress/#comment-16237 Sharon Young Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:18:54 +0000 http://luxuryreading.com/?p=2200#comment-16237 Oh, I don't think of it as ridicule if someone thinks an author that I like is terrible. But I really appreciate you acknowledging that I am not alone with my Nicholas Sparks assessment. I thought it was just me. I do think he has great plot ideas. Oh, I don’t think of it as ridicule if someone thinks an author that I like is terrible. But I really appreciate you acknowledging that I am not alone with my Nicholas Sparks assessment. I thought it was just me. I do think he has great plot ideas.

]]> By: Sharon Young http://luxuryreading.com/killdress/#comment-16236 Sharon Young Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:12:58 +0000 http://luxuryreading.com/?p=2200#comment-16236 I think that libraries are great for being able to select books and reject what you do not want to finish. I have friends who swear by the library as the only way to get what they want to read. I do not like the time constraints of the library's schedule, time limits on returns and the street people around the library. But I love the idea of a library, I just never use it. I get most of my books from a local charity thrift store that charges .99 for a paperback and 1.49 for a hardback. I also get review copies for my blog from my on-line book club or from the publisher. I do not ask the publishers for books however, unless I know I will read them right away. My last source for books is usually Ebay and Alibris as I read a lot of older publications. Because I own the books I am reading, I have to finish them to recycle them. I think that libraries are great for being able to select books and reject what you do not want to finish. I have friends who swear by the library as the only way to get what they want to read. I do not like the time constraints of the library’s schedule, time limits on returns and the street people around the library. But I love the idea of a library, I just never use it.

I get most of my books from a local charity thrift store that charges .99 for a paperback and 1.49 for a hardback. I also get review copies for my blog from my on-line book club or from the publisher. I do not ask the publishers for books however, unless I know I will read them right away. My last source for books is usually Ebay and Alibris as I read a lot of older publications.

Because I own the books I am reading, I have to finish them to recycle them.

]]> By: Sharon Young http://luxuryreading.com/killdress/#comment-15884 Sharon Young Tue, 07 Sep 2010 03:48:27 +0000 http://luxuryreading.com/?p=2200#comment-15884 Maybe the author in doing his book research knows someone who says 'girl' all the time. A little of that stuff goes a long way. Maybe the author in doing his book research knows someone who says ‘girl’ all the time. A little of that stuff goes a long way.

]]> By: Jen http://luxuryreading.com/killdress/#comment-15097 Jen Sun, 05 Sep 2010 15:41:32 +0000 http://luxuryreading.com/?p=2200#comment-15097 Sharon, I would not agree with you more about Nicholas Sparks. When someone tells me they are a fan, I actually cringe. But I keep my opinions to myself, because everyone should be allowed to have their own taste without being ridiculed. Sharon, I would not agree with you more about Nicholas Sparks. When someone tells me they are a fan, I actually cringe. But I keep my opinions to myself, because everyone should be allowed to have their own taste without being ridiculed.

]]> By: Jen http://luxuryreading.com/killdress/#comment-15096 Jen Sun, 05 Sep 2010 15:40:07 +0000 http://luxuryreading.com/?p=2200#comment-15096 Rats! I'm sorry to read that this book didn't quite meet the mark. As soon as I read "a dress that has mystical powers over men" I was pretty interested. It has a little bit of magic, fashion and hints at a dark side. That all sounds good! But obviously the reviewer didn't rate the book highly. What really turned me off is his comment that one character repeatedly said "girl" to the others. Blech, just blech. I guess I will reread the comments made before mine to find a book I would be better suited to. Rats! I’m sorry to read that this book didn’t quite meet the mark. As soon as I read “a dress that has mystical powers over men” I was pretty interested. It has a little bit of magic, fashion and hints at a dark side. That all sounds good!

But obviously the reviewer didn’t rate the book highly. What really turned me off is his comment that one character repeatedly said “girl” to the others. Blech, just blech. I guess I will reread the comments made before mine to find a book I would be better suited to.

]]> By: Sharon Young http://luxuryreading.com/killdress/#comment-14671 Sharon Young Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:06:35 +0000 http://luxuryreading.com/?p=2200#comment-14671 Yes, magical sunglasses, that is the ticket! Worked for Jackie Kennedy and Tom Cruise. As for shoes, there was also Cinderella. Yes, magical sunglasses, that is the ticket! Worked for Jackie Kennedy and Tom Cruise. As for shoes, there was also Cinderella.

]]> By: RivkaBelle http://luxuryreading.com/killdress/#comment-14436 RivkaBelle Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:59:42 +0000 http://luxuryreading.com/?p=2200#comment-14436 I read "Wish" over the summer, about magical dresses that granted one wish each ... That idea was cute and fun - and Alexandra Bullen did a great job of having the story be 'serious' instead of just 'fluffy' ... So I think dresses or shoes or sunglasses or what-have-you that have 'powers' can work in a story. IF the story has been developed properly. I read “Wish” over the summer, about magical dresses that granted one wish each … That idea was cute and fun – and Alexandra Bullen did a great job of having the story be ‘serious’ instead of just ‘fluffy’ … So I think dresses or shoes or sunglasses or what-have-you that have ‘powers’ can work in a story. IF the story has been developed properly.

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