Comments on: Things I cannot tell you

By: Courtney

Courtney — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 06:41:55 +0000

P.s it is like a dream come true for you to talk to me, Justine. All of my friends got a bit jealous when they saw.
Please reply to me because I would love it if we could become friends.

By: Courtney

Courtney — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 06:39:54 +0000

Yay! Thankyou for replying back to me Justine. You are my favourite author EVA! Well my best friend Cassie was reason and she wore some green cargo pants and me and her made lots of pockets out of the same material and sowed them on to her pants. I wore a blue top like the one that Tom gave to Jay-tee.

By: pixelfish

pixelfish — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:20:59 +0000

I too have no middle name. (Probably never will, despite the fact that my parents told me I’d get a middle name when I got married. Whatevs. My sisters also suffered from this, and responded by axing their maiden names altogether upon marriage. One of my sisters now has a middle initial but no middle name.)

I would also prefer to read than write. This is an issue, because I am surrounded by books. I deliberately left all my books at home when I went to my writing retreat in the big TO last week.

In fact, I would much rather read than watch TV or movies, clean the house, go to work, and play World of Warcraft. I’m moderately convinced that the acts of bathing and eating are necessary but hey, at least one can READ while doing them. If I could read in my sleep, I would. (This is probably why I make my boyfriend leave his Terry Pratchett audio books on all night.)

By: Gabrielle

Gabrielle — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:13:39 +0000

Patrick: I totally agree. AND. Granted the poor people got Canadian citizenship, they would all get healthcare and social help.

By: Justine

Justine — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:32:33 +0000

Courtney: Thank you so much! I’m so pleased you liked them.

Like Liset I’m dead curious about what your costumes were.

By: cat

cat — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:34:30 +0000

Loved Georgette Heyer when I was a teen. The Grand Sophy was one of my favorites. I think her stories are a little hard to be categorized. She was more than Regency, funny, romantic…I agree with one of the comments that she should be placed in the fiction racks. I never called a university “uni” but it makes sense. A lot of people just shortened the name down to initals…ex. UCLA…University of California Los Angelos…UVA. Colleges…ex. CalState or
West Hills…Colleges can be different sizes (city, community, larger) and Universities are bigger than colleges. Just depends on where you are and what their terminology is. I just go with the flow.

By: Liset

Liset — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:36:40 +0000

Courtney:
Thats so cool!!! What did you wear to look like those characters?

In my high school we did archery in p.e. I HATED p.e. but archery was pretty fun! I pretty much sucked, though it was fun acting like legalos and breaking out in the robin hood “we’re men in tights” song with my friends!

By: Homo Sum » Blog Archive » What’s the -philia for books?

Homo Sum » Blog Archive » What’s the -philia for books? — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 03:42:46 +0000

[...] Justine selling me on Dorothy Dunnett’s Lymond [...]

By: Ang

Ang — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 03:19:26 +0000

It always wierds me out hearing people in the U.S. call University “college”. In Canada, University and College are two different things. A college is smaller and provides more “career track” oriented courses and is generally held in less respect then Universities. (Now a days this does not nessisarily mean anything). We do not say “uni”.

By: Meredith H.

Meredith H. — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 03:11:46 +0000

Georgette Heyer is one of the best writers I know. It annoys me that when I try to get other people to read her they won't because she's shelved in the romance section. (Why can't they just shelve her in fiction?!) My own favorites are Venetia and The Grand Sophy. Although I would take any of them to a desert island. (Except maybe Penhallow. Yes, Penhallow can stay behind.) I have just reread most of the Lymond Chronicles, because I opened one up to read a scene and just couldn't stop. God! they're amazing. I can't imagine the research behind even one of the books. And then she adds amazing layers of stories, and rich and vivid prose. I am just in awe. I cannot too much admire your chopstick finesse. I look forward to learning all your sekrits! Best, Mer

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:58:31 +0000

Georgette Heyer and Dorothy Dunnett are both REALLY high on my to-read list since I’ve had them recommended to me so many times, but I haven’t yet read anything by either.

And I would love to learn archery (though I’m not sure I have the concentration, either)!

By: Patrick

Patrick — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:56:14 +0000

I think we should ship the poor people to Canada. That would eliminate US poverty and increase the Canadian population.

This is such an obvious win/win situation.

By: Gabrielle

Gabrielle — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:28:39 +0000

No way! It’s the same for school in Quebec! Woopee! I thought we were alone in the whole wide world!

I don’t have a middle name either. Traditionally in Quebec (dunno about everywhere else) you give the kid his godmother/godfather’s name. But me? My mom… forgot.

Canada is something like 33 million. I was profoundly traumatized when John Edwards taught me that 30 million is the number of people in poverty in the US. :O

By: Ariel Zeitlin Cooke

Ariel Zeitlin Cooke — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:51:34 +0000

Re. Georgette Heyer. I love Sylvester too but me and my sister’s faves were always Devil’s Cub (a real abduction!) and These Old Shades. I also love The Masqueraders for all the tricky Shakespearean genderbending.

By: Courtney

Courtney — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:11:02 +0000

OMG! you dont know how much i love the magic trilogy! For book week at my school i dressed up as jay tee and my best friend dressed up as reason.