Geek Girl: Romancing the Paranormal Stone

[jeffday]

Hepcat is Tim. So the 11 story building was for just the label of "romance novel" rather than the elements you discussed?

[Hepcatkip]

Hey Jeff, do you know who HepCat is?  

http://www.timewastersguide.com/boards/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=news;action=display;num=1051196804

and introduce yourselves.  

I'm hurt .  and to think I took a bullet for you a couple of weeks ago .

[MsFish]

Hey!  You got your share of the cut for that.  

[Hepcatkip]

yeah my Nyssian Dagger of death.

[Mad Dr Jeffe]

at least it wasnt a Daewoo Dagger of Death

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

I most certainly do enjoy books with romantic subplots. I'm just a sap for a good love story (as my writing group is discovering).

INterestingly, after a discussion with my wife last night, I believe that a romantic subplot *is* her requirement for a good book.

However, I *may* have finally convinced her to read Watership Down last night. I pointed out that the closest thing to a romantic subplot was going off to Efrafa to recruit breeding partners, but I disabused her of hte notion that it is not just an Animal Farm with rabbits as she had previously believed. Apparently, the book report that introduced the book to her focussed a LOT on General Woundwort, despite the religious and mythic tone of most of the book.

[Skar]

I love Watership Down.  It's my family's "car book"  The book I read aloud to everyone when we go on long drives.  Needless to say it's taken us over a year to get to 3/4s of the  way through but...

[stacer]

Confession: I've never read Watership Down. It's on my mental list of things to read, but never been very high up on that list.

I listen to audiobooks on long car trips, never thought about reading aloud. Then again, I usually do my long car trips solo, so of course I wouldn't be reading aloud.

On the subject of romantic subplots, I also prefer there being one. Actually, no, that's not entirely true. I just prefer that stories have some sort of focus on characterization, and for me that has to include the characters' relationships with others, whether that's family members, friends, or romance. I love a good romantic comedy, for example, but couldn't stand to watch it all the time. But I like my action/adventures to have romantic subplots if the situations warrant it. Rush Hour didn't warrant it, for example. But part of the fun of X-Men is the romantic tension between characters.

[Hepcatkip]

at least it wasnt a Daewoo Dagger of Death

you meen my butterknife of death. got one of those too.

[MsFish]

I've never read Watership Down either.  It's never been on my list to read.  I've always figured, eh, it's about bunnies, how good could it be?

Am I wrong?  Should I read it?  

[Archon]

Yes. It is about rabbits, but that doesn't mean that it isn't good. I would definitely recommend it.

[JenaRey]

Watership is one of my favorites.  It's not just about bunnies, but about social structures, religion, survival, faith, family, stories...it's a good book.  I reread it about once a year.  

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

It's about bunnies, yes.

It's about a bunny who has an apocalytpic vision, who is believed by very few of his community that he tries to save.

Then it's bout their wanderings in the wilderness, and even when they find their promised land, they realize that their community will die if they don't recruit more (specifically, girl) bunnies.

It's about how even having established this home, they are not safe, and they cannot be completely cut off.

It's tragic, beautiful, thought-provoking, and religious. I recommend it strongly.

[Mad Dr Jeffe]

fantastic book, and the myths behind it are fascinating as well.

[Prometheus]

Watership Down in the Middle School Library with the revolver.

(That's a yes.)