tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348815.post7772488563549831333..comments2024-03-28T01:04:21.897-06:00Comments on Gossamer Obsessions: "Surrender of a Siren," by Tessa DareAnimeJunehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18229748454410488167noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348815.post-14071842323861480132010-04-13T23:46:56.598-06:002010-04-13T23:46:56.598-06:00LULZ..
"she plans to live on her panty cash...LULZ.. <br /><br />"she plans to live on her panty cash until she turns twenty-one and can cash in the trust"<br /><br />I think "live on panty cash" needs to be a part of every woman's bucket list.<br /><br />I do love the way you turn a phrase, AJ.Nicola O.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947359287796827837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348815.post-56611382541934784562010-04-13T13:29:33.592-06:002010-04-13T13:29:33.592-06:00Are you confusing privateering with piracy? Or do...Are you confusing privateering with piracy? Or does the book portray it as piracy? Privateering was a perfectly respectable way to make a living, even if it's not up to everybody's standard, the way a politician or a journalist might be looked down on today. <br /><br />A privateer was sort of like the Navy, only civilian, and more of a mercenary, since they were doing it for the prize money instead of the nobler cause of fighting for the glory of the throne and all that. See Patrick O'Brien's books.<br /><br />Or wikipedia: "A privateer was a private person or private warship authorized by a country's government by letters of marque to attack foreign shipping. . . . Privateers were part of naval warfare of some nations from the 16th to the 19th century."<br /><br />So all this shame on the part of the hero just doesn't make sense. I'd have taken off points for historical inaccuracy.Vorkosigrrlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348815.post-2724713384790959232010-04-12T05:51:38.898-06:002010-04-12T05:51:38.898-06:00Great review. I don't normally go for stories ...Great review. I don't normally go for stories set on ships - hygiene issues and all that - but Tessa Dare's writing is just superb. <br /><br />I actually pictured Rosamund Pike (aka Jane from the 2005 adaptation of Pride and Prejudice) instead of Carrey as Sophia.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348815.post-7973062302114701032010-04-11T18:33:00.497-06:002010-04-11T18:33:00.497-06:00"Don't feel too sad for Toby, however - h..."Don't feel too sad for Toby, however - he's the hero of book three."<br /><br />I <i>do</i> feel sad for him though, because his heroine bites! Then again, so does he. Oh, how I hate book three! Love this one, though. -- willafulAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com