tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246380981479604275.post7792716118931918465..comments2024-01-22T14:32:22.110+00:00Comments on An Armchair By The Sea: The Pickwick Papers Week 3: Chapters 24 - 35anarmchairbytheseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14593618746095559894noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246380981479604275.post-47285578178778945632014-12-07T19:41:44.880+00:002014-12-07T19:41:44.880+00:00Ugh. This book. It makes me want to cry, throw t...Ugh. This book. It makes me want to cry, throw things and hurt others, all at the same time. I *may* have stopped reading it altogether and you should know that I do feel bad about it! I just can't bear to be reading it anymore :| I liked A Tale of Two Cities after the first section or so. The Pickwick Papers? Rubbish. And dull.<br /><br />Thank you for making me start this book and realise just how much it and I do not get on :) <br /><br />Much, much respect to the rest of you still reading!Lit Addicted Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15307643382274474774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246380981479604275.post-47875172154454716452014-12-06T13:17:43.415+00:002014-12-06T13:17:43.415+00:00Oh yeah, that happens. I live every day in mortal...Oh yeah, that happens. I live every day in mortal fear that someone will come in and overhear me doing it, but it's about the only way I can focus on a book sometimes! I'm normally pretty good at accents, but the other day I was reading one of the Cockney parts and I swear I managed to hit Scottish AND Welsh in a single paragraph. >:)Elliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07246472269477492583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246380981479604275.post-88058218100975758792014-12-05T19:53:18.015+00:002014-12-05T19:53:18.015+00:00The vocalizing tip is neat! Tried it - ended up ge...The vocalizing tip is neat! Tried it - ended up getting a stitch in my side from laughing so hard. I sound so ridiculous and heinously inaccurate!Etudesquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13106938419901219249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246380981479604275.post-85472493009696639032014-12-05T19:21:18.068+00:002014-12-05T19:21:18.068+00:00I'm so far behind now I'm basically not ev...I'm so far behind now I'm basically not even readalonging any more - except I AM, because I'm still reading and loving the book, just a week and a half behind where I should be. Whatever happens I'm going to consider this readalong a success for me, because I probably wouldn't have picked up TPP for a few years yet without Dickens in December, and I'm enjoying it so much even if I'm enjoying it SLOWER. So thank you. :D<br /><br />P.S. If you ever have trouble with dialect in a novel, VOCALISE. Our English teacher taught us that and it works for everything from Chaucer's Middle English to Toni Morrison's deep south to Emily Bronte's Yorkshire servants. So, for Sam and Jingle, pretend you're on Eastenders, basically. You'll be fine.Elliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07246472269477492583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246380981479604275.post-60900531662057114622014-12-05T04:58:08.551+00:002014-12-05T04:58:08.551+00:00I am all caught up, but I was speed-reading and pr...I am all caught up, but I was speed-reading and probably didn't catch all of the satire that Dickens intended for me to catch. (Congrats on passing the driving theory test, by the way!)<br /><br />Ah, and you got the part I found most infuriating - I can't understand Sam's father at all. I have to read each sentence like three times to decipher what he's trying to say!Etudesquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13106938419901219249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246380981479604275.post-24995751133679326652014-12-05T04:27:35.865+00:002014-12-05T04:27:35.865+00:00I hate how both Mr Jingle and Sam speak, and I ski...I hate how both Mr Jingle and Sam speak, and I skim Mr Jingle's parts too. I was reading them really carefully at first but still not really being able to figure out what he was on about, so I gave up, haha.Jimjamjennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02249933703532348607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246380981479604275.post-63286806121984200112014-12-05T04:25:51.451+00:002014-12-05T04:25:51.451+00:00I'm up to date too! I completely get why peopl...I'm up to date too! I completely get why people wouldn't be though. If it weren't for the fact that my husband is working stupidly late recently so I end up on my own a lot in the evenings, I think I would be having huge problems keeping up. <br /><br />Congratulations on passing your theory test!Jimjamjennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02249933703532348607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246380981479604275.post-46089896231437172692014-12-04T22:03:51.173+00:002014-12-04T22:03:51.173+00:00Oh, I knew quite a few people that did that. Under...Oh, I knew quite a few people that did that. Understandable though - I REALLY didn't want to ever drive again after I failed the first time.<br /><br />No, I'm absolutely not fine with Mr Jingle's speaking! I just don't LIKE it, it doesn't stress me out. I tend to skim his parts, to be honest, but that just means I have no idea what's going on!<br /><br />Well, we DO sign up for these things so we only have ourselves to blame!Hanna @ Booking in Heelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17705048655467252248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246380981479604275.post-86488768400316938422014-12-04T21:55:23.245+00:002014-12-04T21:55:23.245+00:00Thanks :-) I'm quite proud to be honest, altho...Thanks :-) I'm quite proud to be honest, although I have already passed it once and then failed my practical and didn't drive again for five years, so yeah... <br /><br />Damn Sam and his silly speaking! (But you're fine with how Mr. Jingle speaks? I can't handle him, so disjointed!!) <br /><br />I feel like I'm going to constantly subject us to annual Dickens hating just because there's just enough in these books that I enjoy to make me feel like it's worth it :-/anarmchairbytheseahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14593618746095559894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246380981479604275.post-84646307070164633602014-12-04T21:33:40.617+00:002014-12-04T21:33:40.617+00:00I'm up-to-date - just posted this week's u...I'm up-to-date - just posted this week's update.<br /><br />I'm not really getting on with this, to be honest. In my defence, my OCD can't deal with the way Sam speaks, which sounds like a cop-out but actually isn't. He makes me want to cry and throw up at the same time, literally!<br /><br />Congratulations on your theory test - a surprising amount of people fail the hazard perception, so allow yourself to be at least a little proud :)Hanna @ Booking in Heelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17705048655467252248noreply@blogger.com