tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014696560401110515.post842836891912665455..comments2023-10-25T04:37:13.179-04:00Comments on Dogear Diary: some random bookish thoughtsJeanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02270303640902731044noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014696560401110515.post-47154445700528825852015-04-28T14:33:39.617-04:002015-04-28T14:33:39.617-04:00Kind of crazy the changes times brings. I am alway...Kind of crazy the changes times brings. I am always taken aback when someone goes to bed because they have a headache. And I always have to think twice when characters from old novels worry about traveling in poor weather. What's a little rain or snow? And then, oh yeah unpaved roads, carriages, horses. Stefaniehttp://somanybooksblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014696560401110515.post-36070547834009991552015-04-25T14:12:56.762-04:002015-04-25T14:12:56.762-04:00Yes! That's what I was thinking! I can underst...Yes! That's what I was thinking! I can understand how adults would protest at younger people reading um, romance or erotica, but just plain old novels? there's lots of older fiction where adults scolded teens and young ladies for ruining their eyes and minds with fiction, isn't there?Jeanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02270303640902731044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014696560401110515.post-68415734960515899962015-04-25T09:25:50.362-04:002015-04-25T09:25:50.362-04:00What's especially crazy to me is how much olde...What's especially crazy to me is how much olden days people opposed reading fiction. Like, that whole trope where nonfiction could be improving, but fiction was just going to ruin you. And that idea seems to have stuck around for a while -- weren't the dour aunts and grandparents in the LM Montgomery books always scolding people for reading NOVELS?Jenny @ Reading the Endhttp://readingtheend.comnoreply@blogger.com