tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-408971107003934333.post107563644672872463..comments2023-09-26T09:38:19.897-05:00Comments on Random Thoughts: A GREAT AND TERRIBLE BEAUTY by Libba BrayJennifer Hendrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01239194419535919631noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-408971107003934333.post-52544174253947957772007-08-09T11:04:00.000-05:002007-08-09T11:04:00.000-05:00Beth,LOL -- guess I'm not alone. YES... it does s...Beth,<BR/><BR/>LOL -- guess I'm not alone. YES... it does sound pretentious... Heh.<BR/><BR/>This is really ironic -- I just ordered Suspicion yesterday! I thought it was about time I read one of Barbara's books. (g) Oh boy, better get in my present tense frame of mind... *thinking hoity toity* (g)<BR/><BR/>JenJennifer Hendrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01239194419535919631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-408971107003934333.post-45131660293933886202007-08-09T06:53:00.000-05:002007-08-09T06:53:00.000-05:00I'm the same--I find present tense really hard goi...I'm the same--I find present tense really hard going. I made it through Barbara Rogan's SUSPICION, but I kept trying to recast the sentences in past tense. Really wearying. And (frankly), present tense just seems pretentious to me. I think it's an attempt to sound "literary." [rolling eyes]<BR/><BR/>OK, I just might be a bigger past- tense snob than you. [g]Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08504439129670380071noreply@blogger.com