tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22569086.post2503825706863038506..comments2023-08-01T14:52:57.331+00:00Comments on The Splenderful Chronicles: we move but our words stand become responsible for more than we intended and this is verbal privilegeJane Sunshinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07100840036627261051noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22569086.post-8168046004266292052007-05-10T10:14:00.000+00:002007-05-10T10:14:00.000+00:00ne: I am glad you thought the movie was lovely. Al...ne: I am glad you thought the movie was lovely. Also, Ashok and Ashima are such real, rounded characters in the movie.<BR/><BR/>May: It's a trend I think, lad lit is also popular but has not exploded the way chic lit has. Try The Namesake if you have time.<BR/><BR/>Kak Teh: Yeah, I have a couple on my bookshelf as well!<BR/><BR/>Blabs: Well, I was just playing devils advocate because although they dont work for us, still such books must be allowed to flourish in the true sense of freedom of expression don't you think.Jane Sunshinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07100840036627261051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22569086.post-69876301802936459332007-05-05T06:57:00.000+00:002007-05-05T06:57:00.000+00:00Yea, chic-lit never worked for me either. Burn the...Yea, chic-lit never worked for me either. Burn them, i say.Blabarellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00873745720492804042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22569086.post-6906211481578757532007-05-01T08:11:00.000+00:002007-05-01T08:11:00.000+00:00I bought a few chicklits but never finished them. ...I bought a few chicklits but never finished them. <BR/>Read Women's Room yonks ago when it was fashionable to be seen with Marilyn French and Germaine Greer.Kak Tehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00856864485917633260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22569086.post-54997902679111751572007-04-29T01:05:00.000+00:002007-04-29T01:05:00.000+00:00there's an overwhelming amount of chic lit out the...there's an overwhelming amount of chic lit out there, I don't know where to begin! I might check out Namesake if I have the time (the movie, not the book... by your recommendation!).mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03462864451396368720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22569086.post-91023386584437305472007-04-29T00:41:00.000+00:002007-04-29T00:41:00.000+00:00Yes!about The Namesake - I thought the movie was l...Yes!<BR/>about The Namesake - I thought the movie was lovely and I had more emphathy for the protaganist in the movie than in the book. <BR/>I could not relate or feel much of anything for Gogol in the book. Maybe it's a cultural thing since I wasn't bought up in the states? I don't know. <BR/>And gawd, I didn't think about it - but Cal was a character in the book. uhmm.Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05347165192759448232noreply@blogger.com