tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982413406210688800.post6615206509601834921..comments2024-01-30T12:33:15.670+01:00Comments on LesleyW's Book Nook: Dresses and/or FoodLesleyWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14059048442986942270noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982413406210688800.post-71074533602806623042010-04-02T13:26:02.190+02:002010-04-02T13:26:02.190+02:00Mary - strangely I quite like descriptions of buil...Mary - strangely I quite like descriptions of buildings. But not too much. And I think this is perhaps because I've been reading quite a bit of steampunk recently and it's almost an inherent part of the genre.LesleyWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14059048442986942270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982413406210688800.post-20159066765438500142010-04-02T13:24:46.866+02:002010-04-02T13:24:46.866+02:00DBR - I'm starting to realize I have a real fo...DBR - I'm starting to realize I have a real food fixation lol. I think partly because I do find it helps me imagine a character more easily if I can see how and what they eat.<br /><br />Linda - good point about spotting a vampire at the opera. I think you've come up with the only reason when it's appropriate for the heroine to be chasing an undead creature of the night in evening dress.LesleyWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14059048442986942270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982413406210688800.post-26869890276644602502010-04-02T13:22:49.562+02:002010-04-02T13:22:49.562+02:00Renee - I don't often read historicals. I thin...Renee - I don't often read historicals. I think the closest I've come recently is Soulless by Gail Carriger. And I agree that of the clothing is going to be different to what you're used to seeing then you do need a description so you can fix it in your mind. Also little details can help - like the fact that Alexia has two hairpins one made of wood and one made of silver. But that also serves to tell you something about her character.LesleyWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14059048442986942270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982413406210688800.post-2129856442813830152010-04-02T13:21:14.574+02:002010-04-02T13:21:14.574+02:00Jenre - Great minds. lol. I made myself hungry wri...Jenre - Great minds. lol. I made myself hungry writing about that apple pie.<br /><br />Nicole - I think if the clothing description is there to serve a purpose I'm happy with that. It's just when the heroine goes on and on about her latest designer wardrobe that I start to switch off and turn pages until we're back with the plot again.LesleyWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14059048442986942270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982413406210688800.post-68771319298707451502010-04-02T09:27:27.737+02:002010-04-02T09:27:27.737+02:00It may seem kind of odd, but I dislike over long d...It may seem kind of odd, but I dislike over long descriptions about settings. Anything in depth about architecture or paint color or whatever just makes me skip over. Bleh.<br /><br />mlatalladi10@wooster.eduMaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17471558110073338759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982413406210688800.post-56334496810234075602010-04-02T01:42:29.438+02:002010-04-02T01:42:29.438+02:00I am not a cloths horse, so for me discriptions of...I am not a cloths horse, so for me discriptions of what the caracters have on, should be discriptive, and not go on and on. Sort of the same for food. But I have to agree, that having the caracter in in the wrong shoes or outfit drives me crazy, unless it is part of the story line. For example, the caracter is out at the Opera, that should be the only reason why she would be chasing someone in a long formal and high heels.Lindahttp://sfbeader@aol.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982413406210688800.post-2864276138853434912010-03-31T20:46:43.897+02:002010-03-31T20:46:43.897+02:00I want to know what the characters are wearing, bu...I want to know what the characters are wearing, but that's it. In seduction scenes, it's always nice to have the seducer's view of the seducee's sexy underwear. And I'm with you on running in four inch heels with breasts popping out of a corset so tight the female can hardly breathe. NOT.<br /><br />I can enjoy food descriptions, but not too much, and as long as it's in context. Like maybe a vamp who'd love a nice chocolate mousse, but it just doesn't taste good anymore.D. B. Reynoldshttp://dbreynolds.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982413406210688800.post-75840120356113517792010-03-30T05:20:46.188+02:002010-03-30T05:20:46.188+02:00I guess it depends on the heroine's personalit...I guess it depends on the heroine's personality. If it reflects something about her character (like Corinne in Blue Diablo) I'm good with it.<br /><br />However, I'm good with a down to earth heroine who isn't a clothes horse.<br /><br />Where I sort of want some of that detail is in a historical, since clothes were so much more elaborate. Though, I've been off historicals for the last 4-5 months.Reneehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15408227410388147148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982413406210688800.post-31858674949104676402010-03-29T19:50:29.056+02:002010-03-29T19:50:29.056+02:00For myself, I have no problem with clothing descri...For myself, I have no problem with clothing descriptions -- if it fits the heroine. But don't give her a clothes fetish merely as a word count filler. Make it an actual personality trait, and I'm fine. Make her a clothes horse because "all the hip UF heroines are doing it" and there will be a case of book-meet-wall. (Example: in Kelley Armstrong's Otherworld series, Elena doesn't care much about clothes, so descriptions rarely show up. Paige, on the other hand, does care, so mention of her outfit choice is appropriate.)<br /><br />Food: for me, same thing. Give me a purpose for it (and a good description), and I'm all for mealtimes. Otherwise, a brief note about swinging by the Burger King works just as well as a drawn-out contemplation of a milkshake melting on a diner counter.Nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00415819230337026236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982413406210688800.post-2668775608228668082010-03-29T17:14:43.128+02:002010-03-29T17:14:43.128+02:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jenrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15492693697232134724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982413406210688800.post-73202567082189638362010-03-29T17:14:31.568+02:002010-03-29T17:14:31.568+02:00I'm with you on this one Lesley. Clothes bore...I'm with you on this one Lesley. Clothes bore me. I have no idea about designer labels and any heroine who spends a lengthy amount of time thinking about clothes makes me wonder whether she is really as intelligent as she needs to be for the zombie killing.<br /><br />As for food. Well I love food and I love reading about it. I once did a post ages ago bemoaning the fact that UF heroines never eat. How can they kill zombies when they are half starving? I think it's an interesting point that you make about using meal times to forward the plot. As long as they actually finish the meal I'm happy. I get really cross when characters prepare meals and then never eat/finish them.Jenrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15492693697232134724noreply@blogger.com