Comments on: Review – Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford

By: Don Meyer

Don Meyer — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 18:15:50 +0000

Hi -
I’m new to your blog, and I was curious about ‘Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet’ by Jamie Ford, which was recommended by a friend. I agree with you about the overuse of italics and ALL CAPS, but at least that’s better than the old underlining.

At 80 and handicapped, I spend a lot of time either in front of my computer or reading. Feel free to have a look at my blog. Right now I’m having trouble loading jpeg’s.

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By: Anna

Anna — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 21:30:38 +0000

I'm sorry it was a bit disappointing for you. I'm looking forward to reading it for the January TLC tour. I hope it's okay that I linked to your review on War Through the Generations.

By: Bonnie

Bonnie — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 03:55:08 +0000

I liked this book a lot and never even noticed the italics! For me, I’m annoyed by long run on sentences in books without correct grammer. So, I can understand being distracted by that! I read an ARC copy, did you read the ARC or final copy? I found the relationship to be young love in an adult like situation. They experienced life much differently than most 12-13 year olds and were forced into more adult like circumstances due to the life events going on around them. I found the attention this story brought to the historical events of Japanese Internment camps to be very well done.

By: zibilee

zibilee — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:01:19 +0000

Thanks for the honest review. Most of the reviews I have read of this book raved about it, but I think that some of the things that you didn’t like would have been bothersome to me as well. Glad I didn’t rush out and buy this one!

By: Serena (Savvy Verse & Wit)

Serena (Savvy Verse & Wit) — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:25:46 +0000

those italics would probably fade away for me after a while, but the use of CAPS would bug me. I’m sorry to hear that you didn’t like this one as much as others did.

I think I’ll place this one on the back burner for now because I’m not sure how I feel about the issues you raised. I have to let them stew a bit.

By: lisamm

lisamm — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:38:24 +0000

The italics/caps thing would grate on my nerves, no doubt, although I do that quite a lot myself. Like you said, though, there is a difference between the formal and the informal.

By: Becky Workman

Becky Workman — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:17:30 +0000

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By: Nit

Nit — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 15:00:52 +0000

The storyline does sound interesting. Thanks for the review!

By: debbie

debbie — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 13:11:15 +0000

I have read so many great reviews about this book. I think I need to put it on my TBR list.