tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post3459839095186157212..comments2024-02-14T03:20:23.057-08:00Comments on Pop Sensation: Paperback 434: Doctor Prescott's Secret / Peggy Gaddis (Beacon B302)Rex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-71538080489349744952011-07-08T04:56:51.480-07:002011-07-08T04:56:51.480-07:00You're right. No idea how I misread that. Comm...You're right. No idea how I misread that. Comment removed.Rex Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-5021231957246903632011-07-08T02:56:41.992-07:002011-07-08T02:56:41.992-07:00I hate to nitpick, but as bad as the back copy is,...I hate to nitpick, but as bad as the back copy is, it doesn't attribute her success only to her body. It's to "not only her wits, but [also] her super body...."Jamie Rosenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03025283302198707150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-89011363862670907192011-07-07T02:28:04.794-07:002011-07-07T02:28:04.794-07:00I'm bothered by that "besides" in th...I'm bothered by that "besides" in the first sentence. It feels tremendously clunky. They could have dropped it altogether. Still, I do like the way they worked in "pulses" and "passionately" in the last paragraph. OTOH, "loathsome horror" makes me think more of Lovecraft than whatever the unnamed evil they're talking about is (drugs, I presume).DemetriosXnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-36110637569359464492011-07-06T17:29:57.234-07:002011-07-06T17:29:57.234-07:00Why do nurses find it "ridiculously easy"...Why do nurses find it "ridiculously easy" conquering doctors? Is this something they teach in nursing school?<br /><br />And what's with the phrase "excitingly delineated"?capewoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05028921297568214207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-29218936884685548502011-07-06T13:00:55.365-07:002011-07-06T13:00:55.365-07:00I'm not sure I like "slipping deeper and ...I'm not sure I like "slipping deeper and deeper" in the same sentence as "helpless tool."<br /><br />Also, my husband's HS English teacher would have dinged the copywriter a whole letter grade for using "not only...but" instead of "not only...but also."Katiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07715317179656126453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-68164564821464185052011-07-06T12:43:03.120-07:002011-07-06T12:43:03.120-07:00Those keyholes are nothing. My college roommate i...Those keyholes are nothing. My college roommate in the 1980s had a 5 foot poster of a keyhole with a woman in lingerie.Retro Houndhttp://www.retrohound.com/noreply@blogger.com