tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5026762677187537394.post1159929470260526810..comments2023-02-19T06:25:43.569-05:00Comments on Hilltop Notes: Reading for pleasureJLChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14417274472131471333noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5026762677187537394.post-55275327699336467102008-07-12T08:26:00.000-04:002008-07-12T08:26:00.000-04:00Today's books do seem to be more "shocking and gri...Today's books do seem to be more "shocking and gritty". Maybe its because the younger readers have already become so accustomed to today's more violent society that they expect it. Personally-sometimes I do seek out those kind of books, I think I like to know someone else has it worse than I do. Even writing that I'm ashamed because I don't have it very hard at all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5026762677187537394.post-15125158445889294952008-07-12T00:56:00.000-04:002008-07-12T00:56:00.000-04:00Joan, I so, so agree with you. My older brothers a...Joan, I so, so agree with you. My older brothers and their wives are visiting me this weekend and we have enjoyed talking about wonderful movies we've seen and how we hate the way all movie makers now must blow something to smithereens in every other scene.<BR/>In books and movies today, the stories are lost in the "gritty" "reality" of life in places I can't even imagine. Most of what I see is definitely not in my realm of reality or that of anyone else I know.<BR/>I like stories that could be about me or at least someone I know. That is why I like Settling, by Joan Cannon. That is why Vicki Lane mysteries are popular and why I can't relate to shows on TV like Sex and the City. Who really lives like that?<BR/>Guess I'm not a fantasy fan, because, not since I saw Cinderella at a young age, have I wanted to believe in fairy tale. <BR/>One evening recently I saw on TV Jack Nickolson shot in the chest and a red spout of blood shot from his mouth like a fountain. Too realistic or too much special effects? Anyway, it was all too much for me.<BR/>Growing old, dealing with death of loved ones, illnesses that can't be cured by a magic pill, watching young ones make mistakes I know they will regret later in life, is all much too real for me. Give me a good love story, not unreal love, but a realistic relationship with two people, flawed as we all are, who make it work or not work, but told in a way that makes me feel their happiness, hurt or pain. <BR/>Best sellers today seem to be bogged down in mud and mayhem, with characters so weird and way-out that I can't relate at all.<BR/>I enjoy your blog and appreciate your giving the opportunity to discuss such as this.Glenda Council Beallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04778241689968750316noreply@blogger.com