Godiva by Nerys Jones

boswellbaxter · Post by **boswellbaxter** » Tue November 11th, 2008, 7:34 pm

There's a great picture of a splendidly bad Godiva cover on Sarah's blog.

LCW · Post by **LCW** » Tue November 11th, 2008, 8:37 pm

[quote=""boswellbaxter""]There's a great picture of a splendidly bad Godiva cover on Sarah's blog.[/quote]

Oh my

! That is bad! As are all those covers! Makes you wonder what people will say about our covers in 50 years.

LCW · Post by **LCW** » Tue November 11th, 2008, 8:38 pm

[QUOTE=Melisende;1540
The novel reads as if events take place over a period of one to two years, when in actual fact, events take place over a period of over ten years. Hence the need for some basic background knowledge.

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Wouldn't this be considered a serious flaw in the writing or editing? As a reader I'd be awfully confused if the story suddently skipped years and years without alerting the reader somehow with a chapter break, a date, or something. The story sounds interesting but this makes me hesitant to read it!

Ariadne · Post by **Ariadne** » Tue November 11th, 2008, 8:43 pm

Thanks for the review, Melisende! I bought this book from Book Depository based on the blurb alone - I haven't yet gotten to it.

As for the book with the supremely tacky cover on my blog, it's as trashy as it appears.

EC2 · Post by **EC2** » Tue November 11th, 2008, 9:08 pm

[quote=""Ariadne""]Thanks for the review, Melisende! I bought this book from Book Depository based on the blurb alone - I haven't yet gotten to it.

As for the book with the supremely tacky cover on my blog, it's as trashy as it appears.[/quote]

My goodness, there are some beauties there. What IS the woman looking at on the cover of The Purple Conquest. Does it have purple prose too?

boswellbaxter · Post by **boswellbaxter** » Tue November 11th, 2008, 9:40 pm

[quote=""EC2""]My goodness, there are some beauties there. What IS the woman looking at on the cover of The Purple Conquest. Does it have purple prose too?

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Maybe the man painted something else purple, which might explain her worried look.

EC2 · Post by **EC2** » Tue November 11th, 2008, 9:53 pm

[quote=""boswellbaxter""]maybe the man painted something else purple, which might explain her worried look.[/quote]

rotflolmao!

Misfit · Post by **Misfit** » Tue November 11th, 2008, 10:04 pm

[quote=""boswellbaxter""]Maybe the man painted something else purple, which might explain her worried look.[/quote]

You ladies are bad, unbelievably bad. Shameless, but I agree with you

Ariadne · Post by **Ariadne** » Tue November 11th, 2008, 10:55 pm

[quote=""boswellbaxter""]Maybe the man painted something else purple, which might explain her worried look.[/quote]

ROTFL! Plenty of not-so-subtle double entendres in the back cover blurb too.

Telynor · Post by **Telynor** » Wed November 12th, 2008, 11:14 pm

[quote=""boswellbaxter""]There's a great picture of a splendidly bad Godiva cover on Sarah's blog.[/quote]

Oh the glory days of the 60's and 70's, when the term cheap paperback ruled, and the covers were atrocious. Thank you for that link, i really needed a good laugh today.