Comments on Susan Lohrer: Books are Like Chocolates

Absolutely, Lynne. cyber coconut But I'm kee...

2011-02-23T08:42:27.244-07:00

Absolutely, Lynne. *cyber coconut* But I'm keeping the fruity ones. :)

Oh, no, there's something so wrong about a fri...

2011-02-20T16:51:33.520-07:00

Oh, no, there's something so wrong about a friend who'd make you play Russell Roulette. Lia, have you considered tackling this so called friend and taking ALL of her chocolates.

Susan, you can send the coconut to me, along with raspberry and orange creams. Which reminds me, have you ever eaten raspberry or orange sherbet with hot fudge on it? (A Stover Sundae)

Great post, Susan. :-)

LOL, Lia. New thing to be thankful for: my friends...

2011-02-16T08:43:31.714-07:00

LOL, Lia. New thing to be thankful for: my friends don't make me play Russell Roulette.

Were the excerpts offered as free downloads or would you have had to pay for them? I can't imagine paying for an excerpt, or even a collection of them. Good for the author/publisher who labeled excerpts honestly, though.

I am sitting next to my box of Valentine's Cho...

2011-02-16T04:29:46.004-07:00

I am sitting next to my box of Valentine's Chocolate, thanking God that it came with a map. Also there are no coconut ones in my box. I have friends who hold the box above they heads, you have to choose and eat what ever you pick. They call it Russell Roulette. I personally think that is a cruel game to play with chocolate.

I was picking out some books and I got one that was described as "fantasy short stories. I added it to my cart. Then I got a recommendation for a sci-fi book, in its description it stated that it was excerpts from various sci-fi authors. A little digging revealed that the fantasy book was also excerpts. Out of the cart it went.

Kat, you can't have my caramels (umm, my fav), but I do have 4 almond cremes and a couple of hazelnut truffles that I'm not going to eat.

I knew it would happen, and it did . . . I found a...

2011-02-15T17:26:06.902-07:00

I knew it would happen, and it did . . . I found a coconut one this afternoon. :-(

The non-resolving short story thing might work in one instance I can think of: when it's included at the end of a book as a teaser for the next book (and is actually the first chapter of said next book).

I'm going to cut open the rest of the chocolates and sniff them to see what's inside. If I find a caramel one, I'll save it for you, Kat.

Now that's a great parallel. I HATE IT when th...

2011-02-15T16:24:21.090-07:00

Now that's a great parallel. I HATE IT when there's no description telling me what kind of chocolate it is. My favorite is the carmel filling and no one else likes it, so there's no point in accidentally giving it to someone else, right? :)

I'd be even more mad if the description was misleading, like "milk and butter filled" and it is, but without the brown sugar to make it actual caramel.