tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post4900647126832110323..comments2023-12-09T00:33:24.572-08:00Comments on Novel Matters: The Great RomanceBonnie Grovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11377519561074174038noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-40700056253450739042012-09-22T22:53:37.725-07:002012-09-22T22:53:37.725-07:00You, Joy, and your writing are the gifts you give ...You, Joy, and your writing are the gifts you give us.<br />Thank you for stopping by. You are loved. And we're waiting--no matter how long it takes--we're waiting for that next novel. Just keep writing. We'll wait.<br />Bonnie Grovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11377519561074174038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-22166901306991887972012-09-22T10:02:44.048-07:002012-09-22T10:02:44.048-07:00I have to say, I love, love, LOVE this blog but do...I have to say, I love, love, LOVE this blog but don't follow it or any blog as closely as it deserves. Every time I'm here I'm amazed with all these women who sound like people I want to do coffee with and talk about books with at the beach or over iced tea. And then my friend Bonnie Grove was kind enough yesterday to give me a heads up to come read the comments about Blue Hole Back Home, my first novel. What a gift you all gave me. It's taken me way too long to produce a second novel (part real life with family and teaching, and part my just not being able to get it right--very humbling). Just wanted to say a huge thanks AND a low bow from the waist for this every-more-wonderful blog. Go, NovelMatters!Joy Jordan-Lakehttp://www.joyjordanlake.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-42529278402524736652012-09-22T08:05:49.122-07:002012-09-22T08:05:49.122-07:00Very true, Henrietta. And well said. My husband, d...Very true, Henrietta. And well said. My husband, daughter and I had the privilege of going to the Ten Boom home in Haarlem, Amsterdam, and to stand in the hiding place. It was an amazing experience.Sharon K. Souzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02526862677417370076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-24490304332189429012012-09-21T18:49:25.736-07:002012-09-21T18:49:25.736-07:00I think of all the great historical stories of peo...I think of all the great historical stories of people pursuing the elusive. Alexander the Great building an empire, Wellington pursuing Napoleon, Wilberforce ending slavery, the Suffragettes. Schindler saving Jews and Corrie Ten Boom surviving and forgiving. We could not have imagined these stories into being, so strange are they, yet they tell the Great Romance in the same blood, sweat and tears that one finds in the Bible.<br />The factor that ties great stories to the Great Romance is the tenacity of the protagonist. No stone left unturned, no corner unsearched, no resource unspent toward the ultimate goal. <br />And the Victory! There is a reason we don't say Napoleon's pursuit of Wellington or the Plantation Owners' salvation of their culture. The victory emancipates, sets in a nobler place what was degraded, bestows abundance of life. Henrietta Frankenseenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-62451393890231792312012-09-21T17:36:12.240-07:002012-09-21T17:36:12.240-07:00I'm going to have to tell Joy there are so man...I'm going to have to tell Joy there are so many wonderful comments on the blog today. It will make her day!Bonnie Grovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11377519561074174038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-58671179242183720842012-09-21T15:49:36.197-07:002012-09-21T15:49:36.197-07:00S.F., Blue Hole Back Home is one of my very favori...S.F., Blue Hole Back Home is one of my very favorite novels ever. I love that book. And you're right in your assessment.Sharon K. Souzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02526862677417370076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-90954855918218519422012-09-21T15:02:14.621-07:002012-09-21T15:02:14.621-07:00Unbroken-Laura Hillenbrand. Oh my word.I read it w...Unbroken-Laura Hillenbrand. Oh my word.I read it when it was first on the shelves and watched it grow to what it is now. AMAZING story. Just amazing!!!! Jennifer Majorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12696261499182486196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-17980367434381722082012-09-21T14:14:56.575-07:002012-09-21T14:14:56.575-07:00Karen you definitely should read it.
...oh, and ...Karen you definitely should read it. <br /><br />...oh, and I LOVED Blue Hole Back Home too. AWESOME book!!Megan Sayerhttp://www.megansayer.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-47845980933564573842012-09-21T09:10:02.557-07:002012-09-21T09:10:02.557-07:00Well, now that you mention it....
I would think.....Well, now that you mention it....<br /><br />I would think..."Blue Hole Back Home." You'd think that it would be specifically about racism in the south after the Civil Rights Movement, but when you look at it from the romance view, it's about loving the unloved, about how God doesn't play favorites and neither should we.<br /><br />I love that book. GORGEOUS.S. F. Foxfirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16816147331021472001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-75662633411473198872012-09-21T04:42:21.547-07:002012-09-21T04:42:21.547-07:00Megan, I haven't read the books ( shame on me)...Megan, I haven't read the books ( shame on me) but I've watched the movie of "About a boy" quite a few times and loved it every time. It 's a classic.<br /><br />Sharon, you've tickled my curiosity now. I'll have to check out the circle trilogy. I'm not a huge Ted Dekler fan, but I have heard good things about that series. I love that pyramid illustration. Karen @ a house full of sunshinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17787916466155321686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-15990093588354901422012-09-21T02:40:29.892-07:002012-09-21T02:40:29.892-07:00Does anybody here but me read Nick Hornby's bo...Does anybody here but me read Nick Hornby's books? He's one of my all-time FAVOURITE EVER authors...books like About a Boy and High Fidelity are more "about romance" than they are romance stories. So atypical. So wonderful. So insightful about the complexities of the human heart and so funny that it's easy to forget that there's romance in them at all. But they are quintessentially love stories. Well...I love them anyway : )Megan Sayerhttp://www.megansayer.comnoreply@blogger.com