tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164186761666324757.post6216460884062571972..comments2024-01-03T23:18:26.327-05:00Comments on Celeste Jones: Spanking Stories Book Club---Humbled by Renee RoseUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164186761666324757.post-84500990358401207702014-02-02T04:03:33.279-05:002014-02-02T04:03:33.279-05:00Yes on Cosette. My comment on your style changing,...Yes on Cosette. My comment on your style changing, I liked it. It's experience shining through. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07220029273749305283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164186761666324757.post-88435328014489643672014-02-02T04:03:07.319-05:002014-02-02T04:03:07.319-05:00Yes on Cosette. My comment on your style changing,...Yes on Cosette. My comment on your style changing, I liked it. It's experience shining through. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07220029273749305283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164186761666324757.post-52692654099220599392014-01-31T16:08:02.991-05:002014-01-31T16:08:02.991-05:00giggle about the delicate silk-shod feet. I guess ...giggle about the delicate silk-shod feet. I guess I'm a romantic in the love triumphing over social inequalities too. Renee Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01414212384941364401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164186761666324757.post-25255943275332583632014-01-31T16:06:07.512-05:002014-01-31T16:06:07.512-05:00Hmm, that sounds like a good book, very interestin...Hmm, that sounds like a good book, very interesting!Renee Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01414212384941364401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164186761666324757.post-29781246442271849972014-01-31T16:04:39.870-05:002014-01-31T16:04:39.870-05:00Yes! Spanked in New Orleans sounds like a great id...Yes! Spanked in New Orleans sounds like a great idea!! LOL. Thanks, Dinah.Renee Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01414212384941364401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164186761666324757.post-69250196093667801142014-01-31T16:02:44.104-05:002014-01-31T16:02:44.104-05:00Yes, I think there are those status symbols and ma...Yes, I think there are those status symbols and maybe in a very small segment of society, still "blue bloods" but I'm oblivious to it all. I do know that I have lived in places (Washington DC and the Denver suburb I grew up in) where it seemed more important than it does where I live now. But Tucson is very much "live and let live"Renee Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01414212384941364401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164186761666324757.post-7041291822839293492014-01-31T16:00:43.343-05:002014-01-31T16:00:43.343-05:00I don't know abut my writing style, I think ma...I don't know abut my writing style, I think maybe don't judge by this book, okay? please? <br /><br />Corinne was Cosette, but it turns out that while it had been 20 years since I saw Les Mis and I never remember names from anything, Cosette is a name from Les Mis? I guess my subconscious pulled it out as my French Rev reference. So oops! Renee Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01414212384941364401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164186761666324757.post-55061909869940619682014-01-31T15:56:24.069-05:002014-01-31T15:56:24.069-05:00LOL-- the Spanish is fluent, but I can't even ...LOL-- the Spanish is fluent, but I can't even count to fifty or introduce myself in French! When i was in Paris all I learned how to do was order hot chocolate, french fries and salmon. :)Renee Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01414212384941364401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164186761666324757.post-67138561169312460902014-01-31T13:43:58.574-05:002014-01-31T13:43:58.574-05:00Humbled is on my Kindle, waiting. If it were a wo...Humbled is on my Kindle, waiting. If it were a woman, I suspect it would be tapping it's delicate, silk shod feet with impatience about now. As for class distinction, I agree with Cara and Patricia, it does exist. However, as Cara indicated, American's are more impressed by the outward signs of success (money, cars, clothing, etc.) than a person's hereditary lineage, while Kathryn R. Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15772415563451755090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164186761666324757.post-77646252380238814552014-01-31T12:48:54.928-05:002014-01-31T12:48:54.928-05:00Class distinctions exist everywhere. There's a...Class distinctions exist everywhere. There's an entire book about it, Class: A Guide Through the American Status System, by Paul Fussell. I read it a number of years ago. My husband and I suffer from what Fussell calls "status/income disequilibrium. <br /><br />I think there's no way to get away from displays and expectations of certain kinds of status. It seems to be human nature toPatricia Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05042411219884835267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164186761666324757.post-91345624408419487602014-01-31T12:26:58.937-05:002014-01-31T12:26:58.937-05:00I LOVED this book. Let's start there. Here are...I LOVED this book. Let's start there. Here are my answers. <br />1. I think it actually would have made a lot of sense for Corrine to follow the advice to seek another husband, because silversmith or not, Jean Claude is never going to be able to provide the exact life she was accustomed to. However, with that said, it took a lot of guts--and dare I say, humbling herself-- to see the Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01910918543207300865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164186761666324757.post-8879441146766663892014-01-31T11:46:41.206-05:002014-01-31T11:46:41.206-05:00There is something exotic about foreign languages,...There is something exotic about foreign languages, isn't there? And Renee uses Spanish and French in her books. I'm just glad to be able to use English w/some skill. Celeste Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17636997442600551241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164186761666324757.post-31740894000928258902014-01-31T11:42:42.889-05:002014-01-31T11:42:42.889-05:00I think the notion of inherited status is harder f...I think the notion of inherited status is harder for me to grasp than something that I perceive to have been earned like education or wealth. The idea that people were forever classified one way or the other based on birth is a little hard to get my head around. Celeste Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17636997442600551241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164186761666324757.post-2019619914453674352014-01-31T11:41:08.272-05:002014-01-31T11:41:08.272-05:00That's an interesting point about Renee's ...That's an interesting point about Renee's writing style. I'll have to go back and read again to see if I notice what you're talking about. It is fun to compare first books to later works and see how much we all improve. <br /><br />Celeste Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17636997442600551241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164186761666324757.post-48388504868715620102014-01-31T10:04:34.170-05:002014-01-31T10:04:34.170-05:00I agree with Natasha that Renee's writing styl...I agree with Natasha that Renee's writing style changed a little in this one. It seemed different. In a good way! Changing and growing :)<br /><br />I loved this book and I am a little jealous of Corinne- I want Jean-Claude for myself. <br /><br />I think Jean-Claude was more humbled than Corinne. That is just my opinion. I think it turned out that Corinne didn't really need all that muchAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09958878959625455361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164186761666324757.post-47024076286405199802014-01-31T07:23:14.560-05:002014-01-31T07:23:14.560-05:00Although we might deny it, there are class distinc...Although we might deny it, there are class distinctions in the US, but it is less centered around inherited status and is more about money and external trappings of wealth. People check out the car you drive, the size of the rock on your finger, the label on your purse, your zip code, and they make judgments -- and friend choices because of it. Not all people, of course, but some.<br /><br />Cara Bristolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13787980548582603649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164186761666324757.post-49428288793888080542014-01-31T03:15:24.449-05:002014-01-31T03:15:24.449-05:00I like The Year of the Spank...I feel like next ti...I like The Year of the Spank...I feel like next time I walk into a Chinese restaurant and see the little placemat, I will be looking for the Year of the Spank...<br /><br />I am finishing up this book this weekend and love it, as I expected to. I just want to say one thing first and I'm not sure you all feel this way too but Renee's writing style has changed since her last one. Is it justAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07220029273749305283noreply@blogger.com