tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507186203094106045.post4612223337236922074..comments2023-10-09T09:17:20.761-06:00Comments on Angela's Anxious Life: The Princess Bride by William Goldman- ReviewAngela's Anxious Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01935144213302758223noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507186203094106045.post-7797036394664474402014-03-22T23:39:27.936-06:002014-03-22T23:39:27.936-06:00....Angelas Anxious Lifehttp://angelasanxiouslife.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507186203094106045.post-33323855430093989922014-03-22T23:29:27.795-06:002014-03-22T23:29:27.795-06:00I am almost dead with anticipation and need...no n...I am almost dead with anticipation and need...no nearly dead...wait how can I be nearly dead...but at least I'm not completely dead...quick with the miracle!!Pabkinshttp://www.myshelfconfessions.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507186203094106045.post-1651074780090728062014-03-22T23:26:51.173-06:002014-03-22T23:26:51.173-06:00HOLY CRAP this comment is HILARIOUS!! BAH! I nee...HOLY CRAP this comment is HILARIOUS!! BAH! I need to read Last Unicorn and Howl's Moving Castle too. So many damn books.Angelas Anxious Lifehttp://angelasanxiouslife.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507186203094106045.post-91859199558520197242014-03-22T22:53:39.765-06:002014-03-22T22:53:39.765-06:00WHAT! You get a LETTER! This is on my must read li...WHAT! You get a LETTER! This is on my must read list because I am a huge fan of the movie as well. I also must read The Last Unicorn and Howl's Moving Castle haha. I'm so excited now so so excited. I think I will love it...I MUST LOVE IT. I WILL or....INCONCEIVABLE!!Pabkinshttp://www.myshelfconfessions.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507186203094106045.post-59155160177803638102014-03-22T17:58:17.049-06:002014-03-22T17:58:17.049-06:00OH wow!! You watched it for the first time?? I am...OH wow!! You watched it for the first time?? I am glad that you enjoyed it then!! It is fun and magical. I love that even kids enjoy it and it introduces them to Andre the Giant. Still sad that he is gone.Angelas Anxious Lifehttp://angelasanxiouslife.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507186203094106045.post-60277570447634296862014-03-22T13:28:06.995-06:002014-03-22T13:28:06.995-06:00I haven't read this book either, but I did jus...I haven't read this book either, but I did just watch the movie for the first time this year. I enjoyed it so much! If you say you like the movie better than the book, then I'll stick with my love for the movie :D Jaclyn @ <a href="http://jcbookhaven.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">JC's Book Haven</a>.Jaclyn Canadahttp://jcbookhaven.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507186203094106045.post-19763717604138071742014-03-10T10:44:43.175-06:002014-03-10T10:44:43.175-06:00I really enjoyed this book. I own this version. I ...I really enjoyed this book. I own this version. I thought the "narrator" was interesting. I liked that he told you which parts are cut out. My friend got the missing pages on the internet instead of writing to the publisher, and she has them folded up in that section of the book.Kami Furrnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507186203094106045.post-22332917580161167242014-03-09T22:10:35.171-06:002014-03-09T22:10:35.171-06:00I think it's a clever concept too. I was surp...I think it's a clever concept too. I was surprised actually by it. I knew in the movie the little boy was getting read to but didn't realize that is how the book was going to be set up also. Now that the movie is such a pop culture reference it's hard to not picture the cast while I'm reading.Angelas Anxious Lifehttp://angelasanxiouslife.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507186203094106045.post-72162804888161321352014-03-09T21:40:11.968-06:002014-03-09T21:40:11.968-06:00Yeah, the book wasn't really for me either. I...Yeah, the book wasn't really for me either. It is a really clever concept, and it's possible if I read it now (I read it back in high school( I might like it more...but the movie is just such a big part of my life even now, that I think it's hard to live up to that sort of adoration hahaElizabethhttp://oboechica-books.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507186203094106045.post-27241782459813036712014-03-09T18:29:45.081-06:002014-03-09T18:29:45.081-06:00The backstories were really one of my favorite par...The backstories were really one of my favorite parts of the book. The movie is the good parts version and that's the part I really liked. I'll for sure be checking out your review.Angelas Anxious Lifehttp://angelasanxiouslife.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507186203094106045.post-87400069736618347692014-03-09T12:03:06.041-06:002014-03-09T12:03:06.041-06:00Wow, really? That sounds pretty unnecessary. It...Wow, really? That sounds pretty unnecessary. It's funny, normally I like the book better than the movie, but in this case I just couldn't get past all the extra framing stuff. I should have stuck with it I guess, but just got bored. I was surprised by that. :) <br /><br /><br />That would be a bummer to see Fezzik bite the dust. I'm not sure what to think of that either!! The Inigo stuff might be good, he's a lot of fun...Greg Hillnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507186203094106045.post-3191368833614397152014-03-09T09:18:04.638-06:002014-03-09T09:18:04.638-06:00I love Fezzik's backstory in the novel. When ...I love Fezzik's backstory in the novel. When I hear the line, "And YOU: friendless, brainless, helpless, hopeless! Do you want me to send you back to where you were? Unemployed, in Greenland?" I giggle because only people that have read the book would be able to make any sense of what that means!Terri M LeBlanchttp://secondrunreviews.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507186203094106045.post-51643125610699824822014-03-08T23:04:10.659-07:002014-03-08T23:04:10.659-07:00Oh ok.. you probably had a different edition. May...Oh ok.. you probably had a different edition. Maybe I was just angry that I was tricked! LOL!Angelas Anxious Lifehttp://angelasanxiouslife.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507186203094106045.post-68402775094133844632014-03-08T22:59:49.768-07:002014-03-08T22:59:49.768-07:00I read the introduction. When I first read the boo...I read the introduction. When I first read the book I didn't realize that it was fiction, so I thought it was all so interesting and scandalous. Then I read online that it was fiction, and I was just thoroughly amused by it all. I don't know if there were two introductions. I read this book about 8 years ago.Pamela Dhttp://www.readingisfunagain.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507186203094106045.post-1039453883699694662014-03-08T21:36:45.684-07:002014-03-08T21:36:45.684-07:00It took me longer to read it then it should've...It took me longer to read it then it should've too. I just wasn't into it. Partly because I knew what would happen because of the movie. I decided to google what happens in Buttercup's Baby : eventual kidnapping of <br />Waverly (Westley and Buttercup's daughter) by a skinless-faced "madman" <br />who eventually throws her off a mountainside. The chapter ends with <br />Fezzik, Waverly's appointed babysitter, leaping off the mountain to save<br /> her, and then cradling her to preserve her from the impact that seems <br />certain to spell at least Fezzik's doom. Also noteworthy is a flashback to Inigo's past, his training as a swordsman, and his one-time romantic love interest. <br /><br /><br />I don't even know what to think of that!Angelas Anxious Lifehttp://angelasanxiouslife.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507186203094106045.post-62233668991223861782014-03-08T21:19:19.591-07:002014-03-08T21:19:19.591-07:00Nice to see a review of this. I love the movie, bu...Nice to see a review of this. I love the movie, but I have to be honest... I tried to read this but it didn't really work for me, for largely the reasons you mention. I kinda wish I would have stuck with it for the backstories, but it just wasn't my thing. I do still enjoy the movie though!Greg Hillnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507186203094106045.post-48869710791696428222014-03-08T20:42:42.837-07:002014-03-08T20:42:42.837-07:00I know! I do wonder though how I would've pic...I know! I do wonder though how I would've pictured the characters in my mind without having seen the film. I do think Aundre the Giant was excellent casting!Angelas Anxious Lifehttp://angelasanxiouslife.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507186203094106045.post-3870721297280854602014-03-08T19:55:05.157-07:002014-03-08T19:55:05.157-07:00I had similar feelings about the book too, kinda d...I had similar feelings about the book too, kinda disappointed because of how much I loved the movie.Wesleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507186203094106045.post-87674889812084477602014-03-08T17:24:16.436-07:002014-03-08T17:24:16.436-07:00I think that is fun too. I actually thought about ...I think that is fun too. I actually thought about writing in ... but as times changed looks like you get emails now, but even those have stopped according to the article I linked to.Angelas Anxious Lifehttp://angelasanxiouslife.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507186203094106045.post-8053808011073447522014-03-08T17:23:01.268-07:002014-03-08T17:23:01.268-07:00I finally got all that after I looked it up on the...I finally got all that after I looked it up on the internet. I would've probably got it sooner if the introductions weren't also written as fiction. I think possibly the introductions should've been put at the end of the book. But maybe that's just me. Did you read the introductions?Angelas Anxious Lifehttp://angelasanxiouslife.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507186203094106045.post-82703027027168152512014-03-08T17:21:57.978-07:002014-03-08T17:21:57.978-07:00It is worth the read!It is worth the read!Angelas Anxious Lifehttp://angelasanxiouslife.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507186203094106045.post-83035070598776601792014-03-08T15:32:03.493-07:002014-03-08T15:32:03.493-07:00I've never considered reading the book and it ...I've never considered reading the book and it does sound funny but also odd/confusing. I do love that people actually received letters when they wrote in, how fun!The Bookish Manicuristhttp://thebookishmanicurist.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507186203094106045.post-73231242987422311632014-03-08T15:23:55.545-07:002014-03-08T15:23:55.545-07:00Like Charleen, I really like this book for the rea...Like Charleen, I really like this book for the reasons that you don't like it. All of that stuff that Goldman says is fictional. There is no Morgenstern. He is pretending to abridge a book to make fun of books that had lots of political and socioeconomic stuff going on in addition to the simple adventure.Pamela Dhttp://www.readingisfunagain.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507186203094106045.post-69715002763890442012014-03-08T15:10:02.040-07:002014-03-08T15:10:02.040-07:00This is one book where I've watched the movie ...This is one book where I've watched the movie (and loved it) but haven't read the book. Oops.Mary @ BookSwarmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5507186203094106045.post-88589662315102780052014-03-08T13:21:20.121-07:002014-03-08T13:21:20.121-07:00LOL! This is funny what you say about Buttercup. ...LOL! This is funny what you say about Buttercup. IN FACT, in the book Westley totally controls her. In the end of the book when they all confront each other in the bedroom Westley keeps yelling at Buttercup to do what he says she belongs to him. Several times this happens... I was like WHAT! So yes I do think she is kind of controlled in this book too.Angelas Anxious Lifehttp://angelasanxiouslife.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com