tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5080051275665594538.post1375721775968168952..comments2024-03-28T20:44:48.472-05:00Comments on All The Book Blog Names Are Taken: Book Review | Murder by the Book: The Crime that Shocked Dickens' LondonSarah @ All The Book Blog Names Are Takenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12507006809241347635noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5080051275665594538.post-8888771633584424862021-04-10T10:22:31.364-05:002021-04-10T10:22:31.364-05:00Not at all, no matter how much better we want to b...Not at all, no matter how much better we want to believe we our than our predecessors. Sarah @ All The Book Blog Names Are Takenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12507006809241347635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5080051275665594538.post-27563067826576677792021-04-10T10:21:44.258-05:002021-04-10T10:21:44.258-05:00I am so obsessed with the Victorians and THEIR obs...I am so obsessed with the Victorians and THEIR obsession with murder - it is so weird! And really, I suppose we can say it is their fault that our media is the way it is today...they started it! lolSarah @ All The Book Blog Names Are Takenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12507006809241347635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5080051275665594538.post-52134859261119096722021-04-10T10:20:36.290-05:002021-04-10T10:20:36.290-05:00Those hips were obviously a national security thre...Those hips were obviously a national security threat!Sarah @ All The Book Blog Names Are Takenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12507006809241347635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5080051275665594538.post-88871154641730650992021-03-23T10:29:39.534-05:002021-03-23T10:29:39.534-05:00Some parts of your review made me think of Twitter...Some parts of your review made me think of Twitter in these times, or social media in general being blamed for violent behavior. I guess things don't change that much.Judy Kruegerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11632346091869688862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5080051275665594538.post-30186263133178920562021-03-23T09:07:09.449-05:002021-03-23T09:07:09.449-05:00I went through a period of reading when I seemed t...I went through a period of reading when I seemed to read almost exclusively books set in the Victorian era and frequently they were murder mysteries. It does seem that the Victorians had a particular fascination with murders, the gorier the better. I'm sort of over my own fascination with the era now, although I still occasionally read something from that setting. Dorothy Bordershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12441731296027227394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5080051275665594538.post-69848906642315958092021-03-23T04:48:44.605-05:002021-03-23T04:48:44.605-05:00"It is interesting to note that the arguments..."It is interesting to note that the arguments being made about violent music and video games in our lifetime were made back then about books".<br /><br />I'd heard that - the idea that the 'chattering classes' would get their empty heads filled up with lurid ideas from sensational books and then decide to kill more 'respectable' people. Imagine their reaction to 'Rock & Roll' and Mr Presley's hips! CyberKittenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06394155516712665665noreply@blogger.com