tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622997.post6468100866029853511..comments2024-03-14T04:35:06.209+13:00Comments on Beattie's Book Blog - unofficial homepage of the New Zealand book community: Beattie's Book Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01505389626725979100noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622997.post-10211308662836437242008-04-21T18:30:00.000+12:002008-04-21T18:30:00.000+12:00Yep - kind of undermines that pile of petty drivel...Yep - kind of undermines that pile of petty drivel when Noonan fails to get her surname right...<BR/>Also, why is BB hosting such a blathering fool on this blog?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622997.post-29738457844024720252008-04-18T17:18:00.000+12:002008-04-18T17:18:00.000+12:00Well, since you specifically asked for an insult, ...Well, since you specifically asked for an insult, here's just one: You're starting to sound like an idiot. The other points were specific responses only. (I don't post anonymously.) <BR/><BR/>Nice to see you're spelling her surname correctly too!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622997.post-12101085049636098682008-04-18T11:38:00.000+12:002008-04-18T11:38:00.000+12:00Good, good, keep the insults coming ... especially...Good, good, keep the insults coming ... especially anonymous ones! <BR/>The guts of my response was - Christine Leunens is an intellectual <BR/>and an internationally established author ... don't downsize her by <BR/>focusing on her modeling career and don't make the ridiculous claim <BR/>that simply by residing in NZ one is automatically a New Zealand writer.<BR/>Michael NoonanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622997.post-3441369116339873912008-04-18T09:41:00.000+12:002008-04-18T09:41:00.000+12:00Usually a good blog but this popgun attack on the ...Usually a good blog but this popgun attack on the Leunen story is odd... so she's exotic, talented and beautiful - you might just have to get used to it. I know I can...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622997.post-2216796304234028202008-04-17T17:35:00.000+12:002008-04-17T17:35:00.000+12:00Oh, and lest we forget:Christine Leunens is descri...Oh, and lest we forget:<BR/><BR/>Christine Leunens is described as a "new" writer only in relation to the fact that she is new to New Zealand. And the only "unlikely" aspect to this is a background that, by local standards, is unexampled.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622997.post-82207646574296432852008-04-17T16:52:00.000+12:002008-04-17T16:52:00.000+12:00Well, the fellow who wrote this has used a great m...Well, the fellow who wrote this has used a great many words to say very little.<BR/><BR/>1) The article wasn’t a preview but an interview. <BR/><BR/>2) Nowhere in the article is Christine Leunens ID’d as French. She is American born.<BR/><BR/>3) The piece makes it clear that the new book is a new edition of an existing work, albeit a new version on account of it being an English translation. <BR/><BR/>4) My understanding--correct me if I'm wrong--is that the author came to NZ by way of France, where she lived with her husband during and after completing her master’s degree at Harvard. <BR/><BR/>5) The article mentions her existing degrees, and the one she’s currently working on. But the transition from model to author is, again, the author's description of her own career trend. (She still does some modelling, by the way.)<BR/><BR/>6) The author says that she is here in NZ to live for good—ergo, she is now a “New Zealand writer.’ Let's not be prissy now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com