tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post5080551043470356140..comments2024-03-22T03:19:38.110-04:00Comments on Forever In Hell: Help a Sister OutPersonalFailurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03034292023591747601noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-22995297098891365072009-06-11T05:38:45.176-04:002009-06-11T05:38:45.176-04:00not to be mean
(ok, just a little mean)
are we en...not to be mean<br />(ok, just a little mean)<br /><br />are we entirely discounting the idea that she reads only Children's books because she is incapable of understanding works written for adults?<br /><br />snarky-bitchyness aside, what about all those books by... um... she wrote "Are You There, God, It's Me, Margret" and such. lost her name.<br /><br />how the *hell* does she think kids stuff is violence-free? has she *met* any children? nasty, mean, rude and violent little buggers. if they weren't so cute, no one would tolerate them at all<br />(i am not being serious about hating children. i like children, at least once they are capable of any sort of mutual conversation.)denelianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083149213773118359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-84290229727762552512009-06-10T21:57:44.406-04:002009-06-10T21:57:44.406-04:00In criticizing the author's "stealth"...In criticizing the author's "stealth" methods of introducing a gay character, her number one complaint is:<br /><br />=<br />First, she made the character very likable. ... there was no warning that she was anything but heterosexual.<br />=<br /><br />The nerve of that author, not dressing the character in a plaid shirt and Birkenstocks and giving her a buzz-cut. How unbearably sneaky, I say you...Vollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14514280952695776270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-91445217235338321672009-06-10T14:51:29.516-04:002009-06-10T14:51:29.516-04:00Geds: The Percy Jackson series, if you like a litt...Geds: The Percy Jackson series, if you like a little mythology in your storytelling. Or the Series of Unfortunate Events. If you like warped reads. <br />Also, Corlaine and The Graveyard Book Neil Gaiman. They are both work on an adult level as well as a child's level (Coraline is particularly disturbing). <br />I could go on and on. But I will spare you all.Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01264241978515946396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-70581581964716989742009-06-10T14:31:17.423-04:002009-06-10T14:31:17.423-04:00Madeline L'engle, Geds. A Wrinkle in Time, spe...Madeline L'engle, Geds. A Wrinkle in Time, specifically.<br /><br />That's the only kids book I can think of that holds up well in adulthood.PersonalFailurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03034292023591747601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-16823318729303790462009-06-10T14:20:59.583-04:002009-06-10T14:20:59.583-04:00I used to date a girl who insisted that I needed t...I used to date a girl who insisted that I needed to read more children's books. But her reasoning was that I pretty much skipped directly to Tom Clancy and then non-fiction starting in fifth grade and I'd missed out on some really good books.<br /><br />So for Christmas she gave me, like, five or six Newberry Award winners that she had liked and thought I would appreciate. It was rather sweet.<br /><br />Never did read 'em. Don't talk to her anymore, either. Not sure what the life lesson in that story is.Gedshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15047239425466517786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-52587299220850909212009-06-10T13:45:10.447-04:002009-06-10T13:45:10.447-04:00She must not have read The Road or any other Corma...She must not have read The Road or any other Cormac McCarthy novel, either.<br /><br />And no, I doubt she's read any Dahl ;D.Cynical Nymphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12601814894895238102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-45251141373263946192009-06-10T11:59:03.275-04:002009-06-10T11:59:03.275-04:00I thought Jane Austen would be okay, until a frien...I thought Jane Austen would be okay, until a friend of mine pointed out that one of those books is situated in the middle of a war, and both involve sex, though nobody really talks directly about it.<br /><br />Fannie: yeah, that was great. "gays in real life are all fire-breathing monsters! this is so unrealistic!"PersonalFailurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03034292023591747601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-25373556817453767882009-06-10T11:45:25.037-04:002009-06-10T11:45:25.037-04:00How bizarre. I read her post too and was mostly s...How bizarre. I read her post too and was mostly struck by this paragraph where Emissary laments:<br /><br />"First, she made the [gay] character very likable. This isn't the first book this character has been in, and in all of the others this unexpected romantic side was missing. It may have been because the girl was younger then, but (at least from my perspective) there was no warning that she was anything but heterosexual."<br /><br />I think she's implying that in the real world, gay people aren't at all likable or "normal." Coming from someone who censors herself from reality, I'm not surprised that she has such an ignorant worldview.Fannie Wolfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04296502470605119779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-44847961360385787292009-06-10T11:44:52.899-04:002009-06-10T11:44:52.899-04:00Wow, she sure isn't reading the kids books I&#...Wow, she sure isn't reading the kids books I've read. Hell, the books I read to my daughter feature more conflict than she would be comfortable. <br />I wonder if she reads Dahl? Hee!Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01264241978515946396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-70171398252560383022009-06-10T11:04:48.780-04:002009-06-10T11:04:48.780-04:00Reminds me that I probably shouldn't have read...Reminds me that I probably shouldn't have read 'Pillars of the Earth' when I was nine ;)<br /><br />How can anybody find too much sex and violence in Jane Austen stories? I'm quite sure neither the one nor the other word is ever mentioned...Anna Sethehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07863425770114336085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-4758277950147387342009-06-10T10:22:25.573-04:002009-06-10T10:22:25.573-04:00BWAHAHAHAHAHAHABWAHAHAHAHAHAHAPersonalFailurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03034292023591747601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-43483459371477885282009-06-10T10:22:07.653-04:002009-06-10T10:22:07.653-04:00So she doesn't like any conflict and resolutio...So she doesn't like any conflict and resolution? So she shuts herself off from the real world too then, as it has violence, sex, etc? What a sad sad life trying to dodge reality.<br /><br />I was going to suggest "Nation" by Terry Pratchett as it is a children's book, but it has violence in it, so right out.<br /><br />http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/p/terry-pratchett/nation.htmBeamStalkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17772110446629492132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-63908454437465493852009-06-10T10:09:49.139-04:002009-06-10T10:09:49.139-04:00Trainspotting?Trainspotting?ExPatMatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08666078524214384329noreply@blogger.com