Terri's comments
(member since Mar 31, 2008)
Terri's comments from the YA Book Club group.
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Gerald Morris, TH WHite, Mary Stewart are some
THe Gerald Morris books (remakes of Arthurian legends)
Aug 14, 2009 01:39PM
ANd I like the appearances of the Gods in the story
Gonna start Twilight on the plane today
I, Lorelei is up next for YA
Reading The bagpiper's Ghost by Jane Yolen
I enjoyed the first midnighters book but not as much as uglies
Oh I will. You know the saying, so many books, so little time....
Jun 17, 2009 07:21AM
No. Because there is no way everyone would agree to what is perfect or pretty. Different cultures, races, ethnic groups, religions...
Very attention getting!
I think governments always have and will keep lots of secrets from people in the name of "protecting" them.
The whole concept that by making them "pretty" they will be more successful is so short sighted. And the discarded past gets rid of the good as well as the bad.
Jun 17, 2009 07:14AM
Yes, Tally's self discovery is the real story to me.
I have only read the first one so far but thought it was great!
Starting Hippolyta and the Amzons by Jane Yolen soon
the other issues is when something is forbidden, kids will go out of their way to see why. I remember hunting down Forever by Judy Blume and then was like okay... no big deal....
My opinion to censorship is you have a right to censor your (or your child's) reading material but you do not have a right to censor any other person (or child's) reading material.
A parent should discuss books with their kids but often they dont. Esp. if the subject is sex. But I dont think just because they won't, it should be left up to other parents/politicians etc...
And often I have found, many parents who support censoring often havent even read the book in question, so how on earth could they possibly know the issues involved with the particular book.
It is so much easier to blame the ills of society on books, tv, movies, music, video games etc... than face the fact that a lot of parents refuse to PARENT their kids.
♥ Brigid ♥ wrote: "Courtney wrote: "I seriously think that in order to get as into them as most people are you would've had to read them in Elementary School. I know adults like them, but its partly because they didn..."
We had them - Narnia, Oz etc... Adults like them too because they are just really good stories
A Pawn - yes. But did he really have a choice on the quest? What would his life have been like had he not?
Apr 16, 2009 07:54AM
I think he keeps the "spirit" of each pretty true
