Catamorandi's comments
Catamorandi's comments from the YA Book Club group.
Note: Catamorandi is no longer a member of this group.
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I Capture the Castle - Dodie Smith
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants - Anne Barsheres
Golden: A Retelling of "Rapunzel" - Cameron Dokey
Pig Out Inn - Lois Ruby
The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Summer of the Swans - Betsy Byars
The Haunting - Joan Lowery Nixon
The Second Summer of the Traveling Pants - Anne Brasheres
I am hoping to read:
Catcher in the Rye
Anne of Green Gables
Christy
The Princess Bride
Little House on the Prairie
The Haunting
I Capture the Castle
I Am the Messenger
The Wind in the Willows
Summer of the Swans
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Judith Krug, head of Banned Books Week, died one week ago in Evanston, IL at the age of 69.
She lost her over-one-year battle with stomach cancer.
She will be sorely missed.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
LOTR trilogy
Shadow of the Wind
I loved it! It is the funnest book I have read in a long time. I really liked the barrels too. The trolls were funny. There is an awful lot of comic relief in this book. It builds up the plot to a peak and then relieves it with some comic scene. Gollum and the ring are what really stuck in my mind. I still don't think Bilbo asked a proper riddle, but if it had ended there, there wouldn't be any of the fun. Gollum is a weird one. I'm not sure I have figured him out yet. It was definitely worth the read. I will probably read it again and again. That is how much I loved it.
What did you like and dislike? What things stuck out most in your memory? How did you feel about the book in general? Was it worth or not worth the time it took to read it?
I did see the first one, and I enjoyed it. However, I never felt the need to see any others, so I think it might be the plot I don't like. I don't know why. I wanted so badly to like HP. I just can't seem to get into him. Alas and curmudgeons!
I feel like Bilbo is the only one who grows a lot. It is done with expert timing. I also think that Balin grew some, because he liked Bilbo and defended him as the story progressed. He was the only dwarf who changed in a positive way. I feel that Gollum and Smaug are one in the same. They both deal in greed. Gollum guarded his precious ring, and Smaug guarded all of his dwarf loot.
I got just over half-way through with it, and pitched it. I decided right then and there that I would not read any other HP's. I started out with a bang and ended with a fizzle. Maybe it just isn't my style.
make into a discussion before we have the final reaction part?
I have to go along with Brigid. I am not at all enamoured with Harry Potter and his gang of friends.
I'll be starting LOTR sometime next week. I can't wait. I have heard so much about them.
I liked Balin the best. He was the only one to believe in Bilbo and kind of acted like a bodyguard for the poor little hobbit.
Let me know who you liked best.
I think he did it for both reasons. He wanted to make sure he got his share of the booty, and in taking it as his share, he bit the nose that fed him.
Do you think Bilbo took the brightly colored ball to spite Thorin or to keep for himself?
Thanks, Ann.
I, personally, think that they are one and the same. They are never together. When one is gone, the other is visible and there. They are both massive black creatures. They are both protecting something, both of which lost that which they were protecting. They both like riddles. Imo, they are the same creature in a different form.
Do you think that Gollum and Smaug are the same character, or are they each different characters?
This is my very first HP novel. I love it so far.
