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I'm on the library kindle lending list for this, so I'm starting with Margaret!
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Milo is such a little turd! LOVE this line, I think it speaks volumes about life in general at any age at any stage:
"You weren't thinking and you weren't paying attention either. People who don't pay attention often get stuck in the Doldrums."
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So if there is a button to get out of the dungeon why didn't The Which use it to get out? I mean I know the king put her there but if no one is really hard up about keeping people in why not just slip out?
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Kind of struggling to get into this.
Milo just got to Dictionopolis but I love the reason the guard gave him to enter...Why Not!?
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I was just about to type the same exact thing! This is pretty ridiculous. And all of a sudden, Milo's going to a big banquet. I don't get this book. LOL!
Sammee wrote: "page 80, Chapter7
So if there is a button to get out of the dungeon why didn't The Which use it to get out? I mean I know the king put her there but if no one is really hard up about keeping peopl..."
Stockholm Syndrome? Seriously, it seems to me that she stays on principle. She's there until Rhyme and Reason return.
Sammee wrote: "page 80, Chapter7
So if there is a button to get out of the dungeon why didn't The Which use it to get out? I mean I know the king put her there but if no one is really hard up about keeping peopl..."
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Karen wrote: "Stockholm Syndrome?
Seriously, it seems to me that she stays on principle. She's there until Rhyme and Reason return.
Sammee wrote: "page 80, Chapter7
So if there is a button to get out of the..."
Okay - got it and will start it during the plane ride to London on Thursday...
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The author has a way with words. I love his play on common sayings, but the book just isn't interesting to me.
Page 55; Chapter 4: As I mentioned, I never read this when I was younger, so this is a first read for me. There are so many cleverly written things today that make such interesting plays on words that, while this is somewhat clever, I'm finding it a bit trite. (I'm thinking of Lemony Snicket and some of the Harry Potter names and spells that don't necessarily hit you over the head with the pun but, rather, build on the basic knowledge of language.)
Update: Page 56; decided that The Mark of Athena (68% through on the Kindle) is WAY more interesting than The Phantom Tollbooth, so I have officially stopped reading and shifted to the demigods. :-)
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It's a cute story with beautiful lessons on just finding the beauty and adventure right where you are. NO reason to be bored at any moment in your life. This is a perfect book to help instill key values in children and reading it as an adult is a great wake up call to live your life & get out of the doldrums. I do agree that its a bit dated so the actual story itself is a hard sell but the meaning in this tale is timeless.
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I was thinking of passing this book to my son but he's into Percy Jackson and The Dark Hills Divide right now. Phantom Tollbooth will be a snooze for him.
Haha, Li - knowing me, I'll probably at least skim it til the end, but I'm much more involved in Percy Jackson, myself, so Milo will have to wait. :-)
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Finished - Well I really did finish this one in October. I've just been a bit busy and a bit out of things. Well, as is the case with most of the books I have read, I am glad I read Phantom Tollbooth. I agree that it is more than a bit dated, but I was so very happy to read something that reminded me how much I love the English language. Now I actually got The Dovekeepers from the library the day before yesterday and I will start it this weekend. I'm catching up, but I might not get to The Twelve this month. Sorry everyone.
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We're all busy. Remember, The Twelve is a bonus read so The Dovekeepers is the actual "official" read.
Enjoy and hope you're feeling better.
Hey - no reason to feel "sorry!" I think the nicest part of this club is that we all get that we're all busy and shouldn't feel like any of this is an obligation. :-)
