Comments on: The fun kind of summer reading http://www.hbook.com/2012/05/blogs/read-roger/the-fun-kind-of-summer-reading/ Publications about books for children and young adults Tue, 14 May 2013 13:27:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Melinda http://www.hbook.com/2012/05/blogs/read-roger/the-fun-kind-of-summer-reading/#comment-16240 Melinda Mon, 21 May 2012 17:28:04 +0000 http://www.hbook.com/?p=12859#comment-16240 Mostly ethology and Wild Mammals of Missouri by the Schwartzes -- I do need to read some more of Jean's books just because of her sheer awesomeness. Need to get caught up on books though -- haven't read much since December, and I do want to read "The Fault in our Stars" by John Green. But for my birthday I did get the UNABRIDGED audiobook of McCullough's Truman, which is all kinds of awesome -- I'm only up to disk 8 out of, I don't know, 486 disks, but I love it! Oh yes, I am reading a bunch of baby books because one is on the way. Crazy! Mostly ethology and Wild Mammals of Missouri by the Schwartzes — I do need to read some more of Jean’s books just because of her sheer awesomeness. Need to get caught up on books though — haven’t read much since December, and I do want to read “The Fault in our Stars” by John Green. But for my birthday I did get the UNABRIDGED audiobook of McCullough’s Truman, which is all kinds of awesome — I’m only up to disk 8 out of, I don’t know, 486 disks, but I love it!

Oh yes, I am reading a bunch of baby books because one is on the way. Crazy!

]]> By: MIM http://www.hbook.com/2012/05/blogs/read-roger/the-fun-kind-of-summer-reading/#comment-16221 MIM Fri, 18 May 2012 15:35:29 +0000 http://www.hbook.com/?p=12859#comment-16221 I'm going to spend this summer rereading the work of Jean Craighead George. I'm very upset that the majority of news source I go to never mentioned her death on May 15. I only heard about it from the "A Fuse #8 Production" blog. When I was a kid in the 60s, I loved the wild and animals. Wolves were thought to be loners that attacked humans every chance they had and they were all but extinct in the U.S. And "eskimos" were thought to be backward savages (being Irish-Filipino, a lot of kids and teachers called me "Eskimo," having no idea what a Filipino was). "Julie of the Wolves" was a revelation for me. Here at last was an author who'd observed animals as I did, and depicted them accurately, unlike the popular "Disney's Wildlife Adventures." I spent many a hot summer day in the cool shade of the deep woods, reading George's books. I'll do it again this summer. I’m going to spend this summer rereading the work of Jean Craighead George. I’m very upset that the majority of news source I go to never mentioned her death on May 15. I only heard about it from the “A Fuse #8 Production” blog. When I was a kid in the 60s, I loved the wild and animals. Wolves were thought to be loners that attacked humans every chance they had and they were all but extinct in the U.S. And “eskimos” were thought to be backward savages (being Irish-Filipino, a lot of kids and teachers called me “Eskimo,” having no idea what a Filipino was). “Julie of the Wolves” was a revelation for me. Here at last was an author who’d observed animals as I did, and depicted them accurately, unlike the popular “Disney’s Wildlife Adventures.” I spent many a hot summer day in the cool shade of the deep woods, reading George’s books. I’ll do it again this summer.

]]> By: Elizabeth Law http://www.hbook.com/2012/05/blogs/read-roger/the-fun-kind-of-summer-reading/#comment-16214 Elizabeth Law Thu, 17 May 2012 19:48:02 +0000 http://www.hbook.com/?p=12859#comment-16214 Ooh! I see Tana French's Faithful Place--I loved that, I loved her other two novels (I sound like I don't discriminate. It's not that, it's just that I get obsessed with certain characters) and she has a new book coming this summer. I read War and Peace this year, Kristin, and I considered MOST of it quite fun, but I hated Tolstoy blathering on for 100 pages at the end. I'm also going to give The Crimson Petal and the White a try--Roger always said I'd like it, and then i read about it on a list of "sexiest novels." And every summer I reread The Long Secret, of course. Finally, i am going to read the new Elizabeth George, a writer with whom my relationship is completely love/hate. I love the ridiculously over the top characters (give me a dark, damaged man in a leg brace any day), I hate the "American's depiction of what the landed gentry in England live like" stuff. And her plots are getting soooooo loooooooong. Ooh! I see Tana French’s Faithful Place–I loved that, I loved her other two novels (I sound like I don’t discriminate. It’s not that, it’s just that I get obsessed with certain characters) and she has a new book coming this summer. I read War and Peace this year, Kristin, and I considered MOST of it quite fun, but I hated Tolstoy blathering on for 100 pages at the end. I’m also going to give The Crimson Petal and the White a try–Roger always said I’d like it, and then i read about it on a list of “sexiest novels.” And every summer I reread The Long Secret, of course. Finally, i am going to read the new Elizabeth George, a writer with whom my relationship is completely love/hate. I love the ridiculously over the top characters (give me a dark, damaged man in a leg brace any day), I hate the “American’s depiction of what the landed gentry in England live like” stuff. And her plots are getting soooooo loooooooong.

]]> By: kristin cashore http://www.hbook.com/2012/05/blogs/read-roger/the-fun-kind-of-summer-reading/#comment-16212 kristin cashore Wed, 16 May 2012 21:09:33 +0000 http://www.hbook.com/?p=12859#comment-16212 Ah yes, <i>War and Peace,</i> that paragon of fun summer reading. Ah yes, War and Peace, that paragon of fun summer reading.

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