Comments on: and Joan Allen still gets the best lines http://www.hbook.com/2012/08/blogs/read-roger/and-joan-allen-still-gets-the-best-lines/ 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: Shoshana http://www.hbook.com/2012/08/blogs/read-roger/and-joan-allen-still-gets-the-best-lines/#comment-17383 Shoshana Tue, 28 Aug 2012 01:03:28 +0000 http://www.hbook.com/?p=16973#comment-17383 The first third of Son is a good example of a novel taking place concurrently with another, and I think that's largely why that part of the book is so compelling: it tells us more about what was happening in the often mysterious Giver. And I'm amused to glance up and see Wendy's comment about a very different Lois Lowry series; apparently, LL is good at this! The first third of Son is a good example of a novel taking place concurrently with another, and I think that’s largely why that part of the book is so compelling: it tells us more about what was happening in the often mysterious Giver. And I’m amused to glance up and see Wendy’s comment about a very different Lois Lowry series; apparently, LL is good at this!

]]> By: Wendy http://www.hbook.com/2012/08/blogs/read-roger/and-joan-allen-still-gets-the-best-lines/#comment-17378 Wendy Mon, 27 Aug 2012 21:42:11 +0000 http://www.hbook.com/?p=16973#comment-17378 All About Sam takes place at the same time as a bunch of the Anastasia Krupnik books. She does it so very cleverly, it's hard to believe it wasn't planned all along. All About Sam takes place at the same time as a bunch of the Anastasia Krupnik books. She does it so very cleverly, it’s hard to believe it wasn’t planned all along.

]]> By: kristin cashore http://www.hbook.com/2012/08/blogs/read-roger/and-joan-allen-still-gets-the-best-lines/#comment-17377 kristin cashore Mon, 27 Aug 2012 19:18:09 +0000 http://www.hbook.com/?p=16973#comment-17377 I call that some very generous gift giving. I've never even held a Ludlum book in my hands, but I suppose I'll have to try at some point, because yes, all that Bourne. I've heard they're very different from the movies, which is actually what's kept me from trying them, because the movies are just exactly what I love. The combination of the zippy music plus the wonderful performances plus those clever chase and escape sequences where the hero keeps having to come up with instant solutions to impossible problems and we never know if the immigration official is looking at the traveler funny because he has indigestion or because HE RECOGNIZES AN INTERNATIONAL BLACK OPS CRIMINAL TRYING TO SNEAK INTO HIS NATION... I can't get enough of it. I call that some very generous gift giving.

I’ve never even held a Ludlum book in my hands, but I suppose I’ll have to try at some point, because yes, all that Bourne. I’ve heard they’re very different from the movies, which is actually what’s kept me from trying them, because the movies are just exactly what I love. The combination of the zippy music plus the wonderful performances plus those clever chase and escape sequences where the hero keeps having to come up with instant solutions to impossible problems and we never know if the immigration official is looking at the traveler funny because he has indigestion or because HE RECOGNIZES AN INTERNATIONAL BLACK OPS CRIMINAL TRYING TO SNEAK INTO HIS NATION… I can’t get enough of it.

]]> By: Roger Sutton http://www.hbook.com/2012/08/blogs/read-roger/and-joan-allen-still-gets-the-best-lines/#comment-17370 Roger Sutton Mon, 27 Aug 2012 15:34:01 +0000 http://www.hbook.com/?p=16973#comment-17370 Me too, Kristin--last Christmas I "gave Richard" the trilogy on blu-ray. After seeing the new one we talked about how Rachel Weisz is great no matter the part, and she plays all sorts. Have you read the Ludlum books? I've never been able to get into them, which is a shame because, wow, all that Bourne. Me too, Kristin–last Christmas I “gave Richard” the trilogy on blu-ray. After seeing the new one we talked about how Rachel Weisz is great no matter the part, and she plays all sorts.

Have you read the Ludlum books? I’ve never been able to get into them, which is a shame because, wow, all that Bourne.

]]> By: kristin cashore http://www.hbook.com/2012/08/blogs/read-roger/and-joan-allen-still-gets-the-best-lines/#comment-17369 kristin cashore Mon, 27 Aug 2012 14:59:40 +0000 http://www.hbook.com/?p=16973#comment-17369 Roger, I've now seen <i>The Bourne Legacy</i> twice. <a href="http://kristincashore.blogspot.com/2012/08/jason-who-give-me-aaron-cross.html" rel="nofollow">And blogged about it</a>. <a href="http://kristincashore.blogspot.com/2012/08/on-setting-things-free.html" rel="nofollow">Twice</a>. And I own the first three; I'm addicted to those movies! Got a big kick out of the "science" that's introduced into the Bourne universe with this most recent entry. And Rachel Weisz is a great addition, I think! Happy reading. Roger, I’ve now seen The Bourne Legacy twice. And blogged about it. Twice. And I own the first three; I’m addicted to those movies! Got a big kick out of the “science” that’s introduced into the Bourne universe with this most recent entry. And Rachel Weisz is a great addition, I think!

Happy reading.

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