tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post1309114472211773764..comments2012-02-04T11:30:59.761-08:00Carriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08772667430500306088noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-22232386973142753212012-02-04T11:30:59.761-08:002012-02-04T11:30:59.761-08:00I suppose if you write over a 100 books you&#39;ll have some that are great and some that are awful. One would hope that editors wouldn&#39;t publish the awful ones but that&#39;s clearly not the case.Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02976709475515458563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-6173774881091380092012-02-04T07:22:19.295-08:002012-02-04T07:22:19.295-08:00Alas, I&#39;m so far behind! But thanks for reviewing this book for us. I, too, am quite suspicious of an underlying message! SighShonyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04310547848215492736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-85609771328922337022012-01-28T08:10:41.607-08:002012-01-28T08:10:41.607-08:00The &quot;dating dialog&quot; does sound a little over the top ridiculous. I&#39;ve heard of King-Smith, but I&#39;ve not read any of his many books. I&#39;ll have to remedy that hole, but with another book.Sherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04664642293286996220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-9136041847215051252012-01-27T17:31:19.676-08:002012-01-27T17:31:19.676-08:00Were the illustrations good?DogsMomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09812735660993028271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-64280581143104437272012-01-26T10:10:10.536-08:002012-01-26T10:10:10.536-08:00Mercy, that &quot;romance&quot; sounds <i>awful</i>. That alone would be enough for me to give the book a questionable review--add in potential worldview/agenda issues and I completely understand your panning it.bekahcubedhttp://bekahcubed.menterz.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-26534153279414450732012-01-26T07:14:59.048-08:002012-01-26T07:14:59.048-08:00Yeah, I can see how it sounds like an underlying agenda may have been part of the story. I&#39;d rather stick with the real Ugly Ducking story than this variation.Barbara H.http://barbarah.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-4281369171849773122012-01-26T06:34:38.310-08:002012-01-26T06:34:38.310-08:00I&#39;m curious about this one only because I haven&#39;t figured out what the message MAY have been. ;) I&#39;m NOT curious enough to read it, though! <br />It usually does make it hard to read a book when I suspect underlying messages I don&#39;t agree with. I can only think of one book that I still love despite the possibility. I love it enough to re-read it, so I&#39;ll just hope that it wasn&#39;t actually there!Bluerosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00680170638396181756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-75132518621473041482012-01-26T06:14:45.153-08:002012-01-26T06:14:45.153-08:00Yeah, an agenda driven book (whether real or perceived) makes for not-so-fun reading! I&#39;ll skip this one. :-)Amy @ Hope Is the Wordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07949836482747469686noreply@blogger.com