tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post3430405927141395840..comments2024-02-11T10:58:23.271-08:00Comments on Reading to Know: The Grimm Legacy, by Polly ShulmanCarriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08772667430500306088noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-25526501680255165012011-11-29T16:35:35.737-08:002011-11-29T16:35:35.737-08:00If you want to read retelling of fairy tales, try ...If you want to read retelling of fairy tales, try "The Healer's Apprentice" by Melanie Dickerson. It is also YA, which I don't usually read. However, I'd seen excerpts and a trailer for this book and was intrigued. I bought it for my daughter but I also read it and thoroughly enjoyed it. She has a new book out now, "The Merchant's Daughter" that looks equally enchanting. I'm not sure why these are marketed as YA; they could appeal to a variety of ages.Pam K.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-71521166841622442402011-11-29T12:58:34.443-08:002011-11-29T12:58:34.443-08:00I cringe every time I walk by the YA section at a ...I cringe every time I walk by the YA section at a bookshop, firstly because most of the titles have something to do with vampires these days, secondly, because they depict such a shallow, selfish view of love! <br />I'll do you one better on the wrong-choice-of-airplane-book though;<br />Someone gave me the first book in the George RR Martin series; "You'll love it! It's medieval AND fantasy!"<br />I found it to be horrifying, repulsive and brutal. If I could have thrown it out the plane window, I would have.<br />Sadly though, the author is a good writer. But the creep factor overrides his talent. If I had known it was also being made into an HBO series I would have known better.<br />I cleansed my palate by purchasing an Agatha Christie in the airport book shop! YES, it was worth 12.95!Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01446914963118461073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-34573653069185442812011-11-29T05:54:37.502-08:002011-11-29T05:54:37.502-08:00Oh yikes. That sounds...painful. But, I , like oth...Oh yikes. That sounds...painful. But, I , like others, really enjoy your negative reviews!bekahcubedhttp://bekahcubed.menterz.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-83372537751012586732011-11-28T21:21:00.956-08:002011-11-28T21:21:00.956-08:00Tee, hee, I'm trying to decide which I like be...Tee, hee, I'm trying to decide which I like better--your reviews of books you love or those you really don't like! ;) <br /><br />And to respond to Diary of an Autodidact, yes, sadly, today's young people simply ARE that ignorant. Even worse, I think their parents are as well! Too much television and video games is my guess. . .that and the erroneous idea that "it doesn't matter what you read as long as you read" that our educational system has both espoused and embraced.Shonyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04310547848215492736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-79204602688177520382011-11-28T12:41:24.037-08:002011-11-28T12:41:24.037-08:00Ouch, I feel for you. I also hate stupid teen roma...Ouch, I feel for you. I also hate stupid teen romance. (I don't mind romance in YA books if the characters are close to marrying age in their culture and they actually start out as FRIENDS or something first and treat it as a serious matter, but falling all over each other in a clearly short-term deal--ick.) <br />However, I agree the cover is great. Hopefully the cover artist can get some better books to cover for.Queen of Carrotshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03193758647591339890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-3064275724301575072011-11-28T12:12:35.264-08:002011-11-28T12:12:35.264-08:00Hmm... the premise kinda sounds like Warehouse 13 ...Hmm... the premise kinda sounds like Warehouse 13 - a scifi show we enjoy thanks to Hulu. Basically there's a giant secret warehouse and agents go around secretly collecting items that have gained extra (and usually deadly) powers. It's entertaining and cute.Stephanie Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02976709475515458563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-12545436149078034592011-11-28T09:41:04.916-08:002011-11-28T09:41:04.916-08:00Good to know -- I'll pass on this one :)Good to know -- I'll pass on this one :)Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09964373798194372154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-28494749271532162052011-11-28T08:16:51.849-08:002011-11-28T08:16:51.849-08:00The cover is intriguing -- too bad the rest of the...The cover is intriguing -- too bad the rest of the book is not.Barbara H.http://barbarah.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-198555689181412742011-11-28T08:03:31.950-08:002011-11-28T08:03:31.950-08:00I hope you add that review to Amazon to warn peopl...I hope you add that review to Amazon to warn people off!Annette W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02498639468291720406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-81756962325033072832011-11-28T08:02:01.552-08:002011-11-28T08:02:01.552-08:00It is annoying when an author forgets to "sho...It is annoying when an author forgets to "show, not tell" when drawing characters. A character is discovered, not described. <br />I, too, have wondered how YA sells. Are today's young people so absolutely ignorant of what good writing looks like?Diary of an Autodidacthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11849157548643091986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-82868531676635419602011-11-28T06:30:49.304-08:002011-11-28T06:30:49.304-08:00How disappointing! Well, this one was promptly tak...How disappointing! Well, this one was promptly taken off my want list! <br />I thought it was a young reader's book, instead of young adult, too.<br />I'm heartbroken! :)<br /><br />I'm glad you read and reviewed it, though! Now I can easily pass on it.Bluerosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00680170638396181756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31647067.post-83747145270219340332011-11-28T06:22:00.450-08:002011-11-28T06:22:00.450-08:00Whew! I'm glad to find another person not enam...Whew! I'm glad to find another person not enamored with the book. Excellent write-up of the books weaknesses.<br />The whole premise fell flat for me.<br />We were constantly told in the book how dangerous/powerful etc. some of the items in the collection were, some were so dangerous that they couldn't be entrusted to the adult lending population, yet there are irresponsible teenagers given complete access to them? Completely baffling.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com