tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post6713946398081878703..comments2023-09-29T05:32:04.308-07:00Comments on StrangePegs: A Wind in the Door (a book review post)Andrew Leonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-46257375314671283992014-05-31T11:53:30.256-07:002014-05-31T11:53:30.256-07:00TAS: I loved the beginning; I really did. But the ...TAS: I loved the beginning; I really did. But the ending was horrible. And I didn't even get into the time continuity issues she had. They were rather inexcusable.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-48718440849448060582014-05-31T06:44:58.443-07:002014-05-31T06:44:58.443-07:00This was my least favorite of the original three w...This was my least favorite of the original three when I read them as a kid. I think I may have read it when I was sick with a fever, too - made for very strange dreams.The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10739833215220853127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-78724013661340969632014-05-30T12:42:00.869-07:002014-05-30T12:42:00.869-07:00Veronica: You did say that, yes, but I'm kind ...Veronica: You did say that, yes, but I'm kind of determined to read "all five" (even though there are really more than five). At this point, because she wrote some of them so much later, I want to see if the writing changes.<br /><br />I never read "the spider book," but I did love the animated movie when I was a kid.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-44133006629637293852014-05-30T08:31:51.193-07:002014-05-30T08:31:51.193-07:00ALL THIS, Andrew! I told you I barely survived Wri...ALL THIS, Andrew! I told you I barely survived Wrinkle, right? Well, I couldn't be paid to pick up any other L'Engle books...you are a brave man. <br /><br />In other news, I re-read Charlotte's Web with my 5Y/o this month. I'm at a loss as to why an 8 y/o girl (Fern) is boy crazy....seems odd. I always thought she was older. But, alas, no. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18159799725109784001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-77465845513575537562014-05-24T06:41:19.854-07:002014-05-24T06:41:19.854-07:00Shannon: Well, kids seem to like them anyway, so y...Shannon: Well, kids seem to like them anyway, so you could give them the option of reading them on their own.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-83449204741087582322014-05-24T00:12:58.001-07:002014-05-24T00:12:58.001-07:00I've never read these books, and you inspire m...I've never read these books, and you inspire me to continue not reading these books, and, in fact, not reading them with my kids. I was frustrated just reading the summary. Shannon Lawrencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934641808195675935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-49078692492047467672014-05-23T16:33:20.524-07:002014-05-23T16:33:20.524-07:00Briane: I'd be okay with it if the Teacher did...Briane: I'd be okay with it if the Teacher did anything that was remotely teaching. All he did, however, was tell Meg she had to work with Proginoskes and, later, take them somewhere to be attacked. He really served the same purpose as the witches in the first: to deliver Meg to the conflict.<br /><br />Pat: The Prydain books are great. Those I have re-read as an adult and still liked.<br /><br />Jo: I'll put it on my maybe list.<br /><br />Anne: The first third was really good. I always have a hard time believing that the author can just full all the way off the cliff.<br /><br />Misha: There was a plot, just not a fleshed out plot.<br /><br />Lexa: See, I just don't believe that. I think you can get away with non-logic in kids' books, but I think kids appreciate logic, too. I mean, there are reasons Harry Potter as done so well.<br /><br />Tina: Sometimes I have areason to read a crappy book. Like Snow Crash.<br /><br />Jeanne: It's more than just the dialogue, but, yeah...Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-19506086709854741402014-05-23T15:27:08.946-07:002014-05-23T15:27:08.946-07:00I really don't remember much about that book, ...I really don't remember much about that book, although I think I liked it well enough (not enough to reread it, it seems). It might be fun to read it just to see what my writer brain makes of it, but ugh, that dialogue doesn't sound fun.J E Oneilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09780097298061829471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-49238739752244102122014-05-23T11:40:02.160-07:002014-05-23T11:40:02.160-07:00I read it as a kid, but remember not liking it, so...I read it as a kid, but remember not liking it, so this one I didn't suggest my boys read.<br />I'm with Anne on the close the book and don't torture yourself. Life is too short to read crappy books, in my opinion. I don't even really have time to read good books...<br />Tina @ <a href="http://kmdlifeisgood.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Life is Good</a><br />On the Open Road! @ <a href="http://www.a-to-zchallenge.com/2014/05/whos-ready-for-4th-annual-post.html" rel="nofollow">Join us for the 4th Annual Post-Challenge Road Trip!</a>Tinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08925730745204736744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-78893173336657749812014-05-23T10:17:40.967-07:002014-05-23T10:17:40.967-07:00It's lucky that kids have small brains, don...It's lucky that kids have small brains, don't bother with things like logic, and never question stuff in books. Lucky for children's writers that is. I'm sure it reaches them on some psychological level related to their stage of development. But it's true that if you write for kids (especially for pre-teens), logic is a handicap. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07735576044552810103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-31426551011547496622014-05-23T10:03:32.423-07:002014-05-23T10:03:32.423-07:00Sounds like one of those moral stories with no rea...Sounds like one of those moral stories with no real story. :-/Misha Gerrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06364173848456424521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-67550104197413204482014-05-23T08:18:30.866-07:002014-05-23T08:18:30.866-07:00How could you finish reading it when it became tor...How could you finish reading it when it became torture? If I don't like a book, I close the cover and find someone who might like it. Then I give it a good home.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01681799401614263953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-25427459535639208432014-05-23T07:57:14.074-07:002014-05-23T07:57:14.074-07:00I would love to see what you think of the Little W...I would love to see what you think of the Little White Horse. Maybe I had better re-read it. I tend to not have a very critical eye though. Unless it comes to grammar, spelling and typos.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14087140585742801854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-81500332170107664392014-05-23T06:15:54.548-07:002014-05-23T06:15:54.548-07:00I never read them as a kid. I think the cover of ...I never read them as a kid. I think the cover of the first one was too creepy for me to want to read it. (The cover of Lloyd Alexander's Book of Three was also really creepy but I read that and loved it so maybe that should have told me not to judge a book by its cover.) Anyway, I guess I won't start reading them now.PT Dillowayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09394481476862013009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-26055970620377543302014-05-23T04:37:25.248-07:002014-05-23T04:37:25.248-07:00I'm a little more okay with Teacher than with ...I'm a little more okay with Teacher than with "object I can't tell you about." Teachers, especially for kids, do pose all kinds of tests, and it's not so out of the question that a giant abstract being would come to test Meg and not tell her what the tests are. I don't remember if Teacher didn't KNOW, or simply didn't TELL, Meg what the challenges are.<br /><br />The other complaint -- too much dragging on -- I find typical of YA books, overexplaining a LOT and having less plot than we're used to. So that's probably explicable.<br /><br />You do seem to like this one a bit better. I bet it's because you didn't have any preconceptions about how great it was.<br /><br />I do like that: "Love is an action." I never get the THEMES of stories. I'm bad at that. Brianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01616494058636881575noreply@blogger.com