Thursday, September 11, 2008
Thoughts on being a reader
Shannon Hale has some terrific posts on her blog (http://oinks.squeetus.com/) about being a reader. I think she posted them to assuage some of the anger stemming from a recently published book by a friend of hers. While it doesn't make me like the book any better, it did make me more forgiving towards the author. (Except for dissing Gilbert Blythe, of course.)
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That was great, Jenilyn! Now I feel ashamed over that mean book review I did on that last book of hers with the yaks in it - I can't even remember the title now! I enjoyed the book, but all I could go on about was how she set it in a Mongolia full of people with European sentiments. Instead I should have talked about how well she nailed the effects of severe emotional abuse.
Also added link to Shannon Hale's blog to the sidebar.
Off-topic, but the mention of Gilbert Blythe brought this recently-discovered video clip to mind.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6_KQdBBbKk&feature=related
This is why I don't read other YA novels whilst writing my own novels, hehee!
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