http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1001 Reading, Writing, Movies and Mothering in Minneapolis, Mostly Fri, 15 May 2026 12:46:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1001&cpage=1#comment-8868 girldetective Thu, 26 Jul 2007 02:55:27 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1001#comment-8868 If you can manage, I think it's smart to wait till the last book of a series comes out and read them all together. I remember this dad and kid coming into the bookstore I worked at, and nearly crying because the third book in the His Dark Materials book by Phillip Pullman hadn't come out. The downside is that it takes all the longer to work up the nerve to dive in when there are multiple books. I envy you the back to back readings--I couldn't manage it this time. If you can manage, I think it’s smart to wait till the last book of a series comes out and read them all together. I remember this dad and kid coming into the bookstore I worked at, and nearly crying because the third book in the His Dark Materials book by Phillip Pullman hadn’t come out. The downside is that it takes all the longer to work up the nerve to dive in when there are multiple books. I envy you the back to back readings–I couldn’t manage it this time.

]]> http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1001&cpage=1#comment-8863 Amy Tue, 24 Jul 2007 20:05:11 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1001#comment-8863 What you said. She's not the best writer--but dang, she can pull off some wonderfully real characters and some compelling plot lines. I hadn't read the books before--I have no patience to wait years for the whole series--so I've been reading them now, building up to the last one. What fun it was to read them all back-to-back, including #7. What you said. She’s not the best writer–but dang, she can pull off some wonderfully real characters and some compelling plot lines. I hadn’t read the books before–I have no patience to wait years for the whole series–so I’ve been reading them now, building up to the last one. What fun it was to read them all back-to-back, including #7.

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