http://www.girldetective.net/?p=3335 Reading, Writing, Movies and Mothering in Minneapolis, Mostly Tue, 19 May 2026 11:42:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=3335&cpage=1#comment-18155 Amy Thu, 27 May 2010 12:59:17 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=3335#comment-18155 Hard to say, Kristin. Maybe I wasn't in the right frame of mind. I've read plenty of male-dominated adventure tales, especially about travels to the Arctic and such, and usually love them, the more tragic the better. But this one just left me cold. The ending seemed to just fall off the book. Hard to say, Kristin. Maybe I wasn’t in the right frame of mind. I’ve read plenty of male-dominated adventure tales, especially about travels to the Arctic and such, and usually love them, the more tragic the better. But this one just left me cold. The ending seemed to just fall off the book.

]]> http://www.girldetective.net/?p=3335&cpage=1#comment-18149 girldetective Thu, 27 May 2010 03:10:18 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=3335#comment-18149 Amy, can you elaborate on "some reason"? Was it the insanity of subject and writer? That it was a guy book with no good female characters except the stoic wives? Amy, can you elaborate on “some reason”? Was it the insanity of subject and writer? That it was a guy book with no good female characters except the stoic wives?

]]> http://www.girldetective.net/?p=3335&cpage=1#comment-18146 Steph Wed, 26 May 2010 20:24:42 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=3335#comment-18146 Oooh, glad to hear this was a good one! I picked up a copy on a whim a few bookstore trips ago (oh... was I on a book buying ban?) but haven't gotten to it yet. Oooh, glad to hear this was a good one! I picked up a copy on a whim a few bookstore trips ago (oh… was I on a book buying ban?) but haven’t gotten to it yet.

]]> http://www.girldetective.net/?p=3335&cpage=1#comment-18145 Amy Wed, 26 May 2010 19:53:20 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=3335#comment-18145 I have to admit this one left me feeling "meh." I usually like these kinds of books, but this one just didn't do it for me for some reason. I have to admit this one left me feeling “meh.” I usually like these kinds of books, but this one just didn’t do it for me for some reason.

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