Comments on: Summer of Shelf Discovery: Week 6, Chapter 6: “Girls Gone Wild”

By: Kate

Kate — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 15:04:41 +0000

I wish I had a picture, but Mantel’s latest on the top of my stack (of four hefty ones, and one shorter one I bought in the PRESENCE of Girl Detective;) for our upcoming vacation. I cannot wait.

Also, Homecoming was one of my favorite books (as in, I re-read it often, and that original copy sits on my boy’s shelf now) as a kid. I enjoyed the series as well, though I didn’t own them all.

By: girldetective

girldetective — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 02:03:11 +0000

I think this chapter didn’t generate as much love as some others. And Mantel’s doorstop is a good reason.

By: Patricia

Patricia — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 13:24:36 +0000

I’m smack in the middle of Bring up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel. Each and every spare minute was devoted to reading that. And the spare minutes were few wnad far between.

By: girldetective

girldetective — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 02:12:29 +0000

In Witch of BP, I liked how Kit got a comeuppance, as she was headstrong and imperfect, and I liked seeing her through the exasperated eyes of her new family. She was very much still a spoiled child when she arrived, but not at the end.

By: shannon

shannon — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 00:49:12 +0000

this week, i read Witch of Blackbird Pond (disliked) and Homecoming (liked) - both of which were first time reads for me.
kit was such a whiny complainer who obviously didn’t think through her decision to leave the wealth and ease of barbados for the unknown puritanism of the new world. i had little sympathy for her. head-strong and impulsive, she invited every danger that came her way…
but i liked dicey and her take on people (like the price to stay with their cousin was too high: being grateful all the time). i loved the sheer survival aspects of the story - where to sleep, what to eat, how to get money. the book reminded me of The Girl who Owned a City (my fav book when i was 12). i was pretty excited to see this was the first in the series of seven (!) books about the tillermans - now i’ve a got another half-dozen good books to bring home from the library for my 13 yo

By: girldetective

girldetective — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 19:32:51 +0000

Pat, what were more compelling books?

By: Patricia

Patricia — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 16:48:50 +0000

I just didn’t read a selection this week … we Stampeded ( a lot), flew to Yellowknife for an air show, and had more compelling books piling up. Week 7 here I come.

By: Kate

Kate — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 14:16:26 +0000

So I get why she chose Little House in the Big Woods, but I would argue that The Long Winter fits better in this chapter (a candle out of a button? TWISTING HAY into LOGS?). TLW is perhaps my favorite of all the Little House books, probably because of this idea of living off the land when the land forsakes you.

As for modern books, Once Upon A River might fit in this chapter. Also, the end of the first Jacky Faber (Bloody Jack by L.A. Meyer, a new YA series I enjoy in the summer time) book, where she’s stuck on the island, might also fit. Those are more adventure on the high seas kind of books, though.

By: Amy

Amy — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 12:25:30 +0000

I read and loved Understood Betsy (on my blog today) and am just finishing Witch of Blackbird Pond, which so far is holding up really well. I was–still am–fascinated with learning about things like this through books. I still have a weird interest in books about extreme things, like climbing Mt. Everest or the polar expeditions of long ago, things I’ll never do but love to read about other people doing.