Comments on: Summer Reading List, Clarified http://www.girldetective.net/?p=545 Reading, Writing, Movies and Mothering in Minneapolis, Mostly Sat, 16 May 2026 09:48:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: girldetective http://www.girldetective.net/?p=545&cpage=1#comment-7059 girldetective Thu, 15 Jun 2006 20:35:12 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=545#comment-7059 Middlesex is my book group's book for August, so it's going to be a while before I get to it. I liked, but didn't love, Eugenides The Virgin Suicides, but have only heard good things about Middlesex, and from many people whose opinion I trust, too, so that's why it's on the list. Middlesex is my book group’s book for August, so it’s going to be a while before I get to it. I liked, but didn’t love, Eugenides The Virgin Suicides, but have only heard good things about Middlesex, and from many people whose opinion I trust, too, so that’s why it’s on the list.

]]> By: Boutros http://www.girldetective.net/?p=545&cpage=1#comment-6975 Boutros Mon, 12 Jun 2006 14:26:17 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=545#comment-6975 I loved Middlesex. I've read it multiple times. The different topics Eugenides weaves together are incredible. Hope you like it! I loved Middlesex. I’ve read it multiple times. The different topics Eugenides weaves together are incredible. Hope you like it!

]]> By: girldetective http://www.girldetective.net/?p=545&cpage=1#comment-6931 girldetective Sat, 10 Jun 2006 14:38:33 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=545#comment-6931 I am itching to get to the Cormiers. I read a history of YA book last year which was useful in that it pointed out the good ones, like Cormier's, and the ones that were historically important, but not that good, like Hinton's. That's also where I got the recommendations for Monkey Island and Baby. I've been blown away by Slave Dancer by Fox and The Facts and Fictions of Minna Pratt by MacLachlan. I am ambivalent about McCafferty. The first book did not have a proper ending so that the entire story really takes place over 2 books. When the character did finally have sex in the second book she was coy about it, even though the book is shelved in adult lit in stores, not YA, and almost throwback, romance-novelish about it: oh, it was so great. First sex is rarely great. On the other hand, I thought the character had a very strong voice, and was very funny, both of which are important to me, and it is these things that outweigh my other problems with the books. The third book just came out, which is why I want to re-read the first two. I am looking forward to Middlesex. I am NOT enjoying Sense and Sensibility. I am itching to get to the Cormiers. I read a history of YA book last year which was useful in that it pointed out the good ones, like Cormier’s, and the ones that were historically important, but not that good, like Hinton’s. That’s also where I got the recommendations for Monkey Island and Baby. I’ve been blown away by Slave Dancer by Fox and The Facts and Fictions of Minna Pratt by MacLachlan.

I am ambivalent about McCafferty. The first book did not have a proper ending so that the entire story really takes place over 2 books. When the character did finally have sex in the second book she was coy about it, even though the book is shelved in adult lit in stores, not YA, and almost throwback, romance-novelish about it: oh, it was so great. First sex is rarely great. On the other hand, I thought the character had a very strong voice, and was very funny, both of which are important to me, and it is these things that outweigh my other problems with the books. The third book just came out, which is why I want to re-read the first two.

I am looking forward to Middlesex. I am NOT enjoying Sense and Sensibility.

]]> By: emily http://www.girldetective.net/?p=545&cpage=1#comment-6929 emily Sat, 10 Jun 2006 12:47:52 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=545#comment-6929 I have always been a big Cormier fan. I am the Cheese was a book I read multiple times as a teenager. I am not a big fan of McCafferty. I thought her stuff was a bit contrived, and her character not particularly compelling. But YMMV. I thought Middlesex was wonderful. I have always been a big Cormier fan. I am the Cheese was a book I read multiple times as a teenager. I am not a big fan of McCafferty. I thought her stuff was a bit contrived, and her character not particularly compelling. But YMMV. I thought Middlesex was wonderful.

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