Comments on: “Smile” and “Sisters” by Raina Telgemaier http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5789 Reading, Writing, Movies and Mothering in Minneapolis, Mostly Thu, 14 May 2026 15:05:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: girldetective http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5789&cpage=1#comment-41487 girldetective Fri, 26 Sep 2014 17:52:07 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5789#comment-41487 SM, the book Dune is way better than the movie, and stands the test of time, so I do recommend it. Also useful is getting the husband's nagging out of the way! I do have World Made by Hand on the pile, as the publicist sent me all three books since the third in the trilogy was just published. I had a fair number off issues with it, but it was good enough, and I like his environmental take enough, to give them another shot. Bernadette was another re-read for a book group. Loved it all over again. SM, the book Dune is way better than the movie, and stands the test of time, so I do recommend it. Also useful is getting the husband’s nagging out of the way! I do have World Made by Hand on the pile, as the publicist sent me all three books since the third in the trilogy was just published. I had a fair number off issues with it, but it was good enough, and I like his environmental take enough, to give them another shot. Bernadette was another re-read for a book group. Loved it all over again.

]]> By: sm http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5789&cpage=1#comment-41485 sm Fri, 26 Sep 2014 14:08:48 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5789#comment-41485 (would/should have posted this under blog-a-versary b/c i DO enjoy your posts even if i only binge-read them bi-monthly, then put WAY too many books on holds at the library, renew, renew, still can't get thru them all, repeat) 'lit' is what comes to mind as the last book you recommended but i may be an order freak too - i put 'we were liars' on hold as well :) i, too, came to 'cloud atlas' a tad late (after hearing 3 recommendations but before the movie came out) - the stories were like those nesting russian dolls. i've never read such a creative piece - using different countries & time periods and using different writing styles that would be compatible to the time period - this author manages to pull all these stand-alone stories into a cohesive narrative. in the photo of your TRB - i saw you've got 'world made by hand' - but i could have sworn i read that one based on something you wrote here? (i didn't care for it - so predictable, and plot points so convenient) also i also saw 'where'd you go Bernadette' and I'm certain got that title from here... (and loved it, btw). but hearing you praise dune may be my undoing :) hubby has been at me to read it for 20 years and all i do is make fun of the movie when provoked. now I'm going to have to genuinely put in on my TBR list. egads! (would/should have posted this under blog-a-versary b/c i DO enjoy your posts even if i only binge-read them bi-monthly, then put WAY too many books on holds at the library, renew, renew, still can’t get thru them all, repeat)

‘lit’ is what comes to mind as the last book you recommended but i may be an order freak too - i put ‘we were liars’ on hold as well :)

i, too, came to ‘cloud atlas’ a tad late (after hearing 3 recommendations but before the movie came out) - the stories were like those nesting russian dolls. i’ve never read such a creative piece - using different countries & time periods and using different writing styles that would be compatible to the time period - this author manages to pull all these stand-alone stories into a cohesive narrative.

in the photo of your TRB - i saw you’ve got ‘world made by hand’ - but i could have sworn i read that one based on something you wrote here? (i didn’t care for it - so predictable, and plot points so convenient)
also i also saw ‘where’d you go Bernadette’ and I’m certain got that title from here… (and loved it, btw).

but hearing you praise dune may be my undoing :) hubby has been at me to read it for 20 years and all i do is make fun of the movie when provoked. now I’m going to have to genuinely put in on my TBR list. egads!

]]> By: girldetective http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5789&cpage=1#comment-41366 girldetective Wed, 17 Sep 2014 16:25:44 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5789#comment-41366 These obviously make connections with kids! These obviously make connections with kids!

]]> By: Janet http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5789&cpage=1#comment-41365 Janet Wed, 17 Sep 2014 15:42:24 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5789#comment-41365 It's a small book world. I work in a school library and a student brought in her copy of Sisters. She wanted me to check to see if there was an AR test for it. OF course students can't read just to read for fun, it's all about the test! The test hasn't been released yet but hoping soon. I'm sure once it's test-worthy, the rest of the kids will eat it up! It’s a small book world. I work in a school library and a student brought in her copy of Sisters. She wanted me to check to see if there was an AR test for it. OF course students can’t read just to read for fun, it’s all about the test! The test hasn’t been released yet but hoping soon. I’m sure once it’s test-worthy, the rest of the kids will eat it up!

]]> By: carolyn http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5789&cpage=1#comment-41341 carolyn Sat, 13 Sep 2014 02:19:48 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5789#comment-41341 yeah my classroom copies of Smile are worn to shreds and the two copies of Sisters I bought have been checked out ever since school started. one student last year just read Smile over and over and over again, it was every other book she read all year long. yeah my classroom copies of Smile are worn to shreds and the two copies of Sisters I bought have been checked out ever since school started.

one student last year just read Smile over and over and over again, it was every other book she read all year long.

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