tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5258782544231464704.post4643760445785774433..comments2023-10-29T02:23:15.523-05:00Comments on Stuff I Love...: Great BooksAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09787528604251936976noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5258782544231464704.post-37956664679249228612011-03-07T14:27:27.953-06:002011-03-07T14:27:27.953-06:00Interesting thoughts on The Hunger Games. I still...Interesting thoughts on The Hunger Games. I still have not read the series, but the lack of hope was exactly what my mother in law disliked about them. And yes, I've read all the Anne books. I'll have to find the Susan Beth Pfeffer books as soon as I'm off my Holocaust kick.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09787528604251936976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5258782544231464704.post-34337958375074786632011-03-07T08:39:27.065-06:002011-03-07T08:39:27.065-06:00"Parallel Journeys" is great - I actuall..."Parallel Journeys" is great - I actually meant to mention that to you when we were at B&N and were talking about Holocaust books, but I got distracted. I read it as part of a six week Teaching American History federal grant program a few years ago. However, I could NOT get into "The Book Thief," no matter how much I tried. :(<br /><br />About the "Hunger Games" trilogy - my ultimate determination of a NO recommendation was not because of "immorality," but rather because of the extreme violence, lack of hope, inhumanity, and overall depression that permeates the books. The final one, "Mokingjay," is the most violent.<br /><br />I just devoured a series this weekend - the first title is "Life As We Knew It" by Susan Beth Pfeffer. Also QUITE depressing, but compelling. Made me want to go crazy with food storage!<br /><br />Now, please tell me that you have read ALL six books in the Anne of Green Gables series...? It is absolutely wonderful to see Anne ("spelled with an 'e'") grow up!<br /><br />P&P is simply the best book every written... "It is a truth universally acknowledged..." I was quite the Austen devotee as an undergrad lit major, and took a fantastic senior seminar with an eminent Austen scholar (Andrew Wright) where we spent four hours every Friday afternoon one spring eating fancy cookies, drinking lemonade, and talking all things JA. Heaven!<br /><br />WONDERFUL post!Mamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03617155888103574865noreply@blogger.com