Comments on: Sunday Salon: Two short reviews, a problem, and a challenge

By: Two Weekly Geeks: Scavenger Hunt and Challenges « A Striped Armchair

Two Weekly Geeks: Scavenger Hunt and Challenges « A Striped Armchair — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:58:06 +0000

[...] Newbery Bookworm: The author is from Ann Arbor and it was the talk of the town when this book was published, and [...]

By: gautami tripathy

gautami tripathy — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:56:11 +0000

I look forward to read The Book Thief. As soon as I lay my hands on it. In India, it is difficult to get hold of certain books.

By: Julie

Julie — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 02:56:07 +0000

Fred, that depends on whether or not you actually read it. :)

Sandy, it’s funny, but I would probably write something quite different if I were posting over there. There’s always the underlying question of whether the book deserved the prize. As a matter of fact I think this is one of those that an adult prize committee might think kids ought to like. I really liked it but I don’t know if I would have chosen it for the award.

Yati, in the end I decided I liked the language but it was definitely… intrusive. Strange, really.

Bethany, I can’t wait to read your review!

By: bethany canfield

bethany canfield — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 22:38:02 +0000

I just checked out The book Thief from the lib. I want to read it NOW since everyone loves it!

By: Yati

Yati — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 16:18:34 +0000

Oh, I liked the story and the characters in The Book Thief, but the language drove me up the wall. I'm glad I finished it, though. And both Atonement and Extremely Loud are in my to read list; I'll get to those someday!