tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753157995321601480.post4071418847810144117..comments2023-10-28T00:34:23.792-07:00Comments on Mighty Smackdown: Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753157995321601480.post-23963061402264814052013-04-16T09:44:57.915-07:002013-04-16T09:44:57.915-07:00Okay, okay...maybe Raven Boys should get another c...Okay, okay...maybe Raven Boys should get another chance. Thank you for reminding me of this, Donna. I have not read it and want to so if it came back from the dead I would certainly do so. Dia, Raven Boys is my zombie pick1Arlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04394438150604016353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753157995321601480.post-22313258137546223502013-04-16T08:20:24.115-07:002013-04-16T08:20:24.115-07:00I at first thought I was going to do my post in th...I at first thought I was going to do my post in the style of novel in verse but that became way harder for my creatively zapped brain than first anticipated! Thank you to Tristin for leaving her comments for me to simply add to rather than start from scratch!<br />I know many did not like Inside Out as it was the same story that has been told several times before, or it was not as inspiring as it should be but I enjoyed it. So much that I am reading it with a group of girls. The girls so far are enjoying as they too have seen some of the struggles of immigration and families being separated. A few commented that they like it mostly because they feel they can get to the end and it is not 300 full pages of text that scares them before they start. I enjoyed the story and although nor read a lot of novels about this time in history felt that it was truly told from a young girls perspective and what she must be thinking during her struggles. I loved the simplicity of her concern for her Papaya and the want to please everyone in her family. Arlene mentioned she felt it was a bit long but I felt I wanted to hear more of how they coped in America especially after coming to the realization their father was never to return. <br />FIOS is still the best book I have read in many years!! I have recommended to many others and will continue to do so. Nothing has made me as emotional as this book yet laugh at the same time from the wit of the characters! I predict it will win everything.<br />As for a Zombie pick....Everybody Sees the Ants? Really Brad?!! By the previous posts I think Raven Boys should get another chance.Donna Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17697826524974219731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753157995321601480.post-1102877353695882842013-04-15T16:53:27.947-07:002013-04-15T16:53:27.947-07:00I enjoy verse novels, or novels in verse, but foun...I enjoy verse novels, or novels in verse, but found Inside Out to be a bit long; I would have liked to have seen it shorter. Despite that, I did order multiple copies for a Lit Circle group and tie in with Grade 9 Social. I read TFiOS sometime last spring. I have read many books in the last year but nothing else has compared. In addition to that, I don't think it has received the credit that it is deserved. Why is it that a book that is loved by young people, who post all kinds of things related to it online as Brad mentioned, does not cash in on any/many of the prestigious YA awards? The Fault is Our Stars is my vote to move forward. I don't have a zombie pick. Arlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04394438150604016353noreply@blogger.com