tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7651809984287034257.post4508383475375178881..comments2023-10-15T05:14:30.027-07:00Comments on worducopia: From Thug Love to Little House and Nancy Drew (Because that's how my mind works)Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16745786643511417426noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7651809984287034257.post-40423913335347838442009-08-23T19:33:12.214-07:002009-08-23T19:33:12.214-07:00Hey, Ali! I have an award for you!Hey, Ali! I have an <a href="http://imlostinbooks.blogspot.com/2009/08/blog-awards-thanks-for-love.html" rel="nofollow">award</a> for you!Beccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02706544792110129160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7651809984287034257.post-83499794784016858202009-08-22T07:38:46.513-07:002009-08-22T07:38:46.513-07:00Your title caught me, as I guess you expected it t...Your title caught me, as I guess you expected it to do...<br /><br />While I probably won't be reading this series, mainly because I'm not into YA fiction that much, at least, it introduced me, and I'm sure your other readers, to something that they weren't familiar with.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7651809984287034257.post-79600317916991153952009-08-20T18:17:09.338-07:002009-08-20T18:17:09.338-07:00Having read many Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew mysteri...Having read many Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew mysteries, what really drew me to Trixie Belden as a kid was that she actually aged! It didn't continue past the first few books though when the series was taken over by in-house writers.<br /><br />I read "Angels & Demons" but couldn't read "The Da Vinci Code" because it was like reading the same book again.Stephanienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7651809984287034257.post-19989946653560740592009-08-18T12:43:40.678-07:002009-08-18T12:43:40.678-07:00Fascinating review and comments, too. I can...Fascinating review and comments, too. I can't think of an answer to your question, however since I don't read many series books.Carehttp://bkclubcare.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7651809984287034257.post-82244964050237036352009-08-18T00:02:54.637-07:002009-08-18T00:02:54.637-07:00Ali,
Great review of a book I won't read. Sor...Ali,<br /><br />Great review of a book I won't read. Sorry, street lit doesn't work for me. I'll carry it in the library but I won't read it or review it. I have a lot of angst about this genre because it is targeted to AA readers as if we all can relate, publishers push it on us as if it's all we want and if a white reader who doesn't know much about AA fiction and the first book they read is this, well, I'm not sure if they'd be motivated to look for more. Yes, I'm being harsh. I want more. I want greater representation of the black experience because street lit is one small slice.Color Onlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15062017327837729986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7651809984287034257.post-32980911619776351252009-08-17T20:06:51.614-07:002009-08-17T20:06:51.614-07:00Libby, I had a hard time with Harry's whiny te...Libby, I had a hard time with Harry's whiny teen angst phase, too. Still loved the books, but found myself baffled by why he was acting like such a jerk all of a sudden.<br /><br />Casey, I've heard that people love that series but I've never felt drawn to trying it out. I guess I had my fill of series mysteries during my Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys phase when I was 12!Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745786643511417426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7651809984287034257.post-43162965166032036682009-08-17T19:31:41.305-07:002009-08-17T19:31:41.305-07:00Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series. I ga...Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series. I gave up after 13 (can't believe I made it that far!) b/c there is absolutely NO character development. I told my coworkers to just let me know when the last one comes out so I can see how everything ended up but I have no desire to read the same story over and over.Caseyhttp://www.bookworm4life.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7651809984287034257.post-73720464371340949392009-08-17T09:41:45.650-07:002009-08-17T09:41:45.650-07:00I think it was the fifth book of Harry Potter. On ...I think it was the fifth book of Harry Potter. On the one hand Harry's change into angsty adolescent and the added anxiety of not being trusted and having to save the world (or at least the UK) was justifiable, but the change was a bit too drastic. Maybe it was necessary, but I didn't like Harry much in that book. I forgive Rowling though, far as I understand, she had written the first three books before she got a deal, then screeched the last four off in four consecutive years. Or something like that. I'm having trouble with a partial manuscript in one year.Libby walkuphttp://www.libbywalkup.comnoreply@blogger.com