tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-761784460667108854.post6564322105428979648..comments2023-11-09T03:33:41.728-05:00Comments on Jenny and Kelly Read Books: Completed: The Poisonwood Biblekellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07832228313612518377noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-761784460667108854.post-27484241243288265762014-12-07T17:56:28.229-05:002014-12-07T17:56:28.229-05:00That's a good question...there doesn't see...That's a good question...there doesn't seem to be a big book this year, at least not in the same way as The Goldfinch. Now that the "Top Books of 2014" are coming out, you'll see more of a funnel forming. But there doesn't seem to be a lot of agreement or popular sentiment for any one book. <br /><br />I will also say, the 2015 TOB is going to be rough. I haven't read a lot and I think I'll end up not reading many of the finalists. <br /><br />JJennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13205737257301534685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-761784460667108854.post-89613399120308075512014-11-11T17:28:38.552-05:002014-11-11T17:28:38.552-05:00Re: Cake mixes: She brings them, and she's not...Re: Cake mixes: She brings them, and she's not sure about the stove situation, but it's moot because the mixes get all hard and unusable before the birthdays roll around (too much humidity, I think -- the moisture got into the boxes and solidified the mix) <br /><br />It's pretty heart-wrenching... first, because they had *no* idea what to actually bring with them (because they don't know what they are truly in for) (hint: cake mixes won't help you!) and then because they are all so disappointed not to have the cakes on their birthdays and it really drives home the "We're not in Kansas anymore" point. (The cake mixes were an excellent plot device... heh)<br /><br />Re: The seeds -- you got it. They didn't have the same kinds of insects there, so they didn't pollinate the garden. Also, the father starts the garden off flat, and then the housekeeper tries to help him out by making mounds and he goes out and flattens it again, only to have all of the seeds wash away in the first rainstorm. (They salvage the seeds and re-plant them in mounds, but then the pollination problem occurs and the garden never makes it -- just another example of the father feeling like he's got all of the answers for these people and yet he's got zero information on what is actually going on there...)<br /><br />Re: Not remembering endings... I think that's pretty common, especially when the ending isn't really that great. I mean, overall, it was a really good book. The ending was kind of weak so... eh. Tune it out (I basically already had already forgotten it myself and would not have remembered it if it weren't for my *notes*!)<br /><br />I hadn't really thought about this before, but this book was written (and swept everyone up) in pre-[common]-Internet days. I wonder how the Internet has changed the face of "What everyone is reading" -- and, in general, why it is that certain books become the book "everyone is reading." I feel like it happens some years, but not others. The Poisonwood Bible was certainly an "everyone is reading it" book. Last year, it was The Goldfinch. (This book, IMHO was way better than The Goldfinch). Is there one this year? kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07832228313612518377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-761784460667108854.post-34597006571294410652014-10-31T23:27:34.287-04:002014-10-31T23:27:34.287-04:00K ,
I certainly did read this and I really liked ...K ,<br /><br />I certainly did read this and I really liked it! I'm pretty sure I still have my copy. But...I don't remember all that much. A couple weird things I remember---the mom bring cake mix for them for their birthday cakes, but there aren't any stoves? Maybe just fires? And none of the seeds they planted ever flowered because there weren't bees? I do remember how tortured that whole family dynamic was...but I don't remember the ending *at all*---which, really, who's surprised? Any book that's Before Motherhood is a total fog. <br /><br />I'll be curious to find out if those details were in there. <br /><br />It's always so funny those books that sweep everyone up, especially when you don't read them until later. But I really like this author! <br /><br />You go girl! Checking books off the list. I'm in the middle of my latest book and hope to finish it this weekend. <br /><br />xoxo<br />JJennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13205737257301534685noreply@blogger.com