tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13002022.post114132110039223455..comments2023-10-05T06:28:29.938-07:00Comments on Bookseller Chick: Book Therapy: Taking Your Place on the CouchBookseller Chickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16740546395821645741noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13002022.post-1141397272416543422006-03-03T06:47:00.000-08:002006-03-03T06:47:00.000-08:00I couldn't make it through The Lovely Bones, even ...I couldn't make it through The Lovely Bones, even though the rest of the world loved it. When I got to the part about the sister trying to find out who murdered the girl and being in danger too, I just couldn't take it anymore. I mean, I read through the horribly affecting description of how the first girl dies, I couldn't imagine doing it again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13002022.post-1141346878011109072006-03-02T16:47:00.000-08:002006-03-02T16:47:00.000-08:00I read Black Beauty many times as a kid so I know ...I read Black Beauty many times as a kid so I know how you feel about the whole harm to animals thing(there are really cruel acts in that book-one of the parts I remember best was a debate between a horse and a dog about which one had the worse deal-pretty much a draw there between tail bobbing and ear/tail snipping!).<BR/><BR/>One of the worst books I ever read was The Bridges of Madison County-total crap on every page. To this day,I don't get why folks thought it was so deep and moving(the film adaptation was a vast improvement)-all it moved me to do was to read something else! The only saving grace was that I borrowed it from one of my cousins(who didn't want it back-should've tipped me off right then and there.)lady thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16287907577241697874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13002022.post-1141341079697271332006-03-02T15:11:00.000-08:002006-03-02T15:11:00.000-08:00I totally sympathise with the death-of-animal-in-b...I totally sympathise with the death-of-animal-in-book aversion - I cried and cried when I read Charlotte's Web. So much so that Mum had to pull out her a rainy-day present for me (the only one I remember ever getting). I still think fondly of the green table for my doll house, but I don't recall re-reading the book.<BR/><BR/>Beth - to get over your aversion to books set in India, read Of Marriagable Age (by Sharon Maas). Totally awesome book, fabulous characters and best of all, an incredibly satisfying endingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13002022.post-1141336993005566402006-03-02T14:03:00.000-08:002006-03-02T14:03:00.000-08:00I have read a lot of Graham Greene even though a l...I have read a lot of Graham Greene even though a lot of his books, especially the later ones, are majorly depressing. I remember with "The Heart of the Matter" I let it sit for days, knowing that the main character was going to do himself in at the end before I could pick it up and read it. <BR/><BR/>I read a lot of King Arthur stories too even though I know Camelot is never going to succeed. <BR/><BR/>Also -- ditto on the the "Where the Red Fern Grows."Bethany K. Warnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06679355745067316748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13002022.post-1141336549217817482006-03-02T13:55:00.000-08:002006-03-02T13:55:00.000-08:00Re: The difference in the taste of a child as oppo...Re: The difference in the taste of a child as opposed to that of an adult.<BR/><BR/>When, as an adult, I saw that movie about "Babe" (you know, the pig, not the sportswoman), I was appalled at the violence. The pig is threatened with death <B>three</B> times! Not only threatened, but the build-up shows the farmer getting his gun out, polishing it, loading it ... I'll admit there is a happy ending, but geez ...<BR/><BR/>My 5-year-old friend Matthew loved it.<BR/><BR/>Of course, the second Babe movie was just surreal.Jean L. Cooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05820846337864043092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13002022.post-1141335515722334032006-03-02T13:38:00.000-08:002006-03-02T13:38:00.000-08:00I can't bear the hurt animal stories. I cried in K...I can't bear the hurt animal stories. I cried in King Kong. Over a computer generated made up monkey with relationship issues. The last book I hated was Timothy Findley's The Pilgram. It was the last time I made myself finish a book I didn't enjoy. I figure life's too short.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13002022.post-1141329578955531082006-03-02T11:59:00.000-08:002006-03-02T11:59:00.000-08:00Oh...I HATED Where the Red Fern Grows. Hated hated...Oh...I HATED Where the Red Fern Grows. Hated hated hated hated it. *shudder*Nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02716785419172270884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13002022.post-1141327404947760772006-03-02T11:23:00.000-08:002006-03-02T11:23:00.000-08:00I had a throw-the-book-against-the-wall urge just ...I had a throw-the-book-against-the-wall urge just recently: A Fine Balance, by Rohinton Mistry. Enjoyed it all the way through. Wonderful characters. Intriguing action. Fascinating settings. Then I got to the end. It's not that I mind sad, even tragic endings; hell, one of my all time favorites is Anna Karenina. But AK never left me feeling hopeless, the way A Fine Balance did. More than hopeless. Betrayed, somehow. I went all this way with all these characters for THIS?<BR/><BR/>I usually keep my books; can't bear to part with them. But A Fine Balance is going to the used bookstore, and if they don't want it, I'm donating it to the county library for their annual book sale. I don't want it on my shelf!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13002022.post-1141327348051503102006-03-02T11:22:00.000-08:002006-03-02T11:22:00.000-08:00I totally LOVED Where the Red Fern Grows when I re...I totally LOVED <I>Where the Red Fern Grows</I> when I read it at age 12. It was when I re-read it as an adult that I couldn't take it.<BR/><BR/>Vikram Seth's <I>A Suitable Boy</I>. Hate, hate, HATE BURNING HATRED. It was like 6 million pages, I spent most of my summer reading it, slogging through the politics of India, eschewing other terrific books, and only for it to end WRONG. And not just any kind of wrong, but BORINGLY WRONG.<BR/><BR/>Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaate. I actually threw it against the wall of my bedroom, and the huge thunk scared the mouse out of the wall and it came scurrying out and I shreiked and there is YET ANOTHER reason to hate this book: it incites the vermin. Even though it was mostly well-written, I have an allergic reaction to the name Vikram Seth, and to books set in India.<BR/><BR/>And, of course, I'm rather famous for my hatred of the last Outlander book, <I>A Breath of Snow and Ashes</I>. People love to hate me for hating it, almost as much I hate the book. It's a festivus of hate! I only finished reading it because I'd promised to do so, but I did nothing but hate it on every page. Reading became torture in those weeks. When I finally finished, my first thought upon waking the next morning was "Oh thank god I don't have to read that book anymore." Seriously. And though I love the first 2.5 books in the series, I can't go back and read them. I feel betrayed and bitter about it all.<BR/><BR/>So yeah -- scarred.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13002022.post-1141327025539735632006-03-02T11:17:00.000-08:002006-03-02T11:17:00.000-08:00THE RAG AND BONE SHOP by Robert Cormier. It was a ...THE RAG AND BONE SHOP by Robert Cormier. It was a masterly piece of writing, which is why it was so disturbing to me. It still gives me the creeps just thinking about it. I can't bring myself to read anything else by Cormier, even though he's an icon in YA literature.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13002022.post-1141322017447740772006-03-02T09:53:00.000-08:002006-03-02T09:53:00.000-08:00I absolutely agree with you about the animal stori...I absolutely agree with you about the animal stories. I can't read one to save my soul.<BR/><BR/>(You know, I, too, remember seeing Old Yeller (the movie). It was on my eleventh birthday, the same day that I came down with the flu -- I wonder if there is a connection ...)<BR/><BR/>My theory of reading is that I read for escapism, and if there's something there that's just too real, I don't want to read it.Jean L. Cooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05820846337864043092noreply@blogger.com