tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074861.post4031151459699584511..comments2024-03-09T11:10:46.978-05:00Comments on Brooklyn Arden: Okay, I LiedCherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05972029478350879112noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074861.post-36278564331304795352007-02-03T00:57:00.000-05:002007-02-03T00:57:00.000-05:00"Millie's Trilly" - ha! I like that. I am so looki..."Millie's Trilly" - ha! I like that. I am so looking forward to reading Emily...and Charm School! -Yee Fan, Julia DeVillersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074861.post-75058987376489208212007-01-24T07:11:00.000-05:002007-01-24T07:11:00.000-05:00Thanks for the ZadieLinks. I have enjoyed reading...Thanks for the ZadieLinks. I have enjoyed reading these. <br />Lurban in VermontAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074861.post-4698589646695712062007-01-21T16:48:00.000-05:002007-01-21T16:48:00.000-05:00I was laughing so hard on the subway reading "Stan...I was laughing so hard on the subway reading "Stanford" that the guy next to me had to ask what I was reading that was so good. <br /><br />And I just finished "Emily" and closed it with that warm, glowing feeling of having just read a truly great, touching book and the slight worry that it'll be hard to find something that good again.<br /><br />THANKS, Lisa!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074861.post-30111619787605388692007-01-21T13:44:00.000-05:002007-01-21T13:44:00.000-05:00I am jealous because my super reader eleven-year-o...I am jealous because my super reader eleven-year-old niece got an advanced copy of "So Totally Emily Ebers" and loved it. (She is in tight with her local bookstore owner.)<br /><br />I, having a reputation as "World's Coolest Aunt" to maintain, have procured signed copies of Millicent and Stanford for her (Thanks Lisa!) which we have had a great time talking about.<br /><br />Lisa’s books as stand-alone reads are a delight but as a trilogy really become something more. (I'm flashing back on Faulkner's "Sound and the Fury" as another example of one story told from different points of view to become a unified whole.) I can see Millicent, Stanford and Emily being taught as a class on empathy and understanding.<br /><br /><br />The Zadie Smith article has been the topic of lengthy conversations at our dinner table for several nights now, "What books have changed the way that you look at the world?" <br /><br />My list includes "Brave New World" though not in a very good way about class and society, "Madame Bovary" as a lesson to not let romance distort reality, and "Walden" which changed the way I looked at nature.<br /><br />The hub’s favorite is "Heart of Darkness" as a reminder to not let the journey consume you, and the Boy's list included "Scarecrow and his Servant" as a lesson in how to keep going no matter what, and finally "The Zombie Survival Guide" which we think will prepare him for Junior High.<br /><br />Read on.<br /><br />Marilyn<br /><br />-- <br />"Books invite all, constrain none."Thetoymakershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405265800595978197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074861.post-19663981026421372642007-01-20T13:01:00.000-05:002007-01-20T13:01:00.000-05:00Yay, Lisa! I think you've definitely hit on why i ...Yay, Lisa! I think you've definitely hit on why i like Lisa's books so much. They are perfectly real (while being funny and well-written). I can't wait to read the Emily book.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074861.post-57920545168545228342007-01-20T12:58:00.000-05:002007-01-20T12:58:00.000-05:00Have you read the Alexandria Quartet by Lawrence D...Have you read the Alexandria Quartet by Lawrence Durrell?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com