tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post116616329251943545..comments2024-03-14T00:16:32.077-07:00Comments on 50 Books: BOOKS: Is Any Reading Good Reading?Tammyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16613804843380827691noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post-62435420174898349002006-12-20T09:48:00.000-08:002006-12-20T09:48:00.000-08:00I think that this "love of good books" we all hope...I think that this "love of good books" we all hope children will discover is much less likely to happen if reading is a difficult chore. The more a child reads, whatever she reads, the closer she gets to effortless reading; the closer she gets to the day when she opens a book and with no work at all is told a marvelous story that is better than her favorite movie.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03539599204172397576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post-1166594043767348872006-12-19T21:54:00.000-08:002006-12-19T21:54:00.000-08:00I guess some kids need a "reward" for reading, whi...I guess some kids need a "reward" for reading, while some kids consider reading its own reward. I'm glad kids are reading, but it really only helps if they KEEP reading. How will they know if a book is well written or not if they don't have many others to compare it to?<BR/><BR/>I have my own issues about anthropomorphism in a non-farming culture, but that's for another day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post-1166571581914392052006-12-19T15:39:00.000-08:002006-12-19T15:39:00.000-08:00what amazes me is that people all seem to want to ...what amazes me is that people all seem to want to read something when it's a movie or is considered generally 'popular'. As an owner of a second hand book shop; the interest in books goes up when movies like Truman Capote, Narnia and now Charlotte's Web became blockbusters. I love books and I love movies - but I don't like trendy reading. I would love it if people discover books that are not generically popular and read them, yes it's good that people are reading and enjoying books that come out in film and have blockbuster takings - but seeing that I read pretty much everything I wish others would do the same! And i am seething because people keep coming in and asking for Charlotte's Web - now impossible to get second hane! Is that a good thing or not?! I am unsureAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post-1166402692245938922006-12-17T16:44:00.000-08:002006-12-17T16:44:00.000-08:00...and in case anybody was wondering, here's a par......and in case anybody was wondering, here's a partial track-list for the soundtrack for "Saw: The Musical".<BR/><BR/>"How Much For that Dismembered Doggy in the Window?"<BR/><BR/>"Shop Class Teacher Was Right (Au Revoir to a Thumb)"<BR/><BR/>"Ith Hard to Thing a Thong Without Front Teeth"<BR/><BR/>"Sawdust, Sawdust, Oozing Moistly"<BR/><BR/>"My Orifices Burn For You"Baco-Vegetarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11896622763528376334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post-1166397952182163602006-12-17T15:25:00.000-08:002006-12-17T15:25:00.000-08:00As a bookstore manager I find that I have this sam...As a bookstore manager I find that I have this same debate all of the time. Especially when it comes to teen reading. It all comes down to the fact that if they are reading (and not playing video games) then that is a good thing. I just wish they could read something of substance and appreciate it.JRH456https://www.blogger.com/profile/14006027202254165986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post-1166291417838068142006-12-16T09:50:00.000-08:002006-12-16T09:50:00.000-08:00I'm glad kids are reading. That's excellent. The p...I'm glad kids are reading. That's excellent. The push coming from a film bothers me a bit, but not a lot really. <BR/><BR/>But I am fast becoming sure that I am the only person in the world who doesn't find the idea of a talking pig and smart spider to be appealing. <BR/><BR/>Perhaps this due to my farm upbringing, where anthropomorphising animals isn't really high on the list of things to do....pigs get eaten, spiders get killed. <BR/><BR/>Clearly I have no soul. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post-1166255775556953882006-12-15T23:56:00.000-08:002006-12-15T23:56:00.000-08:00...Not that I don't love Disney's version. It jus......Not that I don't love Disney's version. It just bothers me that McKinley never gets any props for it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post-1166255664343816512006-12-15T23:54:00.000-08:002006-12-15T23:54:00.000-08:00I couldn't read past the bit about Beauty and the ...I couldn't read past the bit about Beauty and the Beast (I swear, I'll finish reading as soon as I post this). I am fairly convinced (as is my mother, a wise woman who never uses parenthetical comments) that all the bits of that film which made it special - and different from the standard fairy tale - were stolen from Robin McKinley's Beauty: A Retelling of Beauty and the Beast (1978). <BR/><BR/>PS - she rewrote the story 20 years later in Rose Daughter. Which is also wonderful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post-1166227906711120992006-12-15T16:11:00.000-08:002006-12-15T16:11:00.000-08:00Check this outCheck <A HREF="http://www.goodmagazine.com/section/Stimuli/Silverblatt_on_books" REL="nofollow">this</A> outtrophycasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08711415493454478199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post-1166214227567773682006-12-15T12:23:00.000-08:002006-12-15T12:23:00.000-08:00What bugged me most was when the most recent verso...What bugged me most was when the most recent verson of Little Women (the one with Winona Ryder as Jo) came out, the movie company releeased a novelization of the movie. That was (of course) nowhere near as good as the BOOK on which the movie was originally based. As long as the text remains that of E.B. White's, I don't mind so much that Dakota Fanning is on the cover of the copies of Charlotte's Web that these kids are reading.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post-1166212194898373282006-12-15T11:49:00.000-08:002006-12-15T11:49:00.000-08:00Now that I think about it, I don't know that I've ...Now that I think about it, I don't know that I've ever actually read "Charlotte's Web." Which strikes me as weird since I'm the biggest book dork I know (IRL) but oh, I was young and had language issues and didn't really learn to read until 4th grade anyway. I entirely agree about being torn; I don't know that I'm of the "whatever it takes" mind...maybe being a part of something that big will bring some more into the fold of our cult? Or maybe it doesn't even matter what happens to these kids, sooner or later the ones that love to read will find that in themselves, and the ones who don't will...grow up to live wholesome lives nonethless? It's a very confusing issue since I think people take their love of books so personally because for most people (maybe? I shouldn't generalize) they're stigmatized during those already awkward years for liking to read, so...yeah I don't know where I'm going with this. Maybe just that this is a small step in the direction of making it if not cool then acceptable to be into books at a young age.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post-1166210403444786112006-12-15T11:20:00.000-08:002006-12-15T11:20:00.000-08:00True, the kids aren't doing this just for the simp...True, the kids aren't doing this just for the simple joy of loving books (necessarily), but if anyone can turn a child into a book lover, it's E.B. White. I think this story would bother me SO much more if the book in question weren't such a wonderful, wonderful book. I do sort of feel like everyone should read all three of his children's books. <BR/><BR/>It also suggests that the moviemakers are pretty confident that their movie can at least hold a candle to the book -- and that's an encouraging sign in itself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post-1166207636925464262006-12-15T10:33:00.000-08:002006-12-15T10:33:00.000-08:00Hey Doppelganger --Long-time reader, first-time co...Hey Doppelganger --<BR/><BR/>Long-time reader, first-time commenter. :) To me, this "is any reading good reading?" question is really the question "what is literary for?" I mean, if literacy is mostly to train people to be good workers then yes any reading is good because it makes it easier to read things you need to read to get through life. I think most of us can agree on that important first step. <BR/><BR/>The tougher part is for those of us who love to read, because we want to literacy to be for the spread of the activity of reading, a thing we get so much joy from. As a book lover, I want everyone else to be one too, but I also recognize that some people just won't love reading and at least this way they'll get some skills. <BR/><BR/>-- LaneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post-1166206636095093252006-12-15T10:17:00.000-08:002006-12-15T10:17:00.000-08:00How did my voices get in your head? To answer your...How did my voices get in your head? To answer your question, Who knows. Only Who knows. Who is the maker of all things and is the only one to answer questions like this. Similar controversy stirs over whether grocery store pulp writer Steven King is doing any favors for literacy. Who knows.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com