I felt the same way, megan. Also, though I loved the story in general, I can't really recall any of the characters in particular, except the Amy and possibly Sara. I think somewhere in all those pages, Cronin could have done a better job describing and contrasting the cast. That's especially true compared to Hunger Games trilogy where every character is drawn pretty well and is distinct from the others. It's almost as though Cronin's is a long movie treatment and he's hoping the casting and director will complete the characters.
(I am distracting myself from the fact that Wilson needs one more out to close out this frakking nerve-wracking play-off game.)
(I am distracting myself from the fact that Wilson needs one more out to close out this frakking nerve-wracking play-off game.)
Feel free to come join my nail biting in Natter.
I started
The Passage
and was enjoying it but then got distracted by the new Gail Carriger and never got back to it. (But I could. . . if only it were a less heavy book to carry on the bus. .. )
Cronin's is a long movie treatment and he's hoping the casting and director will complete the characters.
Ridley Scott has the film rights, so good luck with that.
if only it were a less heavy book to carry on the bus...
Yeah, I was carrying it on my stairway walk today and that became old real fast.
Hmmm, news from NYCC - GRRM is really, truly almost done with
A Dance with Dragons.
I might be raising my child wrong.
We've started reading the Narnia books, and Mal's way into them.
The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe
is the first book he's let me read to him, without trying to make up the story himself. So that's good.
But while he recognized Tumnus as a Faun from the description, and is down with Dryads and dwarves and witches, he has no idea why the human kids are called "Sons of Adam" or "Daughters of Eve."
Reading - it's educational for everybody.
But while he recognized Tumnus as a Faun from the description, and is down with Dryads and dwarves and witches, he has no idea why the human kids are called "Sons of Adam" or "Daughters of Eve."
Bwahahaha!
Dylan might have trouble there too, now that I think about it. Not that I'm in any hurry for him to read the Narnia books anyway - they were never favorites of mine.
Hahaha, don't worry Raq, i was raised Christian and still took a few days before that reference "clicked" and i realised that the story was going all biblical on me. (No one had warned me that CS Lewis was writing xian propaganda, i just came across the books while babysitting.)
As non-religious as I am now, one of my favorite books as a kid was The Golden Children's Bible. Nicely illustrated, and collected the Bible into easy-to-understand individual stories. Also, it was the only thing my mom would let me read during Mass until I had my First Communion, and then after that, I was stuck with just the hymnal.
