I too loved Room though it was against my initial reaction to the premise. I've had a handful of students read it since and they all love it.
Cool link, Jesse!
'Harm's Way'
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
I too loved Room though it was against my initial reaction to the premise. I've had a handful of students read it since and they all love it.
Cool link, Jesse!
I too loved Room though it was against my initial reaction to the premise.
Interesting... because the premise is why I avoided it.
Ooh, Dunk & Egg are going to Winterfell in the 4th Dunk & Egg novela.
(Darn it: it's speculation that they're going to Winterfell - because the title is "Dangerous Women" and the "Wolf Women of Winterfell" had been mentioned by GRRM at some point elsewhere.)
Interesting... because the premise is why I avoided it.
It's almost nothing like what you might expect based on the premise, I think -- mostly because the narrator is the kid.
I just read the first few pages on Amazon. She gets that kid voice really well.
I was warned off by the voice in Room.
I know people that hate room becaue of the voice ( one was a gradnmother )
Well, if you read the sample bits and can't deal with it, it's not for you, but I thought it was just lovely.
I love a child's voice that seems realistic to me, because so often they really, really aren't.
I think it was a good voice, definitely not one that irritated.
I read the book prepared to hate it and I just....didn't. It surprised me. Especially the change halfway through.