tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post6450304452503495801..comments2024-03-17T13:13:58.214-07:00Comments on Blue-Hearted Bookworm: June's Reads: Running Away From HomeBybeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10061186489010154661noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-19173236503547781092007-07-06T21:25:00.000-07:002007-07-06T21:25:00.000-07:00Thank you, Bybee. He reads more books per year th...Thank you, Bybee. He reads more books per year than I do, now. I love it. :)Bookfoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247136634069540446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-3259621740098959992007-07-05T20:54:00.000-07:002007-07-05T20:54:00.000-07:00Damn, you just reminded me of another book (Eat, P...Damn, you just reminded me of another book (Eat, Pray, Love) that I wanted to read for my armchair traveler challenge - at this rate I'm going to have more alternate titles than originals!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-14994349831283036332007-07-04T23:51:00.000-07:002007-07-04T23:51:00.000-07:00Dewey,I really enjoyed Hatchet, and thought that M...Dewey,<BR/>I really enjoyed Hatchet, and thought that My Side Of The Mountain would be something like that, except with someone who was embracing the survival mode rather than being thrust into it.<BR/><BR/>Bookfool,<BR/>It's one thing to be a kick-ass bookworm, but you've taken it to a new level when you strive to gather up new readers and mold them into kick-ass bookworms as well. Way to go, Mom!Bybeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10061186489010154661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-38258375169168691902007-07-04T19:08:00.000-07:002007-07-04T19:08:00.000-07:00Escapist. ;)My youngster and I love My Side of th...Escapist. ;)<BR/><BR/>My youngster and I love My Side of the Mountain. He read the sequel(s?), also. I've just read the original, but I read it two or three times. He was going through the "Nyeh, not interested in books" phase when I tempted him with a few old favorites of mine and discovered he and I share a love of survival stories. Aha! From then on, it was easy to choose books for him until he got past that phase. Cool, eh?Bookfoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247136634069540446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-57122482490121150722007-07-03T08:24:00.000-07:002007-07-03T08:24:00.000-07:00You might like Hatchet, which reminds me a bit of ...You might like Hatchet, which reminds me a bit of My Side of the Mountain. It might or might not have some of the qualities that you didn't like about MSotM. It has sequels, which is always nice, in case you get hooked. ;)<BR/><BR/>I really want to read The Road to Perdition, now! I haven't seen the movie. But I'm a fan of graphic novels. If you want a REAL grandmother from hell, you could read the series Preacher, which is out in TPB, but it's very long and quite gory. <BR/><BR/>Ha ha, Carrie makes me laugh.Deweyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00395712971920800717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-39288810416788565952007-07-02T22:14:00.000-07:002007-07-02T22:14:00.000-07:00Gentle Reader,I feel really terrible that I didn't...Gentle Reader,<BR/>I feel really terrible that I didn't like My Side Of The Mountain more, and that I didn't get to it when I was a kid. There's a little pocket of time when I was really interested in reading about Daniel Boone that I think I would've loved this book.<BR/><BR/>Carrie K,<BR/>I keep trying to think who could play the grandmother in the movie version. <BR/><BR/>Shanna, <BR/>That is a surprise. Usually Le Guin knocks the ball out of the park with her stuff.<BR/><BR/>Lisa Jean,<BR/>I guess I liked the parts of the book better than the whole. I liked the living in the tree as well.<BR/><BR/>Kookiejar,<BR/>I was impressed that Jude Law wasn't playing a pretty boy. Remember those teeth?<BR/><BR/>Katya,<BR/>Oh yes, definitely give Road To Perdition a go. You won't be sorry.<BR/><BR/>Tara,<BR/>Davenport's depiction of the brothers' ultimate fate is almost verbatim from the real-life events that occured. My husband's a minimalist, so the Collyer Brothers' situation is his worst nightmare.Bybeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10061186489010154661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-22875405099542351462007-07-02T17:06:00.000-07:002007-07-02T17:06:00.000-07:00This book 'My Brother's Keeper' sounds fantastic! ...This book 'My Brother's Keeper' sounds fantastic! I looked up the real - life brothers on Wikipedia and I don't know which is stranger - the reality or the novel. Over on Wikipedia there are photographs of how the house looked - so horrifying!Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07208766776468157501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-66106087057464747852007-07-02T15:28:00.000-07:002007-07-02T15:28:00.000-07:00I loved My Side of the Mountain when I was a kid b...I loved My Side of the Mountain when I was a kid but I gave it to my daughter and she didn't like it at all, but she was older than I was when I read it.<BR/><BR/>I still haven't read On the Road. I'll have to read Road to Perdition -- I liked the movie but keep hearing the story is much better. I have been reading your blog for awhile and really enjoy it.Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12066257241391122732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-19141039723488350772007-07-02T11:31:00.000-07:002007-07-02T11:31:00.000-07:00I rather liked Jude Law in 'The Road to Perdition'...I rather liked Jude Law in 'The Road to Perdition' but you are right, he is not necessary to the story. The graphic novel is amazing.kookiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00994570192941993135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-66643049432323061852007-07-02T11:06:00.000-07:002007-07-02T11:06:00.000-07:00Too bad about My Side of the Mountain. I must have...Too bad about My Side of the Mountain. I must have read it 6 or 7 times when I was a kid. I loved the fact that Sam lived in a tree. Plus I too was/am a sucker for these survival stories.Lisa Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02543435909439905937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-56013872505854852422007-07-01T17:48:00.000-07:002007-07-01T17:48:00.000-07:00I haven't read My Side of the Mountain since middl...I haven't read My Side of the Mountain since middle school, but the comments are interesting and make me think of the Earthsea trilogy by Ursula Le Guin. An otherwise talented author, who churned out a droll, lifeless story in an attempt to make it readable for youngsters.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-57579758501446168032007-07-01T16:35:00.000-07:002007-07-01T16:35:00.000-07:00A theme, eh? I was SO disappointed in On The Road....A theme, eh? <BR/><BR/>I was SO disappointed in On The Road. What a group of self absorbed jackasses. <BR/><BR/>That Grandmother From Hell in My Brother's Keeper sounds hellish! Yikes. Hopefully she exists solely in fiction.Carrie Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15585975894624687972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-12051481979836716772007-07-01T09:13:00.000-07:002007-07-01T09:13:00.000-07:00Wow--you got a lot of reading done. Good for you!...Wow--you got a lot of reading done. Good for you! Isn't it interesting how when in your life you read something colors how you feel about it? I remember loving My Side of the Mountain when I was a kid, but I'm sure I wasn't that discriminating a reader then--I loved it because it showed a kind of courage and self-sufficiency I knew I would never have, so it was an empowering read. My son read it when he was 9, and liked it too. <BR/><BR/>I read On the Road when I was in college and remember really disliking the characters because they seemed so self-involved, but I was self-righteous at the time :)Gentle Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09102364083044797155noreply@blogger.com