tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post4869039533444921774..comments2024-03-14T16:57:29.045-04:00Comments on Whisky Prajer: Airborn by Kenneth Oppeldpreimerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09905531259256800022noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post-85199367759768913882009-09-03T07:43:19.202-04:002009-09-03T07:43:19.202-04:00DV - those 12-year-olds sure do come in handy. I t...<b>DV</b> - those 12-year-olds sure do come in handy. I took the wheel for a few hours, and my 12-year-old took it upon herself to read us her copy of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Diary-Wimpy-Kid-Jeff-Kinney/dp/0810993139/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1251976919&sr=8-1" rel="nofollow">Diary Of A Wimpy Kid</a>. Even though we couldn't see the equally mirth-inducing illustrations, she had us in stitches.<br /><br /><b>CP</b> - you've got me thinking of <b>Nick Hornby's</b> admonition, that "dismissing YA books because you're not a young adult is a little bit like refusing to watch thrillers on the grounds that you're not a policeman or a dangerous criminal." <br /><br />I was going to suggest moving quickly on <i>Airborn</i>, because I'd heard that it was being made into a movie by the same guy who's given us <i>The Mummy</i> and <i>G.I. Joe</i> -- which didn't bode well. The news from Oppel's <a href="http://kennethoppel.blogspot.com/2009/08/august-report.html" rel="nofollow">blog</a>, however, is that this project has stalled. <i>*whew*</i>Whisky Prajerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14076228013022881173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post-4084522777162092542009-09-02T22:33:54.494-04:002009-09-02T22:33:54.494-04:00Is it just me, or is it really true the young adul...Is it just me, or is it really true the young adult section of fiction has raised the bar in reading deliciousness, even for us less than young adults?<br /><br />Maybe its a combo of better writers and Boomers need to feel connected with our youthful past?<br /><br />Whatever the reason, I love a good story.<br /><br />Thanks for the review - now to add Oppel to my must-read list.<br /><br />Sheesh. That list grows impossibly longer...and I am greedy.Cowtown Pattiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07384649567351202679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post-16800658434722789132009-09-02T15:17:53.953-04:002009-09-02T15:17:53.953-04:00How I miss those days when the young hunters and g...How I miss those days when the young hunters and gatherers brought home books they and, then subsequently, I thoroughly enjoyed.<br />I may have to hang out outside a bookstore and, like an under-aged drinker in reverse, cajole a 12 yr old to go in and buy me a young adult book. I don't think that's a crime down here in the States. Yet.DarkoVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11572734667248592785noreply@blogger.com