tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post2542850957016043550..comments2024-03-18T09:53:12.654-04:00Comments on MotherReader: The WilloughbysMotherReaderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11274509991340797264noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post-84060789897469615722008-05-19T07:31:00.000-04:002008-05-19T07:31:00.000-04:00Now that I've read the book... I see that I'm in t...Now that I've read the book... I see that I'm in the same camp as you are, MR. The Wiloughbys just didn't do it for me... it was trying too hard. Kristi- you make excellent points, that's exactly what I though too. <BR/><BR/>It'll be interesting to have a bookclub discussion about this one... there's been such a divergence of opinions about it. <BR/>-SusanSusan Kuselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15613470998029847177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post-91721002530530324652008-05-14T10:21:00.000-04:002008-05-14T10:21:00.000-04:00I think I'll take a pass on this one. Anything lik...I think I'll take a pass on this one. Anything like Snicket is not on my list.Andromeda Jazmonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12355192738014962965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post-13054773706088962352008-05-10T17:48:00.000-04:002008-05-10T17:48:00.000-04:00My theory is that this book is an elaborate joke o...My theory is that this book is an elaborate joke on the book-reading public by Lois Lowery. "What? No one is reading my books anymore? I'll show them, I'll write a book like Snicket! Let's see how they like THAT!"<BR/><BR/>Then again, I only listened to the Lemony Snicket books because I loved the way Tim Curry read them.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10819682212588374546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post-86142450217764921072008-05-07T15:28:00.000-04:002008-05-07T15:28:00.000-04:00Thanks for the shout-out for the bookclub, MR. I'm...Thanks for the shout-out for the bookclub, MR. I'm glad you're coming to that meeting.... we'll be able to hear what you think in person. <BR/><BR/>I've heard so many reactions to this book. I just got a copy of the Willoughbys today, so I have no idea what I think about it yet. <BR/>-SusanSusan Kuselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15613470998029847177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post-45912052490897313652008-05-07T13:08:00.000-04:002008-05-07T13:08:00.000-04:00I really did like it. But I must now go back and e...I really did like it. But I must now go back and edit my post to add the one thing that I didn't like at all - the heavy-handed "Baby Ruth" comments throughout, which really didn't do it for me. Although it did remind me of an old comedy bit where a kid sits on Santa's lap and Santa keeps intoning "only four years old" (or was it three?) It worked too hard to be funny, and failed miserably, in my opinion. But I did love Tim naming her Ruth because they were the "ruthless Willoughbys".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post-54447329945861575322008-05-07T10:51:00.000-04:002008-05-07T10:51:00.000-04:00I agree with you completely. I liked the book okay...I agree with you completely. I liked the book okay, but I didn't love it, like so many reviewers whose comments I've read. I did enjoy the way Lowry mocked the conventions of children's lit, and I found it humorous in a wry sort of way, but not laugh-out-loud funny. I found it difficult to put into words, that quality that made me like-it-but-not-love-it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com