tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post5609475191343717610..comments2024-02-22T17:59:50.213-05:00Comments on in so many words...: Review: Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom RiggsYvettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-44121984068995771872012-06-20T10:29:41.063-04:002012-06-20T10:29:41.063-04:00iluvcinema: It's more creepy than scary. Reall...iluvcinema: It's more creepy than scary. Really. It's an interesting read.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-32844584508403086602012-06-20T10:27:49.260-04:002012-06-20T10:27:49.260-04:00Deb, that is a great idea to jot down the names an...Deb, that is a great idea to jot down the names and dates while there are people around who can still remember.<br />I have a box of old photos I think this will be my project for the summer. <br /><br />I look at old photos in a different way than your grandmother did. I look at them as living pieces of history. For a moment the people in those photos live again even if their names are forgotten. Still, I can understand her viewpoint too. There is a great deal of melancholy attached to old photos of people whose names you don't know.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-70873572219826126162012-06-20T10:23:49.152-04:002012-06-20T10:23:49.152-04:00Kathy I'm so glad you've taken to Bob'...Kathy I'm so glad you've taken to Bob's books. He's on Facebook and you can follow his and Linda's adventures there too. He takes some really good photos.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-68572838989668372722012-06-18T00:31:36.605-04:002012-06-18T00:31:36.605-04:00That looks kinda haunting and scary. But then I am...That looks kinda haunting and scary. But then I am just a scaredy-cat!iluvcinemahttp://iluvcinema.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-2596440490177451722012-06-17T07:09:16.470-04:002012-06-17T07:09:16.470-04:00My husband's late grandmother used to say ther...My husband's late grandmother used to say there was nothing sadder to her than to see stacks of old photographs at a thrift store or flea market. It was for this reason that she asked her kids and grandkids to destroy her old photographs if no one in the family wanted them after she passed away.<br /><br />I have asked my parents to at least go through the boxes of old photographs they have (some of them handed down to them from older relatives) and jot down on the back the names of the people in the photos and how they're related to us, but after 70-plus years, the connections to some of those far-off faces have long been severed.Debnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-42038285464452243012012-06-16T11:47:55.020-04:002012-06-16T11:47:55.020-04:00I'm joining Frannie and Agnes, Bob Tarte's...I'm joining Frannie and Agnes, Bob Tarte's cats in Kitty Cornered, another fun, but poignant book. He sure loves those cats, maddening as they can be sometimes.kathy d.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-76968557048037206132012-06-16T10:58:51.729-04:002012-06-16T10:58:51.729-04:00Kathy, you have to stop bolting up the backyard tr...Kathy, you have to stop bolting up the backyard tree, it makes the neighbors wonder. Ha!Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-15590675586752137612012-06-16T10:58:12.144-04:002012-06-16T10:58:12.144-04:00Mark, take a look at the book, you might find the ...Mark, take a look at the book, you might find the photos (at least) intriguing. Also it really is kind of interesting the way Rigg's has woven a story around some of the strangest photos you'll ever see. You really do have to wonder.<br /><br />It's a particularly well designed book, too.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-85357934708808339972012-06-16T10:53:10.878-04:002012-06-16T10:53:10.878-04:00Ryan, it's not a great book, but it's wort...Ryan, it's not a great book, but it's worth a look and it reads very quickly. I liked most of it. But as John says, the ending is a little flat. <br /><br />I'm assuming that's because there will be a sequel.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-22286372030948273332012-06-15T22:28:59.192-04:002012-06-15T22:28:59.192-04:00Too eerie for me, the blog scaredy-cat. Saw those...Too eerie for me, the blog scaredy-cat. Saw those pictures and bolted across the yard and up the tree.kathy d.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-78839458421900896942012-06-15T20:48:05.427-04:002012-06-15T20:48:05.427-04:00As one who collects 19th century photographs, I ca...As one who collects 19th century photographs, I can very well equate with this book. There are so many images in my collection for which I have woven imaginary lifetimes!Mark D. Ruffnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09241533547309049140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-33541800022416230012012-06-15T19:28:59.917-04:002012-06-15T19:28:59.917-04:00I've wanted to read this book since it came ou...I've wanted to read this book since it came out, but all the hype kinda turned me off of it. Now that I know you liked it, I may have to up my reading of it.Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17786139533776263328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-88100139239190393732012-06-15T11:48:38.498-04:002012-06-15T11:48:38.498-04:00John: Well, at stake is the continued existence of...John: Well, at stake is the continued existence of the kids, etc. But I think the fact of having to reveal so much information about the orphanage's inhabitants worked against the plotting.<br /><br />It's not great writing by any means. In fact, parts of it I found a bit boring, but I was still intrigued enough to continue reading.<br /><br />Yeah, some of those pix were downright scary. Hard to believe they're all real.<br /><br />I wonder what the next book will bring.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-3617913779990680722012-06-15T11:44:48.621-04:002012-06-15T11:44:48.621-04:00You're welcome, Lucy. It is an interesting rea...You're welcome, Lucy. It is an interesting read and an intriguing way to tell a story.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-41544318836112897992012-06-14T21:37:44.689-04:002012-06-14T21:37:44.689-04:00I liked the idea of building a novel around those ...I liked the idea of building a novel around those found photos. And many of them are extremely strange. Some of them are practically nightmare inducing. But I don't think Riggs is a novelist at all. The book in nothing but incident. There is no real conflict and the ending is ambiguous. For this reason I think it was shifted to a younger audience. It's not at all an adult book, IMO. I was caught up in some of the bizarreness and the quirky characters, but really there is not much at stake. When it was all over I just shrugged and said, "That's it?"J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-1897254429927724172012-06-14T17:50:32.931-04:002012-06-14T17:50:32.931-04:00This looks very interesting. WIll have to explore...This looks very interesting. WIll have to explore this further! Thank you for sharing.Sarah Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17530253746802487595noreply@blogger.com