tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246380981479604275.post8812285922736747141..comments2024-01-22T14:32:22.110+00:00Comments on An Armchair By The Sea: 2012 Goals & Resolutions..anarmchairbytheseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14593618746095559894noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246380981479604275.post-29603758905259459962012-01-03T22:42:02.640+00:002012-01-03T22:42:02.640+00:00Sprite- thanks for the recommendations! I've a...Sprite- thanks for the recommendations! I've actually read The Graveyard Book as well as I'm a huge Neil Gaiman fan, but I will definitely give the others a go! Hugo Cabret was brilliant with such beautiful artwork!anarmchairbytheseahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14593618746095559894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246380981479604275.post-88825646409119742442012-01-03T22:21:42.920+00:002012-01-03T22:21:42.920+00:00Oops. I see you already reading The Invention of H...Oops. I see you already reading The Invention of Hugo Cabret and you've seen the film. I hope you liked the book, too. There were definitely some things that were changed (both omissions and additions) for the movie, but I felt like they were even-handed.spritehttp://www.spritewrites.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246380981479604275.post-67616838886454730222012-01-03T22:18:20.641+00:002012-01-03T22:18:20.641+00:00I'm one of those readers heavily (although not...I'm one of those readers heavily (although not exclusively) into YA. You've listed some good titles above. I'd probably add (if you haven't already read them):<br /><br />*Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco X. Stork, about a young man on the autism spectrum forced by his father to come intern at his NYC law firm. (My second-favorite read of 2010 after When You Reach Me.)<br /><br />*Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book, about a boy raised by ghosts in a graveyard after his family is brutally murdered when he is an infant.<br /><br />*The Book Thief by Markus Zusak is about a girl in Germany during WWII, narrated by Death. (Warning: will make you weep buckets, but it'll make you glad you read it.)<br /><br />*Hugo by Brian Selnick, about an orphaned boy living in a Parisian train station in the 1920s. (The 3D movie currently in theaters is also excellent.)spritehttp://www.spritewrites.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246380981479604275.post-9583039067154210022012-01-03T12:08:55.327+00:002012-01-03T12:08:55.327+00:00I know what you mean about *only* YA, but i read n...I know what you mean about *only* YA, but i read nine in 2011 and had fun with most of them. Everything in moderation :) When You Reach Me was one of my 2010 favorites.Alex (The Sleepless Reader)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03083761152675156469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246380981479604275.post-60591001436280890232012-01-02T23:15:50.314+00:002012-01-02T23:15:50.314+00:00Yay thanks Esther! :-)
And Ellie, I probably will...Yay thanks Esther! :-) <br />And Ellie, I probably will also fail drastically but ah well...anarmchairbytheseahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14593618746095559894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246380981479604275.post-68451252526916032662012-01-02T21:38:00.296+00:002012-01-02T21:38:00.296+00:00awesome resolutions! good luck with all of them, i...awesome resolutions! good luck with all of them, i'll try (and probably fail) to follow your lead :)<br />also if you need help in the art/graphics department i'm always happy to help just let me know what you want :)Estherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04627133349764049052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246380981479604275.post-83480643337201168112012-01-02T12:17:58.983+00:002012-01-02T12:17:58.983+00:00You've got some great resolutions there! I wi...You've got some great resolutions there! I wish I had the willpower to pull some of these off, but I know I'd fail miserably.<br /><br />I think I'll just aim to CUT DOWN - cut down my book buying, cut down my Amazon use - and try to get stuck into Mount TBR with a vengeance this year! Best of luck for doing what I blatantly can't... ;)Elliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07246472269477492583noreply@blogger.com