tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6635254887060965792.post7904908704912554116..comments2023-08-15T04:19:14.114-05:00Comments on Word Wanderings: A Rant on a Recent ReadAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10072706769675479529noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6635254887060965792.post-40444519526118509182011-02-07T18:04:11.499-06:002011-02-07T18:04:11.499-06:00It has to be 'super stinky' before I'l...It has to be 'super stinky' before I'll give up reading all together. sometimes I end up skimming books I don't like just because I'm stubborn that way. Its interesting to me that the book was put out by such a big name publisher. We assume that they must know a good book if they're bothering to publish it. Not always the case ...Tracy Krausshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05066853243062725525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6635254887060965792.post-66377732299344013822011-02-07T12:27:46.356-06:002011-02-07T12:27:46.356-06:00I actually don't feel the book was badly writt...I actually don't feel the book was badly written, but I do feel the characters weren't put into the proper place/light. It's actually somewhat hard to place my finger on everything that was wrong with the book, though I don't think the actual writing was poor.<br /><br />And, yes, I do agree with you: homeschooling was placed in a negative light, more because of the family's beliefs system than anything.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10072706769675479529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6635254887060965792.post-66249829982096437662011-02-07T11:20:48.948-06:002011-02-07T11:20:48.948-06:00I don't stick with badly written books anymore...I don't stick with badly written books anymore. I used to feel compelled to finish reading them, but time is too short to waste it reading bad novels. You can learn something from badly written, I guess, but because time is short, great novels are better to learn from :)<br /><br />It's too bad the author chose to represent homeschooling in this negative light; the representation certainly isn't typical, that's for sure.Proverbs Thirty One Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00061731679235511146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6635254887060965792.post-78791021072547441552011-02-07T09:45:15.220-06:002011-02-07T09:45:15.220-06:00Thanks, Linda. :)
I actually feel that this autho...Thanks, Linda. :)<br /><br />I actually feel that this author probably did his research, but there was definitely an agenda behind his writing. While that's not necessarily a bad thing, there was enough in it that made it unbelievable to me. While I know plenty of homeschoolers who had similar beliefs (there's a whole curriculum out there that fosters the kind of beliefs system I saw in these characters), they tend to have a very male-driven outlook, and are unlikely, in my experience, to allow women to do some of the things this woman was allowed to do--and they definitely tend to make the women more subservient (again, in my own experience.)<br /><br />Maybe I should write a counter to this book. ;) Though, I'm not exactly your "typical" homeschooled adult. Not by half. You can see that in my September blog post on school. :) http://libertywordwanderings.blogspot.com/2010/09/school-and-impact-on-writer.htmlAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10072706769675479529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6635254887060965792.post-61792899725182291682011-02-07T07:43:35.422-06:002011-02-07T07:43:35.422-06:00John Grisham and I parted ways because his politic...John Grisham and I parted ways because his politics were becoming too apparent and were vastly different from mine. I'll read his off-genre books, but I've steered clear of his others.<br /><br />What bothers me about what you've described is that authors are supposed to do their research, and readers assume they do. Anyone who doesn't know or understand homeschooling is going to think they're all cultish after reading this guy's book. But, I guess, the secular world already does.<br /><br />Goes to show that agendas override research and truth.Linda Yezakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16359372692625786864noreply@blogger.com