tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243923798905252664.post8507905655182711117..comments2023-10-10T03:58:32.375-07:00Comments on Fingers & Prose: The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson WalkerMelodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08151339860580266808noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243923798905252664.post-7874766259859908592012-07-10T12:42:39.656-07:002012-07-10T12:42:39.656-07:00Haha! Good analogy!Haha! Good analogy!Emilynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243923798905252664.post-90269459014234692502012-07-10T12:18:26.428-07:002012-07-10T12:18:26.428-07:00Emily, good luck with the giveaway...hope you win!...Emily, good luck with the giveaway...hope you win! If a book is free you're at least sure to get your money's worth, right? ;) It was enjoyable, but if it was a film I'd say wait for the rental. :)Melodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08151339860580266808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243923798905252664.post-29249913077920777242012-07-10T12:15:22.256-07:002012-07-10T12:15:22.256-07:00Ti, I read your review on GR and agreed with every...Ti, I read your review on GR and agreed with everything you said. Especially about CA - everybody i So Cal stayed calm? What?? Yeah right. Can you imagine the freeways?Melodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08151339860580266808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243923798905252664.post-53993428628673741972012-07-10T07:13:59.136-07:002012-07-10T07:13:59.136-07:00Hi Melody,
Thanks for your review. I haven't...Hi Melody, <br /><br />Thanks for your review. I haven't read Age of Miracles yet, and I've been hemming and hawing because it's not exactly a cheap book to buy. I typically don't drop $13 for a Kindle book if I'm not going to read it over and over again - I like to get my money's worth!<br /><br />The irritating things you pointed out have been echoed in other reviews, which does make me wary. I think it's the type of book that I'd like to read, but perhaps not pay for. That might sound terrible. I entered a giveaway to win a copy (on Freebooksy - I'll put the link to the giveaway at the bottom). If I don't win, I'll get it from the library!<br /><br />Thanks for your insight - probably saved me from wishing I hadn't spent $13.<br /><br />Here's the giveaway-- http://www.freebooksy.com/free-book-giveaways/2012/7/8/giveaway-the-age-of-miracles-by-karen-thompson-walker.htmlEmilynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243923798905252664.post-19749656981488484192012-07-09T08:49:48.260-07:002012-07-09T08:49:48.260-07:00I really was not a fan of it so I appreciate your ...I really was not a fan of it so I appreciate your honest take. So many have raved about this one and I just don't get why.Tihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00926060806244061354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243923798905252664.post-53386094348842108852012-07-08T16:03:15.268-07:002012-07-08T16:03:15.268-07:00Glad to hear that others had a similar experience!...Glad to hear that others had a similar experience! And dark and sultry/sleek and alluring 11 year-olds?? Goodness!Melodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08151339860580266808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243923798905252664.post-33254076285077241542012-07-08T16:01:38.535-07:002012-07-08T16:01:38.535-07:00Sometimes a book makes itself too easy to pick apa...Sometimes a book makes itself too easy to pick apart...but I have to wonder, with such a high level of production, why some of these issues weren't addressed more fully? I agree about that ending. It left me wondering how everyone was still surviving.Melodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08151339860580266808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243923798905252664.post-86678122791630264602012-07-08T15:58:27.510-07:002012-07-08T15:58:27.510-07:00It did go super quick, Andi, which is nice because...It did go super quick, Andi, which is nice because then the irritating things pass quicker. :)Melodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08151339860580266808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243923798905252664.post-119843314253155872012-07-07T16:58:20.675-07:002012-07-07T16:58:20.675-07:00This is one I'm interested to try, but I'l...This is one I'm interested to try, but I'll attempt not to let the hype get to me too much. The things that bugged you will likely bug me, so I'll save it when I need something light and quick.Andihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05220718933942181809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243923798905252664.post-44940093040453164972012-07-07T15:06:02.048-07:002012-07-07T15:06:02.048-07:00The thing I liked best about this book is the stuf...The thing I liked best about this book is the stuff that came with it from Indiespensible. Is that awful? <br /><br />I think my main criticism leveled at the book, which I found to be pretty good but not nearly worthy of the critical acclaim or financial remuneration the author received, was that at the end, when she's in her, what? 30s? 20s? is that there was no acknowledging how impossible a world it would be to live in. If the days lengthened to more than 48 hours each during the months in which the novel takes place, are we supposed to extrapolate that the length of a day by the time she's in her 20s is the equivalent to a month? How are humans surviving in those conditions?As the Crowe Flies and Readshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12110661562901480120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243923798905252664.post-83939007735667543272012-07-07T12:50:41.238-07:002012-07-07T12:50:41.238-07:00I am so in agreement with your criticisms of this ...I am so in agreement with your criticisms of this book. I read it for TLC Book Tours, and my review isn't up yet, so I was a little disappointed to find that it was going to be the Indiespensible selection (since I had already read it and all). However, the book is physically beautiful and I loved the stuff that came with it. I also did like lots of things about the read, but I was really distracted by the discrepancy between the kid's ages and their behavior.LBChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08565867574821169945noreply@blogger.com