tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2948320579820137387.post3999840447866229778..comments2017-05-20T01:26:26.414-07:00Comments on Ana Salote's blog: Colouring outside the Lines: Adults in WonderlandAna Salotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13373695860557420762noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2948320579820137387.post-26884132452139388512017-02-10T12:59:39.114-08:002017-02-10T12:59:39.114-08:00Indeed, sublime book. Why block Epicurus?Indeed, sublime book. Why block Epicurus?Ana Salotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13373695860557420762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2948320579820137387.post-72218151607206873042017-02-10T12:44:00.567-08:002017-02-10T12:44:00.567-08:00Good point, Rebecca. There was appreciation of iss...Good point, Rebecca. There was appreciation of issues presented with a light touch, though most commenters seemed more keen on the wonder aspect.Ana Salotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13373695860557420762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2948320579820137387.post-60628513944291414902017-02-10T12:26:50.495-08:002017-02-10T12:26:50.495-08:00Oh, Ana, I liked this, thank you. I struggle to ge...Oh, Ana, I liked this, thank you. I struggle to get past a sort of guilt about reading books not squarely aimed at adults, though it doesn't actually stop me. It's an embarrassing kind of intellectual snobbery, a sort of feeling that you should always read the hardest thing you can, as if "hardest" meant "best" and as if "best" was always best. <br />It's reminded me to have a pre-spring reread of The Secret Garden, too. Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15415841494207669940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2948320579820137387.post-60349691122912862662017-02-10T11:18:50.262-08:002017-02-10T11:18:50.262-08:00Nice perspective Ms Laycock. We are bibliotherapis...Nice perspective Ms Laycock. We are bibliotherapists. Lovely ones.Ana Salotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13373695860557420762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2948320579820137387.post-65221249891495274042017-02-10T10:53:44.213-08:002017-02-10T10:53:44.213-08:00Yes indeed. Reading an MG book is akin to snugglin...Yes indeed. Reading an MG book is akin to snuggling up on the softest cushion in the glow of the fire with a mug of hot chocolate to hand, and knowing that everything's going to be OK (once the episodes of peril have been overcome). Therapy in its loveliest form...<br /><br />I love your blog posts, Ana! Spot on.Helen Laycockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13798216210954894871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2948320579820137387.post-16380151153337576022017-02-10T09:07:55.980-08:002017-02-10T09:07:55.980-08:00Nice summary of the discussion, and some great add...Nice summary of the discussion, and some great additions of your own. Love the quotes from CS Lewis, himself of course a favorite of mine in childhood, though a bit less so now. <br /><br />It seems sometimes, too, like kids' books tackle head-on but matter-of-factly issues that adult books feel they have to dance around or hammer home. I'm thinking of race and class, disabilities, that sort of thing. Rebecca M. Douglasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07260530063164127746noreply@blogger.com