tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778441.post5154610561317297108..comments2023-12-19T06:54:20.572-05:00Comments on Answer Girl: Special Guest Blog: Five Pet Peeves by Allison BurnettEllen Clair Lambhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14944288413332520719noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778441.post-55436166811208201662014-02-28T12:28:15.938-05:002014-02-28T12:28:15.938-05:00I always enjoy your posts Allison, but your statem...I always enjoy your posts Allison, but your statement on the Yankees has made us instant blood brothers. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778441.post-89712237646012127172010-05-08T13:03:51.202-04:002010-05-08T13:03:51.202-04:00I was so upset when I finished reading your book! ...I was so upset when I finished reading your book! I wanted to grab you by your neck and basically strangle you to death! Total cop put was my first reaction. But like the lit major that I hope to be I re-read the last 30 pages and sudddenly...I LOVED IT! Shivers ran up and down my spine. Only one thought ran through my mind..."Is this true? Or is Katie Kampemfelt writing this her self?"<br />xoxoxoxyourstruellyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778441.post-56298462516993116732009-09-01T16:39:57.157-04:002009-09-01T16:39:57.157-04:00Its the present tense novel that sets my teeth on ...Its the present tense novel that sets my teeth on edge. One or two maybe, but these days it's every other novel, and I can't understand why.Petenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778441.post-91330093354145816192009-08-26T09:04:17.864-04:002009-08-26T09:04:17.864-04:00For #5, all I can say is:
"The more complex t...For #5, all I can say is:<br />"The more complex the mind, the greater the need for the simplicity of<br />play."<br />-- Captain James T. Kirk, "Shore Leave", stardate 3025.8stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17218493227000538532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778441.post-73760903958491703082009-08-22T10:09:53.634-04:002009-08-22T10:09:53.634-04:00I do so agree :-) with Pet Peeve #1. New Yorkers,...I do so agree :-) with Pet Peeve #1. New Yorkers, while mildly amazing for their ability to not only live in NYC but like it, are only truly amazing in that they can endure the prices, the over-crowding, the smells, the high priced apartments no bigger than an average dog-run, and the loneliness and isolation the average person feels there while surrounded by millions of other human beings who seem to regard no one but themselves. Also resilient are the people who, for generations, have survived Tornado Alley, The Flood Plains, who have earned their bread in the coal mines and steel mills, and have played the roulette wheel of farming for a living Hats off to human beings.barbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09551453583012917854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778441.post-35275118363592359122009-08-21T17:43:39.965-04:002009-08-21T17:43:39.965-04:00Claire, he just says those things to provoke us . ...Claire, he just says those things to provoke us . . . because of course, President Bush's census was a model of good government, and the 1992 redistricting was democracy in action.Ellen Clair Lambhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14944288413332520719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778441.post-69842203689579719382009-08-21T17:23:27.356-04:002009-08-21T17:23:27.356-04:00With all due respect, why criticize Obama's ce...With all due respect, why criticize Obama's census when talking about the problems of New Orleans? Shouldn't we perhaps begin elsewhere?Clairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402513189539866553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778441.post-44691864272302271492009-08-21T11:51:18.254-04:002009-08-21T11:51:18.254-04:00About the time that Harry Truman was deciding not ...About the time that Harry Truman was deciding not to run again I was sitting in Yankee Stadium with my father,counting the pennants flying in the outfield and comparing them to the list in the program. I asked him why there wasn't one for each year. He said, "Sometimes you have to let the other guys win, otherwise they lose heart!"<br /><br />This morning, the Red Sox are 6+ games back. Learn to live with it.<br /><br />As for New Orleans, most of them did not return. You won't learn that from the Obama's census, but you can see it in the streets.JIM LAMBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04401819524224868262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778441.post-15776633747154836732009-08-21T10:39:17.086-04:002009-08-21T10:39:17.086-04:00I'd like to elaborate on peeve number 1. It i...I'd like to elaborate on peeve number 1. It is also incredibly annoying when something usurious, confounding, frustrating or just plane wrong happens to you in NYC, someone inevitably throws up their hands and says, "that's New York!" The implication being that if you object then you aren't tough enough to hack it in the big city.<br /><br />-KathleenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778441.post-50034563269833442722009-08-21T09:54:16.756-04:002009-08-21T09:54:16.756-04:00That is interesting, and I apologize for making th...That is interesting, and I apologize for making that assumption -- but I'm sure I've seen it marketed that way. I can't find the cover letter that came with my review copy, but I didn't get that idea from nowhere.<br /><br />You're right, though; I wouldn't recommend that book to anyone younger than 15. <br /><br />The YA book market is a topic for discussion on another day. I was reading adult novels before I was 12, and the need for a separate category baffles and depresses me.Ellen Clair Lambhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14944288413332520719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778441.post-51165133887970447992009-08-21T09:35:23.569-04:002009-08-21T09:35:23.569-04:00I beg to differ, Answer Girl,
Undiscovered Gyrl i...I beg to differ, Answer Girl,<br /><br />Undiscovered Gyrl is not a YA novel. Random House never considered it one and neither did I. I wrote it for adults.<br />Only the most sophisticated teenagers who read it seem to understand what they are reading.Allison Burnetthttp://allisonburnett.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778441.post-36566131215569583222009-08-21T09:18:07.026-04:002009-08-21T09:18:07.026-04:00I also disagree with #5 on your list. Right now my...I also disagree with #5 on your list. Right now my boyfriend have Spirited Away at home, since he's never seen it. I can't think of a better example of a film intended for a young audience that also speaks to a <i>broad</i> audience, and practically begs to be unpacked. Even something with the relative shallowness and lucidity of a Harry Potter book deserves the attention and discussion devoted to it, because it's engaging and enjoyable, and it doesn't condescend to its audience.<br /><br />Pixar has made millions by simply acknowledging that children are still people and deserve a good movie, too. I don't see why I shouldn't also gain from that!Clairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402513189539866553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778441.post-24471822732938827982009-08-21T07:21:03.109-04:002009-08-21T07:21:03.109-04:00Thanks, Allison! On the topic of kids' entert...Thanks, Allison! On the topic of kids' entertainment pleasing adults, though, I beg to differ. <br /><br />Good storytelling is good storytelling. The very best books and films for children are good books and films, period. I liked them when I was ten, I like them now, and I feel no need to apologize for that. <br /><br />The infantilizing of American culture is a different and bigger issue, and both fascinates and appalls me. <br /><br />Adolescence is a relatively new sociological phenomenon, made possible by industrialization (that is, we don't need to put our kids to work in the fields as soon as they're old enough to steer a plow). Over the past 50 years, the growth of what's considered adolescence is staggering; where it used to be confined to the years 13-18, it now seems to stretch from 10 (early-onset puberty and the Hannah Montana effect) to 30. I have friends who are 40 who don't think of themselves (or behave) as adults, at least not in the sense that our parents were adults. <br /><br />I blame the baby boomers. Allison, what are you planning to do to fix your generation? <br /><br />It's paradoxical of you to list that as a pet peeve, though, because you've written a YA novel that I found extraordinarily compelling, although I am 25 years past adolescence. Was I not supposed to read it or enjoy it? Who's the target market for that book? Can YA books make money if they can't reach that crossover market?Ellen Clair Lambhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14944288413332520719noreply@blogger.com