Complete same experience with the Mysterious Benedict Society. I've always assumed there must be something wrong with me because I can never get into it. I've tried for years!
I zipped through This Time Tomorrow and enjoyed it. It reads like a YA book but for me.
I'm currently reading Just Kids by Patti Smith and I have lots of thoughts.
Ooh, I've heard great things about This Time Tomorrow and nothing at all about Just Kids! Adding both to my list now. This Time Tomorrow sounds kind of like a deeper, more grown-up version of 13 Going on 30, and I'm 100% here for that sort of energy.
Glad to hear it's not just me having issues with Benedict Society! It's so widely beloved that it really started to make me wonder what I was missing with it.
So glad P&P held up for you! I think that book is just so smart. And good tip on the early reader version. ;)
I read Postman's Amusing Ourselves To Death a few years ago and had the same reaction. It's like he predicted the internet and the harm it would cause. Nevermind the fact at least with cable news we were all watching the same version of entertainment... now it's so algorithmically tailored to each person that we basically all live in separate universes. Sigh.
Complete same experience with the Mysterious Benedict Society. I've always assumed there must be something wrong with me because I can never get into it. I've tried for years!
I zipped through This Time Tomorrow and enjoyed it. It reads like a YA book but for me.
I'm currently reading Just Kids by Patti Smith and I have lots of thoughts.
Ooh, I've heard great things about This Time Tomorrow and nothing at all about Just Kids! Adding both to my list now. This Time Tomorrow sounds kind of like a deeper, more grown-up version of 13 Going on 30, and I'm 100% here for that sort of energy.
Glad to hear it's not just me having issues with Benedict Society! It's so widely beloved that it really started to make me wonder what I was missing with it.
So glad P&P held up for you! I think that book is just so smart. And good tip on the early reader version. ;)
I read Postman's Amusing Ourselves To Death a few years ago and had the same reaction. It's like he predicted the internet and the harm it would cause. Nevermind the fact at least with cable news we were all watching the same version of entertainment... now it's so algorithmically tailored to each person that we basically all live in separate universes. Sigh.