tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post4932347309695784890..comments2023-08-10T01:09:49.154-07:00Comments on Saints and Spinners: January 2008 Carnival of Children's LiteratureSaints and Spinnershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08532215042953620628noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post-8066098677250184712008-01-21T14:09:00.000-08:002008-01-21T14:09:00.000-08:00Alkelda- Thanks for the link to the January carn...Alkelda- <BR/> Thanks for the link to the January carnival! I was very intrigued by Lisa's post about the Newbery too.<BR/>-SusanSusan Kuselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15613470998029847177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post-17401394343789228852008-01-21T12:30:00.000-08:002008-01-21T12:30:00.000-08:00I can understand that, too, but she's a bit fanati...I can understand that, too, but she's a bit fanatical, as well (um, more than a bit). She reads Marvel, of course, and reads most of it (she can talk for hours about all the characters and universes), but mainly loves the teen series..Runaways, Exiles, Spider-Girl. I just don't want her reading level to devolve. I have always read a lot of brain candy myself, but one must keep up with the harder stuff, too, to be ready for all those college texts.Lone Star Mahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14339475499304565638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post-71837732777988048722008-01-21T10:05:00.000-08:002008-01-21T10:05:00.000-08:00LSM: I wonder if reading comics is the LSG's way o...LSM: I wonder if reading comics is the LSG's way of unwinding after al of her schoolwork. While I never got into comics, I can certainly understand why they would be a welcome antidote to serious reading. What comics does she read, by the way?Saints and Spinnershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733517166056974501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post-76245627529313619082008-01-21T06:58:00.000-08:002008-01-21T06:58:00.000-08:00Good point. I struggle a bit to manage my respons...Good point. I struggle a bit to manage my responses to the LSG's reading, as she has gone a bit backwards. Always a voracious reader, she is so into comics now that she doesn't want to read 'real" books much (more than the average kid, still, but not like she used to). I don't object to comic-reading, but I object to her not reading other books. Sigh.Lone Star Mahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14339475499304565638noreply@blogger.com