From Paul's Livejournal:
Professor Mary Burgess:
I am really going to have to talk to (former student) aren’t I? Again, my thoughts on this are much more nuanced than that. I am not some mad fascist. I have two teenagers of my own, and I know that some kids will read nothing but Baby Sitter Club books. That’s fine. But for kids who want to go in different places, I think we need to help them get there. I think that summer reading lists should include all kinds of books for all kinds of kids. Offer them formula fiction. Offer them classics. Maybe librarians could provide a list that’s just challenging stuff for kids who want to move forward without teachers looking over their shoulders. It is my opinion that summer is a special time when kids who want to can really read deeply. To make summer reading only just for pleasure is no more fair than saying it should only be enriching or inspiring.
Doesn't make me like the WSJ any more, though. They never would have let an intern write a piece about something "important". Still dead to me.
Awesome; thanks for doing that Pual. She sounds much, much cooler.
Posted by: cc | 28 July 2006 at 03:38 PM
Oh. And apparently I can't type at all. But I'm at work and trying not to get caught at this. Sorry.
Posted by: cc | 28 July 2006 at 03:39 PM
Totally unrelated, but did you review the Nightside books by Simon R. Green? Amazon is telling me to buy it and I just can't make up my mind about it. Help!
Posted by: Lisa | 28 July 2006 at 03:40 PM
I haven't read them, but I might have to, just on the strength of his photo at this fansite.
Posted by: Leila | 28 July 2006 at 03:57 PM
I read and did a super quick review of the first book in the Nightside series. To sum up: it was alright. It's not humor like the Dresden Files are. It takes itself a bit more seriously. But the world created in it is pretty cool.
http://chrissysrants.blogspot.com/2006/07/stuff-ive-been-reading.html
Sorry it's so short.
Posted by: Chrissy | 28 July 2006 at 05:13 PM
Oh, cool, Chrissy. Thanks.
(I knew I'd see something about it recently.)
Posted by: Leila | 29 July 2006 at 08:40 AM
Thanks Chrissy and Leila! I've been reading Jim Butcher and like him, although I've not been exactly riveted, and I really love the Kim Harrison books (book one is okay, book two is good, book three is AMAZING and book four is sending the series into an interesting but highly unusual and original direction for books of this type). So anyhow, I've been looking for more books like this. I might go ahead and give the Nightside a try. :) I don't really need or want these kinds of stories to be all about the relationships, although I don't mind if it's essential to the story. I still recommend Charlaine Harris if you haven't read her yet. The Sookie books of course, but she's just started a new series (I see dead people!) that seems interesting.
Posted by: Lisa | 29 July 2006 at 03:47 PM