Comments on: Ok, I’ll read it already! http://www.parenthetical.net/2008/05/07/ok-ill-read-it-already/ YA reviews and book geekery Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:38:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: » Little Brother, by Cory Doctorow Parenthetical.net: Musings and snark about YA lit, libraries, and geekdom, from an overly opinionated middle school librarian. http://www.parenthetical.net/2008/05/07/ok-ill-read-it-already/comment-page-1/#comment-52604 » Little Brother, by Cory Doctorow Parenthetical.net: Musings and snark about YA lit, libraries, and geekdom, from an overly opinionated middle school librarian. Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:34:02 +0000 http://www.parenthetical.net/2008/05/07/ok-ill-read-it-already/#comment-52604 [...] I read it, finally. (Props to Alison again for hooking me up with my galley fix.) Because I’m a [...] [...] I read it, finally. (Props to Alison again for hooking me up with my galley fix.) Because I’m a [...]

]]> By: gnomicutterance http://www.parenthetical.net/2008/05/07/ok-ill-read-it-already/comment-page-1/#comment-52499 gnomicutterance Thu, 08 May 2008 02:50:58 +0000 http://www.parenthetical.net/2008/05/07/ok-ill-read-it-already/#comment-52499 They're hyping it for political reasons, not literary reasons. NG is quite open about the book's flaws -- and there are more than that, way more! -- but it's very political. I am still debating with myself about how I should have starred it; narratively flawed but *such* a message book. Scared the crap out of me. Don't expect it to be perfect, because it;s *very* flawed. They’re hyping it for political reasons, not literary reasons. NG is quite open about the book’s flaws — and there are more than that, way more! — but it’s very political. I am still debating with myself about how I should have starred it; narratively flawed but *such* a message book. Scared the crap out of me.

Don’t expect it to be perfect, because it;s *very* flawed.

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