Finally

Finally finished Refuge and finally made a successful attempt at becoming a blogger. Luckily, Twilight will be a reread for me, and I'll be interested to see how it strikes me the second time. My reaction the first time around was that it was very sexy, yet I could see nothing that parents would object to. It's easy to see why this series is so popular with girls. I remember Janie's comments about her feminist reading. That stance is different from my own, but I suspect it will color my reading this time around.

Now I know

Just as y'all had said, TWILIGHT only took two good sittings to read. It's nice to know what all the fuss is about. It's no Bram Stoker, but it's definitely fun and I can see why young readers would get hooked.

I saw that TIME featured Stephanie Myer this week in their "10 Questions" section. You might enjoy watching the video on their web page: time.com/10questions, as she's delightful. She offers some nice insights into her writing process and a wonderful response to readers petitioning her to write a different ending to her last book.

Best,
Amy

Testing the Waters

I now have my very first Google Account and am an official blogger. Who knew???

It's interesting that in a very short time we have taken such culinary and technological leaps with our lil' club. When we take our field trip, that'll be the archtypical third leap. Any more and we'll be taunting the gods...

Dialect and Spelling

I've been thinking about our conversation on the use of dialect and regional speech. I wonder how long it would take a non-Southerner to figure out that cud'n = cousin. In other words, if you haven't HEARD it before (or thought about it phonetically), you would have to decode the letters and then match it to something that you do know. I agree with Beverly that Dot's use of language is powerful and that is what makes the writing come alive. I guess we all are bilingual in English, just like Ben Aaron.

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