tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1119335579919927653.post1185667199522920083..comments2024-03-22T08:12:08.193-07:00Comments on BookNAround: Review: My Darling, My Hamburger by Paul ZindelKristenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07651401312450990123noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1119335579919927653.post-55316907778966662832011-04-07T17:48:23.684-07:002011-04-07T17:48:23.684-07:00Interesting what you said about the book being dat...Interesting what you said about the book being dated. I just read it for my graduate YA Fiction class and I really enjoyed it and don't see it as dated at all. The language and some of the social realism maybe, but not the central issues. I'm in a teacher education program however, so I guess it's the difference between books that teachers like myself would use in the classroom and books that would appeal to teenagers themselves in terms of their reading outside of school. I can see how a teenager might choose the Twilight series over this for example. Thanks for this review!Summer Edwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11584502486619830476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1119335579919927653.post-72460439749640326562010-01-31T10:57:40.259-08:002010-01-31T10:57:40.259-08:00i remember this one from the old days, but i don&#...i remember this one from the old days, but i don't think that i ever got around to reading it! <br /><br />i've been doing a bunch of 'blast from the past' reading lately. some sweet valley high books and others. :) fun, but dated.booklineandsinkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11560267428540493291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1119335579919927653.post-42557325313319287172010-01-28T18:29:13.044-08:002010-01-28T18:29:13.044-08:00I've never heard of this one, another one of t...I've never heard of this one, another one of those books I missed out on. Good review!Athirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03366654538383603004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1119335579919927653.post-71798424375844321312010-01-28T14:00:33.733-08:002010-01-28T14:00:33.733-08:00I know I read this as a teenager and found it, wel...I know I read this as a teenager and found it, well, forgettable!Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01374498643286099244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1119335579919927653.post-21117623754212879862010-01-28T13:10:00.132-08:002010-01-28T13:10:00.132-08:00I do remember reading it....but I don't rememb...I do remember reading it....but I don't remember the story very well. I do remember one line, though....Maggie asks Liz if she looks ok, and Liz tells her that her eyebrows are crooked. It made me sad......I can't even believe I remember that!Missy B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10291867551001087415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1119335579919927653.post-83551179985065504052010-01-28T12:00:21.821-08:002010-01-28T12:00:21.821-08:00I think the thing about Zindel's books was how...I think the thing about Zindel's books was how unlikable most of the characters were. It was probably one of the first books where the protagonists were crummy because of their mean spiritedness and laziness. <br /><br />In other books, if you didn't like the main character it was because they were too good. Zindel brought the idea of writing about losers from adult fiction to YA. So the appeal of the books was their sophistication -- reading about losers is a sign of maturity, right?Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18005286623073064886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1119335579919927653.post-32504839159594972842010-01-28T10:03:28.423-08:002010-01-28T10:03:28.423-08:00Great review!! I've never read this one, but I...Great review!! I've never read this one, but I remember reading another one by him for school (strange, huh?) and thinking it was really slow.Carrie at In the Hammock Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01496016097652195216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1119335579919927653.post-49759442065954415422010-01-28T08:59:25.675-08:002010-01-28T08:59:25.675-08:00Very interesting review. I didn't read this on...Very interesting review. I didn't read this one as a kid, but I'm really curious now!Julie P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16008101127541997459noreply@blogger.com