Bushwhacked!
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lady_schrapnellJust finished this over lunch, and still rate this as the most horrifying thing I've read in ages. How did things get that crazy? I mean, sure, the US is a huge country and there are bound to be a sizeable number of lunatics, but how did they get so much power with their lunacy? It frustrates me enormously, but I can see that some politicians are never going to support public welfare programmes, even ones which have been shown repeatedly to save money - a lot of money - in the long run, because of the tendency for short-term thinking to win over long, and people will vote their pockets all too often. But actually, seriously being against free education? I can't even begin to understand it. Suppose I should just pray I never do and leave it at that!
In a desperate attempt to think of something else, I also finished an anthology called The Green Man: Tales from the Mythic Forest. Did a (ridiculously) lengthy JE there, just because it's fun when others read it and comment, and nice if I can remember which story they're talking about when they do! I'd say it was about as good as Firebirds over-all - or not 'as good', but I enjoyed it about as much. I'm wondering now if some of these writers were really pulling their punches a bit because of not being used to writing YA, (though some didn't), but there are quite a few I liked a lot. It's gone off on travels to the UK now, and will happily go anywhere else too - if I don't remember to offer each and every potential borrower individually, please ask if you'd like to read it.
I'm waiting on two rings to arrive any day now, so am a bit worried about starting Horses of Heaven before starting them, but today picked up a couple of books (No book-junkie comments! Two of them in charity shops - and the other only cost 50 cents!). Unfortunately I was really stupid and confused two Seans - coming home with a Russell instead of a Stewart (never having read either, but having heard good things about SS from 2 friends here). The One Kingdom - anyone read it? Also Playing the Moldovans at Tennis, by Tony Hawks, who wrote Round Ireland with a Fridge, just because this was a Gorta shop and it looked possibly fun, and Margaret Mahy's The Tricksters, which I'd been wanting to read and which was €0.50.
In a desperate attempt to think of something else, I also finished an anthology called The Green Man: Tales from the Mythic Forest. Did a (ridiculously) lengthy JE there, just because it's fun when others read it and comment, and nice if I can remember which story they're talking about when they do! I'd say it was about as good as Firebirds over-all - or not 'as good', but I enjoyed it about as much. I'm wondering now if some of these writers were really pulling their punches a bit because of not being used to writing YA, (though some didn't), but there are quite a few I liked a lot. It's gone off on travels to the UK now, and will happily go anywhere else too - if I don't remember to offer each and every potential borrower individually, please ask if you'd like to read it.
I'm waiting on two rings to arrive any day now, so am a bit worried about starting Horses of Heaven before starting them, but today picked up a couple of books (No book-junkie comments! Two of them in charity shops - and the other only cost 50 cents!). Unfortunately I was really stupid and confused two Seans - coming home with a Russell instead of a Stewart (never having read either, but having heard good things about SS from 2 friends here). The One Kingdom - anyone read it? Also Playing the Moldovans at Tennis, by Tony Hawks, who wrote Round Ireland with a Fridge, just because this was a Gorta shop and it looked possibly fun, and Margaret Mahy's The Tricksters, which I'd been wanting to read and which was €0.50.
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Re: oops
Date: 2004-11-18 01:10 pm (UTC)