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Comment on My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult by Selvanic

Selvanic — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 02:42:04 +0000

Alas, I’ve not the time to pick up any decent literature of late, so I fear I’ve not had the chance to indulge in this - seemingly - fascinating novel. Controversy always serves as a brilliant medium for authors, and often draws in the most readers. Who doesn’t like to have their moral values challenged; to have the very foundation of that which they believe in shaken to the very core? And this sounds like it does that quite effectively. I shall certainly look into it. Might I suggest, as well, ‘The Mayfair Witches’ by Anne Rice? She too brings up some…controversial issues in that particular volume.

- Selvanic

Comment on Canada Reads - the books have been chosen by Selvanic

Selvanic — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 02:14:55 +0000

Now that does sound intruiging, does it not? Watching as others supposedly reknowned for their own literary works judging those of others. Myself? I don’t think it entirely fair to judge and choose a book to be ‘Canada’s’ book. After all, is the reading taste of Canadian’s not as diverse as the cultures? What one man finds to be an awe-inspiring read could very well bore another to tears. However, I shall probably partake in the viewing of the program, as I am interested to see just how the ‘judging’ works. One’s interest is always piqued by that which one does not fully understand or comprehend.

- Selvanic

Comment on The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls by jan

jan — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 17:55:43 +0000

I found this book to be disturbing on many levels & yet illuminating at the same time. I kept wondering how parents could treat their children so carelessly – especially the mother whose only “excuse” for her behaviour was complete self-absorption. The father had addictions & clearly a hard upbringing himself to deal with. The parents’ destructive co-dependency is what I initially found so hard to accept and yet by the end of the book is what I saw so clearly as explaining why they ended up as they did. What saddened me & yet didn’t surprise me at the end of the story was not the parents’ poverty-stricken plight, but the fact that the youngest daughter fell into the cycle of addiction & a risky lifestyle. The amazing thing about this book is that these adult children still loved their parents no matter what. Yet, if the tables are turned and a parent has a child who turns to addictions & lives life on the street – does that parent stop loving that child? Not very often – the love is always there despite the desperate lives loved ones may lead.

Comment on Welcome to the Page Turner Book Blog by Selvanic

Selvanic — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 22:14:53 +0000

This seems like a very good idea; to have an area where the participants of the ‘book club’ can communicate outside of the library. It just goes to show, that everything is gradually becoming and resigning to the age of digital technology.

~ Selvanic