tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3015578017507267945.post7274815048672869242..comments2023-09-30T06:37:18.258-05:00Comments on Gender Blank Weighs In: Gender Blank's Reading CornerGender Blankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03515845466106535797noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3015578017507267945.post-87139440404256807462007-10-01T19:31:00.000-05:002007-10-01T19:31:00.000-05:00From your list, I've read The Secret Life of Bees,...From your list, I've read The Secret Life of Bees, The Memory Keeper's Daughter, and A Wrinkle in Time. If you're going for the really-creative-for-the-1970s-5th-grade-science-fiction thing, go with AWIT; otherwise, I highly recommend both of the others - in no particular order.Christine P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08645102986509992251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3015578017507267945.post-86791144995327107412007-10-01T12:40:00.000-05:002007-10-01T12:40:00.000-05:00The Secret Life of Bees made me cry when I read it...The Secret Life of Bees made me cry when I read it a couple of years ago. It is definitely a book that I would recommend.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16393919898338135890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3015578017507267945.post-44460542576386524482007-10-01T07:27:00.000-05:002007-10-01T07:27:00.000-05:00Unfortunately I have not read anything on your "wh...Unfortunately I have not read anything on your "what's next?" list so I cannot advise you on that. But I have read THT and really enjoyed it. Didn't mind the ending even perhaps because the part that really sticks with me is everything up until the ending. I have thought about teaching it in a WS course but haven't gotten up the nerve yet.<BR/>Anyway, not that you asked, but I am reading Middlesex (I am little behind the times too) and really enjoying it. Excellent writing.<BR/>I also highly recommend Southland which talks about race, ethnicity, sexuality, the Watts Riots, Japanese internment, LA, family relations--it has everything. <BR/>PS Glad to see you back and posting. Missed it!kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09975351996302093224noreply@blogger.com