Comments on: Three Black Swans, Caroline B. Cooney

By: logan1949

logan1949 — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 07:51:36 +0000

Oh, I forgot to say I really appreciated CBC’s description of the two sisters talking to each other all the time. My wife and her sister probably talk (long distance) at least once each week, and they think nothing of talking for four or five hours at a time, or from 9 P.M. through 3 A.M.. And when they talk, they are laughing all the time. It really makes me smile to think they can have such a good relationship with each other. And no, they are not twins, but are about two years apart in age.
Logan

By: logan1949

logan1949 — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 07:45:09 +0000

You don’t have to be a Young Adult to appreciate Caroline B. Cooney’s books. I happen to think her books, “A Friend at Midnight,” and “The Voice on the Radio,” are among the best I’ve ever read. I really enjoyed the book “Three Black Swans,” although I think it could have been improved with a bit of rewriting. By the way, I’ll be 62 in July.

Logan

By: Jenny

Jenny — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 22:20:19 +0000

In reply to Indie Sister. I am not way too hard on it. That book was awful and ridiculous, and that link is disgusting. Gross! I am sad you showed me that story! Now I'm going to be paranoid when I check books out of the library because WHAT IF they have scabs inside?

By: Jenny

Jenny — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 22:19:25 +0000

In reply to Indie Sister. Please send it to me if she writes you one! I want her to write you back so much! I want to see how she would respond to that letter.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 22:18:34 +0000

In reply to Erin. They...yeah, they might not hold up. If any of them were going to stand up, I think it would be Among Friends, but even that is pretty silly in spots.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 22:18:01 +0000

In reply to Charlie Courtois. Thanks! Very true. :)

By: Jenny

Jenny — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 22:17:42 +0000

In reply to Erin. What Mumsy said. :p

By: Jenny

Jenny — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 22:17:01 +0000

In reply to Kim (Sophisticated Dorkiness). Kim, it is so weird. Thank you for appreciating the weirdness! Did you read her other books? The Milk Carton ones were her most famous books, but I never thought they were the best.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 22:14:09 +0000

In reply to Katy.

I love it that my sister and I are not the only ones who read that stupid book with the evil twin and John Pear who ate tears.

I thought she was just one year younger. I think that could be okay. I had a friend in grade school who had skipped a grade, and it wasn’t an issue. (For me — I don’t know, maybe she really felt the age difference.)

By: Jenny

Jenny — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 22:11:52 +0000

In reply to Lesley. You are not risking even temporary banishment for my blog. Her books aren't unmissable the way, like, Diana Wynne Jones's books are, or Patrick Ness's. They're just fun, and I read them A LOT when I was a kid.