tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31911817.post115625616328547654..comments2024-03-10T14:07:40.468-04:00Comments on Blue Rose Girls: Score 1 for the quiet storiesBlue Rose Girlshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05224076615462128422noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31911817.post-1156381910505940672006-08-23T21:11:00.000-04:002006-08-23T21:11:00.000-04:00Oh! I loved LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE. Saw it two times...Oh! I loved LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE. Saw it two times, so far.<BR/><BR/>Lisa Yee<BR/>http://lisayee.livejournal.comLisa Yeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14996451632755795135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31911817.post-1156272912065220002006-08-22T14:55:00.000-04:002006-08-22T14:55:00.000-04:00I'll be looking for it, Anna, thanks for the encou...I'll be looking for it, Anna, thanks for the encourage! I loved Local Hero (Bill Forsyth) and though it's quirky and funny (the kind of humor I found myself giggling at days later) and even magical, it's quiet as well. If you haven't seen it, you might want to give it a go.Agywhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03177601025524458979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31911817.post-1156271131942845462006-08-22T14:25:00.000-04:002006-08-22T14:25:00.000-04:00I think most publishers have to balance their list...I think most publishers have to balance their list out, and it's tougher to break into the market with a quiet book unless a big name is attached.<BR/><BR/>Some of my favorite movies/books are quiet--like BEFORE SUNRISE and BEFORE SUNSET. Basically they were movies that followed two people around the city having regular conversation.<BR/><BR/>LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE is definitely on my list of movies to see!alvinalinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04503984086482905226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31911817.post-1156263502199751392006-08-22T12:18:00.000-04:002006-08-22T12:18:00.000-04:00PS(explaining the reference)One of the writers of ...PS<BR/>(explaining the reference)<BR/>One of the writers of the Nancy Drew series (and several other series, too!) said that they always tried to end every chapter with something like:<BR/>"Look out, the elephants are stampeding!"Libby Koponenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01508041827996196293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31911817.post-1156261968518566982006-08-22T11:52:00.001-04:002006-08-22T11:52:00.001-04:00Bravo, Anna! Well said! And worth saying: I haven'...Bravo, Anna! Well said! And worth saying: I haven't seen LMS, but I agree with every point you've made and think a lot of readers do, too.<BR/><BR/>(And for those who don't know Anna's work, it is worth reading and REreading. ESTELLE AND LUCY, for example, is the kind of book you both read and look at over and over and over, and see or think about something new each time. Yes, it's about small events: but isn't most life composed of these? The point of art -- or one point of it - I have always thought, anyway-- is that it chooses and arranges these small things and reveals their meaning -- or rather, shows us something universal, makes them interesting enough for us to find meaning in them. This is what the writers I admire do, anyway! There are those who don't like Jane Austen and Beatrix Potter. They might dismiss those two ladies as quiet, too.<BR/><BR/>Anna is of their tribe!<BR/><BR/>Many adults with whom I've discussed children's books have commented on how "contrived" and "sensational" so many of them are. Of course not all loud books are contrived, and some adventure stories are well-written -- but many books that are driven by plot rather than character fall into the look-out-the-elephants-are-stampeding! category.<BR/><BR/>I also think that adults and children have very different ideas about what's "exciting." Some adults use the word "quiet" for <I>Blow Out the Moon</I>"quiet"; children who write to me use words like "exciting" and "adventures."Libby Koponenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01508041827996196293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31911817.post-1156261959391693492006-08-22T11:52:00.000-04:002006-08-22T11:52:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.alvinalinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04503984086482905226noreply@blogger.com