tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post1646383340290719111..comments2024-03-25T13:09:43.054-05:00Comments on Charlotte's Library: House of the Star, by Caitlin BrennanCharlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11835101886202235868noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post-17615052934727126142011-03-07T22:53:57.382-05:002011-03-07T22:53:57.382-05:00I used to be such a horse girl when I was younger ...I used to be such a horse girl when I was younger (The Blue Sword is a fave book of mine). I mean, really - all I did was draw horses and pick up books that included horses!<br /><br />This sounds like a lovely read - I mean, worldrunners? Fantastic! Definitely putting this in my TBR pile!Vanessa Di Gregoriohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10508308737532180690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post-69925195744196088892011-02-27T16:23:30.764-05:002011-02-27T16:23:30.764-05:00Hi Karen,
Just got back from a weekend away from ...Hi Karen,<br /><br />Just got back from a weekend away from the computer, so hence the delay responding.<br /><br />I spent a long time staring at the cover wondering if her skin tone was "brown" enough to be called "brown." And although there is a great deal of pink to her skin tone, it does look to me to be darker than white, which is why I said the cover doesn't egregiously contradict the description. <br /><br />The girl on the cover dosen't, at an rate, scream "white girl" to me--when I got a hold of the book, even before reading it, I thought of her as a person of color.Charlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11835101886202235868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post-72367816900135876832011-02-26T10:01:12.752-05:002011-02-26T10:01:12.752-05:00If, as you write, the text describes Elen as brown...If, as you write, the text describes Elen as brown-skinned, then I'd say that the cover is one more example of a white-washed cover. The girl on the cover may have black hair, but she does not have brown skin.<br />After all the justified uproar over the white-washed cover of Larbaleister's Liar, it's disappointing, to say the least.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03643731988930821855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post-86038652087896179202011-02-25T22:20:19.516-05:002011-02-25T22:20:19.516-05:00Yeah--I was pretty careful to say "should del...Yeah--I was pretty careful to say "should delight its target audience." It's one that I enjoyed just fine, but didn't quite love as a book for the Me I am now. My younger self, however, would have thought she was in reading heaven!Charlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11835101886202235868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post-19339189007993443162011-02-25T22:12:35.165-05:002011-02-25T22:12:35.165-05:00I would have LOVED this book when I was younger! I...I would have LOVED this book when I was younger! I wonder if I would like it now...Kailanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11136262232046813471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post-21853147858859726872011-02-25T18:43:40.230-05:002011-02-25T18:43:40.230-05:00I like the cover too! I knew the moment I saw it ...I like the cover too! I knew the moment I saw it that I wanted to read this one...Charlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11835101886202235868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post-19253135012118347292011-02-25T14:33:36.959-05:002011-02-25T14:33:36.959-05:00I love the cover, too--it seems timeless (as oppos...I love the cover, too--it seems timeless (as opposed to dated! although it does remind me of the sort of cover on the books I read and loved in the 70s).Anamaria (bookstogether)https://www.blogger.com/profile/10361389598002568007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post-44950483544027390532011-02-25T13:53:33.374-05:002011-02-25T13:53:33.374-05:00This sounds like a perfect book for me! I'm s...This sounds like a perfect book for me! I'm still a horse-loving girl (okay, not so much a girl :)). That cover is gorgeous, too. Thanks for the great review!Heidihttp://geolibrarian.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com