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From: Megan Schliesman <Schliesman>
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 15:28:54 -0600
The message below is from Tanya Stone, who is having problems posting:
From Tanya:
Lynn Rutan wrote: "I have watched 15 intelligent, dedicated and hard working people have completely different evaluations of a book - all weighing plot, voice, setting, narrative structure, etc. but reaching different conclusions."
I respect Ginny's comment to continue this discussion thread on the ALA/ALSC listserv, and would just like to bend this thread slightly by adding a note regarding reader perspectives as they pertain to personal faves.
In a separate but somewhat-related scenario, I have also observed what Lynn talks about. I am part of a YA book group made up solely of authors and librarians. All the members are excellent critical readers who bring a variety of perspectives to the discussion. Each month we discuss two YA books. It has been quite informative and yes, exciting, to realize that even the most well written books strike even the most critical readers in such deeply different ways. At the heart of the matter, and of course taking into account all the criteria we all know to be important, isn't this what art is all about? How wonderful.
Warm wishes, Tanya Tanya Lee Stone www.tanyastone.com
Received on Tue 21 Dec 2004 03:28:54 PM CST
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 15:28:54 -0600
The message below is from Tanya Stone, who is having problems posting:
From Tanya:
Lynn Rutan wrote: "I have watched 15 intelligent, dedicated and hard working people have completely different evaluations of a book - all weighing plot, voice, setting, narrative structure, etc. but reaching different conclusions."
I respect Ginny's comment to continue this discussion thread on the ALA/ALSC listserv, and would just like to bend this thread slightly by adding a note regarding reader perspectives as they pertain to personal faves.
In a separate but somewhat-related scenario, I have also observed what Lynn talks about. I am part of a YA book group made up solely of authors and librarians. All the members are excellent critical readers who bring a variety of perspectives to the discussion. Each month we discuss two YA books. It has been quite informative and yes, exciting, to realize that even the most well written books strike even the most critical readers in such deeply different ways. At the heart of the matter, and of course taking into account all the criteria we all know to be important, isn't this what art is all about? How wonderful.
Warm wishes, Tanya Tanya Lee Stone www.tanyastone.com
Received on Tue 21 Dec 2004 03:28:54 PM CST
