tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1142832147205875475.post422533406126585736..comments2023-08-19T04:23:56.603-04:00Comments on Sapphic Soliloquies: The Actor and the Housewife: A ReviewMadame Curiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03599079525934551325noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1142832147205875475.post-2548899095968831312010-07-02T11:30:48.536-04:002010-07-02T11:30:48.536-04:00I've never read any of Shannon Hale's book...I've never read any of Shannon Hale's books, but it's good to hear that they're not all like the one you describe here. Amen to the abnormality of what the book presents as "normal"!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1142832147205875475.post-8721481081422539492010-07-01T23:45:15.753-04:002010-07-01T23:45:15.753-04:00Why in the world do Mormons think that anything th...<i>Why in the world do Mormons think that anything they publish must have a moral point as subtle as an article in the Ensign?</i><br /><br />I never have felt like Shannon Hale has been pushy or even overt about her religion. I can't recall it even appearing in her previous author bios. That is exactly what makes this book so weird. It is almost as if, in making Becky Jack (the protagonist) Madame Curiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03599079525934551325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1142832147205875475.post-35586458612422625142010-07-01T18:22:19.340-04:002010-07-01T18:22:19.340-04:00Besides the fact that it's often shallow and n...Besides the fact that it's often shallow and not very well written, this is my primary gripe with Mormon 'literature' - it's almost always a sermon in a story's clothing. Why in the world do Mormons think that anything they publish must have a moral point as subtle as an article in the Ensign?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1142832147205875475.post-15290385036619626632010-07-01T18:21:30.786-04:002010-07-01T18:21:30.786-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com