tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1155374563273721268.post4708354981265014757..comments2024-03-11T12:08:18.468-05:00Comments on In Bed With Books: Review: The Lightning Dreamer: Cuba's Greatest AbolitionistLivianiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10479932701589363306noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1155374563273721268.post-8678151984140005992013-04-28T19:28:09.474-05:002013-04-28T19:28:09.474-05:00You're welcome! Thanks for organizing the eve...You're welcome! Thanks for organizing the event.Livianiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10479932701589363306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1155374563273721268.post-58000589660768978632013-04-28T12:15:50.691-05:002013-04-28T12:15:50.691-05:00Ooh! I've been wanting to read this one and am...Ooh! I've been wanting to read this one and am now even more intrigued! Lovely review...<br /><br />Thanks for participating in Novel in Verse Week!Sarah (Clear Eyes, Full Shelves)http://cleareyesfullshelves.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1155374563273721268.post-50277146197061345582013-04-27T18:42:51.286-05:002013-04-27T18:42:51.286-05:00I've read some issue-driven contemporaries I l...I've read some issue-driven contemporaries I liked, particularly Sonya Sones' work, but the format does work nicely with history.Livianiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10479932701589363306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1155374563273721268.post-15999438473663527372013-04-27T09:14:48.396-05:002013-04-27T09:14:48.396-05:00I've found that I like novels in verse if they...I've found that I like novels in verse if they have a historical grounding (rather than issue-driven contemporaries) - and this sounds like one I'd love. I'll definitely pick it up. Ceceliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02249223364936344560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1155374563273721268.post-33858588181707550052013-04-27T08:13:35.546-05:002013-04-27T08:13:35.546-05:00The setting really is different!
But it doesn'...The setting really is different!<br /><br />But it doesn't alternate with verse. The narrators change, but it's all in verse.Livianiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10479932701589363306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1155374563273721268.post-11642012132201237552013-04-27T06:15:36.678-05:002013-04-27T06:15:36.678-05:00This sounds great. We don't have enough books...This sounds great. We don't have enough books set in Cuba, and I like the idea that it alternates with verse. Ugh, marriage at 14! I know it used to be common, given lower life spans, but ugh! :--)rhapsodyinbookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07041412748239010264noreply@blogger.com