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What Books Would/Should Characters Buy?March 12, 2009Do you think Huck Finn would read The Dangerous Book for Boys? On Monday's post about the clothes book characters might buy today, writer (and former bookseller!) Linda Mowry commented that the post's title, What Would Nancy Drew Buy?, led her to believe that I'd be asking what BOOKS Nancy Drew might pick up were she browsing in today's bookstores. This is a perfectly understandable mistake and a perfectly wonderful blog post suggestion! SO, running with Linda's idea, I'm asking you: What books do you think Nancy Drew would buy? And, just to open the field a bit wider, what books do you think other characters would pick up on their store visits? Or (if that's too tricky) what books would you recommend TO them? Posted by Alison Morris on March 12, 2009 | Comments (11)
March 12, 2009
In response to: What Books Would/Should Characters Buy? Julianne Daggett commented: Katniss would buy "The Wilderness Survival Guide" to survive The Hunger Games. Peeta may buy "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus" because he has such a hard time understanding Katniss.
March 12, 2009
In response to: What Books Would/Should Characters Buy? Brenda Bowen commented: Huck Finn would read THE WATCHMEN, though he wouldn't buy it -- he'd sweet talk it away from someone else.
March 12, 2009
In response to: What Books Would/Should Characters Buy? Karen Gray Ruelle commented: Touché, Brenda Bowen! (That's "borrowing," right?!) And Huck Finn wouldn't read The Dangerous Book for Boys--he could WRITE that book, if he had any inclination to write, which of course he wouldn't.
March 13, 2009
In response to: What Books Would/Should Characters Buy? Robert McCarty commented: The Little Prince would buy Planet Of The Dogs...Why? It's a wonderful place to visit and the dogs came to planet Earth to teach about loyalty and love.
March 13, 2009
In response to: What Books Would/Should Characters Buy? Lauren Baratz-Logsted commented: Junie B. Jones would read Amelia Bedelia and understand completely.
March 14, 2009
In response to: What Books Would/Should Characters Buy? Suzan Abrams commented: I think any of the many fairy characters in an Enid Blyton tale would take a break from their toadstool tea parties, to join a book club and devour the J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. Or they may turn groupies instead.
March 17, 2009
In response to: What Books Would/Should Characters Buy? eonegin commented: Marguerite Duras' character from The Lover would read and admire the obsessions of love and taboo desires depicted in Micheline Aharonian Marcom's The Mirror in the Well.
March 18, 2009
In response to: What Books Would/Should Characters Buy? bina commented: Pigeon would love Zen in the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance as would Duck of Duck on a Bike fame...
March 18, 2009
In response to: What Books Would/Should Characters Buy? Katie Brown commented: I think Gemma Doyle (from Libba Bray's "A Great and Terrible Beauty") would devour the "Twilight" series.
March 19, 2009
In response to: What Books Would/Should Characters Buy? bookwoman commented: Getting back to Nancy Drew, I think she'd LOVE Sammy Keyes! How could she do anything but appreciate a strong, self confident young woman out to solve the mysteries wrapped through her life?
March 20, 2009
In response to: What Books Would/Should Characters Buy? besucher commented: What about Edmond Dantés, what would he read? I think something about zen, maybe.
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