tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post7000597196030338872..comments2024-03-27T12:54:20.598-07:00Comments on The Misadventures Of Super Librarian: TBR Challenge 2013: Those Crazy KidsWendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12485867264936716806noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-81106283081394646642013-10-16T20:51:34.456-07:002013-10-16T20:51:34.456-07:00I like Wilson's historicals more than her roma...I like Wilson's historicals more than her romantic suspense, but <i>Only a Whisper</i> is very good.willafulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17201963128584310884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-57734098507162592552013-10-16T16:32:34.184-07:002013-10-16T16:32:34.184-07:00Amber: And even after she's threatened she sti...Amber: And even after she's threatened she still contends that none of her students could possibly do something so terrible! Ugh! The guidance counselor BFF felt more like a "real" educator to me. You have these kids so many hours of the day. You think you know what's going on with them - but you don't always. And yeah, a lot of them are great kids, but some of them are stupid jerkfaces who get on your last good nerve. But the heroine pretty much refuses to entertain the notion until too many incidents start piling up.....Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12485867264936716806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-33906305279835860662013-10-16T16:28:56.095-07:002013-10-16T16:28:56.095-07:00Lynn: And the fact that it was black churches bein...Lynn: And the fact that it was black churches being targeted is dismissed rather quickly. Once they get that profile of it being "smart kids looking for thrills" they totally dismiss the hate crime angle. Which just seemed - well, not right to me. If that were the case they'd be looking to burn down everything from 7-11s to barns - not just targeting churches with black congregations.<br /><br />What really got me though was the ending. The suspense is so wrapped up around teenagers, and the ending is so devastating - to have the couple blissfully declare their love and talk about making babies together? Maybe it's just me, but I'd consider locking up my uterus and throwing away the key.....Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12485867264936716806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-76031749931671257352013-10-16T16:25:04.420-07:002013-10-16T16:25:04.420-07:00Elizabeth: After I wrote this review I pondered th...Elizabeth: After I wrote this review I pondered that maybe because the fires didn't involve bombs or crossing state lines - that's why no outside law enforcement. The fires themselves are discussed in very little detail though, so it's hard to say. What I did find bothersome though was how quickly they dismiss the "hate crime" idea. Thrill seekers or not, it seemed to me the fact that only black churches were targeted was dismissed rather out of hand.<br /><br />But the whole point of the story is that once the heat (ha!) comes down with more police patrols etc., the thrill seekers need to find their kicks doing something else. <br /><br />Seriously, what is wrong with people? Re: those Alabama arsonists. Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12485867264936716806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-79975716308591876602013-10-16T13:48:45.313-07:002013-10-16T13:48:45.313-07:00Ugh! Not the Pollyanna Heroine. :(
Also, I foun...Ugh! Not the Pollyanna Heroine. :( <br /><br />Also, I found something odd on a very quick Google search:<br />http://www.justice.gov/crt/church_arson/arson98.php<br /><br />We have/had a National Church Arson Task Force. :(Buriedbybooks https://www.blogger.com/profile/13945897945845383252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-732194835584142012013-10-16T11:04:25.604-07:002013-10-16T11:04:25.604-07:00I love some good romantic suspense, but that one d...I love some good romantic suspense, but that one doesn't sound too great to me either. Re: churches - I think it varies across the South, but in Virginia, if someone even threatens to vandalize a black church, the local FBI field office in Richmond would be all over it, there would huge public outpourings, etc.. Lynn Spencerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10579942084034105870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-85158405981844223242013-10-16T07:55:03.831-07:002013-10-16T07:55:03.831-07:00There was a rash of church arsons here in Alabama ...There was a rash of church arsons here in Alabama about 5 years ago and I don't remember anyone higher than the state police being involved. I can't remember if it was just black churches, or just rural churches, but I do know that it ended up being 3 white kids looking for some excitement. It was a pretty big deal and on the news a lot, but I don't remember it getting any national news attention. Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03986690214428064148noreply@blogger.com