tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890504570198680768.post5166496250841209974..comments2024-03-26T07:36:34.786-07:00Comments on Completely Full Bookshelf: MMGM and #IMWAYR: The Legend of Auntie Po by Shing Yin KhorMax @ Completely Full Bookshelfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04466405075405012116noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890504570198680768.post-55988098426960075692021-12-19T16:43:00.989-08:002021-12-19T16:43:00.989-08:00Thank you—I definitely get sucked into talking abo...Thank you—I definitely get sucked into talking about books like these! I'm glad I could introduce you to this book and hopefully give you a little info about it. Thanks so much for stopping by, Laura!Max @ Completely Full Bookshelfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04466405075405012116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890504570198680768.post-6937230627399665772021-12-19T10:56:09.642-08:002021-12-19T10:56:09.642-08:00Your reviews are always so thorough! The Legend o...Your reviews are always so thorough! The Legend of Auntie Po is a new title to me so I appreciate your insight. Laura Mossahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08512416941207664875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890504570198680768.post-20884968090826836702021-12-18T14:35:10.836-08:002021-12-18T14:35:10.836-08:00Thank you! And I'm glad you were able to take ...Thank you! And I'm glad you were able to take a break this semester—things have definitely been draining as is, so I'm glad you got to take one burden off your plate. And my bookshelves are actually officially cleaned out! I can definitely understand it feeling like an overwhelming project—it might help to just decide on a specific shelf/set of shelves you can deal with, and then leave the rest for another time. (I only cleaned my personal shelves, but if we tried to clean out the entire house, we wouldn't finish until mid-January!) And I'm really glad this book appeals to you, and it's great that your library has it! Thanks so much for stopping by, Shaye—have a great holiday as well!Max @ Completely Full Bookshelfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04466405075405012116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890504570198680768.post-79337809878996694562021-12-17T16:12:18.040-08:002021-12-17T16:12:18.040-08:00CONGRATULATIONS on coming to the end of your semes...CONGRATULATIONS on coming to the end of your semester! I'm so happy for my husband and my daughter being done (I didn't teach this semester and it was a nice break!). And I hope your bookshelf clean-up goes well. I know I need to do the same. But once I start, I'll need to also weed all five of my children's books, as well (with their help, of course). It seems like such an overwhelming project, so maybe it's best not to even start? LOL Okay, this book sounds very intriguing and beautiful. Another of my GR friends was talking about the art and so I just so happened to notice one of my libraries has a copy. That means I need to get my hands on it this spring. Thanks so much for the review and I hope you have a fantastic holiday. I hope I'll get to catch your Thursday post this coming week! :)2Shaye ♪♫https://www.blogger.com/profile/10473467039770299975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890504570198680768.post-66842678762173260572021-12-16T10:38:17.678-08:002021-12-16T10:38:17.678-08:00I'm glad I'm not the only one making thing...I'm glad I'm not the only one making things worse with revisions! And it is funny, because I of course know about Paul Bunyan, but I never hear about him in any books or anything else—except this one! I'm glad this book sounds interesting to you—thanks so much for stopping by, Rosi!Max @ Completely Full Bookshelfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04466405075405012116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890504570198680768.post-22987018679889961682021-12-15T14:40:38.390-08:002021-12-15T14:40:38.390-08:00Yes, you do actually make things worse as part of ...Yes, you do actually make things worse as part of the revision process. But then, you ultimately make them better. I must say, I don't often see the name Paul Bunyan in posts, but as an old Minnesota girl, it's a treat to find that. This book sounds amazing. Thanks for your very thorough review.Rosihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01294774973863802821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890504570198680768.post-32914568348691640742021-12-13T20:28:12.526-08:002021-12-13T20:28:12.526-08:00It was actually in my TBR stack for super-long too...It was actually in my TBR stack for super-long too—I was expecting something that was going to be almost obnoxiously deep and pretentious, which it's really not, and I was also expecting something that looked visually more like the cover, which it totally doesn't, so I kind of avoided it for a while as well. I hope you enjoy it too when you get a chance to try it, and thanks so much for stopping by, Lisa!Max @ Completely Full Bookshelfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04466405075405012116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890504570198680768.post-19067588344239925342021-12-13T20:27:03.779-08:002021-12-13T20:27:03.779-08:00Thank you! And I am now officially on a break for ...Thank you! And I am now officially on a break for a few weeks, so I will try to get some rest! I hope you get a chance to rest as well this month! And I'm glad I was able to give you a better sense of this book—I don't want to give too much away, but there's so many books to wade through that I do try to give people a sense of if they are up their alley or not. I hope you enjoy it when you get a chance to try it, and thanks so much for stopping by, Greg!Max @ Completely Full Bookshelfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04466405075405012116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890504570198680768.post-30317477127914030972021-12-13T20:25:40.407-08:002021-12-13T20:25:40.407-08:00Thank you! I definitely enjoyed my revisions—I tur...Thank you! I definitely enjoyed my revisions—I turned them in today, and I am glad to be done, but it was good to learn that they aren't as bad as I thought!<br /><br />And I'm really glad you enjoyed my review! I haven't read anything at all about lumberjack camps, so I imagine it would be interesting to read this book with some prior knowledge of the subject. And yes, the diversity and the ways it is explored are both really wonderful! Thanks so much for stopping by, Patricia!Max @ Completely Full Bookshelfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04466405075405012116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890504570198680768.post-12864727323165853392021-12-13T20:23:54.540-08:002021-12-13T20:23:54.540-08:00I hope you enjoy this book when you get a chance t...I hope you enjoy this book when you get a chance to read it! I want to try some of the other National Book Award books too—maybe at some point! And yes, it's really alarming how much of our real history we're not aware of because of how it was taught to us. Thanks so much for stopping by, Linda—enjoy your holidays and break as well!Max @ Completely Full Bookshelfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04466405075405012116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890504570198680768.post-26097089817547879962021-12-13T20:22:24.498-08:002021-12-13T20:22:24.498-08:00Oh no—it's a shame your students haven't b...Oh no—it's a shame your students haven't been grabbing this one as much! I pulled up your review to see about the colors—now that I think of it, Auntie Po's bright pink shirt is maybe a little out-of-place in the 1800s! But I'm glad you got a chance to read it—thanks so much for stopping by, Karen!Max @ Completely Full Bookshelfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04466405075405012116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890504570198680768.post-27624186040554407232021-12-13T20:18:45.727-08:002021-12-13T20:18:45.727-08:00Thank you! It's definitely a great read, with ...Thank you! It's definitely a great read, with a fun plot and so much depth to explore, and I hope you enjoy it! And I also hope you get a chance to read The Magic Fish too—I resist the urge to talk about it in every single blog post, but when the comparison is so apt, I can't help but plug it a few more times! Thanks so much for stopping by, Natalie!Max @ Completely Full Bookshelfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04466405075405012116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890504570198680768.post-27123020211985032952021-12-13T18:51:27.087-08:002021-12-13T18:51:27.087-08:00This book has been in my to-be-read stack for way ...This book has been in my to-be-read stack for way too long! I need to get around to reading it!Lisa Maucionehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17391834262945101696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890504570198680768.post-83283057719773740892021-12-13T16:42:52.064-08:002021-12-13T16:42:52.064-08:00I hope some free time is in store for you between ...I hope some free time is in store for you between semesters. Here's wishing you much continued success with your studies. <br />I had read another review that didn't dive into the plot as deep as yours did. Thanks for doing so as I do want to give this a go in the near future. The time period and characters have me sold.Greg Pattridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05761872776035591138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890504570198680768.post-77293749972770067662021-12-13T13:00:16.853-08:002021-12-13T13:00:16.853-08:00It sounds like you are enjoying the revision proce...It sounds like you are enjoying the revision process -- it can be fun but unsettling! Good luck with your project -- I have no doubt that you will do well!<br /><br />What a thrilling review. Didn't know anything about this graphic novel. I have read one novel about lumberjack camps in the late 1800s, and they were not a place for women or girls. I also love the diversity in this novel -- topics discussed way before there time. Thanks for sharing. Always love your reviews!Patricia T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10673204828383998897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890504570198680768.post-75141717843556014682021-12-13T12:54:22.250-08:002021-12-13T12:54:22.250-08:00I've noted all the National Book Award books &...I've noted all the National Book Award books & still need to read this one, but you've shared a lot about it. I'll certainly find it sometime. It is terrible that history texts, classes erased so much of our true history. Thanks & I'm taking a break, too. Happy Holidays & enjoy your reading!Linda Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14983144542632353870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890504570198680768.post-4622660141098040892021-12-13T03:23:02.997-08:002021-12-13T03:23:02.997-08:00The colors felt a bit off in some of this, which m...The colors felt a bit off in some of this, which might be why my students have been very slow to pick this one up. Testhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00651875070065950865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890504570198680768.post-70813715366470036042021-12-13T03:15:09.647-08:002021-12-13T03:15:09.647-08:00Congrats on finishing your semester. This sounds l...Congrats on finishing your semester. This sounds like a fantastic book. You've convinced me I should read it and also reminded me that I need to read The Magic Fish too.Natalie Aguirrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03756087804171246660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890504570198680768.post-50257038396559137422021-12-12T19:07:47.426-08:002021-12-12T19:07:47.426-08:00Ha—thank you! It's a bit of a balancing act at...Ha—thank you! It's a bit of a balancing act at times, but somehow, I have crammed it all in! And I'm actually really enjoying cleaning out my shelves—they got to be a bit overwhelming once again, and it's nice to know that someone else can now enjoy those books. Thanks so much for stopping by, Helen!Max @ Completely Full Bookshelfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04466405075405012116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890504570198680768.post-55596717412895678702021-12-12T15:52:12.971-08:002021-12-12T15:52:12.971-08:00You're so good that you write such thorough re...You're so good that you write such thorough reviews and do school work! I think emptying shelves out is so cathartic (I feel the same about my clothes closet).Helen's Book Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01404788769349792460noreply@blogger.com