The Ground Hog Day connection was an fortuitous astrological coincidence, Shannon.
I think you've made a really thoughtful text-to-text connection here. Many of the teens who were truly not doing "slow reading" couldn't see below the superficial similarities of the two stories. Hence, they rated this book low on originality and never really appreciated what it offers.
But others did see and defended the difference. That's why it made the Eva Perry top 5.
I totally think that the computer-generated voice destroys the compelling quality that your script has. You were resourceful to come up with this solution but I'm so glad you have a new mic.
Thanks for selecting books that were not among the most popular in our group. You'll have lots of fun discussing this one with the teens.
The Ground Hog Day connection was an fortuitous astrological coincidence, Shannon.
ReplyDeleteI think you've made a really thoughtful text-to-text connection here. Many of the teens who were truly not doing "slow reading" couldn't see below the superficial similarities of the two stories. Hence, they rated this book low on originality and never really appreciated what it offers.
But others did see and defended the difference. That's why it made the Eva Perry top 5.
I totally think that the computer-generated voice destroys the compelling quality that your script has. You were resourceful to come up with this solution but I'm so glad you have a new mic.
Thanks for selecting books that were not among the most popular in our group. You'll have lots of fun discussing this one with the teens.