tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post5319880531431556673..comments2024-03-28T02:29:37.413-05:00Comments on Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine: The Boxer and the Spy -- Robert B. ParkerAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-50766667949541452332009-06-21T08:33:13.041-05:002009-06-21T08:33:13.041-05:00Man, Bill, you're a glutton for punishment are...Man, Bill, you're a glutton for punishment aren't you? I may read one of Parker's westerns, but otherwise the only thing I've read by him in the last 25 years was the Jackie Robinson book.<br /><br />JeffAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-33226084766188908652009-06-20T10:01:32.122-05:002009-06-20T10:01:32.122-05:00I used the wrong log-in. Stupid internet.I used the wrong log-in. Stupid internet.Gerard Saylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00289822422163685990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-70780415688760732752009-06-20T09:48:51.637-05:002009-06-20T09:48:51.637-05:00Oh, and I forgot the adult sex. It's integral...Oh, and I forgot the adult sex. It's integral to the plot.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-36688186029324226572009-06-20T09:48:26.458-05:002009-06-20T09:48:26.458-05:00Other kids in the book are having sex, but not Ter...Other kids in the book are having sex, but not Terry and The One.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-2522852849780623652009-06-20T09:45:43.719-05:002009-06-20T09:45:43.719-05:00YA authors most often get grief over being realist...YA authors most often get grief over being realistic. Writing about teens dealing with sex and drugs gets some people in a tizzy.<br /><br /><b>I</b> get annoyed when an author is <i>un</i>realistic. Like having a teen couple in an unending, lifelong love affair. Yeah, there are plenty of long lasting relationships like that - including, if I remember correctly, our host - but don't most kids date several other people throughout their teens and twenties?<br /><br />I end up falling into the same trap as other people who complain about YA books by thinking, "You're teaching the wrong thing."Lake Mills Libraryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17281103854767250103noreply@blogger.com