That Hideous Strength (and that whole group of books) actually is incredibly strange and interesting.
I thought the same thing when I saw the movie. It's certainly understandable why it appealed to an older audience. I also remember my brother asking me about the scene where Susan is told not to fight in the war; and he asked me why it was more ugly when women fight than when men fight. (He was so cute at that age.) I told him it's because when men fight they maintain a sense of honor and when women fight anything goes. (He was six, I thought it was a children's movie, and it was a simple explanation.) I also passed off the worry about the sewing machine as being because they can be used as weapons. (When AWM uses the sewing machine the needles not only break--they fly. We had to, for the safety of all involved, exile the sewing machine in the shop, so it wasn't that big of a stretch for him.) And it's true, he was a product of his times--but there were points where he was also remarkably progressive. In The Magician's Nephew, the main two children were put into great danger when the boy wouldn't listen to the girl, so there was that.
To be entirely fair, I think it was written more for the older teenage group than the younger teenage group, and The Hunger Games does deal with emotions that teens in that age range feel. (If you they were bad, never read Shade's Children. That was cruel, despotic, and depressing.) I do agree with you about morons who take their children to see movies that they obviously shouldn't. Back when the movie Hide and Seek first came out you wouldn't believe how many morons took their young--elementary age--children to see the movie about the little girl tormented by her imaginary friend!
The younger teenage group is the one I worried about. My soon to be step sister in law was 12 when she was reading them and I just found them extremely inappropriate for anyone who wasn't a much older teenager (like at least high school).
Vibes for no sore throat.
Behold! I came, I saw, I babbled!
A little paranoid that I might be starting a sore throatArgh, time to try and fight back....
Hopefully it will get nice and warm again soon. Really need to give my horse and donkey a bath.
I liked the Little House series, too. It amazed me just how much work went into their everyday lives.
I understand. I really think, and have always thought, that section of the library (and bookstore) should be divided into two sections; younger teen and older teen. (Ironically the manga, as in that stuff imported from Japan, is divided that way.)
That would be a really good plan. Manga definitely needs to be dived like this and realistically other books do too. What children can read when they are 13 is radically different from what a 17 year old should be reading.
I have this problem with itching whenever I think of itchy insects. When I write about flea medication and fleas, I will be itching the entire time and after. In fact, I am itching now.We have ants again, and I'm itching all over because seeing them just gives me the heebie jeebies. I keep telling them, just stay out of my field of vision, and we'll all be cool. But NO, they must walk out right in front of me, and for some god-forsaken reason, they decided my bathroom was a good place to hang out. Really?? It's not like I dine in there or anything. Not that I want them where I dine, but still. ITCHY ITCHY just talking about it.
Oh, and these cats of mine. Pea-Pea is the only one that remotely actually tries to catch them. She does a horrible job, but she does try. My boys though? They are SCARED of thethings. Oscar will stare at them and if they get too close, he starts backing up (never taking his eyes off of them). I still remember when they were half their age, and just staring at the horde of ants marching through the kitchen. Every time I see the cats suddenly staring at something now... gosh dangit, I know it's a freakin' ant.
Ha ha ha. You'll be lucky. Look how early summer has come. It's bound to stay hot well into November. A 10k hike? ,that would kill me on a cool day. 1k would be my limit. All my family are athletic though. Just me is the lump. Couch potato. Square eyes from watching to much tv.
