tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-523272155293060888.post5749924959975619845..comments2023-05-24T11:51:35.551-04:00Comments on Bunbury in the Stacks: Review: Beauty Queens by Libba BrayHeidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00416898799044848769noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-523272155293060888.post-32109177998841442402012-02-16T11:25:48.126-05:002012-02-16T11:25:48.126-05:00This was a really awesome audiobook, you'd lov...This was a really awesome audiobook, you'd love it! I DID hate Taylor for probably the first half of the book, and then she got totally awesome.Heidihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00416898799044848769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-523272155293060888.post-55763191837238960722012-02-15T19:29:57.074-05:002012-02-15T19:29:57.074-05:00I read this in print form and definitely enjoyed i...I read this in print form and definitely enjoyed it, but your description of the audio book and the chimes and the Dexter's Lab voice has me totally wanting to re-read via audiobook. Funny how that happens! I bet it would be a whole new cool way to experience Beauty Queens.<br /><br />I loved all the satire elements. Also? Taylor. LOVED HER. And she's the one I thought I would hate the most.April (BooksandWine)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15268544465552896599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-523272155293060888.post-62001998364546362262012-02-15T12:14:05.050-05:002012-02-15T12:14:05.050-05:00Yes, yes I did. Apparently I cannot spell. Wee b...Yes, yes I did. Apparently I cannot spell. Wee bit embarrassing. Thanks! :PHeidihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00416898799044848769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-523272155293060888.post-8740631424414024562012-02-14T14:13:28.072-05:002012-02-14T14:13:28.072-05:00Wow, really nice breakdown of all the characters! ...Wow, really nice breakdown of all the characters! Before this review I had no interest in this one, but now I do! But, did you mean "plane-wrecked" and "evil volcano lair"? I got a bit confused by that one sentence.Janicuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17680150271398341576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-523272155293060888.post-7183916935864865692012-02-08T13:54:41.440-05:002012-02-08T13:54:41.440-05:00Thanks! It was hard to cover everything, it was s...Thanks! It was hard to cover everything, it was so out there with all of its characters and everything that happens. I loved Mary Lou the best too! I also really liked Petra.Heidihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00416898799044848769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-523272155293060888.post-24236917685656446852012-02-08T13:52:28.704-05:002012-02-08T13:52:28.704-05:00This was a great audiobook, and I'm really not...This was a great audiobook, and I'm really not sure that I would have gotten through the physical book--it may indeed be the right route. I liked Gemma Doyle a lot, but I didn't love it, and I can understand how people either love it or are turned off.Heidihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00416898799044848769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-523272155293060888.post-60370174792437864522012-02-08T13:50:13.749-05:002012-02-08T13:50:13.749-05:00Yes, this book is completely different from Gemma ...Yes, this book is completely different from Gemma Doyle, so I can understand how readers expecting something similar would be disappointed. It's really quirky and fun though, I'd say borrow it from the library, especially if they have the audiobook, and give it a shot!Heidihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00416898799044848769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-523272155293060888.post-91701203214615065282012-02-08T13:48:11.623-05:002012-02-08T13:48:11.623-05:00I liked Going Bovine a bit better than this one, a...I liked Going Bovine a bit better than this one, and it was very quirky as well. Both books are completely different than the Gemma Doyle series, if that's what turned you off of her.Heidihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00416898799044848769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-523272155293060888.post-14954809063193010042012-02-08T11:36:09.231-05:002012-02-08T11:36:09.231-05:00I love this review! You said it all far better tha...I love this review! You said it all far better than I did. It was really hard to take everything that happened in the novel and summarize it for a review. Who was your favorite of the beauty queens? I loved Mary Lou! And Miss Michigan.Miss Anderson (The Librarian Who Doesnt Say Shhh)http://busyteacher.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-523272155293060888.post-5293146393879994802012-02-08T10:47:38.756-05:002012-02-08T10:47:38.756-05:00I keep meaning to give LB's Gemma Doyle series...I keep meaning to give LB's Gemma Doyle series another try sometime--I think audiobook may be the way to go with this author for me, given how fun this sounds! Great (and very fun) review. Alas, beauty IS pain sometimes.<br /><br />*** <br /><br />Australian YA author Rebecca shares her <a href="http://backinthemidnightgarden.blogspot.com/2012/02/literary-swoon-day-three-rebecca-lim.html" rel="nofollow">favorite romantic book scene</a> at The Midnight Garden!Wendy Darlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13471461156849725177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-523272155293060888.post-43315607490322945902012-02-08T08:28:50.257-05:002012-02-08T08:28:50.257-05:00I love her Gemma Doyle series and I have heard tha...I love her Gemma Doyle series and I have heard that fans of that series find it really hard to get into this one. I'm not going to lie, I was intrigued by this book when it came out, but just couldn't bring myself to buy it. Maybe I'll borrow it because I adore Libba Bray.Ashley Princehttp://thebibliophilescorner.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-523272155293060888.post-40959331159560090912012-02-08T07:53:38.901-05:002012-02-08T07:53:38.901-05:00I have never read anything by Libba Bray. I wasn&#...I have never read anything by Libba Bray. I wasn't really interested in the "type" of books that she wrote but this book sounds pretty quirky. I think I might pick it up!Alyssahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05810803890356293754noreply@blogger.com