tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7116725405154613998.post1955800458848323992..comments2023-05-04T06:30:59.672-04:00Comments on Book Buddies: Book BothersomesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7116725405154613998.post-55601525334734438212008-04-21T09:26:00.000-04:002008-04-21T09:26:00.000-04:00Bonnie, I must agree about the affair. (Both of th...Bonnie, I must agree about the affair. (Both of them, really) I was very disappointed in that. I hope the author didn't think we would be rooting for Fi and the Teacher. It felt very wrong and uncomfortable to me. (and no, it is not the race issue that bothers me--it is the married issue) Even if they had gone to the special place and just talked all night, it didn't seem right considering he was a married man--but for the relationship to be consummated! For one thing it seemed dangerous in Africa, because of AIDS despite Fi's reassurances to her friend . It bothered me all along how Fi had a doting boyfriend (fiance?) back home that she felt very ho-hum about (love him or cut him loose after all this time!) <BR/><BR/>However, the ending I thought was pretty apt. I liked wondering what happened to everyone. I think that tribal justice may have won out. Disappearing is a way of survival. Not a permanent solution, perhaps in this day and age, but for the time being, things will remain the same.Ellen D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17941596839062612373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7116725405154613998.post-11357843086510170842008-04-21T08:50:00.000-04:002008-04-21T08:50:00.000-04:00this month so far has been so terribly crazed for ...this month so far has been so terribly crazed for me that i am behind in my reading of <I>The Camel Bookmobile</I>. so i've just been trying to get caught up, rather than trying to post anything. i'm hoping this week will be more conducive to reading and posting ...alisonwonderlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08652716231337658058noreply@blogger.com