tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post4708983649153376888..comments2024-03-29T08:39:57.608-04:00Comments on Jungle Red Writers: Why dolls creep us out & You'll Never Know, DearJungle Red Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16646429819267618412noreply@blogger.comBlogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-78699014403037754472017-04-21T17:58:19.042-04:002017-04-21T17:58:19.042-04:00Creepy crawlies, especially when for some reason y...Creepy crawlies, especially when for some reason you happen to look up and there sits this ugly thing on your wall - spider, bug, centipede!<br />kpbarnett1941[at]aol.comKaren Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14635176445301771127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-27691620100676619542017-04-20T21:33:06.744-04:002017-04-20T21:33:06.744-04:00I hope I'm not to late to throw my hat in the ...I hope I'm not to late to throw my hat in the ring for an ARC, Hallie. I've been looking forward to this book since you first posted a picture of the doll hospital a while back. The cover is spectacular, and I do hope you find someone to do an animated version of it.<br /><br />I loved dolls as a child. I don't ever remember being scared of any dolls. It wasn't until I was an adult that I found some dolls creepy, probably due to the crazy Chuckie movies. Clowns don't scare me as much as annoy me. They are too invasive of personal space, and that coming from someone who hugs a lot. <br /><br />Bugs are a different story. My older brother used to chase me with grasshoppers, trying to put them down the back of my shirt. As a result, I don't want anywhere near them, still. Crickets are almost as bad, but at least I can sneak up on them better and smash them with the flyswatter. And, yes I know all about it being bad luck or whatever to kill a cricket in your house. I don't care. If you are a cricket and you cross my doorway, you are fair game. Roaches or water bugs are rather disturbing to me, too. Spiders, oddly enough, don't freak me out. I think it's because they don't usually hop at me. Kathy Reelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17004247271452356577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-68229193504487647872017-04-20T20:37:02.207-04:002017-04-20T20:37:02.207-04:00I know they've visited with you several times ...I know they've visited with you several times at our house, Hallie:)Lucy Burdette aka Roberta Isleibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04660402177299546055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-56770188239690078002017-04-20T15:45:42.335-04:002017-04-20T15:45:42.335-04:00No, those are pill bugs. Potato bugs are bigger.
...No, those are pill bugs. Potato bugs are bigger. <br /><br />Wendy, are you sure you aren't talking about June bugs? They are attracted by light, and are about 1/2" long, and brown. And the click or whirr. I've never seen a potato bug away from potatoes. Usually mine, the little creeps.Karen in Ohiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13846039203123720312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-37510111367449315052017-04-20T15:43:52.246-04:002017-04-20T15:43:52.246-04:00This is reminding me of the wonderful Edgar Bergen...This is reminding me of the wonderful Edgar Bergen and wearing suit and tails Charlie McCarthy - but the one I loved was Effie Klinker! Now I wonder if she's the inspiration for writing all the older women that I like to write.Hallie Ephronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759439029582054503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-74622008692704936692017-04-20T15:43:37.877-04:002017-04-20T15:43:37.877-04:00At our Kentucky farm there are giant wood roaches,...At our Kentucky farm there are giant wood roaches, which are huge. And fly. And love woodpiles Like the one my husband created right outside the house when we first bought the place. <br /><br />One night we went over to a friend's for a cookout, and came home to the house, where we'd left lights on inside, full of flying cigars. I was completely unnerved. I spent about an hour killing them, and then lie awake the entire night, worried to death one would land on me. Karen in Ohiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13846039203123720312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-59060697890339550042017-04-20T15:41:05.745-04:002017-04-20T15:41:05.745-04:00a potato bug! Those are the ones that roll up into...a potato bug! Those are the ones that roll up into a ball? And crunch when you step on them. Bwa ha ha ha ha...Hallie Ephronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759439029582054503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-34176116580239743432017-04-20T15:39:41.001-04:002017-04-20T15:39:41.001-04:00Denise, your granddaughter sounds like a future wr...Denise, your granddaughter sounds like a future writer! Such imagination! Karen in Ohiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13846039203123720312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-63874315984017546332017-04-20T14:21:47.094-04:002017-04-20T14:21:47.094-04:00So, to be clear, I will buying this book and rippi...So, to be clear, I will buying this book and ripping the cover off. No offense, Hallie.Aimee Hixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06045158961269334826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-14387667337156706922017-04-20T13:59:04.645-04:002017-04-20T13:59:04.645-04:00Ventriloquist dummies for sure. No explanation nee...Ventriloquist dummies for sure. No explanation needed. And potato bugs! Aaaack..so ugly! When I was first married, a potato bug came in through an open screen door and proceeded slowly across the floor towards where I was seated. I drew my feet up in abject fear that it would jump at me. Not knowing what it was, or if it could jump, just intensified my horror. I finally drew the courage to upend a glass over it but it kept bumping up against the side of the glass and that creeped me out further. By now, city girl that I was, I was convinced it was a scorpion. When my husband got home he just laughed and took it outside. My hero!<br />I probably haven't seen three potato bugs in my life, but Stephen King could keep me up at night if he featured them in a story. WENDYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11853203454861717860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-58281983012987236542017-04-20T13:25:25.694-04:002017-04-20T13:25:25.694-04:00Good idea, Gigi!Good idea, Gigi!Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07630366214207785339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-54924955742379870062017-04-20T13:24:58.459-04:002017-04-20T13:24:58.459-04:00Mary, that is terrifying...xo
Mary, that is terrifying...xo<br />Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07630366214207785339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-39052136203982177562017-04-20T13:24:32.614-04:002017-04-20T13:24:32.614-04:00Yes! Bugs that jump on you. Ahhhh....Yes! Bugs that jump on you. Ahhhh....Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07630366214207785339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-38542584769340143542017-04-20T12:59:09.540-04:002017-04-20T12:59:09.540-04:00Cover doll has beautiful eyes! Not creepy at all. ...Cover doll has beautiful eyes! Not creepy at all. My dolls suffered unknown fates when Mom passed them along to younger sisters. And their kids. I got back a couple of dolls minus their heads a few years ago. I think I'll give them back to the niece responsible when she has a daughter. Ha! I find clowns and ventriloquist dummies creepy. Really creepy. Although Paul Winchell's Jerry Mahoney and Knucklehead Smith didn't bother me at all. In fact I had a chemistry professor who looked like Knucklehead Smith. But the "It" clown and those creepy dummies that always move themselves, no! Critterwise snakes disturb me if they are within ten feet of me before I see them.Pat Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12732230586783432052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-69727758300377968942017-04-20T12:51:33.557-04:002017-04-20T12:51:33.557-04:00Oh yes. June bugs. They don't bother me at all...Oh yes. June bugs. They don't bother me at all but they freak out my granddaughter when she comes down from Ohio to Texas to visit. I think it's more the noise than the dumb bug.Pat Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12732230586783432052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-1999108874080867182017-04-20T12:19:11.435-04:002017-04-20T12:19:11.435-04:00"Texas roaches" are formidable. Particul..."Texas roaches" are formidable. Particulary airborne. And they're fast. And too big to squash (ick). Hallie Ephronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759439029582054503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-81742181870654559632017-04-20T12:18:31.821-04:002017-04-20T12:18:31.821-04:00Hallie, YNKD is next up on my bedside table, and t...Hallie, YNKD is next up on my bedside table, and the cover hasn't freaked me out, but after this conversation, I may have to take your daughter's advice! I love the green eyes on the doll!<br /><br />Dolls don't bother me, but remember the "Seinfeld" episode when George is in his girlfriend's bedroom, and there's a doll that looks exactly like his mother? That was creepy and hilarious.<br /><br />Snakes and spiders are fine, as long as there's a healthy ratio in terms of our relative sizes. I had better be much bigger than the critter in question. The thing I hate? Rats. They freak me out. Yuck.Ingrid Thofthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04063912686011336076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-37888024934589463752017-04-20T12:17:16.612-04:002017-04-20T12:17:16.612-04:00How cruel! I mean, seriously. How cruel! I mean, seriously. Hallie Ephronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759439029582054503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-34729122440769316342017-04-20T11:56:39.580-04:002017-04-20T11:56:39.580-04:00Hallie, I love the cover! "Arresting" is...Hallie, I love the cover! "Arresting" is a good description. I wouldn't be able to resist picking it off the shelf even if I knew nothing about it. AND IT'S SO GOOD!! I'm 40 pages from the end, so had to bring it downstairs with me to finish during the day because I couldn't wait until bedtime:-) I think this book is your best yet!!<br /><br />I don't remember ever being afraid of dolls, but I didn't particularly like them, either. I did have a baby doll when I was very small--I remember my grandmother sewing clothes for her--but I much preferred my stuffed animals.<br /><br />I was a tomboy (or what ever the politically correct term is now) and I grew up running wild on acreage with a creek, so have no fear of bugs and am only wary of poisonous snakes. The only thing that makes me go "eek" is our Texas roaches. "Waterbugs" they are sometimes called, but they are huge, and they fly, and they dart out of drawers and cabinets. Ugh. Which reminds me I need to buy roach traps. It's that time of year.Deborah Crombiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16988750789088153601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-4193859550615765902017-04-20T11:53:04.441-04:002017-04-20T11:53:04.441-04:00I always liked dolls, especially baby dolls but I ...I always liked dolls, especially baby dolls but I agree that cover is kinda creepy. Doesn't stop me from wanting to read it though. That story sounds great. I've been trying to think what sort of things scared me when I was growing up. I remember being afraid of almost everything, but not spiders or snakes. I was afraid of the dark and of being alone. For some reason my biggest fear was that some bad guy would "get" me. When I mentioned it to my mother and grandmother - I really should have known better - they just laughed and said not to worry that as soon as the bad guys got me in good light they'd bring me right back. That was no comfort at all!Judihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06777683026890358953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-84143101439613012482017-04-20T11:47:14.218-04:002017-04-20T11:47:14.218-04:00Fortunately, Jenn, I seem to have missed seeing it...Fortunately, Jenn, I seem to have missed seeing it . . . .Joan Emersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06810313925049108163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-49612204636846047802017-04-20T11:25:58.955-04:002017-04-20T11:25:58.955-04:00THE DOLLS ARE WATCHING YOU! Yup, I'd have a pr...THE DOLLS ARE WATCHING YOU! Yup, I'd have a problem with that.Hallie Ephronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759439029582054503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-28839125907906118722017-04-20T11:25:06.398-04:002017-04-20T11:25:06.398-04:00I agree, Mark, dolls and clowns aren't creepy....I agree, Mark, dolls and clowns aren't creepy... except when they are!Hallie Ephronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759439029582054503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-32551748182383805622017-04-20T11:24:36.689-04:002017-04-20T11:24:36.689-04:00Our granddaughter loves her dolls too, Denise - ev...Our granddaughter loves her dolls too, Denise - even the armless mermaid doll and headless Barbie. My daughter, so smart, purchased 10 'blankies' -- when she was born and fortunately Franny has been willing to accept any of them when she's tired and needs comfort.Hallie Ephronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759439029582054503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-15068246281221145192017-04-20T11:05:40.830-04:002017-04-20T11:05:40.830-04:00That cover is creepy AF, and if I were in a bookst...That cover is creepy AF, and if I were in a bookstore I wouldn't be able to stop myself from picking it up!<br /><br />I collected dolls from around the world as a child traveling with my military family, and Youngest has expanded on that collection with many historical dolls - you know, the Madame Alexandre type. We're so used to seeing them massed on display in her bedroom it's like background noise, but when one of her friends sees them for the first time she inevitably says, "That's so creepy! How do you sleep in here?"Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09553268569509053159noreply@blogger.com