tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22461753.post1192698302082885931..comments2024-03-28T14:18:33.963-04:00Comments on Book By Book: It's Monday 5/22! What Are You Reading?Sue Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14532098225905355332noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22461753.post-30822119567402098212017-05-25T13:16:49.168-04:002017-05-25T13:16:49.168-04:00Thanks for the explanation, Anne. I understand you...Thanks for the explanation, Anne. I understand your envious feelings - I really didn't have a group like that, either - just single good friends, for the most part. It sounds nice, to grow up together like that and stay close for so long. I may not have a group, but I am still friends with one of my first friends - we met when she was 4 and I was 5! She's coming to visit soon :)Sue Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14532098225905355332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22461753.post-53102453617279747032017-05-25T13:05:41.038-04:002017-05-25T13:05:41.038-04:00Despite that horrific event that kicks off the nov...Despite that horrific event that kicks off the novel, it is not all dark - the characters and their families and friends are fully-realized and live normal lives and all of that is shown, alongside the tragedy. Mostly, it is very enlightening.Sue Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14532098225905355332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22461753.post-33915627709682476072017-05-25T13:03:16.003-04:002017-05-25T13:03:16.003-04:00This was my first time reading it! And yes, it is ...This was my first time reading it! And yes, it is REALLY hot right now...our library had a wait list of 55 when I checked for a friend!Sue Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14532098225905355332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22461753.post-13202762791285392332017-05-23T11:16:09.351-04:002017-05-23T11:16:09.351-04:00I read the Handmaid's Tale when it first came ...I read the Handmaid's Tale when it first came out and remembering it was wonderful. I feel like I should re-read/skim it since it's become such a hot book right now.Helen's Book Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01404788769349792460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22461753.post-74136240969298422382017-05-23T02:18:54.446-04:002017-05-23T02:18:54.446-04:00The Hate U Give sounds very powerful, I have looke...The Hate U Give sounds very powerful, I have looked at it, but not sure I would have the stomach for it, the news is bad enough!!Kathryn Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08964951326616144323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22461753.post-61153796104300443222017-05-23T00:00:31.056-04:002017-05-23T00:00:31.056-04:00You and I think exactly the same about The Hate U ...You and I think exactly the same about The Hate U Give. My English teacher friend who has been right in the past, says it will win the Printz Award. I hope so.<br /><br />You asked me why I abandoned The Girls From Ames. My answer is threefold. 1. It is the end of the school year and every year my reading falls off now until mid to late June when I get into summer mode. I just ran out of time to read it before book club, so I ditched it. 2. The book is part of a book kit from the library, so I had no choice but to hand it over even though I wasn't done. And 3. (and this is the psychological reason) My mother has a group of about ten gals she has been friends with since high school. They get together every summer and write and call each other all the time. My whole life I have been jealous of my mom and her friends. I don't have a large group like that of friends who have traveled the years with me. When I read that there were eleven friends in The Girls From Ames, it made me think of my mom and her friends and I was not sure I felt like reading a book which made me drag back up those jealous feelings. Immature. I know. But there it is.Anne@HeadFullofBookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01069558006454986084noreply@blogger.com