tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19630688.post3664680712229267669..comments2023-11-12T14:12:54.120+00:00Comments on the rain in my purse: KnochenSarahJanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02497062670296130228noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19630688.post-70914858505557959952010-03-07T19:36:49.292+00:002010-03-07T19:36:49.292+00:00There are subcategories: "YA" books ador...There are subcategories: "YA" books adored by adults as well (e.g. HARRY POTTER), and adult books adored by teens as well (e.g. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE). I guess THE LOVELY BONES falls into the latter group.<br /><br />Never heard of a half bee. Instead of buzzing, does he just bu--?NEnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19630688.post-45489634124390900902010-03-07T18:16:16.336+00:002010-03-07T18:16:16.336+00:00My daughter did read this, and liked it a lot. (Th...My daughter did read this, and liked it a lot. (That's why we went to the movie.) I was glad about that, even though I didn't like it that much. I don't think this was supposed to be a YA book despite its teenage protagonist, but maybe it was? <br />Kass, I cried at the movies. My daughter said, "I saw you crying three times." I said in fact I only cried one continuous time because according to physics it takes less energy to just keep going.SarahJanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02497062670296130228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19630688.post-18424281185779998802010-03-07T15:36:50.903+00:002010-03-07T15:36:50.903+00:00There is something to be said for all-out sentimen...There <i>is</i> something to be said for all-out sentimentality where our hormones are concerned. Can you imagine the mess we'd be in if we didn't give way to mushy mush every once and a while? <i>Eric the Half a Bee</i> made me cry. It touched me right to my Knochens.Kasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05233330248952156754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19630688.post-56146488110457166502010-03-07T12:24:13.014+00:002010-03-07T12:24:13.014+00:00I read The Lovely Bones because my students were r...I read The Lovely Bones because my students were reading it, so I could understand them better. It helped. <br /><br />Also I heard an interview with Sebold on NPR, and sought out her book about her own experience.Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06559881249054540947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19630688.post-26006798192732857682010-03-07T11:55:20.767+00:002010-03-07T11:55:20.767+00:00Wow, you put hyphens to good use! Though I read a...Wow, you put hyphens to good use! Though I read a lot of "YA" so I can recommend them to my 14-year-old charges, I haven't read that one. I just can't get over the hump when it comes to girly lit (see "Twilight" and company). Hope she likes it.NEnoreply@blogger.com