tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2632611338168133022.post4515521431237217037..comments2024-03-29T00:19:52.579-07:00Comments on readergirlz: Hold Still: Balancing Grief With Hopereadergirlzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05454818345877688527noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2632611338168133022.post-45442480229752893312016-01-09T02:18:03.827-08:002016-01-09T02:18:03.827-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01240022903376890197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2632611338168133022.post-59690938912121909102015-12-18T20:02:04.017-08:002015-12-18T20:02:04.017-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2632611338168133022.post-33709658661395079462010-11-11T15:36:44.119-08:002010-11-11T15:36:44.119-08:00I definitely stayed with Caitlin all along. I alwa...I definitely stayed with Caitlin all along. I always felt that she had just enough hope that I wanted to be with her when she started to turn around. I think the only times I've felt distanced from a narrator are when he or she seems self-pitying to an unreasonable degree. But everything Caitlin experiences felt very true to me as a reader.Micol Ostowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00432601846296713150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2632611338168133022.post-72400558312373449292010-11-10T18:37:03.565-08:002010-11-10T18:37:03.565-08:00Yes, I stayed with her throughout.
The book summ...Yes, I stayed with her throughout. <br /><br />The book summary on the back cover revealed the loss, as did the first bit of the book, so it wasn't about that being a surprise, but instead, why she did it, and how her friend dealt with it. It was about the after.<br /><br />If you liked HOLD STILL, you've got to read SWOLLEN by Melissa Lion.<br /><br />Erin and Melissa: I love Looking for Alaska and The Truth About Forever also.Little Willowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17058463472836988047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2632611338168133022.post-27734752688498131052010-11-10T15:48:22.506-08:002010-11-10T15:48:22.506-08:00That cover is beautiful!That cover is beautiful!Bookish in a Boxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08959198758826103615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2632611338168133022.post-3938037722147304132010-11-10T10:19:25.264-08:002010-11-10T10:19:25.264-08:00Yes, I did stay with Caitlin on the journey.
Isn&...Yes, I did stay with Caitlin on the journey.<br /><br />Isn't the key to end the novel with some measure of hope? <br /><br />Ahhh, The Book Thief.Lorie Ann Groverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07894901682181719593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2632611338168133022.post-55389315353117754782010-11-10T09:17:20.241-08:002010-11-10T09:17:20.241-08:00I loved the balance in HOLD STILL and I think Nina...I loved the balance in HOLD STILL and I think Nina did a gorgeous job with it. <br /><br />One of my favorite books that deals with grief is THE TRUTH ABOUT FOREVER by Sarah Dessen, which was also probably the first YA book I read after I grew out of the official "YA" age range. Love.Melissa Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17130128666084908687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2632611338168133022.post-66923699966099837452010-11-10T08:18:00.483-08:002010-11-10T08:18:00.483-08:00My favorite book about someone grieving is Looking...My favorite book about someone grieving is Looking For Alaska. The despair and hope balanced there is incredibly perfect.Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15192628745431017199noreply@blogger.com