tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8643075855683234513.post8260317920555655701..comments2023-11-11T23:11:51.397-05:00Comments on The Well-Read Child: Wintergirls by Laurie Halse AndersonAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04848812271752659857noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8643075855683234513.post-31584332287917744142009-03-19T13:33:00.000-04:002009-03-19T13:33:00.000-04:00I look forward to reading this book, as a sufferer...I look forward to reading this book, as a sufferer of anorexia and bulimia (currently recovering, but it's a hard path) and as a fan of Speak. I am glad that you found the book riveting!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8643075855683234513.post-29462734938714816932009-03-04T15:22:00.000-05:002009-03-04T15:22:00.000-05:00Speak was so awesome, I really want to read this o...Speak was so awesome, I really want to read this one as soon as I can.Sadakohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01164802394129505587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8643075855683234513.post-30628543901778675862009-02-27T17:48:00.000-05:002009-02-27T17:48:00.000-05:00it looks like a hard subject but still a good book...it looks like a hard subject but still a good book...<BR/>-amyAmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09864125746751419542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8643075855683234513.post-87385322146088997932009-02-23T20:07:00.000-05:002009-02-23T20:07:00.000-05:00This one has really stuck with me. Thanks for sha...This one has really stuck with me. Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Jill.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8643075855683234513.post-45391728803522840772009-02-23T14:50:00.000-05:002009-02-23T14:50:00.000-05:00Great review! This book wouldn't be half as good ...Great review! This book wouldn't be half as good if Anderson didn't get so completely into the head of her character.Livianiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10479932701589363306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8643075855683234513.post-2523230804111985462009-02-23T11:51:00.000-05:002009-02-23T11:51:00.000-05:00This sounds absolutely fantastic. Disturbing, yes ...This sounds absolutely fantastic. Disturbing, yes - but so important! I am looking forward to reading it, I will be posting a link to your review on my blog, and I will recommend it to a therapist I know who is working with young women with eating disorders... maybe she can pass it along as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8643075855683234513.post-32257794819806344312009-02-22T20:24:00.000-05:002009-02-22T20:24:00.000-05:00I think this book could save lives, too, Jill. I'm...I think this book could save lives, too, Jill. I'm glad that you wrote about it, too.Jen Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10343476550309656223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8643075855683234513.post-88789794356163667082009-02-22T20:16:00.000-05:002009-02-22T20:16:00.000-05:00This was a really intense book, and I found it ver...This was a really intense book, and I found it very hard to sympathize with the narrator sometimes. But the author always wows me with her ability to enter the minds of some very different characters.<BR/><BR/>And, as you said, I think this is a very *important* book.Sarah Stevensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16534942492714970282noreply@blogger.com