Shots and Books

[cindale]

I got my Hep A&B combo shot and my tetanus shot on Wednesday. My Hep arm is fine, but my tetanus arm is very sore and I've been achy and grumpy. I'm sure it will go away soon, though. Better that than actually getting tetanus

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[willow_wand]

You read Speak! Wasn't it wonderful? I really think the POV is what made the book for me. I wish my cousins had read this when they were younger. I still want my cousin Sarah to read it.

I haven't heard of those books (I think I need to read more, too!) but I hope you enjoy them. :)

[cindale]

I read it because you spoke so highly of it. :) I think it will really bother my daughter, but maybe it won't. I asked her best friend if she had read it and she said yes and that she liked it, making me wonder if we had read the same book. But I think it bothered me so much because I'm a parent of a teen girl about that age, so I have a different perspective. I wanted to tar and feather the girl's parents!!

[willow_wand]

I'm glad you did. I think it's a good story!

I think you're probably right about it bothering you because you have a daughter that age. I can see why it would bother many parents. And I know friends who wouldn't be able to read it because of the rape/attempted rape. At the same time, I think the appeal for teenagers is the girl's voice and her experiences. In spite of her problems, many of her observations about the world were pretty funny. (I used to have nicknames for teachers too..."Bootlady" was my calculus teacher.)

I guess I'm saying I can understand why you and your daughter's friend would see the book from different perspectives. :)

There was actually a guy in my class who didn't believe that Melinda was raped and just believed that she hadn't had a positive sexual experience. He was really lucky there were about 15 people between us because I really wanted to do him physical harm for that comment.