'Touched'
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
figures that's okay because she lives in rural Georgia
Sure, nothing bad ever happens in the rural South. Because if one of the virulent nasties gets loose there, the government and tea baggers will be damned sure to get the help they need right quick to those folks in the rural South.
Linda Holmes, SO GOOD on the WSJ YA thing: [link]
jeepers ... I grew up before a lot of the vaccines came out - I remember getting polio booster shots (ow!) and still have a scar from an early smallpox vaccination. I had measles, and mumps, and chicken pox; the measles came close to doing some serious damage - I seem to be missing some basic immunities. The Salk vaccine came out and they lined up every kid in town and gave us sugar cubes and that was the end of that. No problems with going to the public pool in the summertime, no polio scares. Yay for science!
Linda Holmes, SO GOOD on the WSJ YA thing: [link]
Really good.
And, seriously, Johnny Tremain, which I read in middle school? Shudder.
Thanks, Jesse! I've been trying to follow all of the responses, but there are so very many at this point.
I want to marry the writer of that piece, though, just for this:
If depression were treatable with copies of Cherry Ames, Jungle Nurse, they wouldn't make medication for it.
Linda Holmes is the best. And has been since she was Miss Alli on TWOP.
I remember reading things like Go Ask Alice , Rosemary's Garden , The Bell Jar when I was in the YA stage.
Do you mean I Never Promised You a Rose Garden, sumi?
Yes, that is exactly what I read. Apparently, it damaged me so much that I can't even remember the title.
Yeah, that was a rough one. Excellent book, but not pretty in any sense of the word.