tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6104693499308057816.post5149702617497070406..comments2023-11-05T04:03:58.078-06:00Comments on Holly Schindler's Character Driven: WHY SIMONE ELKELES IS JUST TOO COOLHolly Schindlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16742207239654178917noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6104693499308057816.post-89679076528970608322010-12-23T08:24:52.265-06:002010-12-23T08:24:52.265-06:00I'm glad you guys love Simone, too! Right now...I'm glad you guys love Simone, too! Right now, my current elliptical read is WINTERGIRLS (I'd been seeking out new authors, and hadn't immediately read WINTERGIRLS, because I was already familiar with Anderson's voice...Man, can that girl write. L.H.A. sooooo deserves all her success....Holly Schindlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16742207239654178917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6104693499308057816.post-61392918550502859202010-12-22T19:08:47.446-06:002010-12-22T19:08:47.446-06:00Simone is fantastic. She breaks every single '...Simone is fantastic. She breaks every single 'rule' about YA literature and owns it. She's amazing and her characters are always so complete and unique.Patriciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15910273345397621450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6104693499308057816.post-76406244553986291692010-12-22T12:42:41.744-06:002010-12-22T12:42:41.744-06:00So true! I think it's important when an author...So true! I think it's important when an author respects their characters and never talks down to the reader-and Simone does that. And the romance isn't a teen romance-you're right-it could appear in any romance book, it just happens to feature teens.GreenBeanTeenQueenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08708155058381407531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6104693499308057816.post-1998064071046226722010-12-22T11:36:30.218-06:002010-12-22T11:36:30.218-06:00Fab Post!
You are very right. I love Simone'...Fab Post!<br /><br />You are very right. I love Simone's books for her ability to keep it real. <br /><br />I, too, remember what it was like to be forced to act as an adult but be treated as I was still a child. My parents actually did pretty well at keeping it real with me but others not so much. And, at no time was my high school boyfriend merely a guy who stood ten feet away from me- at one point we actually talked about our futures and had those sexually charged emotions Simone isn't afraid to tackle. I love that she doesn't brush those emotions and actions under the rug- she keeps it real.<br /><br />Thanks for a great postFlippin' Fabuloushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14848916204027826369noreply@blogger.com