tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573216015660906215.post6775369040399350654..comments2024-03-28T08:09:44.330-07:00Comments on Crowe's Nest: Nina: On Why I Like Sad BooksUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573216015660906215.post-18105197028692767982009-12-05T12:47:42.089-08:002009-12-05T12:47:42.089-08:00Thank you. Just thank you.Thank you. Just thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573216015660906215.post-6191543808609022602009-08-27T04:55:48.205-07:002009-08-27T04:55:48.205-07:00I wish so much that i had had a teacher so loving ...I wish so much that i had had a teacher so loving and caring when i was at school. And I agree, students need sad books which they can relate to. because of their stage of brain development etc they find it very difficult to imsagine that other people can truly understand them and feel like no one else has ever felt like they do. Also there is a profound emotional depth that can only be evoked byAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573216015660906215.post-91657263962398420512009-05-27T16:47:53.280-07:002009-05-27T16:47:53.280-07:00Nice to 'meet' another member of the sad club. I, ...Nice to 'meet' another member of the sad club. I, too, love reading and writing them... telling stories about some of the the realities of teen life. <br />Beautiful post. Thank you.Erin Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13711464513074002414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573216015660906215.post-35075989705052047532009-05-21T11:04:57.134-07:002009-05-21T11:04:57.134-07:00Nina,
I teach sixth grade - the last year in our e...Nina,<br />I teach sixth grade - the last year in our elementary schools - and I can relate to your worries and fears. I hate the idea of my kiddos leaving the safe confines of our classroom and joining the big scary crowd at middle school - knowing older kids may not be nice to them and the pressures they'll encounter. Then they go on to high school... all of your examples hit at the heart of myTiffany Schmidthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07027955587655310354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573216015660906215.post-16202186170661867352009-05-21T09:06:54.974-07:002009-05-21T09:06:54.974-07:00This post was so moving. I'm a professor and I al...This post was so moving. I'm a professor and I also worry about my students; some of them are struggling with enormous things. Encountering some of those enormous things in books helps us to understand life and each other a little better, I think.<br /><br />Thanks for writing this.Deb Vlockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07200413686798230279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573216015660906215.post-39136803113699787562009-05-21T00:32:49.470-07:002009-05-21T00:32:49.470-07:00There's an unexplainable beauty in sadness.There's an unexplainable beauty in sadness.t howellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03576582141154631676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573216015660906215.post-81304358060822718942009-05-20T16:08:32.816-07:002009-05-20T16:08:32.816-07:00Yep, I'm all about the sad books too, because ther...Yep, I'm all about the sad books too, because there is something so fulfilling about seeing that character through to a place of healing and hope. <br /><br />Great post!Lisa Schroederhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10677227681455190084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573216015660906215.post-39004309099192711292009-05-20T12:40:42.912-07:002009-05-20T12:40:42.912-07:00I'm really glad to read this refreshingly honest, ...I'm really glad to read this refreshingly honest, lovely post. I can't wait to read your book.Rachel Greerhttp://greerio.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573216015660906215.post-55812975970794400652009-05-20T11:02:24.125-07:002009-05-20T11:02:24.125-07:00Great post. I like sad books too. I don't know why...Great post. I like sad books too. I don't know why. But I like your reason for liking them.Summerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01617683475866158090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573216015660906215.post-14132945117886562192009-05-20T06:45:15.284-07:002009-05-20T06:45:15.284-07:00Nina, this rang so true for me. What a lovely, lov...Nina, this rang so true for me. What a lovely, loving post. Thank you.Megan Frazer Blakemorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05696347974876943856noreply@blogger.com