tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5685296462146192712.post2339320764212827734..comments2016-02-02T08:35:33.561-08:00Comments on Sno-Isle Teens: Infamous for Information: Weekend Book Give-Away: Eleanor & ParkSno-Isle Teenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02185765424378266107noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5685296462146192712.post-27694438336450696852013-03-28T17:44:24.536-07:002013-03-28T17:44:24.536-07:00Random # Generator picked 1, which means I'll ...Random # Generator picked 1, which means I'll be sending this copy of Eleanor & Park to Andrew at the Mill Creek Library! Be sure to review it for us :)Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17737850469599690266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5685296462146192712.post-73464793180389766172013-03-26T15:17:57.142-07:002013-03-26T15:17:57.142-07:00The relationship definitely has to feel realistic ...The relationship definitely has to feel realistic and the character has to have something that makes me relate to them in some way, making me feel like I'm them and feeling their feelings. The author should have written in a way that elicits emotion from me whether its pity or yearning. It has to be able to give me hope about the future and teaches a lesson and isn't just shallow and cliche. The books that were able to do this were "Just One Day", "Dear John", "Between the Lines", and some of the Maximum Ride series.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08205866645187582426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5685296462146192712.post-28514979924348797322013-03-25T21:10:36.886-07:002013-03-25T21:10:36.886-07:00Ahhh, so many great authours have left me swooning...Ahhh, so many great authours have left me swooning over their romantic ways. In comes in so many forms and sometimes I even swoon over a relationship that is dysfunctional and irrational because it is all the more intresting and complex. I have to say that it's all those romantic guys in novels who seem so intune with how a girl thinks and what their partner is looking for that really makes a relationship intresting. I would have to say that the Tiger's Curse series kept me swooning throughout and was very intresting with the love triangle scenario. I also loved the relationship in Before I Fall and the sequel, it was heartwrenching and thoughtfully done.Willowtree Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06802345389470836777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5685296462146192712.post-30340246417272814282013-03-25T10:44:30.877-07:002013-03-25T10:44:30.877-07:00Andrew...you should totally read Just One Day by G...Andrew...you should totally read <a href="http://catalog.sno-isle.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&cn=581444" rel="nofollow">Just One Day</a> by Gayle Forman. I love all her books, but this one struck me as particularly swoon-worth, but lots of great stuff about figuring out who you are and journeying into adulthood. Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17737850469599690266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5685296462146192712.post-59302536023254460192013-03-24T17:47:44.372-07:002013-03-24T17:47:44.372-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05184593585144087989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5685296462146192712.post-25940684377854951412013-03-24T17:47:23.949-07:002013-03-24T17:47:23.949-07:00For a book to "make you swoon", the numb...For a book to "make you swoon", the number one thing is that whatever relationship is being portrayed in the story NEEDS to feel <i>real</i>. Real as in that it seems like it's a possibility for others and yourself, that the characters' actions and personality can apply to yourself and/or real people. <br /><><br /><br />Of course, one or the other character shouldn't be someone that's rude or seriously hurts character number two; because, obviously, that's not going to make you swoon. However, the characters shouldn't be picture-perfect either, because again, it's not feeling real. It's not that perfect relationships in books give false expectations of what a relationship should be, but that it's not going to make you feel as much as a legitimate one will; everyone has problems and in a relationship you will work them out together.<br /><><br /><br />There have been a fair amount of books that made me feel really good feelings; when I look at my GoodReads account of what I've recently read, one of the best books was <i>If I Told You So</i> by Timothy Woodward; and related to your blog entry that it's classified as both a teen book and an adult book; it's pretty in between!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05184593585144087989noreply@blogger.com