tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7892722103504759154.post994634624111535600..comments2024-03-28T14:36:21.666-04:00Comments on A Bookish Way of Life: Push: A Novel by SapphireNadiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14315207186180201488noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7892722103504759154.post-21749070000517116812010-04-04T04:14:05.770-04:002010-04-04T04:14:05.770-04:00This sounds like such an amazing and powerful book...This sounds like such an amazing and powerful book. Thanks for the fantastic review - I'd seen the title around, but it hadn't yet sunk in that I HAD to read it.Ana S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16092495983972185943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7892722103504759154.post-52484163783588580042010-03-13T20:33:23.431-05:002010-03-13T20:33:23.431-05:00Glad you liked this book. I read it years ago afte...Glad you liked this book. I read it years ago after I heard the author interviewed by Terry Gross on the NPR radio program Fresh Air. This book blew me away !<br /> If you liked Push, you might also like A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7892722103504759154.post-26787369088736953732010-03-07T06:48:24.128-05:002010-03-07T06:48:24.128-05:00This is a book that is going to stay with me for a...This is a book that is going to stay with me for a long time. I read it in one sitting, on a long train journey, which probably wasn't the best idea as at the point of the HIV revelation I blurted out "Oh God no!" and started crying. Not hard or anything, but enough for the person across the carriage to look at me a bit oddly.<br /><br />I want to see the film too, and I have my fingers crossed for some Oscars tonight!Kirsty (Other Stories)http://blog.otherstories.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7892722103504759154.post-77786301610520601442010-03-06T10:11:50.302-05:002010-03-06T10:11:50.302-05:00I read this one for a grad class on adolescent lit...I read this one for a grad class on adolescent literature a few years ago, and I can still remember how hard it was to read. But highly worth it as you point out here.Andihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05220718933942181809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7892722103504759154.post-61292465895694603242010-03-04T21:05:43.639-05:002010-03-04T21:05:43.639-05:00Sounds like a must read!Sounds like a must read!Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05554217416500328610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7892722103504759154.post-47186172986568756582010-03-03T11:58:45.144-05:002010-03-03T11:58:45.144-05:00A light weighted novel with a kiddish attitude to ...A light weighted novel with a kiddish attitude to life. Sounds innocent by name but actually its mature in thoughts by the content. I loved reading it.bookslandukhttp://www.bookstoredirect.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7892722103504759154.post-69712613064641894882010-03-02T19:11:23.504-05:002010-03-02T19:11:23.504-05:00Seeing the previews for the film alone was enough ...Seeing the previews for the film alone was enough to make my stomach knot; it wounds me grievously to see what people suffer (partly why I'm a teacher, to help encourage and strengthen my students), and I admire you for reading this novel and finding the good. I think I'd want to slap somebody. Okay, several somebodies who were the abusers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7892722103504759154.post-76193161808490639762010-02-28T03:04:04.150-05:002010-02-28T03:04:04.150-05:00I saw the movie, but the book is more affecting.
I...I saw the movie, but the book is more affecting.<br />I did read somewhere that Precious is a composite of real-life girls that the author had metEeleen Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15221723342556515161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7892722103504759154.post-57913548799453205562010-02-27T19:12:47.984-05:002010-02-27T19:12:47.984-05:00Wow! I have to read this - what a heartbreaking s...Wow! I have to read this - what a heartbreaking story!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7892722103504759154.post-50254025744619218972010-02-27T11:06:26.081-05:002010-02-27T11:06:26.081-05:00Great review! I loved this book so much....Great review! I loved this book so much....Hollihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09413841693536976580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7892722103504759154.post-41002623101258128992010-02-26T20:05:43.036-05:002010-02-26T20:05:43.036-05:00I actually read this one for grad school before th...I actually read this one for grad school before there was ever talk of a movie being made. It was for a class called Critical Literacy, which was mostly a class about giving a voice to those who often don't have one. This book was quite appropriate for that. At first I found the book hard to handle due to the language and graphic images. However, I when I finished it I found it to be a worthwhile read. It really said a lot about human strength and also about literacy. I'm glad you got a lot out of it too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7892722103504759154.post-84851320720933849112010-02-26T19:13:39.464-05:002010-02-26T19:13:39.464-05:00I have this one on my wishlist!! I had to send it ...I have this one on my wishlist!! I had to send it back to the library last week, since I was starved for time. But hoping I get to read this one sometime!Athirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03366654538383603004noreply@blogger.com