tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770341086445997547.post5219957906991703149..comments2023-10-07T22:37:49.244+13:00Comments on The Hand Mirror: Gracekatyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15742280289613450293noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770341086445997547.post-81308342840199364252009-04-06T09:09:00.000+12:002009-04-06T09:09:00.000+12:00I agree hungrymama about the grace in that too, I ...I agree hungrymama about the grace in that too, I strongly recommend against reading The Time Traveller's Wife whilst 6 months pregnant (having learned the hard way - it's a fantastic book though!) Also I would avoid Midwives by Chris Bohjalian and Eleven Hours by Paulinna Simmons (also both excellent books, which I read years ago and thought to myself this would be a terrifying read whilst preggers).<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the feedback, I was a bit nervous about this post.Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08977150346842277994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770341086445997547.post-88053218808275250302009-04-03T23:18:00.000+13:002009-04-03T23:18:00.000+13:00In a kind of corollary to the seeing pregnant peop...In a kind of corollary to the seeing pregnant people everywhere thing I remember during both my pregnancies it seemed like every book I read and every movie and soap opera I watched featured miscarriage, abortion, or stillbirth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770341086445997547.post-12714434965606864782009-04-03T11:32:00.000+13:002009-04-03T11:32:00.000+13:00Julie, you've categorised this post under 'being n...Julie, you've categorised this post under 'being nice', and that made me really happy.<BR/><BR/>Being nice is so underrated as a political value. It's one of my core feminist commitments - to the extent that I use to describe myself as a 'nicist', but people thought I was saying narcissist, so I had to stop. (Not that I'm unfailingly nice, mind you.)<BR/><BR/>I've sometimes wondered (particularly during the recent wave of trolls) whether THM's motto should be 'Be nice or f*ck off'.Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06076244041878300351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770341086445997547.post-87167636783709244032009-04-03T10:59:00.000+13:002009-04-03T10:59:00.000+13:00Thank you for these wise and gentle words. I hope ...Thank you for these wise and gentle words. <BR/><BR/>I hope you'll excuse a link because I too loved this book, like you didn't want it to end but reviewed it last year: http://homepaddock.wordpress.com/2008/10/04/the-guernsey-literary-potato-peel-society/<BR/><BR/>My sadness at finishing it was compounded by the knowledge the author died before it was published so there will be no more gems from her.homepaddockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08596903968235369282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770341086445997547.post-49764711772538674922009-04-03T10:57:00.000+13:002009-04-03T10:57:00.000+13:00I think that's why I love post secret so much. Eve...I think that's why I love <A HREF="http://postsecret.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">post secret</A> so much. Everyone's got a secret they are hiding.Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05680274679737065263noreply@blogger.com