This month’s featured book:
Lauren Myracle’s The Infinite Moment of US
Gone Pecan was lucky enough to host the Q & A portion of the SC feature this month.
Ha. Both! Families are awesome. Families are glue–and, ideally, strong and positive and love-filled glue. But, a kid is not his or her family; a kid is part of his or her family. For a family to be a family, it has to be made up of individuals, right? Otherwise it’s just a beehive. So, ya know, I think it’s important for kids to grow into the people they want to be and to choose the lives they want to live. Then, as self-actualized humans, guess what? They’ll only make their families richer.
Oh good glory. Really? These questions make my heart pound faster. What if I say the wrong thing???? Okay, okay, not gonna over think it. I’m going to go with…
Oh f***. I can’t do it. For one kid, it might be Ender’s Game. But what if the kid hated speculative fiction and never went on to read anything else? For another kid, maybe I’d say The Bluest Eye, because it’s so frickin’ beautiful and sad and eye-opening. But what if the kid I hand it to finds it too depressing, or too hard to get immersed in? So, sorry, Selective Collectives. Every teenager is DIFFERENT, yes? So I just can’t do it. I can’t force one book–even in imagination land–onto an infinity of kids.
Yes! Oh, happy–this question I *do* have an answer to, and an easy answer at that! Although actually I have two “go to” quotes for when I need inspiration. Can I share them both?
“Life is short, and we do not have much time to gladden the hearts of those who travel with us. So be quick to love and make haste to be kind!” –Henri-Frederic Amiel
And…
“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.” –1 Corinithians 13:4-7
GIVEAWAY!!!!
Liked our Q & A? Check out the other SC posts!!
Roudtable Discussion: The Infinite Moment of Us – Brittany @ The Book Addict’s Guide
Review: The Infinite Moment of Us by Lauren Myracle – Tee @ YA Crush
Page to Screen: The Infinite Moment of Us – Candice @ The Grown-Up YA
Freebie: TIFoU – Sandie & Diana @ Teen Lit Rocks
Thanks to Amulet/Abrams for providing ARCS for review on the SC.
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Great interview. You’ve got me very interested in this book I’ve only read ttyl by her & look forward to adding others.
Pressure & the family dynamic sound like good reasons to take a look at it.
That’s such a great quote from Henri-Frederic Amiel!!
Haha I love Lauren’s answers. It seems like she’s just always straight forward and that’s very cool, and I really loved how her answers were so candid! 🙂
Great answer about families.. I think that’s really true! As much as your parents may want to raise their kids as carbon copies of themselves and protect them from all the mistakes in their own lives, it’s important for kids to have their own experiences (as well as shared ones) and sometimes life will get messy. You can only protect them so much!
I LOVE the quote she chose from Amiel! So true. I really appreciate Lauren’s very honest answers.
I enjoyed this interview, I really liked Myracle’s answers. I especially liked her answer to question 4. That was very insightful of her.
I love the quotes question… you know me, love some quotes! Great interview!
I want to read this book because the cover is stunning, and the synopsis seems interesting.
This is one that I want to read like WHOA because 1) of all of the mixed reviews I’ve read and 2) because the author is a NC author and I try to support my peeps when I can. Plus I’m a cover girl (so shallow) and this cover is stunning. But seriously, I love the quotes AND the way when Lauren doesn’t have an answer, she flat-out says so. She’s honest, and I think that’s supercool. Nice giveaway and thanks for letting people like me enter it!