Comments on: Review: Skim, by Mariko and Jillian Tamaki

By: Saving Montgomery Sole, Mariko Tamaki - Reading the End

Saving Montgomery Sole, Mariko Tamaki - Reading the End — Wed, 27 Jul 2016 10:01:10 +0000

[…] high school and has said in interviews that she always struggled to fit in. In this book as in Skim and even This One Summer, and she absolutely captures the helplessness and frustration and […]

By: Rounding up some more comics | Reading the End

Rounding up some more comics | Reading the End — Thu, 16 Apr 2015 10:01:26 +0000

[…] when I said that the Tamakis’ book Skim captured perfectly what it was like to be a teenager? Well, their 2014 book This One Summer also […]

By: aartichapati

aartichapati — Wed, 30 Jul 2014 02:45:17 +0000

I don’t think I did college right, either. If I could do it again, I would go to a much smaller school and force myself to be more outgoing. But then I kind of had a second chance in business school, and did not really go out raving, either, so I suppose I am just more of an introvert. I too enjoyed high school more. Junior high was the worst for me, I think.

By: gilgulis

gilgulis — Sat, 26 Jul 2014 12:29:59 +0000

Oh man, right around 10th grade I lost my people–my two best friends and I grew apart in the space of the year–so the last two years of high school were really rough for me. The first few months of college were pretty lonely, but then I did start to find my people and those wound up being really formative, happy years for me. I got lucky. But I do remember early days of sitting in the library late on a Friday night, wondering just where the hell was this “college experience” everyone kept talking about…

By: Gin Jenny

Gin Jenny — Mon, 21 Jul 2014 14:34:22 +0000

In reply to litlove. When I was having that issue for the first time as an adult, I read this book called Greensleeves, by Eloise Jarvis McGraw, that spoke to the exact point, and it was just magic for me. But it's out of print and rather difficult to find.

By: Gin Jenny

Gin Jenny — Mon, 21 Jul 2014 14:33:31 +0000

In reply to Vasilly.

Yes! I definitely am! As soon as my library gets it in.

I don’t know what is wrong with me — no sooner did I become firmly established in my tribe in New York than I moved away from it. Restless feet, this girl! So now I have to start over finding my tribe here. I am sure I will do it. I just need time.

By: Gin Jenny

Gin Jenny — Mon, 21 Jul 2014 14:32:00 +0000

In reply to Nish. College was almost the unmaking of me. I had a terrible time trying to make friends.

By: Gin Jenny

Gin Jenny — Mon, 21 Jul 2014 14:31:34 +0000

In reply to Jen McDowell Mullen. You know, I had it in my head that I also observed rather than interacted, but now I sort of wonder. We had a high school reunion this past weekend, and I found myself being -- not mean, exactly, but not very friendly. And it made me wonder if high school me was actively unfriendly, as opposed to not actively friendly (as I've always remembered).

By: Gin Jenny

Gin Jenny — Mon, 21 Jul 2014 14:29:36 +0000

In reply to Jess – A Book Hoarder.

Finding your people is SO IMPORTANT. 99% of the reason I enjoyed middle school (and high school to a lesser extent) was that I switched schools for fifth grade and found my people there, and they went to the same middle school as I did so I got to keep them. 🙂

By: Gin Jenny

Gin Jenny — Mon, 21 Jul 2014 14:28:49 +0000

In reply to Athira. Really? That sucks! I am always stupidly shocked when people behave in petty, backstabbing ways. No matter how old I get I am never prepared for people to be that much jerks.