tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5128730358349082407.post7906620940138239597..comments2024-03-28T15:23:18.037-05:00Comments on I Wish I Lived In a Library: If Only - ReviewKatherine Phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12126062556416434416noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5128730358349082407.post-7347660513786267422015-05-16T08:38:03.555-05:002015-05-16T08:38:03.555-05:00This theme always draws me in too as I have some p...This theme always draws me in too as I have some personal experience with it. Also it's such an emotional subject that when done right it can be a rollercoaster of a read. I think the BMs unrealistic thoughts might get to me too but it does sound like one I'd like to read someday.Trish @ Between My Lineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08517849083417759188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5128730358349082407.post-58943065620201059182015-05-14T21:20:35.704-05:002015-05-14T21:20:35.704-05:00That's the first I've seen go in that dire...That's the first I've seen go in that direction as well. That is interesting to seethe parent searching. The adoption one that usually sticks in my head is Shalvis and the Lucky Harbor series with Tara and Ford. Did you read that one?Anna (herding cats-burning soup)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17422129120413380189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5128730358349082407.post-52553647039728117862015-05-13T21:02:13.351-05:002015-05-13T21:02:13.351-05:00I have a friend who has an adopted child and other...I have a friend who has an adopted child and other that adopted two children after going through the foster care system and they have very similar worries. Every phone call from an unrecognized number causes a moment of panic.Katherine Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12126062556416434416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5128730358349082407.post-74763948323253247252015-05-13T20:57:45.834-05:002015-05-13T20:57:45.834-05:00I can understand wanting to know about the child b...I can understand wanting to know about the child but I did get frustrated with her attitude at times. Not all books work for all of us - I guess that's what makes it all an adventure.Katherine Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12126062556416434416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5128730358349082407.post-25228002351585389292015-05-13T20:54:39.193-05:002015-05-13T20:54:39.193-05:00Adoption is such a complicated issue I imagine no ...Adoption is such a complicated issue I imagine no emotion is not mixed in some way. That is interesting about your father in law. I'm not sure how I'd feel about knowing my past if I was in his position.Katherine Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12126062556416434416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5128730358349082407.post-52456438052608351092015-05-13T19:32:14.636-05:002015-05-13T19:32:14.636-05:00Both of my children are adopted. I have always wor...Both of my children are adopted. I have always worried that the birth mother of my son, who is an American adoption, would come looking for him. I don't know how I would handle it....noelle44https://www.blogger.com/profile/00333648063604618407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5128730358349082407.post-21163350220135187352015-05-13T10:13:40.834-05:002015-05-13T10:13:40.834-05:00I'd find it hard to agree or relate to a chara...I'd find it hard to agree or relate to a character that wants to find a child she gave up for adoption. She choose giving her child up for a reason, in the hopes the child would have a better life than a teenage mother would be able to give. So unless she had some kind of written understanding with the adoptive parents than she gave up all rights in having contact or a relationship with the BrittanyLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10645210938042967995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5128730358349082407.post-14902987446468321762015-05-13T09:28:36.892-05:002015-05-13T09:28:36.892-05:00I don't know that this book is one that I want...I don't know that this book is one that I want to read. Still, I imagine it must be very difficult in her situation. Most of my exposure to adoption is through my profession, and those stories are a mixture of happy and sad, depending on what side you are on. <br /><br />My father-in-law was adopted, but has never been interested in his birth family or his history. From what my mother-in-law Literary Felinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13079276242303738719noreply@blogger.com