Comments on: Lauren Baratz-Logsted

By: Lauren Baratz-Logste

Lauren Baratz-Logste — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 20:52:00 +0000

A belated thank-you to Jenny, Samara and Andrea!

By: andrea

andrea — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 23:01:46 +0000

i just got “Angels choice” yesterdayy and ive fallen in love with it. I finished it bacause i had to find out the ending. This b0o makes girls think and wonder if that was them. Well it made me think. maybe because im the same age but i truly do believe this book is my favorite and i hope to read more from Lauren Baratz-Logsted.

By: Samara Leigh

Samara Leigh — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 07:02:27 +0000

I loved Vertigo. It was the first book of Lauren’s that I’ve read. I actually listed it as Recommended Reading on my blog a couple of days ago. I can’t wait to ready the rest of her books. Thank you for such a wonderful interview.

By: jenny gardiner

jenny gardiner — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 16:40:08 +0000

Really interesting piece. Enjoyed reading it and am so glad that there are people out there willing to tackle controversial subject matter–our hugely heterogeneous society is being thrust into a homogeneous mentality, and its scary. There’s room for all sorts of opinions, IMHO!
Great job, Lauren!

By: Susan Henderson

Susan Henderson — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 16:05:49 +0000

Hey, all you lovely people, there will be a weekly wrap today, but it’ll be later than usual (obviously).

By: LaurenBaratz-Logsted

LaurenBaratz-Logsted — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 12:37:22 +0000

Gail, thank you!

Carolyn, what a tragic story. While my book is a satire, even a comedy, right after it came out there were a few high-profile cases involving fake pregnancies. A friend sent an email: “What have you started???” Of course, I didn’t start anything and these women were already on their sad paths. But still…(shudder).

Kathy, thank you. Writing for the Orlando Sentinel must be quite a gig.

Juliet, I love readers like you. In fact, you might just be my ideal reader. Can I run you through the photocopy machine?

Amy, thanks, and I’m so glad you’re starting with Vertigo. As dark as it is, I have a soft place in my heart for Vertigo and feel it’s one of my best.

Jodi, thanks - I knew you looked familiar!

Lance, thank you. I value candor…and it’s nice that one of the men finally showed up. :)

By: Lance Reynald

Lance Reynald — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 04:02:48 +0000

nice interview.

and I love Lauren’s candor, about everything.

xo-L.

By: Jodi Fitzpatrick

Jodi Fitzpatrick — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 03:23:21 +0000

Lauren,

I bopped over from the chick lit loop where I’m always amazed and greatful for your pithy and resourceful posts. But after reading this interview, you are my new heroine. Respect, for your work, for your soul. Whenever you speak from a place of truth, you’ll upset somebody. I bought TPL and This Is… they sit in the TBR pile. I’m picking one up tonight.

By: amy

amy — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 15:58:14 +0000

Lauren, this made me smile right out loud! It also made me want to read THIS IS CHICK-LIT and VERTIGO. I think I’m going to start with VERTIGO! (I always say: you just can’t have too much sex.) (Well. Actually, you can. And then you might have a problem and may need to seek professional help.) (But reading and writing about it can’t be bad!)(I hope.)

My favorite thought from this piece: Iâ€™ll happily take a thousand white people accusing me of racism in exchange for one African American Dartmouth student comparing me to Spike Lee.

Awesome.

By: Juliet

Juliet — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 15:30:51 +0000

One of the reasons I actually love Lauren’s writing is the fact that she stretches us with the thin-line approach to so many things: Normal vs. Abnormal Right/wrong passion/apathy and allow us to touch the emotion we often forget. And then she makes us laugh, she makes us question our own motives, relationships, theories and thoughts.

Sadly, the people who leave all the Amazon comments are often just there to vent their misunderstanding and views.
I’m no far-right, but I am Christian, and found nothing that offended me in your books. You’ve not said “live this way” or “this is ultimate truth” rather you’ve said “live this for a day, and feel someone elses’ skin…”

I have no issue with sharing your books with anyone (including my mother).