Problems

Ah, the problem of Laurie Halse Anderson.  I really want to like her writing!  I really do!  Everyone does!  Everyone loves Laurie Halse Anderson.  But Wintergirls was the first book I read by her and The Bitter Knife of Memory was the next. I disliked Wintergirls so much, it took me this long to even try another LHA book.  Wintergirls was the first book I ever blogged about and looking back, I can see that I was much meaner back then.  I am embarrassed to read how mean I was!  
Opps.  I wrote this a few days ago, not even realizing that I also have read Twisted.  I am embarrassed.  But I also think that proves my point that I need to either give LHA a rest or try something totally different from her. My dear friend Kara recommended that I try something from her Seeds of America series, saying that it is totally different and I might enjoy them. What was done really well was Anderson' look into the PTSD suffered by Hayley's father because of his experiences fighting in the Iraq War.