BOYS ALLOWED!!!
Tuesday 7th April 2009
It’s mostly girls who read my books… or is it? Who says that boys don’t want to read real-life, growing up stories about friendship, families and falling in love? Boys have friends, families and feelings too, after all!
Boys DO read my books, but they don’t post on the website as often as girls. (OK, OK, I know… the website IS very pink!!!!) Do YOU know a boy who enjoys my books? A friend, a brother, a classmate, a boyfriend? If so, get him to post a comment through the link below explaining why he likes the books… I’ll post the best online and print the VERY best in a brand new CC minibook, Cupcakes & Kisses, to be given away free with UK mag Mizz in the summer!
Who knows, there could be some boy readers out there who are just as cool as Finn, Kian, Sam, Carter, Paul and Mouse…
Get those comments coming… let’s hear it for the boys!!!
xxx
Boy’s get made fun of when they read “girls” books. I think it’s totally unfair because they can read whatever they want! It’s the same with TV programmes. My boy mate loves to read some of Jacqueline Wilson’s books, and I’m totally cool with that.
I never really see any of my boy m8s reading and I bet some of them read the same books I do. Boys should be ‘allowed’ to read girly books, I mean who wouldn’t want to read these fab books?! They’re all about friedship and different problems, although sometimes we think boys are from another planet who’s to say they don’t have the same problems we do?
One of my best friends how happens to be a boy called Aaron LOVES your books. H e can still relate to most charectors even though most are girls. Why should ge have to read about cars and war and things like that. Boys how like cathy cassidy books can’t be sterotyped because of it sure most boys don’t leave you comments but i know one boy that reads them and has a black tribly hat !
i don’t think that it is fair to say that, just because something has a bright or girly cover, that boys won’t enjoy or even pick up the book. Cathy Cassidy’s books can be read by ANYONE!
I totally think that boys should read cathy’s books. I mean yh they are a bit girly (well alot!)but they are great fun to read and if a boy read one of her books and didn’t like it then they must be crazy!
Heyya Cathy! I luv your books and i know a boy who likes your books too, but he doesn’t like to read them in public because he thinks your books are too bright coloured!
can’t wait for your new book, Angel cake…! luv, Tasnim xx
i don’t think it makes sense that i could read cherub or specky magee(an AFL book) and no one would care they’d just asked me where i was up to. if lots of the boys at my school saw a guy reading a cathy cassidy book i rekon they wouldn’t let him forget it, he’d be teased for ages. i think what happens would also depend on who read the books if it was a ‘cool guy’ they only get teased a bit if it was a ‘a normal or a nerd’ they get teased a resonable amount(not the the teasing is reasonable). if one of the wierd guys read one they’d have hell to pay. i really like both these guys everyone does just with one no matter how hard he tries he get bad grades and the other is really funny and sweet, but for some reason no one really respects him and some boys(ones who went to primary school with him)kinda bully him.
ey Cathy,
my name’s Naomi but everyone calls my Nemo – it’s sort of a nick name i guess, i got it when the movie first came out haha. yeah, well anyway, I’ve read most of your books, starting from way back in grade four. Now I am in highschool but I still love your books! Right now I’m in the middle of Ginger Snaps.
My cousin Carter (haha, funny! but he doesn’t have floppy blonde hair, but he IS pretty clumsy) and I were talking about the books we like. Carter is one year older than me and we are more like bestfriends than cousins. And I told him about your books and I showed him a few. At first he just thought I’d gone mad, I mean, why would I give him a girls’ book? Haha. but I let him borrow my copy of Lucky Star and he came back the next day – he had finished the whole book in just one day! I was so shocked, but proud of him. He told me that he really loved the book and the fact that it was in the Boy’s point of view instead of the girls. But he also said that he was really embarrassed when his mates came round and saw the book. He reckons the cover is just a tad girly – but you should never judge a book by uts cover; even I agree that the covers are just a bit childish for my taste, even if I am a girl. But what is in between the covers is what amtters most, with true meaning, and the stories really made me a bit emotional (especially Scarlett – I wanted Kian to be with her forever!). Later on Carter read the other books, but he didn’t like them as much as Lucky Star, becuase they were all in the girl’s point of view, but he says they were all still very good!
We both love your books Cathy,
with love and best wishes,
from NEMO .
PS: Kian will you marry me?!
Hahaha 😛
i think the books are sutibale for boys too!
they should get a chance to read and then take part in our disscusions about the books!
xx
You never see most boys read books and I think boys should be ‘allowed’ to read girly books without getting teased. I mean who wouldn’t want to read these fab books?!