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2001 Guestbook Entries
Hey, Katie I read your
book in like three hours and it was really.. what's the word... I don't
know how to describe it. I read a little bit of it in Teen People November
2000 but I didn't know the whole story until today. I picked it up because
it had my name on it, but when I started to read it I became really
interested. Hi Katie,i have reade your
book,and it is fantastic...but i have only met good people in the
Internet!But your Story is very bad...i´m so sorry in that!CU
Kathrin Hello I think this book is
very very interesting. Goodbye Martina from Switzerland I read the book because my
best friend recommened it. It made me angry and sad and it also pissed me
off. How could people do that too you, i mean your friends, everyone you
knew. I don't know what you are going through or what you went through,
but I am also 13 and it is hard being 13 but I suppose it's hard being any
age after you know what it's like to be hurt. Someday(maybe) I want to be
a writer, and I want to write about things that are true, but in novels. I
mean at school there are many autobiographies and stuff that people have
written, most of the time they are boring, but yours Katie, was inspiring.
Don't listen to anyone who wants to put you down. Take that guy harold,I
mean f**k him, he just wants attention. I am going to pass your book on to
my sisters and their friends aswell. I hope you do well in your life
Katie, I will read yor next book. Thank you Katie, my deepest sympathy to
anyone who has ever been raped, molested or assulted. It must be horrible
to go through. But I am going to go now as I am starting to babbling on.
Once again thank you, for your bravery to write it down for others to
learn from. Katie, I must say before I
read your amazing book I loved to be online. I talked to not only my
friends from school but other people that i did not know as well. I admire
you for going threw all that you did and then having the courage and
strength to write this book which has effected me and so many others. Now
I have learned how to be much more careful online. I pray that God brings
you so much happiness in your years to come. Thank you for being a
inspiration to me and to so many other teenagers around the world who have
the internet and talk to many people in which they do not know. I hope the
people that left you out in the cold when you were dealing with this
hurdle in your life realized what they missed out on, I'm sure you have
been told this a million times but you are very special young lady that
has had a rocky past but a clear future in which the world is the
limit...Now everyone can see what you have to offer...Thank you for
writing your book.... hey! my name is katie t
too! isnt that amaizing!!! well mine is better , so , yea get over
it!haha! Katie, I read your book
and thought it was great...but after readin all dese messages I have
realised just how stupid you are. I mean all it took was a simple
www.katie.com typed in the "go" bar above ^ just to see if the website
actually existed and then you would have avoided this whole problem. All
you had to do was add a T in there and everything would be fine. Also
Katie you make such a deal had of such a small thing...I mean groped you
and that was it...when I was 10 I was sexually assulted and it was more
than just groping. I read a message which is 100% correct I mean you gave
the guy your phone number that was a mistake from the start. You may have
recked your life but you also stole a domain name @ the same time. How
does it make you feel? It's nu wonder you hardly had any friends..all you
cared about was fashin and magazines and then as soon as a guy calls you,
you'r "in love" something is very wrong wit u. In true Forest Gump style
"you ,ay not be a smart girl and you really don't know what love
is" Hey I am just writing to
say well done on a well written book! Also I know all about meeting people
on the net as I have done it before....but instead of it ruining my life
it perfected it! My boyfriend and I met on the net and I am relly happy we
did. Despite this I am aware of how meeting on the net can be very risky
and I don't think I will ever do it again. I was lucky and I am grateful
for that. Well anyway good luck in life Katie! Bye I am stunned that after
well over a year of people complaining here about your domain-name theft,
you haven't bothered to even address the issue on your site. Irresponsible
and disgraceful what you did to Katie Jones. A violation of her privacy
and personal space on par with what allegedly happened to you. Now you're
soliciting stories about the college application process. Nice to see
you're also branching out into plagiarism. Your own college application
experience isn't enough to fill a book? No problem, just pillage other
people's experiences. APOLOGIZE TO KATIE JONES! Hey katie your book has
really helped me!!zim 14 years old and the same thing happened to me this
year. When I read your book i started to cry. Your book helps me to know
im not the only one!! Thank you very much you mean alot!! Hi,Katie! I want to
congratulate to it for the book,it's very good as much that left here, in
Brazil. Congratulations and luck in your life! kisses...Isa. P.S:( I knew
my boyfried on internet!) Katie, Last year at
christmas i got a gift certificat to borders and i love to read. when i
found your book and read the back i wasn't to intrested in it. but i got
it cuz i was new at the hole computer thing. and i read it. it tolk me a
couple of times to know what was going on in the book. then i got scared
cuz i was talking to this guy online and he was tellin me we should meet.
and finily i said oh -k-. so a friend and i did it together. he seemed
nice at first and then he started gettin weird on us. like sayin he wanted
us to dance for him and touch him and stuff like that. so finily i told
him he had to leave. and he got mad. but he left. he tried to call me for
about a month or so after we meet. but it has been almost 2 years and i
haven't heard from him. but i just wanted to let you know that ever sence
i read your book it has made me more carful who i talk to online. and i
wanted to tell you that i am sorry for what happen to you. and how you
have helped me in who i can trust online and who i can't. Hi Katie!! I have just
read your book.. I was very good,but I also feel very sorry for what
happened to you.. I hope you are okay now!! Take care=o) *ida* hi katie i'm from germany,
and i'm twelve. at the moment i'm reading your book. it is very good. i
can't good english,but at the school i learn it.... but i hope you make
more some another books, ok, bye bye biene hi Katie.I'm an german
girl and i cant speak english very good.I'm reading your book,but ì'm
still not resdy.Your book is great!Congratulation Hi...I first picked up the
book just becasue it had my name on it. Well, I read it and I now have
become more aware of the internet chat rooms. I have started giving out
false information when people ask for it. I let all of my friends take the
book home and read it. They all did and they are all now doing the same as
me. I am truly sorry for what happened to you and i am aware that this
happeneds to girls all around the world bacause they give out too much
information on the internet. I'm glad that you have recovered and wrote a
book about what happened. when i read your book (
katie.com ) i got a strange feeling, yust as if this was happening now. it
didn't seme like it happend in 1995. it was to real, i barowed the book
from the library, but i am going to by it sa soon as i can. Kitty. dear katie, i finished
reading you book, kaite.com, last night and i was absolutely dumbfounded.
it would have to beone of the best books i have ever read and the fact
that it's a true story made the reading even better. to hear what you went
through and how long it took to get over everything deffintly made me open
my eyes to the whole "internet relationships". i hope you do extremely
well in what ever you choose to do in the future because after reading
your book you came across as a girl who can do anything, and if you put
your heart and soul into it i believe you can do it. dear katherine.i was very
sad when i read the story about you. i often think about this book;this
story.i am 13 jears old and my english is not perfect ,but i think that
this , what i want to say, will you understand.your book is the best book
,what i am reading before.i hope ,you will never have an sad ,true story
like this.i think ,you are a very nice person. yours lina Hey Katie!, my english is
very bad, sorry ! For 2 days (christmas) I get your book and I read it at
one day! And it´s excellent! It´s a good idea to warn all the Kids that
out, with this great book! I´m verry proud of you, you were verry strong
at the this time! I´m self are 14 years. Thanks for your wonderful book!!!
:-) I wish you a great happy new year! Bye Anschi Dear Katie, thank you for
writing that book ! I'm short before meeting a boy from the Internet. Now
I'll reconsider,if'll really do it. I'd be happy, if you'd write me.
yours, tutti Hi Katie!I am 14 years-old
and my english is not so perfect...but yesterday here in Germany was the
Christmasday!!!And I got a present,which I like very much:it is your book
"katie.com"....(it is not in english but in german)Today I start to read
it and I like it.Because,a little bit I am like you!So,I thougth to let
you know,that people also know you here in Germany!!!!I like you and go on
like this!Mail back if you want!Nice Christmasdays to you and a happy new
year!!! Bye,Love and Kisses Mareike Hey Katie! thank you so
much for writing your book. It really made me think about my decisions on
the internet! I used to go into chat rooms a lot, and carelessly giving
out the answer to that reoccuring question "A/S/L". now, if i do go into
chat rooms, i know not to do that kinda stuff! I had an assignment in
school to write a letter about the book that touched us more than any,
and...you guessed it. I wrote about yours! I would like to thank you
again! And for all those people that found bad things about your
book...well they can go and suck and egg!! Thanks! ~Kati~ Katie, I recently read
your book. It is fantastic. I could not put it down. It is indeed a page
turner! I was so upset with what you went through and at times cried for
you. What you went through and how you recovered was remarkable! Warm
wishes to you and your family. I can't wait to read your second book. Good
luck in the future and I wish you love and happiness. Jemma. I just wanted to let you
know that your book was a true page turner. I couldn't put it down. Well
best of luck to you. §¤~~~Alyssa~~~¤§ Hi @ All!We are reading
the book in our class!! I have allready finished it!I really liked it
because I often chattet on the Internet (not very carefuly)!!! And the
part were it is with the boys who often ask these stupid questions!!But in
the end when "mark" is going to jale it is a bit boring!Always the
same!But thats not so neccesary! I think it is great!I love it!We will
write a test about it after christmas!I´ll hope it won't be so hard! If
theres something you can help me what is really important in that
book!Please send ma an eMAil!!My adress: Troeschersbix@web.de!!! OK than
Merry Xmas and a happy new year! I have to learn MAth now! : ( :( : ( Love
THERESA Hi! I just read Katie`s
book yesterday.It was soo awful!!I have many friends on the internet and
also some of people sent me not very nice pics.Anyway now Im more careful
and Katie good luck in your life!!! Your books may be good and
all but Katie S is the shiznit!!!!!!! Katie T. Im sorry to tell you that!!
Imma bounce Peace!!! Hey, I loved your book. In
my English class we had to find a book and I found your book. Let me first
saying I hate reading. I thought it was going to be a stupid assignment.
But once I started reading your book I couldn't put it done. I was
wondering if writing is now your career. Your a great writer. Im sorry
about what happened to you. This book is great, It helps people realize
that this kindof stuff really does happen. Watch out and beware! hi katie, i understand
that you want to warn the people because you have got tru so many pain.
But it can go right, i talked to many people with the internet and that is
always going well. But i know it can go wrong and that is the reason that
our first date is always at my home, because my mom want to pretect me.
Well, i hope it is going allright with you now, and i hope your not afraid
from the net now. greets Marina i'm from holland and i
love your book very much!!! please writh more books!! love ya many kisses
louise(14 jr) hey,girl the book was
great!!!! All you guys out there who think its cute messin with little
girls minds thats sick!!!! Katie sorry for the pain you went through!!
hope you can have a better life!! now i know what to watch out for!! gotta
go !! Hi, Katie. I´m in the 8 th
class of secondary School in Germany . We´re reading your book in my
class, but it is written in German . The whole class find it very good . I
find it very good , too . Ciao Anne-marie I AM READING YOUR BOOK
WRIGHT KNOW AND SO FAR I LOVE IT. I CANT PUT IT DOWN. YOU ARE AN AMAZING
PERSON SO FAR. I CANT WAIT TI READ THE REST. Katie. Your book was very
good. I enjoyed it very much. I had to read it for an Independent Study
Project (ISP) and it was worth reading. Well I have to go because now I
have to write a 12 page essay on KATIE.com hello katie. i know that u
will read this and prolly email me back. i loved ur book. i can not wait
until the next one is out. this same thing has happened to me and i would
like to share my experience with u...can u email me? Katie, I enjoyed reading
your book. I couldn't put it down. I am glad that someone cares about
young women. hey katie! i love your
book so much! keep up the good work! harold you ARE an idiot Your book is really
important for teenage girls to read thanks. Harold you are an
idiot. That was a good book
because people need to know that chat is dangerous and teens need to know
that there are a lot of creepy adults out there and what people say on the
internet is not who they are. So yeah you are cool babe and Harold who
wrote in this guest book is one sick dude.And yeah you are so cool. But I
know you don't read this guest book. hi katie! i'm reading ur
book at the moment and i like it very much!!! I get it from a friend,
because she said that I must be dangerous to use the Internet (chat).
sorry my english isnt well, because I'm only 13 years old and I learned
ENglish for 2 years till now. and I only wanted to say that I like ur book
really very much!! bye lea I've read the book
Katie.com a few weeks ago from my school's libary it was real interesting
and it was a great book. I'm sorry to hear what happened.I first heard
about your story from Twist magazine. Hello! I'm a 16 year old
girl from Germany and I've just finished reading your book. The book
itself is quite good I think, but its false to say that your experience is
the fault of the internet. I would never meet a man, I know absolutely
nothing about in reality. I mean, I met a lot of people, girls in my age,
I only knew from chatrooms, but I know a lot of things about them and we
are/were a group of about 10 people who met. A friend of mine, also wanted
to meet a boy, she got to know in a chatroom, but fortunately he did not
come to their meeting, I ws very happy about that! She had been waiting
there for some hours and went home, her parents later found out, what she
did, and were very dissapointed. But of course, it's not your fault, what
happened to you, and the punishment this man got, was nothigh enough. I
hope you're ok again, I'm looking forward to your next book! Hope, you
understood my english, I know it's not very well, sorry! Bye and best
wishes, Karin hiya..i just wanted to say
that im reading the book now. im on like pg. 13 hah, but im getting up
there. but i like it alot soo far, and i dont know..thanks fro putting the
book out, cuz im an internet freak..but i dunno!? jsut thanks ..it takes
alot of courage to do. but when im done ill come back and tell you how
muhc i loved it =P thanks *jessi* ps..im 14 I have read countless
articles on Katie's story in magazines. It must have taken a lot of guts
to share that with the world. I have never yet read Katie.com, but I hope
that someday I can. That person who owns katie.com is a real ***** to say
those things to Katie. I hope that she realizes that Katie only was
writing a book, and I'm sure that Katie regrets it... i think anyway.
Katie, I just want to say to you ( if you read this ) that I was touched
by your story, and that I forever hope that other girls will not have to
deal with what you did. After I read your story in Twistmagazine, I have
been extreamly careful on chat rooms, and mostly avoid them./ Thank you
for letting other girls know the risks of having an online relationship, I
had never concidered it at all, but now I know that I never will.
Thanks!!! :) hey, katie i love your
book it had alot of nerves to tell your stoy but i will tell you that it
payed off. there is not one person that has not read your book at our
school. i have read it 7 times. it is a gr8 book.and i am very sorry that
u had to go throw that. your mom not trusting u that would kill me. i have
to be close to her. and the old friends u did have from the swim team arnt
your real friend if the leave u like u did because a real friend will
confort u not leae u and i learned that to. ther is menny sick people on
the internet and u have to only talk to your frieds.u have to watch who u
get envalved with. just be carful and know who your real friends
are. hellew Katie...i just want
u to no im sitting here about to do an essay on your book for english. I
was extremly inspired by your book and i was too 13 when i thought i met
the guy of my dreams..of the internet aswell. The way you wrote about your
feelings ect explained mine to the exact word. At 13 everything you see
and everybody around you is such a huge influence and if you are not
confident..such as me..having someone say "i love you" even if you havent
met can mean everything. Thank you for warning me and relsing i dont need
happyness of the internet chatrooms and that i can be myself and get on in
this world and be proud of it! Im 14 now and my life is beggining and i
love it ..so everyone out there..dont rely on chat to make you happy it
will only bring you down in the long run....get out there!! love a
happylilaussiechick xo Hello Katie... First i
want to apology for my following mistakes...but i only learn english at
school. today i was in a bookshop and i found your book in german...but i
was too afraid to buy it, because i´m 18 and i get to know my first
boyfriend in a chat, and our realtionship about 5 months was made out of
lies. He had a girlfriend since 6 years, and me too....but only for 5
months. One day his girlfriend call me....and explained the truth to
me...and my nice world was damaged in only a few minutes.
But....today....i was too afraid to buy your book because i was too afraid
that i never could trust someone in a chat....but i think that tommorow i
will buy it...it would be better so... yours sabrina I never read your book. I
got here through katie.com. You really pulled a filthy trick on her, you
know? You really make me sick. How would you react if someone wrote a book
about a girl that is into kinky sex and name it "katiet.com"? Perhaps you
have a good book, but you are either stupid or egoistic not to consider
the feelings of katie.com's owner. I have been reading this
book it is very good I felt the same way I liked the the my famliy I
always wanted to have a perfect famliy but I don't think that will happen
are you going to write another. I think you are a great writer how did it
feel when you wrote it. I'm 17 about to be 18. I will recomend this to the
other teenagers that I know. I started reading your
book two hours ago and I just finished. Wow. Personally, I've met two
people from the Internet in real life, a girl I'd known for 2 years and a
guy I'd been talking to for over a year. My experience with them was
great, because I knew that they were "for real", they hadn't lied about
their age, appearance or anything like that, but I was still really
nervous about meeting them... I actually had an online relationship that
lasted for about 8 months, we talked endlessly, I got to know his entire
family, but things just didn't work out, the distance was too great.. That
was sort of too bad though. Well, I just wanna say I can sort of relate to
your experience, but not quite, great book, keep writing :) i read your story, but i
changed you last name to smith, cos i couldnt pronounce tarbox. is it
pronounced like it is spelt? i too, like everyone else went to katie.com,
and all i saw was this chick, complaining about her life or something, and
i thought it was you. anyhow, just appoligise, and sort it out. Very impressive. You did a
really great job on both website and book. And everyone that continues to
critize you and your book need to shut the hell up! For one thing, as I'm
filling out your guestbook I laugh, because the form data for your
guestbook itself could give any "cybercreep" an opportunity to hunt me
down. City, state? Are you a cybercreep, too, since your guestbook asks
for my information? :p I know this isn't true, and I know that you ask for
these things because they're fairly standard requests from a guestbook
entry, but please see my point. I like talking on the internet just as
much as the next person, but if I run to someone named "Fakename" (for an
example) and all I ever know of them is what we discuss (which must never,
ever come to anything personal about them, which pretty much leaves out
everything they know), we won't talk much, and it'll get pretty annoying,
too. If I'm not going to get to know you, why bother to talk to you at
all? Life's too short for people who will never be able to be your
friends. :\ I'm 19 years old. I've been on the internet for a good 5 years
now, and I've been hearing the "don't meet people offline" speeches for
quite a while. I had a good handful of internet boyfriends, all of which
luckily WERE the ages they said they were; one was 21 when I was 16, but
he wasn't a creep - I was a smart kid, and he saw past my age. He wasn't a
slimy jerk who wanted to get in my pants. He flew down to see me perform
in a football game when I was on the dance team, and afterwards we were
only able to hang out for a few minutes on my front porch (after he went
by himself and bought us ice cream) before my father yelled at him and
told him he never wanted to see his face again. I cried, not because we
were SO in love or SO misunderstood, but because for a kind-hearted person
like Jeremy to be accused of being a slimeball pervert really must have
hurt him a lot. He only wanted my father to like him, but because of his
age that would NEVER happen, even if he WAS the nicest guy I've ever
known. We're still friends, and he's married now with a child. I cared
about him a great deal, but just because I was 5 years younger than him
did NOT make him a predator the way my father or you or any other person
would have most teenage girls believe. The point has been made to me that
if a guy is that much older than a girl, he really can't have much else on
his mind, and it ISN'T true in the least. It's up to each person to not be
naive, and to make safe judgements about people they meet on the Internet.
I was protected because I had my parents around... or I would ask my best
friend to be with me at all times. It's called "being smart", and it's not
that hard. :\ Now that I'm done with that schpiel, allow me to say two
things: first off, I think you're enjoying your fame and the money you're
making from your book(s) just a little too much. This all started out from
a good cause, but now it seems very ...convenient. Your description at the
beginning of the book of how good life was in Connecticut really put me
off. In your next book, consider how many less fortunate girls do NOT
associate with owning clothes from the Gap, having both parents with good
jobs... or even having both parents at all. You want to grab people, not
turn them away. Your "I was so rich" BS really keeps people from
associating with you on a personal level. The second thing is, and yes,
you've heard it before - choosing katie.com for the title of your book was
wrong. I think that's all I need to say, because you've already heard from
lots of other people why this is so. That's all. :\ I've put down my email
address and URL if you wish to contact me. -Mandy Clark I think it is appalling
the way you are brushing off the way you and Penguin have harmed Katie
Jones and her site. You are obviously uncaring about the way you ruined
Katie's page, and hurt her feelings by ignoring her requests for an
apology. Because you are a person who has been hurt before, i thought you
would have sympathy for another hurting individual, obviously you do not,
and are not apologetic for your rude and extremely disrespectful
actions. hi katie.i just wanted to
tell you how much i loved your book.i could rlate because im thirteen
years old and different from the rest.i'm sorry that jerk frank messe your
life up .i feel sorry for him too.as for mark ,i can understand why you
loved him.he was smart.thank-you for sharing that wonderful book with
us.B-) Hi, Katie. I hold a lot of
respect for you. You just wanted to name your book something to do with
the book! Katie.com is nifty. Katie Jones seems nice, but she didn't write
the book, so she shouldn't diss it! I'm in the middle of "Him." When the
coach throws the chair in the water! hey katie! i really love
your book it has inspired me to write my own personal stories i soo
totally know what u went through it happend to me before and its happening
now i cant wait for ur second book! my counselor told me about ur book and
i immeadiately went to go buy it and i read it the first nite i was
crying!! but thanks you have been a blessing!! Naming your book katie.com
was the most irresponsible thing I have seen in a long time. Did you even
look at the site before you ruined that poor ladies life. What makes you a
good person by dragging somebody else in with your problems. People like
you make me sick. very interesting
book I loved your book and have
sympathy for your family and you. I need your picture for a book report
and can't find it. Needed by this wendsday. Love a fellow reader Hey!I like the begginging
of your book so far. Its grreat. I think that mark or whoever he is should
have been locked up in prison for longer than 18 months. He is still able
to molest teens. I think they should throw him in prison and throw the key
away. He is a heartless person who needs to be taught a lesson. I'm glad
that u decided to write a book about it. Its very good. hi there. i was drawn to
your book because my name is katie to . i haven't read the whole thing
yet, but it is very interesting so far. Dear Katie, It was a
really good thing to write that book. It's true that you never really know
with who you are chatting. Your book makes people aware of that. Good
thing!! I heard you are also writing a second book. Good luck with that I
hope it will be even as good as katie.com Love, Annelies I have not read your book,
but I work ata bookstore and have seen it on the shelf. Like many others
who have seen the book, I was interested in what might be at the actual
katie.com website. After reading the comments posted by the OWNER of that
domain name, I find it apalling that you could be so uncaring as to steal
her domain name for the titla of your book when YOU HAVE ONE OF YOUR OWN.
I stand by her side on the issue. You have demonstrated a complete lack of
respect for her privacy. Katie, I'd like to say
that this is by far the best book that I have read, (willingly) in a long
time. Your book serves as a guide to what the Internet also has to offer
and I'd like to thank you for sharing your story with us. Yours Truly,
Shantel Hi Im From Germany and I
find the Book very good .Please mail me You're gr8, and I know
you're good for many ppl in the world!! ~XXX~ Nina Katie, after reading your
book I realize what one of my friends went through. She met him on a phone
chat line, but there are a lot of simialraties. He is now in jail, but she
still wants to see him, it's hard to tell her it's not a good idea and I'm
not sure what to do. Your book helped me to understand I still have to be
there for her though. I am reading the book
now....and it is great! This is like the fastest book i ever read...i am
getting so into..i am now being careful of who i talk too... Dein Buch spricht mir aus
der Seele. Ich bin zwar erst 6.Klasse aber ich habe auch Probleme mit
meinem Syling nämlich mit meinen Haaren.Auch ich gehe gern in Chatrooms
und chatte mit anderen Leuten.Kurz gesagt dein Buch ist perfekt. WOW!! I can not believe
what you went through. I am amazed that you were able to share with the
whole world what happened to you. You defianatly made a difference in my
life. I haven't been in a chat room scince I read your book!! ~Katie, Even though your
book was excellent, I feel incredibly sorry for you, what with
Mark/Francis. I think you were incredibly brave to stand up for
yourself!:) Hallo Ich bin eine
wahnsinnige Leseratte, und habe wahrscheinlich schon mehr gelesen als die
meisten aus meiner Schulklasse. Aber dein Buch war eines der besten. Das
meine ich nicht einfach nur so, sondern wirklich ernst. Ich habe beim
Lesen deiner Geschichte, sie sozusagen direkt vor Augen gesehen. Jetzt
werde ich noch diese Woche ein Referat über dein Buch halten und ich werde
jedem empfehlen es zu lesen. Deine Janina Hey im sry bout wut
happened w/ u and mark. Im me if u ever want to talk ok bye. The book was really good,
but I'm sorry you went through taht. Katie- I read the first
two chapters and from what I've read, I am anxious to read more. I admire
you for sharing your story with the world. Keep working hard and I am
looking forward to reading the rest of your book. Hi Katie, I just wanted to
say that your book is very good. you also wrote on the front page, you are
writing a new book. When do you think it will be published? You can mail
me if you want. xxxies Myrthe Great site! Keep the
updates coming! Super book i enjoyed it
very much .be as you are !!!! Katie, Thank you for
sharing your experience with the world. I found your book by chance at a
bookshop in a town that ive never been to before, and the price was
reduced, and, because i was travelling with my parents, i wanted a book to
read, so i bought yours. Im reading it again for the second time, because
its a really good book. Hopefully, your book will teach people who use the
internet to be careful when giving out personal information. Im sorry that
you had to go through your horrible experience, but, your book will help
others and, hopefully, prevent such things happening again. I dont know
how someone could be so brave. Hayley Katie, hey. i really think
that you did the right thing. i also hope that you are happy to know that
i am spreading the word about your wonderful story. i am using your
article from twist magazing from June of 2000. we have to name a modern
day odysseus. I chose you. You are a hero to many girls out there who talk
on the net. You gave me the courage to say what i think is right on the
net. you went throught many things and you are still alive. I thank you
for standing up to what you wanted.well, i guess that i will go. thank you
SO much, Nicole Hillyard I THINK THAT YOU ARE VERY
BRAVE AND THE HORRIBLE PEOPLE THET WRITE ALL THEM HORRIBLE COMMENTS TO YOU
ARE ONLY JEALOUS OF THE SUCCESS THAT YOUR BOOK HAS BROUGHT YOU. STAY SAFE
KATIE XXX I like your book very
much! It's one of my favourite books. Keep on going! Pleau it´s a very good book! i
know that jou didn't now german but:ich hatte auch einen Freund genauso
wie du!ich hab ihm vertraut da mein vater immer weg war. mir hat dein buch
richtig gut getan um meine augen zu öfnnen. ich danke dir katie Its a very interesting
book, i just wanted to let people know if you buy books or anything online
you should go to http://www.topsmedia.com they have coupon codes to all
the major online sites. Hi Katie !!! I want to say
your book is VERY VERY good, too !!! I ' m from Germany and I feel like
you !!! Now, six words in german ... : Herzlichen Glückwunsch zu diesem
wundervollen Buch !!! 1000 Kisses Katie, this is a cool
site!! Keep it up!!! Wow Katie...all I'm going
to say is I read throught like, you're entire guestbook and just, You
can't help noticing all the comments about Katie Jones. I actually didn't
come across your site, or had no idea of the exsistance of your book until
I had been to Katie Jones's (Katie.com) I was just simply typing my own
name (Katie) and seeing what came up, which (I sure hope you know by now)
is the domain name owed by Katie Jones. I was interesed in this dispute
and decided to check ouy your site as well. I'm not saying either one of
you is right or wrong, you probably should have checked the domain name
before you published your book (A mistake, even the best of us make those)
and Katie Jones may be making a mountain out of a molehill (but she's
angry, and anger can be very blinding, also to the best of us) I wish you
the very best in life, and just remember that the best of us fall down and
scape our knees sometimes, but that's how you learn to ride the bike,
isn't it? -Kit P.S. I have every intention of reading your book and I hope
that when I do I can come back your site and add a little more insight to
it... I want to say that you're
book is very good. I think it will people help with there problems. I
think you're very strong, to write about you're live. I wish you very luck
in the rest of your live Greetings annelien. Great Site... great and cool site Well, I've just been
reading some of the comments people have left in this guestbook - guys,
grow up; Katie, ignore them. Everything that's in your book is valid and
important, because it's *your* life, *your* experiences, and if someone
doesn't want to read about it, no one's forcing them. What you went
through was traumatic and don't let anyone tell you that it's unimportant
or irrelevant compared to anyone else. Anyway, that was all I wanted to
say. Bye. :) Hi, Katie. I just read
Katie.com today and loved it. Not only was it honest as far as the Mark
thing went, but it was brilliant at describing the other aspects to your
life, and is worth reading as an insight into the teenage mind, if nothing
else. What happened to you was terrible, particularly the consequences,
and I hope that you're doing okay now, and continuing to write. :) I haven't read Katie's
book yet, but I think that it brought awareness to a taboo topic. No
person whatsover has a right to invade another person's private space, do
her any kind of harm, molest her in any way, abuse her, physically or
emotionally. Nothing, nothing justifies that kind of behaviour. Not
between two adults, and even less between an adult and a child or
teenager. Adults that take advantage of a minor's need for being loved and
accepted like they are, are simply perverts and criminals. Maybe Katie was
naive. Does that give her molestor the right to do what he did? Of course
not! He was an adult, he knew that it was wrong to do, he was consciously
lying and covering his true identity. Every person has a right to feel
safe. And I'm aware that there are many different reasons why people don't
feel safe in this world. So, maybe we should all be more alert about Cyber
safety, for our children and also for adults. If you want information how
to protect your children, of if you're a youngster and need some advice on
how to deal with people online, please visit the website of iSafe America.
Thanks! great and cool site ok, I think that what
happened to Katie deff. sucked, but what she is doing to Katie Jones is
just as bad. It was her own fault for even getting into a chatroom, and
then to agree to meet him somewhere. Whoever said she is a rolemodel for
AOL users is on drugs. Did you not read the book? She was sooooo stupid to
do that! Even my ten year old neighbors know not to talk to people they
don't know online. You don't just agree to meet someone you "met" online.
Even if they send you their picture, you can't be 100% sure it is really
them. It you have a digital camera and a scanner it's not hard to become
someone else on the internet by taking someone else's picture and scanning
it and sending it. Anyway, I think Katie was really dumb and she got what
she deserved. And I also think that she was milking it for all it was
worth. Very well written book. i do see where this can
happen, i did meet a man on line who wasnt so sincere but shortly after
idid meet the man who became my husband. I teach my children that not all
people on line are sick but as in real life some are and i teach them to
never ever be ashamed of anyone they might like. if they meet them online
thats ok, as long as we are involved and its not secret. They are cool
with this. i too have been raped and feel for you, people tend to minimise
it when they dont understand. i also feel you do owe something to the real
katie.com Much like my Daughter she
is now 13 but still cool katie im reading ur book
and i feel sry for u and all thoose people who r saying nasty and mean
stuff can kiss my a$$!!! If they have a problem with i dont know y there r
here! im a swimmer too and sometimes i go to swim practice up to 8 times a
week so i feel ur pain with the coaches and stuff! and i hope that all the
people who r being jerks on this site have the same thing happen to them
that happened to u but worse!!!! email me so we can talk!! hey anyone who feels sorry
for Katie Jones is a muppet. That women is a selfish powerfreak and a drug
addict likes sticking her head in buckets of dope when having parties with
her chat hosts. If you want to see what kind of site she is running then
take a look at www.ukchat.com and go in some of the rooms especially the
teen rooms then tell me you would want your own teenagers in there!! katie
Jones is insignificant shes only a vicitm of her own power freaking
ways.No wonder she was upset at her site name being used because it
pointed in the face of things what she actually promotes ! as far as being
respected on the internet I think not!! katie Jones.!!!!!! Hey, Katie!! I think that
your book was really great! After reading it I think twice about who I get
involed with on chats. All I have to say is keep up the good work, and
your books makes all the diffrence!!! I must admit it is an
awesome site!My best wishes to you all! Peace! Hi Katie! I think your
book ws really good! I couldn't put it down! Keep up the good work! Katie. I give you a lot of
credit for writing your book. I don't know why people are giving you so
much crap about it. I wish you all the best of luck in life. This was interesting. I
really enjoyed it! Hey katie, I'm a 13yr and
have almost finished your book. Its a great book! I think it is horrible
how some ppl are writing in mean notes! SO STOP IT! Katie, i just got done
reading your wonderful book about 2- minutes ago i just couldn't put it
down...Even thought i dont know i feel like i was right with you when all
of this was happening... (Your writting skills are very excellent)Its
amazing that i see all of this happening and i dont think that it would
ever happen to me, and here some one my age ,13, its happening to! You are
os brave for writting this book and speaking up so other people wont make
the same choices as you did. I admire everything you did, even when you
knew you needed help you went out and got it, you did something about it
because you really cared about yourself and others. -Katie, 13 I was sexual harresed last
year at my school. So I really related to your book. It is an inspriation
to me. Thank you so much for this book. I agree with Justcallme
Pedo!! Not to mention why would you tell someone to leave their address???
You were Harassed not raped or anything else (maybe touched) You don't
know what it is liked being raped!!! I am 21 now, I was raped by someone I
knew which is ALOT more tramatizing!!!!!! I think you and publishing
company owe Katie Jones a real and public apology for what you did for her
business and her life!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You people make me sick for
praising Katie T.!!! Dear Katie, I must have
finished your book not even 10 minutes ago. One day, on an instant
messanger, I came across a boy. Little did I know this boy would soon
become, not only my best friend, but my real life boyfriend. After
chatting for 2 years online, talking on the phone, exchanging emails,
photos, and snail mail we met. I adore him, and wouldn't change anything
about our past. Not even the fact that I met him in an internet chat room.
He is the love of my life and we are planning to get married very soon.
Although, I do understand there are some huge risks with meeting people
online, not everyone is bad. But you are correct in the idea of people
being careful of who they are talking to, don't trust just anyone. The
internet and screen names can be a huge mask to reality. Some people over
look this. Thank you for sharing your true story with other girls and
boys, parents and teachers. I'm sure it will make some think twice.
Hello from Alabama! Your
site is very interesting! Keep up the good job. :-) Hi @ll, Dear Katie, I
think you wrote areally great AND informative book.You have been very
brave. Many (I think most)people don't think, that in the internet are
people doing bad things. The internet is anonym. Noone is able to know who
you are.And some people use this to practise the things they think of. And
you couldn't do anything.'Cause IF there are people like that, they wont
tell you the truth about there age , name, etc.They will lie. Katie, you
opened our eyes . Thank you for doing that. Love Corinna PS: I would be
very happy, if I get a e-mail of anyone and esspecially from you ,
Katie.(I'll answer. of course) hi i really really love
this book and i hope to rread thie the next book as soon as it comes out.
it is a great book. from samantha Hi there! I just bumped
into your site, and I kind of enjoyed it. Keep it up! :-) Au
revoir! Take care! Hi I'm 13 n' i really love
the book. i just started it, but i'm a big reader and i know when i 'm
gonna like something. i hope u keep going with em' like the way u r. love
it I love your book!!! Im a
slow reader but I was so into it that I read it in less then two days! The
people that were saying bad thing about it are rude and concited. The
rumors that people started about you in your school were wrong, and
shouldn't jump to conclusions. I really admirer you for putting up with
the pain that Frank caused you. You inspire me to take a stand againts
crimes that effectes every one. Thank you for sharing you're story. I think you guys are
great! Excellent site. Thanks ~
Christina Mendez just thought i'd say
hi HI! Katie Im 14, and now
I'm starting reading your book. Our librarian told me that your book is
good, so I borrow it. I think our librarian is right, I'ts good. If I
finished your book I will go to your guest book again. Bye! I just started to read
your book and i'm starting to like it. But i want to know what your Other
book is called.Can you email me back about that book .Or if anyone see's
this can they respond back to me . (by email only) Hi, just why did you use a
domain name for title that is not your own? I guess that does injustice to
the real katie.com, no? You might be surprised to
get an email from someone so far from where you live. i loved your book
and i really hope that u are doing well in life now that everything is
over. it is a book that i dont think i will forget in a hurry full of
information that could help the teens of today using the chat rooms i a
vast, fast growing, social thing to do. I am 15 and have tried writting
books before your brought a lot of inspiration to write about true rather
that fake stories. You are a great girl inside and dont let anyone think
otherwise, you are going to be someone i really look up 2.
WELDONE!!:) Hey Katie,i am just turned
20 from dublin Ireland and thought your book was superb,i enjoyed reading
it alot it opened my eyes to a few things,How are you doing now?I dont
know if you still interested in talking to people online but i would love
to ask you a few questions if you were available,Thanks,John dear Katie and everyone
else. I was in a similar situation. It wasn't through a chat. I actually
knew the guy, and he took three years fo my life, with all of what
happened and the court case. Sorry for anyone who has to experience this,
and thankyou, Katie, for writing your feelings. I know many who can relate
to them, including myself. Katie, you should have
just title your book girl.com, and not traumatized the REAL owner of
Katie.com. why didn't you title your book KatieT.com atleast This was a great book. I
like the books that give you useful information nowadays! Thanks
Katie! Hello! I`m from Norway and
I red the book: Katie.com I't was interesting. I love to read. I have
never met a person from internett. I just wanted to write a comments. And
to all you gays with problems out there: It will be okey. I just finished reading
your book, I e-mailed you also, your book has been one of the best books
I've read, and your so young. I love writing and I'm working on my own
book now but its just nice to know that teens can do great stuff and get
it out there, ya know? Hi! I readed your book.
It´s very good. Sorry, I can´t speak very good English... I find your book
"Katie.com" very great! It´s fantastic! So I´m carefuller at Chats. How
old are you now? Please give me an answer to my mail-adress! cu
Katja I really enjoyed reading
your book and am glad that you were able and willing to let people her
about your bad choice. I have always been leary about chat rooms. I was in
a chat room when I was 16 years old. Some guy (or so as I thought) asked
me if I wanted to have cyber sex! I didn't know if he was able to find out
where I lived so I logged off and didn't get back on for weeks! Hope that
you really touched a lot of people's lives with your story. Desiree Hi Katie!I saw your book
in a german magazin and it was written that your book has come out only in
English speak.I was a little sad,caus I was very intereste´d in your story
and my English is not sooooooo fanatstic.It was the first or secound
year,that I was teached in English and now the beginning of the third
year.And yesterday I went to a book-business and saw by chance your book!I
was so happy and surprised.And I sat down on a chair for little childs and
read the whole book!It was very exiting and I coul understand it so
well,even if I got annoyed about the foolishness and holding back of the
people,who didn´t want to underszand it and partially unsocially
behaved-so,so I felt-this found me:I hope you can understand my English...
With many greetings Nurith(14) Hello Katie! I read your
book and I find it super! Its so wundervoll sad....But its a really
story.I came from Germany.Your homepage I don't no can read.But your book
and its really good. Bye Bye,sandy from Germany IK checked the book out
from my library and all I can say is omigosh! It is sad how things like
this happen. I have met someone on the internet before and it ended up
being great however....this book makes you think twice b4 you do
something...I give kudos to your courage to write an awful experience like
this though! Dear Katie! My name is
Sunny and I came from Germany.Sorry,I don't can good english.Your book is
in germany,too.I read your book now.Its super! Mark is silly.I love your
story because it is true.Do you still swimming? kisses to
you,karen,ashley,carrie,abby your parents,grand-parents,and and and.Mark
is really silly!internet is funny but danger,too.Sorry,I don't good can
english.I'm from Germany.My friends read your book,too.They find it
fantastic,too. Bye Bye yours Sunny OMG I've started your
book!!! Your an amazing writer! I love the book!!!!!! Please write another
one!!!!! Very nice site! Your site
is interesting! Good job! Your site is
great!Very Good Site! Thank you so much for
writing this book and showing me the real dangers, i nearly fell into the
same situation with a guy on-line! WOW.. katie.. i love this
book so much.. i am so happy that you wrote this and ventalated your
thoughts on it... it is such wonderful writing.. i am sorry of all that
happened with "Mark" and you and your entire family.. take care and god
bless!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *~Clifford Jones~* Don't you feel that what
you and your publisher are doing is as exploitative as the subject matter
of your book. I sympathise with Katie Jones for her ordeal. I got a girlfriend with
the same name as u how cool is that I never read the book, i
intend to though. And when i went to Katie.com, i was looking for the
website of this book. But what i found was a statement saying that a book
as strong as this one probably is was unfair with someone. I hope next
time i sign this guestbook, i can make comments on the book, and say i'm
proud that the mistakes about the mistakes made with Katie Jones are
fixed. sigh Wow. What an increadible
testimony of courage. From one survivor to another I think it is important
for us to educate those who continue to blame the victim and say "I would
of" "you should of"... I am convinced that people can hurt our bodies, our
minds, but they can not rob of us of our spirit and our soul. Honored to
connect with you. Wendy Katie, first of all I have
to say that I took your book to Africa to read and another 3 people read
the book as well. We are all in our late 20's, early 30's and we just to
want to say how much we admire your courage in writing the book, and the
sympathy we want to give you due to the disgraceful way your friends and
family supported you. I am sure you are a stronger person now and we wish
you good luck with your future ahead. Take care. 4 Kiwi Girls Hey katie, i think it is
really important to put thouse things like ways to use the internet and
stuff in the book. hey well i am reading your book now and i think it is a
really good book . bye loves ya Hey Katie, i just finished
reading your book. I think it is great and would like to say you are a
very dedicated and talented writer. Your story was extremely sad and I
would like to say I do feel sorry for you and am glad you kept your life
on track after all this man did to you. Good Luck in the future <3
Jessica ur book was very well
written. as a swimmer myself, i enjoyed when u talked about it in the
story. it is a shame you quit. i really like ur book i
think uit was a good idea for u to start writing ur 2nd book i really
liked it or what part i read cause i can relate it cause i'm 14 & can
remember what my parnets were like when i 1st got on the internet they
really didn't like it but then they got over it and now my mom spends more
time on it then i do Do you read this
guestbook? As a web designer - I find it very annoying to have to scroll
down like that - should break it up into sections. Anyway --- I have to
say - deal with the "Katie.com" issue - it is not doing you any good!
Haven't read your book but have heard great things. i think you've all got it
wrong. you keep going on about how wonderful the book was, like it was
some great story or something. hel-lo! it's real, as in, it actually
happened. it's not some great work of art that you're praising. it's a
true story, and it could have happened to anyone. so stop writing 'it was
a great book' 'i thoughorly enjoyed that' becos you've got the wrong idea.
the book was quite a shock
to me, to think that something like that could actually happen. suddenly i
knew why my mum has always been so insistent that i don't give out my
identity. (so i'd just like to apologise to anyone i may have talked to,
if i told them i was from the moon or anything) hi katie! i just want to
thank you so mutch..... my mom was in the bok-store and she was looking at
books for me! i realy dont like to read! and my spear time often goes up
by surfing on the web! mom both your book on friday and i startet to read
it on saturday and by sunday i was finished! i have many friends ower the
web and there is this guy that wanted to meet me on monday i said yes and
i was looking forward to meet him! but then i made up my mind and said now
becouse i fainely understand that its a big danger to take a risk like
that! im 13 years and i live in norway! and i realy felt that i had the
same feelings as you in the book! i think your book was totaly cool and
very intresting! Hey. good book, man u have
been through heaps. yeah some rooms on the net can be quite dogey, aye? i
was talking to a 13 year old girl the other day but i found out he was
actully a 25 year-old guy. but i told my mum and stuff so now its all
good. hi katie! i was really
interested in the internet and chat rooms. i didnt tell my parents i went
2 the rooms, but they found out and were very angry. they then bought me
ur book. i'm really glad i read it. even though everybody told me there
were people like 'mark' out there, i secretly thought there couldnt
actually be anyone like that. i'm so glad i read ur book, now i understand
there are people that horrible out there. i think it was really brave of u
2 tell everyone ur terrrible experience, and i can tell u that u
definitely have saved people going thru what you went thru. well done 4
being so brave, and i'm very happy 4 u that u got ur life 2gether again-u
r very strong. well done. thank you. xx Thanks for maintaining and
providing this website. Keep up the good work. i see we r all still
moaning, groaning and argueing. with a few individuals in between. so
funny to watch. I loved your book and that
I am very sorry for you and all you have been through. It is all very
true. Your Friend Hey Katie. Your book is
great. A few month ago, I want to met somebody from the Internet, but my
parents were angainst that. I was very angry. But when I read your book, I
was happy that I don´t go to the meeting. Yours Uli hi katie!! well, first:
i'm from germany and i'm only 12 years old, so my english isn't very good
yet. don't lough, when you read some wrong words!! i buied your book 2
days ago and i'm already finish! i have learned a lot. now i know, the
internet isn't only a playground to have fun. there are a lot of things,
wich can be dangerous, and i think, i'm not the onliest person, who didn't
know anything about that bevore! what happened to you is terrible, and
when i read KATIE.COM, i was absolutly shocked! but you have made
something great and i want to tell you that. BYE!! Hi,Katie! I' a fan of you
and I love your boock. It was a present fro m girlfriend at my birthday.
Now are 3 days after my birthday and I'm in the mittel of the boock!I love
it,because it's like me!(I'm 13 years old) Please send me a Mail,when
you've got time!!! Love,Ronja. Hi Katie. I haven't read
your book but i am going to check it out at the library. I feel so sorry
for you for many reasons. What " Mark" did to you was so terribly wrong.
Nothing like that should ever happen to anyone ever again. but
unfortunitly it will. Thank u so much for putting the word out. i feel as
if it will help young girls realize how dangerous the web really is. I
went through a simular experience as well. Another reason why I feel sorry
is because Katie Jones is all angery at you for I am sure accidently
titling ur book Katie.com and taking her domain name. but Katie Jones:
When u titled ur website, didn't you take time to realize that there are
alot of people with the name Katie?? YOU should of titled YOUR site
Katiej.com. sorry Katie jones. I have nothing against you, either. and
those people in your guestbook saying bad stuff about you is probably not
helping you either. although it was amistake for you to go in the
hotelroom with him, It was definitly NOT your fault. And Mike and other
critising people: Look up the word empathy. If something happened to you
that is simular to Katie's terrible experience, God forbid, you would hope
people would show empathy on your behalf. well, good luck in the future
Katie. hey katie, stacie here. i
commented a while ago and i wud just like to say, now that i have read
your book, that i am still very proud of you even though we have never
met. i have to have a book in my locker to read if i run out of things to
do in my english lesson and i picked Katie.com to read. i luv ur book and
hello??? what is with every1 dissin katie??? katie is so kool and u dont
even see it! growing up the way she did mustve been so hard and with the
added pressure of mark/frank it mustve been unbearable. dont worry katie
me and all my friends who have read the book are right behind you. things
happened to my mother when she was a child and i feel so sickened by these
things. all those peadophiles and molesters out there i have a message for
yall: i loathe each and every one of u freaks and if u ever come near me
or anyone i know i'll stick my foot so far up ur ass ull be sucking on my
toes for a month! ok i have to go but i wish every bit of luck to katie in
her life and i hope she can continue to pull thru her ordeal and good luck
to carrie, her younger sister, who is i believe about my age just now.
about 14. ok im really leaving. good luck katie tarbox - oh and the site
thing - im still not getting in this debate. g2g lotza luv Stace
xxxx I just finished reading
your book and I wanted to congratulate you on a fine piece of work. I
thought it was beautifully written and I am happy to say that I have
learned something from it as well. I will now think more cautiously about
the info. I give out on the internet. Thatk You. Hi Katie , I´m from
Germany , and I have read your book. My stepmother had gave me this book
to my birthday ,(I can´t speak english very good). So , I´m on page 155 of
yozr book , but now I think , its a terrible experience for you. I can
understand you . I can understand how you feel in this time. I often go in
chatrooms , but now I´m a little bit scared of chatrooms . Your book is
the best book , what I know. CU , Vani I feel it is highly
inappropriate to name your book after someone else's domain name - you are
trying to make people aware of aspects of the web, but have no respect for
other aspects of it - never read the book, but I've read the comments at
katie.com Learn how we can stop
fueling ignorance simply by speaking out about issues that have until now
been talked about in whispers, because some things are NOT better left
unsaid. Very wonderful book, I
finished it in one sitting! I also had a pedophile after me, but I was 12.
Very upsetting experience. Your book was wonderful. I hope to be about to
read the next! After reading the info on
www.katie.com, I decided to come to your site. I didn't think that it was
a real problem to name your book that, until i realized that you A) have
your own site and B) you were going to name it girl.com, but then
discovered that this site was a pornography site. I'm sure you're book has
helped many, and I'm sorry for what you went through, but you should
appologize to katie from katie.com!!! nightynight! HAPPENS Your book is really very
interesting - and it's really shocking. I would never have guessed that
the internet entails dangers like your fate. I myself have never met a
person I got to know in the Internet. But a friend of mine got to know a
girl in America via the Internet and visited her. He said that she was his
girlfriend later. I thought that was really unrealistic. I really like
your book - It's well written and full of tension. Chris I have just started to
read your book, and i will say: It is fantastic, so i will thank for a
great book! And Katie?! mail me(`/`) ,-, HI katie ich habe dein
buch gelesen und über das was du schreibst habe ich nachegedacht.ich habe
lange zeit gechattet und habe mich dort auch verliebt.doch wie du schon in
deinem buch schreibst stimmt nicht alles was die leute im chat sagen.ich
hab herausgefunden das mein "freund" ein absolutes miststück ist.ich habe
jetzt aufgehört zu chatten,denn ich möchte nicht die ganze zeit angelogen
werden deine kathie Just surfed by.... i think that what happened
to u is terrible, but u r wrecking somebody else's life too! poor katie at
www.katie.com. u shouldnt have put ur name as that, becuz u r jeopardizing
her. u should fix what u did wrong and i know bad things happened to u but
now uve caused bad things to ahppen to another innocent person. u should
fix ur mistake. Dear Katie, I have just
finished reading your book - Katie.com. It was fantastic! I started
reading it 2 nights ago and i have already finished. it is/was one of
those books that you can't put down when you read it. I have the internet
at home and i am addicted to it. I chat all the time and meet people that
i think are fantastic. but after reading your book I have become more
weary of people i meet. You really are an insperation to me! You hung in
there when life was tough but in the end you pulled through! And that to
me in wonderfull. Your book is by far the best I have EVER read. I am
looking forward for the launch of your second book. Keep up the good work.
Hayley :o) Thank you for writing such
an informative book! I found out about you and
your story from a TWIST magazine. When I read it a realised that "yes
these things do happen!". I am MUCH more careful in chatrooms and i never
use my real name. You had so much bravery! I admire you for being such a
brave person in a situation like that. Because of your story i have come
to understand that the Internet is not really safe at all when you think
about it. Ich finde dein Buch echt
super!!Da ich selbst mich auf einen Chattypen eingelassen habe konnte ich
deine ersten Gefühle echt mitfühlen!!Aber irgendwie bin ich doch froh das
ich dein Buch erst gelesen habe nachdem ich meinen jetzigen Freund
kennengelrnt habe, den ich glaub wenn ich es vorher gelesen hätte, hätte
ich mich nie mit ihm getroffen!!Im nachhinein war es schon sehr
rücksichtlos und leichtsinnig mich darauf einzulassen!!Aber ich hab ja
glück gehabt!!Und deine Gefühle die du in dem Buch ausgedrückt hast halfen
mir total meinen Gefühlen gegenüber meinem chatfreund klar zu werden!!ICh
hätte auch nie gedacht das ich mich über das Netz verlieben könnte!!Ich
werd dein Buch auf jeden Fall weiter empfehlen den ich finde jeder der
chattet solte es gelesen haben!!Es ist wie eine Anleitung/Information für
den Chat!!das man ihn nicht nur von der Sonnenseite sieht sondern ihn auch
mal etwas skeptisch angeht!!Ich würde mich sehr freuen wenn du mir mal
mailen könntest weil ich mich wirklich oft in dir wieder gefunden habe was
so die Gefühle angeht und so!! Hello I am a girl from
Norway. I am 14 years old and I love to read, on my birthday I goted your
book Katie.com. And all I can say is that book have learnd my some thing
about internet that everybody should learn. For a half year ago I had an
boyfrend . I never met him befor I broke up. But my frend was in love with
his frend and then I met him at her plas. And tink I never will find a boy
that not nyse agenst my. I loved your book and hop many people reads it.
Love From Linda=) Great Site! This is just a
conversation that I would like to share with you all, just to know that
everyday you are dealing with a possible pedofile. When you get deffensive
with them, they back peddle very quickly as you will see here. Look, it
doesn't ready that bad, but he is worse over the phone, and I now don't
accept his calls or respond to his text messages. He has asked many
personal questions regarding my sex life and my relationship with my
boyfriend. He would like to meet up and get together. I know he had met a
30 year old lady onn yahoo. They talked on the phone and she got herself
off on the phone. He told me outright about it. I didn't know what he was
trying to acheive by telling me that, but then he asked if I ever done
that or masturbated over the phone. He asked if I would do it for him. I
told him to piss off and said that it was pretty persoal to ask and that
if that is what she was about then that says alot about her and him. He
back peddled so fast. He's a pedofile, he almost certainly goes about the
chatrooms picking up on girls. He's certainly dangerous. My boyfriend
knows about him and so do my parents. I certainly do not want to get raped
AGAIN by a 45 year old that I met on the net like I did not so long ago.
Have fun reading! Just so you know, this person has been traced by myself
with my prepaid telstra mobile. (Which is not tracable.) He knows my
mobile phone number and I have seen him use two numbers on my display; one
being a mobile and the other a NSW number. Both have been traced to PARKES
NSW and the mobile has been narrowed down to a telstra account (not
prepaid.) So this is what some of the convos can happen. Although I've had
WORSE. Cat me ce_1 him ce_1: sorry cat is pot i qwent for a feed while
puter was down loading cat: mewo ce_1: how r u? ce_1: ok i'm good ce_1:
and u? cat: I'm getting over tonsilitis apart from that I'm ok ce_1: u
look good lol cat: LOL, yeah? My hair looks like I've been in bed for a
week, I only started washing it three days ago ce_1: oh babe u have been
bad cat: I was sick thursday last week, well starting to feel icky. my
boss sent me home monday ce_1: is a lot off bugs getin about 'i was sick
last monday for a whole day' was dizzy and sick. hate being criook cat:
ditto. i've been home the whole week and I'm still coughing and sneezing
ce_1: sorry at best i'm sick for a day or 2 ce_1: more hung over ce_1: lol
cat: I'm hardly sick, buut I developed a blood disorder when I was 16 and
it was only disgoniised last year. when my b levels are down, my immune
system goes down ce_1: them things not good cat: and whatever I get hits
hard ce_1: ah let me know next time and i'll kiss u better cat: it's
pernicious anemia, I need vitamin b shoots very three months, but then
again that can change cat: shots ce_1: lol. brb need drink cat: I'll be
having this done for the rest of my life cat: ok ce_1: i'm back' is that a
major problem or just a pain? cat: needles suck and i have a serious
dislike towaards them ce_1: babe we all do cat: I have two options, arm or
ass ce_1: ass would be better? cat: for you or for me? ce_1: for u babe
cat: LOL. I don't think so, a bit of wishful thinking on your part ce_1:
can we get a little personal here? cat: >rolls eyes< ce_1: don't
know how good ur bod is but track marks would be better outa site on u
cat: I have both catalina_eugenie_amorez: stretch marks and arm scares
ce_1: how many kids? catalina_eugenie_amorezcatand the stretch maarks are
a puberty thing ce_1: sorry babe' my arm scares r from cigarette burns and
working cat: charming cat: cigarette burns cat: I have a scare on my thumb
and ring finger ce_1: called chicken when i was young ' u sit a lit smoke
between u and some elses arms' and let it burn untill some one chickens
out cat: yuck ce_1: u missing something? cat: the chicken game sounds
stupid. something that the dickheads my age never did. Maybe an Aussie
thing ce_1: it is when u get a bit older and look at what uv'e done cat:
still sounds stupid. It's deliberate, and its multilation. It actually
sick ce_1: hows ur magna going/? cat: LOL, changed the subject quick now.
cat: whats wrong Rod? ce_1: sorry babe puter or server stuffed up cat: ah
cat: neck hurts from sleeping in a funny position ce_1: hey cat how old r
u cat: 21 cat: thought u knew. how old did you think I was ce_1: sorry
prob did cat: ah ce_1: wish i was cat: why? ce_1: nice age' but i have
seen the best years ce_1: oh i could chase nice babes like u around''lol
cat: yeah, well I have along way to go before I reach 40 ce_1: 41 now cat:
well, I think if things continue going south with Ian I will go have a
very llong break from relationnships ce_1: but we get better with age cat:
yeah, suppose so ce_1: u having a bad time sweety cat: but I'm not really
interested in a long term or short term or anything if things go south
with Ian. I think I would concerntrate on my life catalina_eugenie_amorez:
health, career, all that. catalina_eugenie_amorez: rrelationships would be
the last thing on my mind ce_1: sorry to hear that' how about a mate
cruze_1: ? catalina_eugenie_amorez: I mean that has it's levels too cat:
friends with benefits or just friends. ce_1: life is built around friends
ce_1: what is a friend with benifits? cat: friends that do certain favors
for each other. ce_1: u wouldn't do sexual favours for a friend? cat: no.
it's much more complicated then that. when I was 14, my best friend who
was 13 use to, but she didn't go all the way ce_1: u mean girl on girl?
cat: 'no, girl guy visa versa. its was almost like playing doctor as a
kid, but your older than that and it's more phyiscal and exploriation
ce_1: so how old were u when u did? ce_1: u sound like me ce_1: lol cat:
what do you mean? I didn't have frends with benefits ce_1: forget this
benefits thing' how old were u when u lost ur virginity? cat: why are you
asking me this question? ce_1: cause i played doctor& nurses when i
was young cat: what has that got to do with the psychology of a child?
most small children do that ce_1: had to get u out of that bit of bother.
did it work? cat: what do you mean, you've lost me ce_1: see it worked''
lol ' so what is the weather like there? cat: Its dark outside ce_1: ha ha
very good ce_1: ok tell me what a sweet girl like u is wearing? cat: is it
really important to know? ce_1: not realy but is a question cat: daffy
duck slippers, jeans and a VERY heavy pull over ce_1: cute sounds bloody
cold jeans and a t shirt here' but i have been drinking so it is probaly
colder cat: ah ce_1: on a little bit. lol cat: I dont drink so it must be
cold ce_1: nah realy is not to cold cat: I'm thinking of something...
ce_1: hmm let me know cat: I think that I may get some ice cream for my
throat ce_1: U GOT A SORE THROAT BABE e_1: damn sorry cat: capps is a good
way to emphasis that ce_1: was sending a message to a bartender cat: yeah
yeah cat: cha cha cha, I was sending that to a spanish dancer ze_1: lol ok
hey cat what is ur email or do u bother about what u get? cat: sorry,
didn't get your message ce_1: what is ur email ' or do u not want to do
that? cat: just this screen name iwth @yahoo.com ce_1: i'll send u some
good email tomorrow' how about who wants to be a millionare? cat: All of
us do ce_1: ha ha I have read some of the
comments and i have problems with the people who sit there complaining
about how they think katie is a snob for writing a book and in it
explaining how the place she grew up in, is an afffluent area! This is of
great importance to the book as it explains how what she did can never be
forgived! so if you dont like it shut your mouth and deal with it!!!
thanks for your time! :p Hey KAtie , I just got
this book and it is awesome but not what he did to u and i hope he doens't
do that to anyone else in this life so if u can KAtie i need to talk to u
in private so canu please e-mail me Hi Katie, I just wanted to
say that I recently read your book over the summer and I can't believe how
strong you are. Thank you for being such a good role model for me and
everyone out there who uses AOL. Hi from france ! Terrific!! I read the book today at
work. What I like is the guestbook. Now this is fine entertainment right
here. The comments are hilarious. Keep up the good work, you bored people
out there! Im back... But i've been
reading through youe messages, and then it struck me, i ahve to apologise
and eat some of my own words. This happened to Katie, about 7-6 years ago,
then the interenet was NEW! i remeberd when it came out and we didnt have
it, the thougth never crosssed adults minds that it would be used for
something like this, so there were NO warnings no nothings, it was stil,
"Dont talk to strangers on the street" then... How can we blame her for
being stupid about this, when she was never told and never warned!!! THINK
ABOUT IT!! Im back... But i've been
reading through youe messages, and then it struck me, i ahve to apologise
and eat some of my own words. This happened to Katie, about 7-6 years ago,
then the interenet was NEW! I have 2 of my stories
there because in the first one(which appars 2nd now) i made a few spelling
mistakes which change the meaning of it, so i just want to say that the
one on top is the real one! What happened to you Katie
is unfair, and no man should be able to do this, and it wasnt even his
first time. But i have to agree with some people on this site. When your
thirteen your not dumb and the choice you WAS stupid. I am thirteen now
and i would never accept to meet someone over the internet, never. And
then i think aboutit another way, you felt like you knew him, that he was
your firend, and if i thought i was going down to a hotel room to visit my
friend, then i two would feel safe. I can see how you could so blinded by
"Mark" but then it still bewilders me that the descision you made was so
dumb. I can critsice you for i have never been through this and i hope i
never do, i dont even know if i would have the courage to write a book
about it, but i do think your an intelligent young woman, who made a
mistake and will have have to live with it for the rest of her
life. hi haydrensprigg you ask
how old she was well if you read it carefully it gives dates. i think she
is about 20 years old! i have to say she is a wonderful writter!! Cant
wait to read the next book she writes! i just want to say is thanks for
sharing your story with us katie and you spreading the world and others
then it will get though to people not to just trust someone just by how
nice they sound by just though the net!! your story has touch me alot and
i'm going to give the book to my younger sister thats 11 and uses the
internet as well! i'm truely sorry all this happen to you but i wish you
the best for the future ahead of you! but thanks again for sharing your
story with all of us! best of luck angela NC Dear Katie Tarbox..Your
story is a life lesson that does GOOD, you are helping people. I thank
you, who ever is spammin your guestbook needs to tell the women who is
complaining about your use of katie.com to chill...what real good as HER
site done to in lightin the world in a good way ?? Who cares about some
nobody and her life when she does nothing to better this world on her
website other than show off her boring life and family...to the owner of
katie.com..sell your domain name it wont kill ya!! I would in a heart beat
if it would do some good in this world besides doing no good at all.. Have
a good day ! I love your book. I read
it just in time. I was going to ask one of my online buddies to meet me
somewhere, but I decided not to because of your book! THank you and email
me sometime! Elizabeth ps please visit my site-Alice's Adventures in
Wonderland (www.expage.com/thecheshirekat) Great site! You need to take
responsibility and make amends to Katie Jones, the legitimate owner of the
domain name www.katie.com. The next reprint of your book should either be
titled www.katiet.com or you should make arrangements to purchase
www.katie.com from its owner, if the owner would like to sell. While your
intent may have been honorable, the result is that you've inadvertently
stolen something of value from an innocent bystander. Isn't your point
that misuse of the Internet can cause damage to innocent people? iboutght the book today
after much recommendation- do any of you katie.com fans know how old
katherine is becoz i wud like to know how long ago her experience bagn-
thanx I am currently undertaking
an English assignment on the vunerability of teenages and your book has
been a great help. Cheeers! I enjoyed the book and
appreciated its important message about trust and the dangerous tool we
use everyday- The Internet. Katie certainly went through a lot, and should
be praised for her courage. However, I did not think it was important to
add so much information about her afluent backgroud. While her family
information obviously is integral to the novel, I do not believe adding
proof of her wealth every other sentence is completely necessary. This
could happen to anyone, anywhere, regardless of their income or lifestyle.
However, I do commend Katie on her courage, and I did agree with a lot
that she said. The attitude her family and friends has initially was very
unfortunate- she was not to blame. Finally, I praise Katie for writing a
wonderful page-turner and opening the publics eyes to the dangers of kids
today :) I enjoyed your site! Thank
You! Hi, I haven't read your
book yet, but I came across this site and katie.com. I think that the
"katie" that owns Katie.com is a brat. And needs to quit complaining.
Things happen, and she needs to move on. You're book seems to have effect
on people so it must be good. Congats. Loved your book!
Respectfully, Doug I read your book
yesterday. I was glued to every page, every word about the trajic events
you went through. I read it in about an hour, and it scared me straight.
It affected me more than most holocaust stories because I can really
relate. Thanks for helping me understand that not everyone is someone you
can trust I totally love this site.
You guys rock! Um, excuse me mr.corey
person, but she should have checked before she wrote the book, and she
should be happy that Katie Jones isn't sueing her for emotional distress
etc. and I mean, SHE HAD PICTURES OF HER BABY ON THERE!!! Katie, I just read your
book in a day. i thought it was great. i actually live in a small city in
NC where a woman from upstate came down here to meet a guy and he ended up
killing her. the internet can be scary. i have talked to a guy online for
about 3 years, but now i cant even be sure he is who he says, i mean
pictures dont mean much. its very sad what happened to you. i wish you all
the luck in the world, and best wishes for the future. I just wanted to say
something else, those people who say that it was just upper class and j.
crew. You have to remember that Katie didn't choose where she lived, that
was her parents decision, not her's. And I don't think it is really fair
to tell her that she should have known better because if you think about
it, when that did happen to her things were at their beginning stages of
the internet and people were ignorant and there wasn't very many stories
out there to use as examples. Yes, it is partly her fault for being
ignorant, but you have to see things happen around you before you learn
something. That is the whole point of people having nerves, for pain. We
learn after something happens to us, not to do it again. And sometimes we
learn by others' examples, but when things are in their new stages we
don't have that luxury. Where were the parents? Well in her book it did
say that her parents were working..that isn't her fault that her parents
didn't take the time to care enough to watch in on their daughter or
step-daughter's life. So partly the people around her and Katie are to
blame. And last but not least the molester is to blame...those sick minded
people out there that prey on girls 13-14 or whatever, my age girls, are
just no good low lives..and girls and even guys who don't have the love
from parents and family, like Katie did look other places. So I don't
think either way you should be completely pitiful or just rude about it.
She's sharing her experience so that teenagers today don't make the same
mistake she did. And that is what I am grateful for...that things like
this are getting out in the public now. I thought the book was
really good. I saw alot of myself in you, at the beginning chapters, but
once I got to the part about the guy and you calling him and things, I was
kind of grossed out especially in the hotel part. I had to put the book
down. I'm hoping that with the beginning of school here and me being more
mature and able to handle it, I will try to finish the book. It just
freaked me out. I don't understand how your parents never found out
though. I had a guy that I met on the internet but he went to school in
the same town as me and he was a few years older and he called me all the
time and like the 10th time he called my mom asked why a guy with such a
deep voice was calling and that freaked me out, even though our situations
are different because alot of my friends know this guy. Alot of my friends
come from meeting them on MSN through other friends. Oh well. The book
confused me and what I believe is right and wrong on the internet. It did
make me think about things more though. And to be very careful about who
to trust. Thanks i finished this book two
days ago and i must say i'm stunned. i have the deepest sympathy for you,
katie, in what happened, but other than that i think you are a complete
and total narrow-minded idiot. from your veiws on middle-class being
quaint to the feelings of woe-is-me for being a size ten, i was in a state
of perpetual shock. you have got to be kidding me. i realized that you
have probably, aside from this one experience, lived the most sheltered
life known to man outside living in a tres posh CAVE but there comes a
point when ignorance such as yours is no longer the way you were raised,
but something you're striving to hold on to. do you watch nightly news? do
you see the millions of horrible things that happen everyday? do you
understand that those people, those victims of rape, molestation, arson,
murder, whatever are just as much of a person as you are, but there misery
will never be commemorated in a book? yeah, that was tragic that you were
such a mixed up kid. that you had to find a stranger online to love. but
your story is nowhere near as bad as millions of others. the whole thing
was carried out in a green haze of money and j. crew and none of it made
you the least bit sympathetic. you, ma'am are a royal idiot. i would
advise you to read "In Place of a Curse" by John Ciardi. i have very low
expectations that you'll understand it, but in the event you do, i suggest
you change your self-pitying mope. *robin* You shouldn't keep bragging about how rich or whatever New Caanan is because look what happened to you! If you had grown up in a middle class or just a safe ordinary town |