Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume is what I consider a necessary classic. The kind of insecurities and neuroses that only come in the middle school years need a literary counterpoint and Blume’s novel is it. Girls need to know they are normal*. As an adult reading Margaret, I need toContinue reading “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume”
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The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls by Anton DiSclafani
Not once did I ever have the privilege or pleasure of going to sleepaway camp. This simple fact, of course, means that I’ve romanticized this quintessential summer experience beyond all reason. Do I picture lazy days in the sun, lounging in the middle of the lake on a float, campfires, a little summer romance, andContinue reading “The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls by Anton DiSclafani”
The Elementals by Francesca Lia Block
The Elementals by Francesca Lia Block (in her adult fiction debut) weaves a compulsively readable, gothic-tinged mystery with a coming of age story. From Goodreads: From a star YA author Francesca Lia Block—an adult novel about a student, haunted by the disappearance of a friend, who must face the truth. The Elementals is on one level an intriguing coming-of-age novelContinue reading “The Elementals by Francesca Lia Block”
flannel and folklore 