The Weirdest of the Weird Books Gen-Xers bought at Waldenbooks Go Ask Alice (and Jay) about Satanic Panic If you are a Gen-Xer, at some point you probably ran across Go Ask Alice, with its mysterious cover and author, Anonymous. Go Ask Alice, published in the early 1970’s, is technically a Baby Boomer book. Jay’s …
Lessons in Chemistry is not the best book from a literary perspective, but the story is so engaging that you won’t care. It’s a kind of feminist fairy tale set in the early sixties. As readers, we can see how far we have come from the days that women were suspect for even wanting to …
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Jonathan Franzen’s Crossroads novel is also possibly the greatest name for a church youth groups I’ve ever heard. This is a subculture this man knows about. How many of us were a part of one, at least briefly? I remember it as being just as weird as author Franzen describes it, for just as many …
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The amazing story that is the basis for Lisa See’s amazing novels.
The people who write children’s literature are wilder than you ever imagined.
This post is part of a month long spotlight on the poet Rita Dove, which we are concluding, fittingly, with poems about aging. They are both included in her collection On the Bus with Rosa Parks. Also don’t miss her new collection, published August, 2021, Playlist for the Apocalypse. Against Self Pity Against Self Pity …
Novels written by authors starting with “C” and “D” from the Library “Lois’ Book Roll #1” comes from the phrase “camera roll”. You probably know what that is. Some people jam their camera roll with pictures of their kids, and some people with their kids: I jam mine with book photos. Choosing what to read …
Here are some great hacks from the reading world for all of you intrepid campers!
