Hey Y'all,
Well, I've been busy planning a damn conference for the last month,
and I haven't had time to read any email, so I have skimmed 3 digests
from the past week and had to ditch the rest, but I just wanted to pipe
up on the children's book thread. Has anyone mentioned any young adult
books or non picture books? I grew up loving The Great Brain, all of
the Judy Blume books (which I still reread at least once a year), the
Paula Danziger books like The Cat Ate My Gymsuit and Can You Sue Your
Parents for Malpractice, all of Norma Klein's books (I am actually
penpals with her 95 year old mother in NYC -- loooong story), How to Eat
Fried Worms, Norma Fox Mazer's books, Paul Zindel's books (especially
The Pigman and My Darling, My Hamburger), Hila Coleman, I'll Get There,
It Better Be Worth the Trip (can't remember who wrote that one), and, my
guilty pleasure, the cheesy born again Danny Orlis books from the 50's
and 60's -- I would kill to find them today!
Someone also mentioned sneaking Valley of the Dolls -- When I was
about 12 or 13, I remember sneaking my mother's copies of Judy Blume's
Wifey and Jackie Collins' Holywood Wives and Chances -- Let me tell you,
I hid in the basement for hours at a time and read those books -- I
couldn't believe that people actually said those things (or did some of
those things!) in books. I dunno what ever happened to the Jackie
Collins books, but I still have Wifey and it was so well-read that it
falls open to all the good parts when you open it! Same with those "Us"
and "Them" and "Him" and "Her" books --- anyone remember them from the
old days?
Happy weekend y'all,
Evian
NP very quietly so as not to wake anyone: Led Zep II
