Comments on: Summer of Shelf Discovery Week 11: The End http://www.girldetective.net/?p=4720 Reading, Writing, Movies and Mothering in Minneapolis, Mostly Sun, 17 May 2026 00:08:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: sm http://www.girldetective.net/?p=4720&cpage=1#comment-29480 sm Thu, 23 Aug 2012 18:16:28 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=4720#comment-29480 i enjoyed this reading challenge, but i did falter at chapter 9 and never got back on the horse (how did the remaining weeks fly by so quickly?! summer, come back!) i would have loved to re-read flowers in the attic with a group. when i brought up this title with my bookclub, NONE of them had read it - i was shocked! my whole class read this book back then. there are plenty more titles i meant to get to, and i'm up for a reprise next summer :) i enjoyed this reading challenge, but i did falter at chapter 9 and never got back on the horse (how did the remaining weeks fly by so quickly?! summer, come back!)
i would have loved to re-read flowers in the attic with a group. when i brought up this title with my bookclub, NONE of them had read it - i was shocked! my whole class read this book back then.
there are plenty more titles i meant to get to, and i’m up for a reprise next summer :)

]]> By: Tina http://www.girldetective.net/?p=4720&cpage=1#comment-29449 Tina Wed, 22 Aug 2012 18:02:25 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=4720#comment-29449 I enjoyed this summer readalong, especially because I was ill for a good portion of it and reading was about all I could do! I especially enjoyed revisiting the Beverly Cleary "teen" books - Fifteen, Sister of the Bride et al. They seemed just as old-fashioned and sweet as I remembered them, even if I was a little bit more aware of their now politically incorrect views of men and women! I re-read quite a few of the Judy Blume books as well - Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself stands out as being one that was obviously completely over my head as a pre-teen ... totally missed the Holocaust horror and creepy neighborhood guy stuff as a kid. I veered off the path slightly, re-reading Mandy by Julie Andrews Edwards, my all-time favorite book as a kid, and the Betsy-Tacy books by Maud Hart Lovelace (really got caught up in this series!). There are also plenty I didn't get to, including Harriet the Spy and the Madeleine L'Engle books. I've also always wanted to read Understood Betsy and STILL didn't get to that one so I'm game for next summer! Thanks for the ideas and the encouragement along the way! I enjoyed this summer readalong, especially because I was ill for a good portion of it and reading was about all I could do! I especially enjoyed revisiting the Beverly Cleary “teen” books - Fifteen, Sister of the Bride et al. They seemed just as old-fashioned and sweet as I remembered them, even if I was a little bit more aware of their now politically incorrect views of men and women! I re-read quite a few of the Judy Blume books as well - Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself stands out as being one that was obviously completely over my head as a pre-teen … totally missed the Holocaust horror and creepy neighborhood guy stuff as a kid. I veered off the path slightly, re-reading Mandy by Julie Andrews Edwards, my all-time favorite book as a kid, and the Betsy-Tacy books by Maud Hart Lovelace (really got caught up in this series!). There are also plenty I didn’t get to, including Harriet the Spy and the Madeleine L’Engle books. I’ve also always wanted to read Understood Betsy and STILL didn’t get to that one so I’m game for next summer! Thanks for the ideas and the encouragement along the way!

]]> By: Amy http://www.girldetective.net/?p=4720&cpage=1#comment-29448 Amy Wed, 22 Aug 2012 16:20:12 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=4720#comment-29448 I loved this and would love to do it again next summer. Although I had a few "urgs" (Alice most notably), there were things I really loved revisiting, and things I wish I'd had time to get to. In a related note, I saw another blogger talking about Rumer Godden's kids' books, which I also read and loved as a child, and I just picked up a couple of those at the library. I loved this and would love to do it again next summer. Although I had a few “urgs” (Alice most notably), there were things I really loved revisiting, and things I wish I’d had time to get to.

In a related note, I saw another blogger talking about Rumer Godden’s kids’ books, which I also read and loved as a child, and I just picked up a couple of those at the library.

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