Monthly Archives: October 2018
Wrapping Up The Imaginary Summer Book Club: The G-String Murders By Gypsy Rose Lee
(Click here for information on the 2018 edition of Molly’s Imaginary Summer Book Club Featuring Classics of Women’s Literature. As all of the four selected titles have filmed adaptations, we will be looking at the movie versions as we go along. … Continue reading
Polly French And The Surprising Stranger (#3) By Francine Lewis
Peru! Polly tried to visualize herself helping someone from Peru fit in comfortably at good old slam-bang Whitford High. Rounding out this year’s annual collection of Whitman’s girls series titles is the final* volume in the Polly French series… (*OR … Continue reading
Nurses Three: A Career For Kelly (#1) By Jean Kirby
Shy, sensitive Kelly found herself fighting for everything she had ever believed in… Our annual round-up of Whitman Girls Series chugs right along this week with a favorite author… IN DISGUISE! Background: I’ve noted before the reasons for the enduring … Continue reading
Ginny Gordon And The Mystery At The Old Barn (#3) By Julie Campbell
“A hillbilly singer with an accordion! Oh no, John. We are ruined.” As fall continues, so do we with a selection of girls’ series published by Whitman in the 1940s, 50s and 60s. This week, we revisit Julie Campbell’s OTHER schoolgirl shamus of Westchester … Continue reading
Checking In With The Imaginary Summer Book Club: Red-Headed Woman By Katharine Brush
(Click here for information on the 2018 edition of Molly’s Imaginary Summer Book Club Featuring Classics of Women’s Literature. As all of the four selected titles have filmed adaptations, we will be looking at the movie versions as we go along. … Continue reading
Lost Classics of Teen Lit: 1939-1989 