Tag Archives: Doubleday & Co.

Checking In With The Imaginary Summer Book Club: Every Secret Thing By Patricia Campbell Hearst

Posted on September 15, 2019 by mondomolly

(Click here for information on the 2019 edition of Molly’s Imaginary Summer Book Club Featuring Classics of Women’s Literature. For the titles that have filmed adaptations, we will also be looking at the movies as we go along. This week, … Continue reading →

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Wrapping Up The Imaginary Summer Book Club: Carrie By Stephen King

Posted on November 12, 2016 by mondomolly

(Click here for information on the 2016 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 →

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Checking In With The Imaginary Summer Book Club: Please Don’t Eat the Daisies By Jean Kerr

Posted on October 7, 2014 by mondomolly

Click here for information on the 2014 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 →

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Imaginary Summer Book Club Update

Posted on June 16, 2014 by mondomolly

It has come to my attention that the July selection of Imaginary Summer Book Club, No Bed of Her Own By Val Lewton is hard to come by, and despite having been reissued in 2006, cost-prohibitive to obtain. In light of that … Continue reading →

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The Amboy Dukes By Irving Shulman

Posted on May 13, 2013 by mondomolly

Irving Shulman’s novel about delinquent Jewish teenagers in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn was a publishing sensation upon its release in 1947, selling five million copies. It was also widely condemned as “pornographic” and reportedly banned altogether in Canada. Almost … Continue reading →

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