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Checking In With The Imaginary Summer Book Club: Beyond The Forest By Stuart Engstrand

Posted on December 1, 2021 by mondomolly

(Click here for information on the 2021 edition of Molly’s Imaginary Summer Book Club Featuring Classics of Women’s Literature.  This week, the third selection Beyond the Forest by Stuart Engstrand) Truly we are having an endless summer here at the … Continue reading →

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Checking In With The Imaginary Summer Book Club: The Burning Bed By Faith McNulty

Posted on August 29, 2021 by mondomolly

(Click here for information on the 2021 edition of Molly’s Imaginary Summer Book Club Featuring Classics of Women’s Literature.  This week, the first selection The Burning Bed By Faith McNulty) Is it a sign of the times that we’re finally … Continue reading →

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Movie Madness and/or Mania: The Boy Who Drank Too Much (1980)

Posted on May 2, 2021 by mondomolly

Shep Greene’s 40+ year old social-problem novel The Boy Who Drank Too Much remains one of the most searched-for titles on this site; judging by the search engine results I see on my end (“boy who drank too much main … Continue reading →

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The Best Little Girl In The World By Steven Levenkron

Posted on March 21, 2021 by mondomolly

The idea came to her with a flash of excitement. Francesca was fat. Francesca was dead. I feel like this is one of those titles that for a couple of decades was as widely-known and widely-read as Are You There … Continue reading →

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Beverly Hills 90210: ‘Tis The Season (#5) By Mel Gliden

Posted on December 24, 2020 by mondomolly

Determined to keep up the holiday spirit, the Walsh family breaks out all the traditions and magic of the season touches everyone… I’ve already outed myself as teenage “90210” fan (at least in comparison to some of the other series … Continue reading →

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Wrapping Up The Imaginary Summer Book Club: Bedelia By Vera Caspary

Posted on December 13, 2020 by mondomolly

(Click here for information on the 2020 edition of Molly’s Imaginary Summer Book Club Featuring Classics of Women’s Literature.  This week, the September selection, Bedelia By Vera Caspary) Who is to say it is too late to conclude a Summer Book Club? … Continue reading →

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The Body By Stephen King

Posted on August 20, 2019 by mondomolly

I was twelve going on thirteen when I first saw a dead human being… It’s a short novel about finding a dead body in the woods! It features a group of middle-school boys with dysfunctional home lives! It has a … Continue reading →

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Baby-Sitting Is A Dangerous Job By Willo Davis Roberts

Posted on April 21, 2019 by mondomolly

I could have never predicted what would happen next… Background: Willo Davis Roberts was one of the more prolific writers toiling away in the YA/Middle Reader vineyards of the 1970s and 80s, authoring YA Romances (3 titles in the Sunfire series), social-problem books … Continue reading →

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Movie Madness and/or Mania: Back Door To Heaven (William K. Howard, 1939)

Posted on February 17, 2019 by mondomolly

The 1950s might have been the golden age of Juvenile Delinquent movies, but the concept stretches back to the 1930s: Dead End and its subsequent spin-offs, and William Wellman’s Wild Boys of the Road dealt with teenagers on their own … Continue reading →

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Baby Island By Carol Ryrie Brink

Posted on January 25, 2018 by mondomolly

What would you do if you were shipwrecked with four lively babies in the middle of the ocean? Continuing with Reader Requests this week, this title comes courtesy of my friend Carrie (author, bird enthusiast, endlessly patient soul in the face of my … Continue reading →

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