Tag Archives: Title C

Cute Is A Four-Letter Word By Stella Pevsner

Posted on February 10, 2020 by mondomolly

You are about to witness… The Year of the Clara! I wasn’t very impressed by Stella Pevsner’s Call Me Heller, That’s My Name, a pretty generic coming of age story about a tomboy becoming a young lady in the roaring … Continue reading →

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The Christmas Killer By Patricia Windsor

Posted on December 16, 2018 by mondomolly

She’s dreaming of a dead Christmas… I didn’t think much of Patricia Windor’s Seventeen short story about a teenage girl deciding not to pursue an affair with an older man, but Christmas-themed YAs are getting to be slim pickings… The Plot: …So … Continue reading →

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Nurses Three: A Career For Kelly (#1) By Jean Kirby

Posted on October 14, 2018 by mondomolly

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 →

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Crash Club By Henry Gregor Felsen

Posted on June 10, 2018 by mondomolly

His answer to Outlaw’s bid for power was a new kind of hot rod club- he called it CRASH CLUB! Background: Henry Felsen began his career writing military adventure stories for juvenile readers during World War II, but earned his … Continue reading →

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Movie Madness and/or Mania: The Cry Baby Killer (Jus Addis, 1958)

Posted on December 11, 2017 by mondomolly

I say this even as a devotee of 1950s JD movies: there is only one reason to see this one, and that is for a glimpse of a scrawny 20 year old Jack Nicholson, a decade before Easy Rider, before … Continue reading →

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Camilla By Madeleine L’Engle

Posted on August 17, 2017 by mondomolly

Her life is filled with confusion. Will it ever make sense? In the 5+ years of this blog’s existence, this has to rate as the most difficult and frustrating book I’ve had to write about. Not because it isn’t good … 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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Cher! By Vicki Pellegrino

Posted on July 22, 2016 by mondomolly

The child bride turned vamp! Unlike the last week’s quickie celebrity biography, in which the subject had not yet done much of note, the author here has to contend with a subject that might just be (GASP!) washed up. With … Continue reading →

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The Changeover By Margaret Mahy

Posted on August 6, 2014 by mondomolly

He offers her life, death or the supernatural- but the choice she makes must be her own. Regular readers know that I love the dissonance between a book’s cover art and the actual content. Clearly, Point (Scholastic) is trying to … Continue reading →

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Call Me Heller, That’s My Name By Stella Pevsner

Posted on March 12, 2014 by mondomolly

Don’t dare her to do anything– unless you really mean it- because she’ll do it! This is one of those cases of the 1920s being particularly ill-served by YA historical fiction. Unless it is written by people who actually lived … Continue reading →

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