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Love At First Sight (First Love From Silhouette #9) By Elaine Harper

Posted on June 20, 2022 by mondomolly

How could nature have produced such virile perfection? Background: I am on the record about how I’ve turned around my opinion on Silhouette’s First Love romances (“AMERICA’S publisher of Contemporary Romance”), at least when it comes to Elaine Harper’s terminally … Continue reading →

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Leave It To Beaver By Beverly Cleary

Posted on September 19, 2021 by mondomolly

You’ve had fun watching Beaver on T.V. Now have fun reading about him… When I have reviewed Beverly Cleary’s work here in the past, I have opened by invoking “Leave It To Beaver,” and it’s not just because both works … Continue reading →

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Light Of My Life (First Love From Silhouette #53) By Elaine Harper

Posted on January 26, 2020 by mondomolly

Now real life would be an electrifying experience! Background: I am on the record about how I’ve turned around my opinion on Silhoutte’s First Love romances (“AMERICA’S publisher of Contemporary Romance”), especially Elaine Harper’s loopy Blossom Valley adventures, especially when they … Continue reading →

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Going To Camp Part 3: Little Darlings By Sonia Pilcer

Posted on July 17, 2019 by mondomolly

The story of two innocent girls in a race not to stay that way! A one-sentence description of the plot (adapted from the screenplay of the notorious 1980 film) belies the sensitivity with which the subject is treated: two girls … Continue reading →

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Letter Perfect By Charles P. Crawford

Posted on March 24, 2019 by mondomolly

“What a perfect crime!” So, how old would you say the kids on the cover are? 10? 11? Well apparently they are high school upperclassmen, and some particularly nasty ones at that. The Plot: …is a pretty pulpy knock-off of … Continue reading →

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Looking On By Betty Miles

Posted on March 24, 2017 by mondomolly

There has to more to her life than just looking on… This week’s book strikes me as a sort that isn’t written any more: a coming-of-age story in which not much really happens. In this case the most dramatic thing … Continue reading →

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Love Is One Of The Choices By Norma Klein

Posted on February 10, 2017 by mondomolly

Maggie and Caroline: Two young women who must suddenly come to terms with their lives… If Norma Klein’s work pushes the envelope farther than her contemporaries when it comes to dealing with social issues, than Love is One of the … Continue reading →

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Checking In With The Imaginary Summer Book Club: The Love Boats By Jeraldine Saunders

Posted on September 29, 2016 by mondomolly

(Click here for information on the 2016 edition of Molly’s Imaginary Summer Book Club Featuring Classics of Women’s Literature.  This month, the August selection, Jeraldine Saunders’s The Love Boats.)  I was somewhat reticent to get into another swingin’ travel industry expose, after … Continue reading →

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Checking In With The Imaginary Summer Book Club: Lace By Shirley Conran

Posted on August 15, 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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The Long Shot: A Kim Aldrich Mystery (#4) By Jinny McDonnell

Posted on October 16, 2015 by mondomolly

It’s an adventure Kim will never forget, when she and Kevin, an attentive boys’ camp counselor, stalk a vicious kidnapper-killer through the mountain wilderness… Time to wrap up this year’s month-long look at vintage girls series published by Whitman in the … Continue reading →

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