My final Shelf Discovery re-read

2014-03-09T13:36:01-04:00

Jean Auel's The Clan of the Cave Bear Bantam Books, 1980 I had started high school when I read Jean Auel's first novel in the Earth's Children series, but I don't know if it was the 9th grade or the 13th. It was my grandmother's copy -- she bought a

My final Shelf Discovery re-read2014-03-09T13:36:01-04:00

Reading Relationally

2014-07-11T15:58:32-04:00

Judy Blume's Blubber (1974) Jean Little's One to Grow On (1969) Sheila Greenwald's It All Began with Jane Eyre (1980) Louise Fitzhugh's Harriet the Spy (1964) Previous shelf-discovery posts I've made have focussed on historical fiction (here, here and here) and post-apocalyptic fiction, mysteries (here) and fantasies, but the majority of my

Reading Relationally2014-07-11T15:58:32-04:00

In my imagination, I was wearing a tutu

2014-03-09T18:35:44-04:00

Noel Streatfeild's Ballet Shoes (1936) Bonnie and Paul Zindel's A Star for the Latecomer (1980) I wanted to be a ballerina when I grew up. My best friend and I practiced the five positions (complete with leaping and twirling in and out of them) on the couch in her family

In my imagination, I was wearing a tutu2014-03-09T18:35:44-04:00
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