Booking Mama is hosting the Shelf Discovery Challenge on her blog, which happens to be the impetus for this blog! I've been meaning to start a reading journal for ages, so this just might be the kick in the pants I need.
The challenge is based on Lizzie Skurnick's new book Shelf Discovery: The Teen Classics We Never Stopped Reading. From the website:
Launched from her regular feature column “Fines Lines” for Jezebel.com, this spastically composed, frequently hilarious omnibus of meditations on favorite YA novels dwells mostly among the old-school titles from the late ’60s to the early ’80s much beloved by now grown-up ladies...
Since I don't have a copy of Lizzie's book yet, I don't know which specific titles she covers. But based on a sample from her website, here are the six titles I will be reading between November and April:
The Pigman by Paul Zindel
Then Again, Maybe I Won't by Judy Blume
The Long Secret by Louise Fitzhugh
Kin-Flicks by Lisa Alther
My Darling, My Hamburger by Paul Zindel
The Grounding of Group 6 by A. Thompson
There are so many beloved titles on that list! Bridge to Terabithia... Jacob Have I Loved... Starring Sally J Freedman Herself... The Westing Game... Homecoming... Ring of Endless Light... oh, the love goes on and on!
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Wow! Thanks for joining me. I think this challenge is going to be a lot of fun! I am so excited that you started a new blog and to have the Shelf Discovery Challenge as your first post is awesome! Congrats!
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ReplyDeleteI'm back again! I don't think I heard back from you! You won a copy of SHELF DISCOVERY! Please e-mail me bookingmama(at)gmail(dot)com with your name and mailing address. If I don't hear from you within the next day, I'll have to pick another winner.
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