On my shelf this week:
Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret, by Judy Blume
God Help the Child, by Toni Morrison
The Pocket Wife, by Susan Crawford
Best Books for Boys, by Pam Allyn
This week I’m lost in nostalgia with one of my favorite kid reads (Blume), lost in admiration with the newest from one of my favorite authors (Morrison) (and it’s absolutely brilliant, as usual), lost in mystery with a book club read (Crawford) and lost in learning about boys and what kinds of books they enjoy most (Allyn)—because I plan on writing books boys want to read, so I figured I’d better do a little research on it.
Best quotes so far:
“It’s not so much that I like him as a person God, but as a boy he’s very handsome.”
Judy Blume (She totally gets the adolescent girl.)
“What you do to children matters. And they might never forget.”
Toni Morrison
“So this is what insanity is. Not goofy behavior, but watching a sudden change in the world you used to know.”
Toni Morrison
Read any of these? Tell us what you thought.
