[dmplaura]

When I was in 'limbo' period, last winter, I often wanted to read to keep my mind off things happening to my body, but didn't want to bust out the classics or anything that involved 'deep thinking'.

So I returned to books I read and loved as a pre teen. Think Judy Blume for example.

I've since been trying to collect all these old books off Amazon (I have quite a few I adored as a girl!) and I just got "The Pistachio Prescription" by Paula Danziger. I read this book years ago, and it's fun to read it again, and remember parts of it.

I was blown away to see the author write about the main character's relationship with her mother, and then mention that her mother's mother had Multiple Sclerosis!

Seriously, I didn't remember this detail from back then reading the book, but I did a "Woah!" reading it tonight

[SandyC]

That's because we probably didn't read those boring sections as a kid. lol

I had to read them when I was in a Children's Lit class. We had a blast reliving the old school books. I chose to do a presentation on Laura Ingall's Wilder and was so bold that I actualy stomped my feet, played spoons and sang Old Dan Tucker. lol

I got an A+.

[dmplaura]

Judy Blume books got banned in my school .

Apparently talking about bras and menstruation is too much for young girls.

Thank goodness my older cousins had her books, and passed them on to me. "Are you there God? It's Me, Margaret" is still one of my favorites, even at age 31

[karousel]

Originally Posted by dmplaura

Judy Blume books got banned in my school .

Apparently talking about bras and menstruation is too much for young girls.

That's funny. Last year (or the year before) my daughter re-read Blubber, which she finds halarious, and used it in her reading journal. I always wondered what her teacher thought of that.

[Desinie]

Originally Posted by dmplaura

Judy Blume books got banned in my school .

Apparently talking about bras and menstruation is too much for young girls.

Thank goodness my older cousins had her books, and passed them on to me. "Are you there God? It's Me, Margaret" is still one of my favorites, even at age 31

I loved that book! In my teens, Judy Blume was one of my favorite authors too. Thanks for bringing back great memories, Laura.

[dmplaura]

Originally Posted by Desinie

I loved that book! In my teens, Judy Blume was one of my favorite authors too. Thanks for bringing back great memories, Laura.

You know, I actually wrote to Judy Blume (she has her own website), and told her how much reading her books at 31 helped me in dealing with the period of limbo, MS diagnosis, etc. She wrote me back and told me that she has several friends who have lived with MS for a long time as well!

Very caring and wonderful woman. She's written a few times, but as she is working on more books (she's still writing!) I didn't want to bug her too much .

"Summer Sisters" is a GREAT read by the way (young adult book she wrote). I read it for the first time this year, and I cried at the end of it, but I could not put it down!

[Jules A]

What a great thread. Thank you for sharing this with us and bringing back fond memories of books I also loved as a youngster.