Natalya
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Post by Natalya on Oct 23, 2011 23:00:22 GMT -4
Jennenen, I'm not sure about the first, but I think the second might be the Year of the Cat trilogy by Zoe Daniels. (Talk about a flashback - I LOVED those books when I was in middle school!)
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jennenen
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Post by jennenen on Oct 24, 2011 6:09:35 GMT -4
YES! That's it. Now if I can find out the other series I'll be able to move onto something new to obsess about ;-)
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2011 12:22:24 GMT -4
I know this is probably a long shot, but I want to ask about this book. It's from around the time I was in middle school, so early 90s. A black girl and a white girl were best friends in elementary school. Then when they went to middle school, the white girl got on the cheerleading team, and a lot of the cheerleaders were racist and encouraged her not to be friends with the black girl anymore. Is it possible that this is The Good Times Are Killing Me, by Lynda Barry? I haven't actually read the book, so this is just a wild guess, but it sounds similar. |
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Post by Smilla on Nov 24, 2011 19:00:58 GMT -4
This nonfiction book on the importance of reading came out a couple of years ago. It's a little smaller than a standard paperback, and I found it in hardcover. It begins with an intro from the author about his son trying to read one of the Great American Classics (Lord of the Flies?) and complaining about the footnotes ("Why can't they just let me read it?")
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2011 12:03:37 GMT -4
I know this is probably a long shot, but I want to ask about this book. It's from around the time I was in middle school, so early 90s. A black girl and a white girl were best friends in elementary school. Then when they went to middle school, the white girl got on the cheerleading team, and a lot of the cheerleaders were racist and encouraged her not to be friends with the black girl anymore. Is it possible that this is The Good Times Are Killing Me, by Lynda Barry? I haven't actually read the book, so this is just a wild guess, but it sounds similar. That's not it, but thanks for looking for me! |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 27, 2011 19:44:08 GMT -4
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Post by Smilla on Dec 29, 2011 18:39:01 GMT -4
That's it, Newt! You rock. I love Greecie lit mavens!
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Post by kanding on Dec 31, 2011 12:55:58 GMT -4
Here's one for you all: This man was a big self-help author in the late 70s and early 80s. His focus wasn't on making money but on being happy. I'm pretty sure he came from an immigrant family, Italian or Greek, which he referred to in his books.
My friend in freshman year of college had all his books and went to see him speak a few times. He would have been born probably around the late 30s/early 40s.
Does anyone know who I'm talking about?
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dwanollah
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Post by dwanollah on Dec 31, 2011 14:30:14 GMT -4
Was it Leo Buscaglia? He had a bunch of "Love"-type positive thinking books.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2011 22:50:46 GMT -4
I was thinking today of a YA book I liked a lot when I was in high school (in the early 90's) but can't remember the title or author: a boy/girl falling in love with each other, only with an obstacle in the way--I think the boy had been involved in a drunk driving incident in which the girl's brother had been killed. Pretty sure the girl's name was Emily and maybe the boy's name was Peter. Does this ring a bell with anybody?
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