Comments on: Author Spotlight: ‘Shelf Discovery’ By Lizzie Skurnick

By: Tahleen

Tahleen — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 23:46:52 +0000

Aw, I missed the third comment!! :( I was super excited about this book when I saw it at Barnes & Noble (where I work), and made everyone listen to me plug it. I loved the Babysitters’ Club books too (so sad they are out of print), but I think my two favorite YA books that I’d like to reread are A Wrinkle in Time and Walk Two Moons. I’ve read each of them at least three times I think, but I loved how A Wrinkle in Time made me really look at the way I live my life (and what I could do to change it); I loved how in Walk Two Moons you were never really sure where Sal would end up, where she was really going (both in her story and with her grandparents). I do need to reread these I think.

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….and stop calling me Shirley | Lizzie Skurnick — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:25:55 +0000

[...] Ypulse did a really fun and lovely interview with me, then edited it to make me sound almost smart. Grumpy, tired, impatient with everyone, but smart. [...]

By: Allie

Allie — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:56:00 +0000

Ah, I’ve been excited about this book ever since @MegCabot twittered about it! I think I would most like to go back and take a second look at the Babysitters Club series that I devoured as a third grader. I remember being so psyched for the movie that I made sure we were at the very first possible showing in our small town. I only have a vague sense about what was inside the books now, but I know they definitely impacted my childhood (I totally made my own babysitters club in my neighborhood).

By: becca

becca — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:53:07 +0000

I read and re-read all of Judy Blume’s book as a pre-teen, and “Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret” is one that I would love to revisit. Religion can be confusing for young people in the best of circumstances, but just because we’re grown up now doesn’t mean the confusion has necessarily eased. At a young age, we are expected to have an understanding of all these lofty ideas about a higher power and how people are supposed to live their lives, but as time goes on, you are faced with the hypocracy of so many people and just the “life challenges” that can make us all ask sometimes, “Are you there, God?”

By: Jen J

Jen J — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:44:36 +0000

I’m a big fan of the Fine Lines column and would love to read the book! I’m an author of YA non-fiction myself and can’t get enough of the old classics. If I had to choose just one to re-read right at this second, I would probably choose “The Pistachio Prescription” by Paula Danziger. I love all of Danziger’s books, and she has an amazing ear for dialogue and the way teens speak. She was also an extremely colorful character in real life!