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Tuesday, March 1, 2022

BOY WANTED by Janet Lambert

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  Ah yes, BOY WANTED, the cry of my youth... Well we are back with Patty and Ginger and Janet is here to show us the Goofus and Gallant of t...
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Tuesday, February 15, 2022

FOR EACH OTHER by Janet Lambert

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Well, I have to say that these are not the best covers I've seen in the Lambert revue. And the characters on the cover, who I can only a...
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Saturday, February 5, 2022

GOING STEADY chapters 8-12

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  CHAPTER 8 All of a sudden there's a rash of clubs like this town has never seen. Patty is asked to join most of them, but she feel lik...

WE'RE GOING STEADY chapters 5-7

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CHAPTER 5: We're back and Patty's lipstick is on point. Dark enough to be interesting, but not so dark as to cause trouble. And Bonn...
Sunday, January 16, 2022

WE'RE GOING STEADY - chapters 2-4

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We're back! Before I get back to Patty and Ginger, this gorgeous girl is my mom, Janie, she is a wee bit older than these girls. She...
Saturday, January 15, 2022

WE'RE GOING STEADY by Janet Lambert [chapter 1]

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Janet Lambert REALLY hates going steady. She has a definite game plan for her girls and that involves playing the field, even if they do hav...
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Friday, January 7, 2022

Patricia Clapp Makes Me Love America part 2 (But it's only a little bit about Patricia Clapp and mostly about BEAUTY by Robin McKinley)

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About 5 years ago, when this blog was just a young whipper-snapper I wrote a piece about how much I love Patricia Clapp. And in it I bemoan...
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Wednesday, January 5, 2022

Barb's Best Books of 2021

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Welcome to my 2021 round-up, friends. Every single book on this list that wasn't written by Janet Lambert is damn near perfect. I put th...
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Saturday, January 1, 2022

Children's and Middle Grade

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Here are my top 5 children's and middle grade books of 2021. Spoiler - they are all middle grade. Usually I find a lot of children's...

Audiobooks - who knew?

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Last year I listened to two audiobooks. This year I listened to 28. Clearly, that is an uptick due to being able to leave my home. I have to...