tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6731189584086369614.post7909964761704344069..comments2023-07-11T07:54:35.393-04:00Comments on The LibrariYAn: Friday Flashback: Forever by Judy BlumeAliciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11924787493996339545noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6731189584086369614.post-32326030604487408992013-03-02T20:56:56.522-05:002013-03-02T20:56:56.522-05:00Ha! My husband, who was born in '76 would prob...Ha! My husband, who was born in '76 would probably agree! But "almost 40" (which he would also say he wasn't) just doesn't have the same ring as "almost 50" and I'm a gal who rounds to quarter centuries. Perhaps I should have said "over 35 years later"? Aliciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11924787493996339545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6731189584086369614.post-12154546645148498682013-03-02T18:23:22.002-05:002013-03-02T18:23:22.002-05:0037 years is hardly almost 50 years later!!37 years is hardly almost 50 years later!!Valeriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01100032346515834620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6731189584086369614.post-32904839073396492862012-12-04T22:51:44.678-05:002012-12-04T22:51:44.678-05:001. I loved Anatomy of a Boyfriend and am very exci...1. I loved Anatomy of a Boyfriend and am very excited for the sequel!<br />2. I don't think we talked about the cover evolution, but I love doing the whole "judge a book by its cover" thing and seeing how covers change over time.<br />3. I haven't read Annie On My Mind. Must fix this.Aliciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11924787493996339545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6731189584086369614.post-10174053255203390612012-11-30T22:13:32.393-05:002012-11-30T22:13:32.393-05:00Oh, and I see from your other post that Anatomy of...Oh, and I see from your other post that Anatomy of a Single Girl, the followup to Anatomy of a Boyfriend, is coming soon!Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09374440494257934297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6731189584086369614.post-62341308794189247892012-11-30T21:01:17.433-05:002012-11-30T21:01:17.433-05:00Oh, and how could I forget to add: readers looking...Oh, and how could I forget to add: readers looking for a more modern take on Forever... should check out Anatomy of a Boyfriend by Daria Snadowsky (Delacorte, 2007). It follows the plot of Forever... point by point but with more modern language, scenarios, and sensibilities. <br /><br />(I have a lot to say about this. I should teach a YA lit class, or something.)Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09374440494257934297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6731189584086369614.post-72891090935327932132012-11-30T18:31:53.392-05:002012-11-30T18:31:53.392-05:00I really like this description of Forever...! (Alt...I really like this description of Forever...! (Although I have to disagree about the cover art. The one with the lipstick is hideous, but the one with the cameo is hideous-er. ;)) <br /><br />Did we talk about Forever... covers in class, or just Annie on My Mind covers? (Because that's another book whose cover art has evolved, a lot. Maybe a choice for a future Friday?)<br /><br />I'm sure you know about how Forever... came about. It's possibly one of the only really good books written explicitly to serve a purpose/send a message. The purpose was to answer Bloom's teenage daughter's request, "Can't there be a book out there where two nice kids have sex and no one dies?" <br /><br />And of course the urban folklore that Forever... contains the most-read *page* in YA lit. (I tested this recently while discussing it with a group of adults - when I mentioned this, one woman said right away that she knew *exactly* the page I meant.)Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09374440494257934297noreply@blogger.com