smoakes commented on A Wrinkle In Time: Quit Tesseracting Up

"@rocknrollunicorn: I can't believe I never realized the Denny's/Dennis thing."

smoakes commented on A Wrinkle In Time: Quit Tesseracting Up

"I don't know the first spoiler, but the second, with the foster kids who run off together and live in a big house but have to keep running away and then they go and pick fruit, is "Dear Lola: Or How to Build Your Own Family" by Judie Angell."

smoakes commented on The Girl With The Silver Eyes: Little Pitchers Have Big Pharma

"@girlscoutcookie: I think you're right that adults should encourage kids to read, but I think in my case at least people were worried that I wasn't doing anything else; not getting any exercise at all, not talking to other kids, not doing my homework or chores, etc."

smoakes commented on The Girl With The Silver Eyes: Little Pitchers Have Big Pharma

"This was one of my favorite books, but I don't think I ever realized that it was because she was a reader (and a somewhat-friendless nerd) like me."

smoakes commented on To All My Fans, With Love, From Sylvie: No Telephone To Child Services

"@nellicat: It was originally titled "The Wicked Wicked Pigeon Ladies in the Garden" but then was changed to "The Wicked, Wicked Ladies in the Haunted House" by Mary Chase."

smoakes commented on To All My Fans, With Love, From Sylvie: No Telephone To Child Services

"@honeybunchesofoats: The book about the girl with the braid in commercials and the friend who wants to kill herself with stones in her pocket is Adorable Sunday by Marlene Shyer"

smoakes commented on To All My Fans, With Love, From Sylvie: No Telephone To Child Services

"@honeybunchesofoats: The Anne Hathaway movie was based on the book "The Princess Diaries" which is good example (and I think a well-written one) of the 'regular girl finds out her REAL parents are royalty' genre."

smoakes commented on To All My Fans, With Love, From Sylvie: No Telephone To Child Services

"The book in which best friends are split up when one moves to NYC is The Trouble With Thirteen by Betty Miles."

smoakes commented on Harriet The Spy: Iconoclastic, American Lezebel Icon

"@TeenageGangDeb (and everyone): It's actually a 'Middle Grade' book."

smoakes commented on The Long Secret: CSI: Puberty

"@magiciannamedgob: The YA book in which the girl moves into the walls of her house is "The Woman in the Walls" by Patrice Kindl."

smoakes commented on The Long Secret: CSI: Puberty

"When I read The Long Secret, I was certain I knew everything there was to know about menstruation, having read several of the Judy Blume books."

smoakes commented on This exchange student to Egypt

"The article says that he was only there for four months; that he wanted to stick it out for a year but did not."

smoakes commented on How Did "No Means No" Become A Fun Rape Joke?

"I was date raped by a guy who I think still honestly believes he seduced me."

smoakes commented on The Cat Ate My Gymsuit: A Pocket Full Of Orange Pits

"@rosie7: Latin Lovers are referenced in Judy Blume's "Starring Sally J Freedman as Herself" about the New Jersey family that moves to Florida for the winter."

smoakes commented on Weetzie Bat: The Book For Girls Who Ended Up Taking A Gay Dude To Prom

"This book--and the others in the series--had a LOT to do with my sudden decision to up and move to LA."