The Genius of Judy: How Judy Blume Rewrote Childhood for All of Us | 
pickAn easy and interesting listen. I particularly liked the summaries of Blume‘s books; I‘ve read most of them but had forgotten a lot of the details.
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pickAn easy and interesting listen. I particularly liked the summaries of Blume‘s books; I‘ve read most of them but had forgotten a lot of the details.
pickI found this helpful to add broader context to the works of Judy Blume than I had experiencing her work as a child of the 80s and 90s. It goes into what was happening at the time, both in her life and culturally, when she was writing some of her most popular works. It also does a nice parallel talk about censorship in the 80s and 90s versus today.
New book. A day off. Good weather for outside reading. Rolo is happy as well. Although I could have done without the gigantic grasshopper flying directly at me when I came down the porch stairs.
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I have fond memories of reading her books growing up…my bestie and I traded our copies of “Just as Long as We‘re Together” (inscribing our initials and the necessary “B.F.F.E.” on the inside cover). Blume understood and wrote about tweens/teens in the way that made us (me) seen and understood.
Bergstein‘s exploration of Blume‘s career, life, and impact on young readers was a great way to kick off my 2025 reading.
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pickI will always love Judy Blume, but this book about her "genius" bordered on preachy in the opposite way I normally think of that word.
I recently picked up a handful of Blume books, and I want to re-read them because, apparently, a lot of stuff mentioned in this book went over my little girl head.
It boils down to this - if you don't think books are appropriate, don't read them. It's none of your business what others choose to read.
