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goodem9199's review
4.0
Ah, the memories...it's amazing how I can still remember what was going on in my life when I read some of these books!
balletbookworm's review
5.0
I preordered this as soon as I heard about it (probably from a blog) and so very glad I did. I picked it up on Tuesday and had trouble putting it down for two days. Although the reviews/essays aren't very long and (thankfully) are free of critical-discourse-overload, I felt like Skurnick and her contributing authors took me back through all the books I loved as a tween/teen. I'd read most of the books covered in Shelf Discovery but I was intoduced to a few that slipped past my greedy library card. I've already made notes of which books to re-read (did someone say Madeleine L'Engle??); I had so many "omg, I LOVED that book!!" moments that I should give all those books some love again.
bookgirl4ever's review
2.0
A list of reviews of a variety of titles (most seem to be by Judy Blume and Lois Duncan) that the author read as a teenager. Chapters are organized by different themes and have a couple of in-depth "book reports" and a few more reviews of titles.
Not a meaty annotated bibliography.
Not a meaty annotated bibliography.
nssutton's review
3.0
i think fine lines is just about the greatest thing to happen, ever. i loved reading about lizzie's life as a young reader almost as much as reading about the books. i was surprised by how few of these titles i've actually read and wished i had a better memory so as to jump back to what i was actually reading back in the day. i also found myself missing the jezebel commenters much more than i thought i would.
brendaclay's review
3.0
A book of essays about classic children's and teen books. I enjoyed the chapters about books that I loved as a kid, and was made aware of many others that I missed!
dja777's review
5.0
This was a wonderful book, especially since I have read 95% of the books discussed in it (even the horrible trashy ones.) The essays provided some interesting perspective on WHY my friends and I loved and re-read so many of these books.
cozylittlebrownhouse's review
3.0
This was a fun look back to the old YA books I remember when I was young. I was pleasantly surprised to see some titles that I have never read, so of course those are going on the to-read list.
I was disappointed that there were a few authors represented SO many times. Yes, Judy Blume and Lois Duncan were big in YA lit, but I wish I could have read about more authors.
I was disappointed that there were a few authors represented SO many times. Yes, Judy Blume and Lois Duncan were big in YA lit, but I wish I could have read about more authors.
oohsarracuda's review
4.0
Loved the essays. Loved rediscovering books I read as a girl. Hate that this is one of the most poorly edited books I've ever encountered. There's an error every 2 or 3 pages. It's so riddled with errors of every sort, I'm not convinced that this book had an editor or proofreader.