Press

B & N Bookseller Pick “This book is very, very hard to put down.”
Babble “Write your own damn reviews, man!”
Babble's Stroller Derby “In her re-readings, we find messages of feminism, empowerment…”
Bitch Q&A
Bob Edwards Show Interviewed by…Bob Edwards
BoingBoing “An enjoyable reflection”
Book Club Girl “Damn you, Skurnick. I hate having my inadequacies exposed.”
Book TV Los Angeles Times Book Festival panel
Bookpage “Feels like attending a high school reunion and reminiscing about the best of your teenage escapades with a particulary entertaining friend. “
Chicago Tribune Editor's Choice “Challenging intellectually, but easy reading. Sweet and tart. And fun.”
Daily Beast “can make even the guiltiest read feel like it held a vital role in our coming of age”
Double X Excerpt: Daughters of Eve
Entertainment Weekly “Fast, fun trip down memory lane”
Fiction Nation “Did Ayla invent the missionary position?”
Flavorpill Q&A
Good “Offers a non-threatening, girlfriend’s-gabbing-over-wine atmosphere of nostalgia for the wistful tween days”
LA Times “A great little trip down memory lane”
Lawrence Journal-World & News
Library Journal “Likely to provide any woman who grew up loving books with a satisfying voyage to the past.”
Library Love Fest Talkin’ YA with Nancy Pearl!
Los Angeles Times 60 books to read this summer
New York Post “Skurnick alternates between reveling in the familiar details…while layering in edgier interpretations”
Newsday “What I liked so much about this period of reading in my life is that no one was paying any attention to what I was reading”
Publishers Weekly “wildly entertaining”
Rachel Maddow Air America Interviewed with Scott Westerfeld by Ana Marie Cox
Reader's Digest Top 5 Summer Book pick
RH Reality Check Podcast interview with Amanda Marcotte
Salon “It’s great to look back and see this girl-centric canon.”
Tablet “Accomplishes for the preteen literary set more or less what Rashi provided for the Jews’ sacred texts”
Talk of the Nation Interviewed by Lynn Neary
Teenreads.com Q&A
Teenreads.com “Its strength is the dignity it brings to young adult literature and to the act of reading itself.”
The Bat Segundo Show “I just want to point out Ed is POINTING his finger at me!”
The Complete Review “Even those unfamiliar with these books can enjoy this collection, but it’s most fun as a stroll down memory lane”
The Lindsay Post “The book’s only shortcoming is that it lacks an index”
Time magazine “You wish you could have palled around with this opinionated, big-hearted fiction lover.”
TimeOut Chicago Summer reading pick
WUWM's Lake Effect Interviewed by Mitch Teich
YALSA Podcast Interviewed by Michael Cart
Ypulse Q&A

News

When life hands you pig bladders, make a balloon

That’s right: NPR let me borrow their station to once again expatiate upon the many skills evidenced by young heroines in tight spots, included but not limited to wolf-taming, applesauce-sugaring, and ripping up ball gowns for food. Oh, wait — that’s just to wear for another season. Still good to know. Click to listen to Buck Up: Life Lessons From Young Heroines.

June 11th, 2009 at 2:44 am

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Beach reads

The LA Times’ Jacket Copy blog included me in their 60 new books to read this summer. I understand you do not have to read all 60.

June 8th, 2009 at 4:30 pm

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I’m on eBay!

…thank god not for the dreaded .99.

June 7th, 2009 at 4:15 am

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Watch the LAT Book Festival “About Reading Panel”

At the LA Times Book Festival two weeks ago, I sat on a panel about reading with the marvelous Laura Miller, Jane Smiley, and Sara Nelson. Then C-Span put it on TV!

Hilarious.

You can watch the entire panel here, or, if you like, I’ve assembled some handy clips. (You’ll have to allow popups for the player to work.)

June 6th, 2009 at 8:47 pm

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