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    <body><![CDATA[One thing I really enjoy doing is rereading kids books. I checked out Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and zoomed through it in about two hours. I have reread many other classics and enjoyed them. I think my next big kids read will be the infamous Harriet the Spy which I loved and totally identifie...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18726803">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I found this book at the library, and since I loved Judy Blume as a child, I wanted to test one of the books she wrote for adults. I never could have expected a story so involving and complex. The characters come to life on the pages; and the storyline is brilliant in its commonness. <br/><br/>Sum...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11463214">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved this book when I read it because it reminded me so much of the weird relationship I had with my best friend growing up. We spent numerous summers together at her parents' cottage having the requisite summer flings with out of town boys who we would never see again (until the next summer), an...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2517915">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[All the presumably well-intentioned messages and general nostalgic goodwill notwithstanding, the fact remains that Judy Blume is the Larry Clark of young adult fiction, and her trashy &quot;adult&quot; novels belie this.  Without the hassle of having to walk twelve-year-olds through puberty, Blume i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1551884">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book every summer, mostly because it does such a great job of capturing the essence of the season. (I actually prefer to read it when it's still a little cold outside so I can be transported to warmer weather, but for the past few years it's been so hard to find time to get it in!) Anywa...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2392827">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book starts with Victoria receiving an invitation from Caitlin to her wedding. Then Victoria flashes back...<br/>Cat (Caitlin) and Vix (Victoria) in their preteens and follows them all the way into adulthood. Cat is rich with divorced parents, Vix comes from a poor family. Vix is invited out t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27278202">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[    Another great book from Judy Blume, the Summer Sisters discusses the issue of two girl’s life.  Caitlin and Victoria (Vix) who spends almost every summer together developed a strong relationship. Even though they are very close to each other, when I read more of the book I realize the deep sec...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20185627">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I am in love with Sharkey. With this book, with Judy Blume, with summer sisters.<br/><br/>Last night my friend and I, sprawled on her bed, compaired childhood books and the sex scenes that were or were not so explicit in them. Their evolution from &quot;he lay with her&quot; and euphemisms to grap...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17358913">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[No writer captures the seasons of our lives better than Judy Blume.  Now, from the New York Times bestselling author of Wifey and Smart Women, comes an extraordinary novel of reminiscence and awakening--an unforgettable story of two women, two families, and the friendships that shape a lifetime.<br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8337136">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[What shall I say... this book is candid.  I am enjoying it thus far and I am 100 pages in.  It is a hard book to put down because you want to know what happened back then.  This book is a look back at the lives of two young women together.  At the very beginning Vix gets a call from Caitlin that Cai...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15883958">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I like that Vix and Caitlin were born the same years as me, it was easy to relate to that. I didn't come from a rich family nor a struggling blue-collar family. But I could understand the feeling of trying so hard but not quite fitting in. <br/><br/>And looking at the 2 of them and their families,...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36228845">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[It's been awhile since I've been as much into a chick lit book as I was this one.  This book is written over 15 years about the relationship between two girls who are the closest of friends every summer. At the start, I was very reflective on my own relationships with other women.  But, once I got i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66656286">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I've loved Judy Blume's books since I was younger. This is my first adult fiction that I've read of hers, and I gotta say that she's just as amazing as ever. Her writing is just as captivating as ever. Her stories from the very beginning lure you in and you just want to get through the story. Her na...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78153827">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I decided to read <em>Summer Sisters</em> by Judy Blume because I wanted my final outside reading assignment to be a light read. This novel definitely fit that criteria, and what was also appealing was that the plot covered many years. I enjoy reading life-spanning books because I like to see the change in c...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56644354">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[My boyfriend's sister gave me this book to read when we visited her in Eugene, OR. I read the whole thing on the plane between Portland and Norfolk. So, it's a fast read! I also had a friend when I was a girl who was like a sister to me, and although we didn't spent as much time exploring our &quot;...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6576627">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Judy Blume is a guilty pleasure of mine. I think I read Tiger Eyes about 10 times the summer before I started Junior High. <br/><br/>I read Summer Sisters one weekend when I was  under the influence of vicodin, so my rating may be skewed because of that, but I do remember this book being highly en...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1986400">more...</a>]]></body>
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