Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret in Ultimate Popsugar Reading Challenge

Apr 02, 2007 Melanie rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites, reread, read-in-2023

I just reread this as an adult, in anticipation of the movie. What a beautiful reminder of my childhood! I must have read it 20 times as a tween. Judy Blume is just magic.

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Dec 07, 2014 Sarah rated it really liked it

Shelves: fiction, american-fiction, young-adult-fiction

I somehow never read this book as a kid, even though it is one of the quintessential children's/early YA books in the US. And so as I was yet again feeling very jetlagged at 3:00 am and unable to sleep, I reached for the iPad, which can be considerately read in a dark room where someone else is actually successfully sleeping. I'd downloaded this book several weeks ago in a fit of Judy Blume frenzy, as a part of my constant research into YA novels that could potentially be good reading for our bo ...more

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Apr 06, 2010 Rae rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: ya-childrens

I read this as a teen simply because it was controversial. I really didn't enjoy the story. Couldn't relate. ...more

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Nov 30, 2010 Melissa rated it liked it

Shelves: book-club, 2010, ya

I'm giving this the rating I would have given it back when I read it the first time (about 30 years ago). I'm sorry to say that I didn't enjoy it nearly as much this time around. It was perfect in the right time and place but there's little for adults to enjoy beyond nostalgia. It's very young, not like the YA books they write today that many adults read. It was much like I remembered it except for, ironically, I totally didn't remember the religion part. ...more

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Dec 16, 2007 stephanie rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult, classics

oh, the trials and tribulations of having friends get their periods and enter puberty before you! i'm pretty sure i definitely chanted "i must, i must, i must increase my bust" and hey, at least i was prepared when that red flow finally showed up in high school.

kind of dated, but an excellent book, an excellent story, and something that i think rings somehow true for every girl that reads it. ...more

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Jun 21, 2007 Maggie rated it really liked it

Shelves: young-adult

How can you not love this!? I just reread this in about an hour. The best part is that I can remember reading it over and over when I was younger, and it probably took me days. Love Judy Blume.

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