My Favorite Summer Read: Summer Sisters


Updated 06/25/10 12:55 AM · Posted by · 7 comments

Why Summer Sisters Is the Best Beach Read Ever

BuzzSugar Community member shannoninsf submitted the following post to the Book Club group. I have a packed-full Summer reading list for the next couple of months, and am determined to consume as many books as is humanly possible. I just finished Sloane Crosley's I Was Told There'd Be Cake and picked up David Nicholls's One Day the other night, but there's an old favorite hanging out on my Read more

Link Time! 9/30


Updated 10/01/08 12:09 AM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 5 comments

Link Time! 9/30

A modest proposal: No more old people on reality TV. — TV Filter First photos from the set of Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland are popping up. — Cinematical New TV cast additions that worked. — TV Squad Rachel McAdams says the film version of The Time Traveler's Wife is "distilled down to the love story," and that it's not a chick flick. — MTV Movies Blog Was your childhood influenced Read more

What's Your Favorite Judy Blume Book?


Updated 05/18/08 3:22 PM · Posted by · 18 comments

What's Your Favorite Judy Blume Book?

Who among us can hear the question "Are you there, God?" without being able to answer back "It's me, Margaret." Judy Blume has had a huge part in educating many girls about the facts of life — with humor and age-appropriate candor. (Well, it's not her fault that I got my hot little paws on Wifey as a kid and was scarred for life because of a scene involving slow-dancing and a tampon — don't Read more

Should Older Books Be Updated For a Modern Audience?


Updated 03/29/08 8:31 AM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 101 comments

Should Older Books Be Updated For a Modern Audience?

I spent a good portion of Thursday afternoon being horrified by the fact that, in the newly updated versions of the Sweet Valley High books, the gorgeous Wakefield twins' oft-referenced clothing size has been reduced from a "perfect" six to a "perfect" four — a fact the publisher proudly trumpeted in a press release. It's as though Random House sat down with the '80s editions and thought, "huh, Read more

What's Buzzworthy: Coming-of-Age Novels


Updated 07/23/07 8:01 AM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 25 comments

What's Buzzworthy: Coming-of-Age Novels

Wow, I thought I knew a lot of great coming-of-age novels, but this week's Buzzworthy challenge proved how many great-looking titles I have missed out on. Thanks to everyone who participated in this challenge — I now have a nice, long list to bring with me to the bookstore this weekend! Here are some of the titles that looked the most intriguing to me (or that I've also read and enjoyed), Read more

Brad Meltzer Talks About His New Heroes For My Daughter


Updated 04/10/12 3:15 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Interview With Brad Meltzer About Heroes For My Daugher

"Where's my book?" In the two years since Brad Meltzer released Heroes For My Son, that's what the New York Times best-selling author has heard over and over from his daughter. Now, just a month before Mother's Day, Brad reaches out to his daughter and mothers everywhere with Heroes For My Daughter. In his new book, the father of three profiles 56 people who he believes are worthy of the hero Read more

30 Celebs Including Gwyneth Paltrow, Elizabeth Banks, and Jane Fonda Sign Letter in Support of Planned Parenthood


Updated 02/03/12 3:55 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Celebrities Support Planned Parenthood

Thirty famous women added their voices to the Susan G. Komen/Planned Parenthood controversy today, writing a letter of support of Planned Parenthood to Komen. Taking a noncontroversial tone, actresses like Gwyneth Paltrow, Jane Fonda, Elizabeth Banks, Scarlett Johansson, and Aisha Tyler, as well as writers including Nora Ephron and Judy Blume, thank Komen for restoring funding to Planned Read more

5 Reasons a Real '90s Girl Will Love Young Adult


Updated 12/09/11 1:15 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Charlize Theron in Young Adult

We are so excited that Young Adult hits theaters today! Charlize Theron plays Mavis, a girl who used to rule the school and is now dealing with some deep-rooted issues. She heads back to her sleepy Minnesota hometown to live out a sick twisted fantasy that she and her high school boyfriend are destined to be together. Doesn't sound too sick or twisted yet, right? The only problem is he's happily Read more

18 Young Adult Novels Worth Reading Again


Updated 11/30/11 9:32 PM · Posted by TresSugar · 21 comments

Young Adults to Read as Adults

Young Adult, starring Charlize Theron as a fiction writer, comes out in theaters next week. We asked our readers what YA novels they'd read again. From classics like Little Women to '80s nostalgia like Sweet Valley High to contemporary favorites like the Gossip Girl series, here are 18 books to add to your list. The Giver by Lois Lowry Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series by Ann Read more