CAMP GIRLS is the ultimate love letter to summer camp. Iris Krasnow does a wonderful job of extolling the joys, traditions, and friendships that are all a part of the overnight summer camp experience. This book made me wish I had gone to camp!

This book made me "camp sick." As someone who spent three summers at a girls' sleepaway camp (Rah, rah, Camp Farwell!), it made me want to start singing all the songs I remembered.

I'm not sure how much this book will resonate with anyone who didn't go to camp themselves, but it was a joyful trip down memory lane for me, and reinforced how much camp meant to me and contributed to who I am.

It was well-written and moved quickly. This reviewer who will forever be on the Blue Team is glad to have read it.

Camp Girls captures the magic of sleepaway camp that any f0rmer camper or counselor will know all too well. As a former camper myself who spent eight summers in the Minnesota wilderness at a small all-girls sleepaway camp, I couldn't stop grinning at the memoir's authenticity and reasons why camp is so special to so many of us: Iris Krasnow completely gets it. Told through biographical memories, camper testimonials, and plenty of research, Krasnow told a compelling tale about why camp matters to so many of us. I swear, with every chapter and new story, I kept thinking back to my own wacky camp stories and friends and I just couldn't stop smiling, laughing, or crying. The book itself did feel quite short: I wanted more. I wanted it to trigger even more memories because camp was such a special place for me, and this book made me yearn to remember how far I've come and how camp has made me, well, me.

I have never had the pleasure of going to sleepaway camp, but did do weekend camping with Girl Scouts and have fond memories of that time. The author really makes me think that I missed out by not going to summer camp, as the impact it had on her whole life is a benefit that I have never thought of. The nostalgia in this book is a great read, whether or not you went to summer camp yourself. The writing is so vivid that you feel as if you were there with the author as you read.

I had hoped the book would reflect my summer camp experiences about the same time as the author's - different camp, though, but in Wisconsin, not all that far from where her camp was. It didn't. . I was terribly disappointed and didn't finish the book

A sort of memoir about a woman who loved her all-girls camp as a child. There are several narratives here: the author’s childhood memories, her stories about returning to camp as an adult, camp stories of others, and a smattering of research. All this in chapters based on values camp experiences instill. Some feel good moments, but as a whole, it doesn’t really work for me.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing this book in exchange for an honest review.
People who have been to a summer camp will appreciate the memories that this book can conjure up. I only attended a week long camp and vaguely remember the experience. This book makes me realize I really missed out on an incredible experience while I was growing up. The "sisterhood" of the camp girls sounds amazing. It is interesting to see how camp life has shaped their adult lives.