Anya Christina Emmanuella Jenkins. Twenty years old. Born on the fourth of July — and don't think there weren't jokes about that my whole life, mister, 'cause there were. 'Who's our little patriot?' they'd say, when I was younger and therefore smaller and shorter than I am now.

Anya ,'Potential'


Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.

There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."


Beverly - Oct 21, 2010 11:04:58 am PDT #12692 of 28293
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.

I only read the first two Peabodys and stopped there while the love was strong. I would read a dozen more Vicki's, though. And her Jacqueline books are fun, too.


Connie Neil - Oct 21, 2010 11:32:42 am PDT #12693 of 28293
brillig

There is a new Vicki Bliss! The Laughter of Dead Kings. However, I stopped reading it halfway because I didn't like Vicki. I don't know if she's always been like this, but her disdain for other people's passions became very annoying. She's far more self-absorbed than Amelia Peabody, even though both series are done in first person (with other POVs having appeared in the later Amelia books).


Kathy A - Oct 21, 2010 2:50:26 pm PDT #12694 of 28293
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

King of the Wind! Still a favorite

I always loved Born to Trot.


sumi - Oct 21, 2010 2:55:37 pm PDT #12695 of 28293
Art Crawl!!!

I think it's interesting that the book within a book about Hambletonian was later published on it's own.


Laga - Oct 21, 2010 2:59:47 pm PDT #12696 of 28293
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

Peter Lundy was my favorite. Wanted: Tall, skinny, wiry fellows... orphans preferred.


JZ - Oct 21, 2010 3:13:38 pm PDT #12697 of 28293
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.

Laga, I just finished rereading Peter Lundy last night! Verdict, many years later: some of the Native American dialect is pretty dodgy and cringe-inducing, but by and large it still holds up (and Marguerite Henry has much more technical grace and artistry as a writer than I'd remembered), and oh how I someday want to look down a long dusty road and see a wee Irishman walking toward me surrounded by a flock of goats and ponies and dogs and cats and chickens, with a burro foal on a pack on his back.

The illustrations were quite fine, but they still made me miss Wesley Dennis.

Now I need to re-read Born To Trot, and also Stormy, Misty's Foal and Brighty of the Grand Canyon. I can't even begin to add up how many times I read and re-read those books as a kid.


Laga - Oct 21, 2010 3:17:48 pm PDT #12698 of 28293
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

I never watch anyone out of sight since reading Peter Lundy.

Come to think of it, any time I see a paint horse, I'm looking for a bonnet and shield.


DawnK - Oct 21, 2010 3:19:40 pm PDT #12699 of 28293
giraffe mode

Stormy, Misty's Foal

I just found my copies of both Misty and Stormy. They are hard back with the dust covers still intact. They were a gift from my parents for Christmas circa 1965-ish, along with a hard back copy of The World of Pooh. All three now reside in the bookshelf in our bedroom, waiting for me to have time to read them. I adored those books. I remember checking Peter Lundy out of the library probably 20 times.


sumi - Oct 21, 2010 3:20:18 pm PDT #12700 of 28293
Art Crawl!!!

Was Peter Lundy a different title for Santo Domingo, the Medicine Hat Stallion or was it a completely different book with similar characters?


sumi - Oct 21, 2010 3:21:01 pm PDT #12701 of 28293
Art Crawl!!!

I read the Misty books, but the only one I owned was Sea Star: Orphan of Chincoteague.