Elizabeth Enright! Gone-Away Lake! The Melanies! The Four Story Mistake!
Though I'm not sure of the proper age group on those.
Now, I can hold a note for a long time...actually I can hold a note forever. But eventually that's just noise. It's the change we're listening for. The note coming after, and the one after that. That's what makes it music.
Host ,'Why We Fight'
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."
Connie Neil - May 24, 2011 8:20:20 am PDT #14887 of 28690
brillig
meara - May 24, 2011 8:24:15 am PDT #14888 of 28690
Ooh, I loved Elizabeth Enright, though got a bit confused over some of the old-fashioned terminology. Also loved Edward Eager. And E Nesbit!!
(Hi, we're buffistas. We could recommend books ALL DAY LONG)
meara - May 24, 2011 8:25:42 am PDT #14889 of 28690
hippocampus - May 24, 2011 8:48:47 am PDT #14890 of 28690
not your mom's socks.
(Hi, we're buffistas. We could recommend books ALL DAY LONG)
Yes, this is one of the many reasons why I love us.
Elizabeth Enright! Gone-Away Lake! The Melanies! The Four Story Mistake!
with emphasis! Love love love.
Is she too young for Edward Eager, Sox?
not sure - looking
Ginger - May 24, 2011 8:56:11 am PDT #14891 of 28690
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I still reread the Melendys and Gone-Away Lake every few years. I was grateful to Harry Potter's success, which got the Edward Eager books reprinted.
Also, there's Caddie Woodlawn, Blue Willow and Lois Lenski's books. I love Roller Skates, but she may be a bit young.
Sophia Brooks - May 24, 2011 9:17:50 am PDT #14892 of 28690
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
One of my first chapter books, and I still re-read it, was The Boxcar Children. I recently read some of the sequals, where they solved mysteries, but they are not as good. I would, probably enjoy them still if I were a child.
Amy- I loved Jane-Emily but it scared me! The cover was freaky.
Typo Boy - May 24, 2011 9:19:12 am PDT #14893 of 28690
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Sam the bat? I think that is short enough for you and great for pretty damn young on up.
hippocampus - May 24, 2011 11:11:21 am PDT #14894 of 28690
not your mom's socks.
HKF picked out a Judy Moody, another Ivy & Bean and a Junie B. Jones at the library. She was eying the magic tree house books too but I told her to start with what she could carry. I'm such a killjoy.
Strix - May 24, 2011 12:55:23 pm PDT #14895 of 28690
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
OMG, Lenny Kravitz cast as Cinna in The Hunger Games.
I actually really like that!
Laga - May 25, 2011 8:14:55 am PDT #14896 of 28690
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Someone's left a copy of Leon Uris's Trinity in the living room. I've always wanted to read that. I pick it up and flip to chapter one. Wait a minute... this is so familiar. I have read it. And ordinarily no big deal, I forgot a book. But I retained Nothing! Of centuries of Irish history. And I know if I reread it, I will remember it, only about a chapter in advance. I'm so mad at my brain right now.
In DFW news, I just finished the part with Tony Krause withdrawing on the subway. I remember way back when we met Orrin and the cockroaches thinking at least it's not ants. Silly girl. So, are we about done with the ant imagery or can I get a heads up for future bits to skim?