One day I will read Anne of Green Gables and A Little Princess. I love the Tom Sawyer idea. From what I know of his mum, she may too.
What? She killed 'em with mathematics. What else could it have been?
Jayne ,'Objects In Space'
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."
megan walker - Apr 25, 2012 5:41:23 am PDT #18531 of 28296
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Amy - Apr 25, 2012 5:43:48 am PDT #18532 of 28296
Because books.
You've never read A Little Princess?! ::faints::
What about The Secret Garden?
megan walker - Apr 25, 2012 5:49:48 am PDT #18533 of 28296
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Amy - Apr 25, 2012 5:52:59 am PDT #18534 of 28296
Because books.
Oh, I read that post. And then forgot I did. Sorry!
I think I remember one of the books you have pictured there, Christina Katerina and The Box. If not, I remember something a lot like it.
megan walker - Apr 25, 2012 5:57:14 am PDT #18535 of 28296
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I think I remember one of the books you have pictured there, Christina Katerina and The Box. If not, I remember something a lot like it.
I still have that one. You know, if you ever come to visit.
Amy - Apr 25, 2012 6:01:56 am PDT #18536 of 28296
Because books.
I just found a blog post on it! And I DO remember it! And now I want it back desperately.
I'm also dying to get my hands on a copy of Jellybeans For Breakfast (same series of books, the Parents Magazine Press ones), but I can only ever find copies for over $100.
I will come visit! Soon(ish).
megan walker - Apr 25, 2012 6:08:06 am PDT #18537 of 28296
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I just found a blog post on it! And I DO remember it! And now I want it back desperately.
I remember Trudy's cries of delight back in NY when she realized I had it.
Hil R. - Apr 25, 2012 6:09:33 am PDT #18538 of 28296
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I like Secret Garden much better than Little Princess. Little Princess was OK, but the plucky tireless little girl who found a way to be happy in the midst of all problems could get old quickly. Mary Lennox from Secret Garden cried and threw tantrums and seemed much more like a real girl.
Kat - Apr 25, 2012 6:53:02 am PDT #18539 of 28296
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I would use poetry.
"Come live with me and be my love."
Or Andrew Marvell "If We Had But World Enough and Time"
Also, any scene with Iago in Othello.
Scrappy - Apr 25, 2012 7:38:36 am PDT #18540 of 28296
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Also The Secret Garden has Dickon. I loves me some Dickon.