Oh, a girl that age would probably like The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie and its sequels.
OMG, I can't believe I didn't think of that one! She would love Flavia I think.
We have to see the chimp playing hockey! That's hilarious! The ice is so slippery, and, and monkeys are all irrational. We have to see this!
Anya ,'Bring On The Night'
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 - May 16, 2012 11:24:02 am PDT #18764 of 28332
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
hippocampus - May 16, 2012 11:25:48 am PDT #18765 of 28332
not your mom's socks.
I locked myself and two 7 year olds out of the house - boo. But I have The Night Circus with me - yay!
megan walker - May 16, 2012 11:27:34 am PDT #18766 of 28332
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
If only you had a shotgun...
Also, seekrit message to Jesse: You are right, Tuppence is the BEST!
hippocampus - May 16, 2012 11:29:55 am PDT #18767 of 28332
not your mom's socks.
There is sidewalk chalk. Sadly not black and white.
Jesse - May 16, 2012 11:36:01 am PDT #18768 of 28332
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I don't think I've read those since I was a kid, either, but she was just so cool and exciting and glamorous to my 12-y-o self.
Connie Neil - May 16, 2012 11:51:23 am PDT #18769 of 28332
brillig
I've got The Secret Adversary on my Nook, but I'm having a hard time with it. I first read it years and years ago and loved it, but it's not as fun this time. I've also got Mysterious Affair at Styles which I've never read, so I'm hoping unfamiliarity will help.
DavidS - May 16, 2012 11:52:32 am PDT #18770 of 28332
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I don't think I've read those since I was a kid, either, but she was just so cool and exciting and glamorous to my 12-y-o self.
Have you seen the British miniseries?
Jesse - May 16, 2012 11:54:13 am PDT #18771 of 28332
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Probably not.
DavidS - May 16, 2012 11:55:46 am PDT #18772 of 28332
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
It featured the super lovely and cool Francesca Annis. Tommy & Tuppence.
megan walker - May 16, 2012 11:56:35 am PDT #18773 of 28332
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Every few years I decide I'm going to reread all my Agatha Christies (chronologically, natch) and get to about Roger Ackroyd and then get distracted. So I've read The Mysterious Affair at Styles more times than I can count. It's not the best, but it is the first.