I don't know Estes or Enright, but Edward Eager was my jam. Him and E. Nesbit. Also E.W. Hildick. And Allan W. Eckert. So I also liked E's, it seems.
Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.
Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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."
Polter-Cow - May 31, 2013 8:48:50 pm PDT #20881 of 28690
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Connie Neil - May 31, 2013 8:56:36 pm PDT #20882 of 28690
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I should track down the Enright stuff and see if it bears up. My middle school library had a big 3-volume omnibus of the Melendy books, and I regularly checked it out. That and teh volumes of the encyclopedia, thick enough to keep me occupied for more than a day or two.
meara - May 31, 2013 9:20:01 pm PDT #20883 of 28690
What about Edward Eager? Half-Magic, Seven-Day Magic, Knight's Castle, and so on.
oooh, definitely! I loved the Melendy books, but I think they're too old for that age.
le nubian - Jun 01, 2013 10:28:52 am PDT #20884 of 28690
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Outlander series greenlit by Starz
Strix - Jun 01, 2013 11:48:21 am PDT #20885 of 28690
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
WHUT? Oh, dear.
Consuela - Jun 01, 2013 2:02:43 pm PDT #20886 of 28690
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Oh, dear.
Indeed.
sumi - Jun 04, 2013 4:39:54 am PDT #20887 of 28690
Art Crawl!!!
Kickstarter for Name of the Wind playing cards.
sumi - Jun 04, 2013 7:13:45 am PDT #20888 of 28690
Art Crawl!!!
There's a play based on The Code of the Woosters opening in London.
Ginger - Jun 09, 2013 7:27:03 am PDT #20889 of 28690
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
sumi - Jun 09, 2013 9:44:21 am PDT #20890 of 28690
Art Crawl!!!
Yes.