All my Elizabeth Enright's are here. I am happily hunkered down in post-war New York City. And the stories hold up; this is one childhood pleasure that's held up.
Oh! I know this one! 'Slaying entails certain sacrifices, blah blah blahbity blah, I'm so stuffy, gimme a scone.'
Buffy ,'Help'
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 - Aug 13, 2014 6:03:21 am PDT #22540 of 28344
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Ginger - Aug 13, 2014 7:40:12 am PDT #22541 of 28344
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I meant to say earlier that I reread the Melendys (except for Spiderweb for Two, which was some sort of dreadful anomaly) and the Gone-Away Lake books every few years and they hold up beautifully. The girls have agency. There's very little in the way of set gender roles. They face real problems and solve them.
Do today's children read them? I think they do fine as historical fiction.
Connie Neil - Aug 13, 2014 7:46:40 am PDT #22542 of 28344
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I got hardcovers of Four-Story Mistake and Gone-Away Lake. The cover of Gone-Away is the one I remember reading. Glee!! And the paperback re-issues have the same illustrations.
Ginger - Aug 13, 2014 8:00:46 am PDT #22543 of 28344
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I love the Joe and Beth Krush illustrations.
Connie Neil - Aug 13, 2014 8:07:57 am PDT #22544 of 28344
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The illustrations I have are by Enright.
Ginger - Aug 13, 2014 8:19:31 am PDT #22545 of 28344
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I have the Joe and Beth Krush illustrations in the Gone-Away Lake books.
Connie Neil - Aug 13, 2014 9:05:40 am PDT #22546 of 28344
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You're right, I think they are different, I'll have to check my copies.
EpicTangent - Aug 13, 2014 9:29:08 am PDT #22547 of 28344
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
I read the sample chapters of The Chocolatier's Wife and I do like it very much so far, so I bought it (still at $.99 today). Thanks for the rec, Connie.
Strix - Aug 13, 2014 9:40:10 am PDT #22548 of 28344
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
So, anyone read Scalzi's "Old Man's War?" I'm having a really bad kidney pain day, and am thinking of indulging and buying a new book to read. Thoughts?
Connie Neil - Aug 13, 2014 9:51:11 am PDT #22549 of 28344
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Thanks for the rec, Connie.
I should find a way to contact her and congratulate her for getting it out to a wider audience.