OOh, me too? The nosy tag doesn't close.
It's a real burden being right so often.
Mal ,'Bushwhacked'
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."
Beverly - Jan 06, 2018 5:27:44 pm PST #24908 of 28201
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Amy - Jan 07, 2018 7:29:13 am PST #24909 of 28201
Because books.
I know, I know! (Well, the author, not the fic, but I assume it was her own fic.)
Sophia Brooks - Jan 08, 2018 4:12:52 pm PST #24910 of 28201
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
From Beth's recomendation, I am trying Book Riot's Read Harder (although it really seems like read wider) challenge in addition to the Goodreads number of books challenge. It was also pointed out to me by my BFf that I already know I can read a lot of books, so what is the point of trying g to read more!
I am looking for recommendations for a children's classic (pre 1980). I have read all the ones I know except Else Dinsmore, which I have no desire to read. Hil's recaps were enough! I am making the assumption that this challenge is not about rereading. I think maybe the opportunity lies in the 1970s? I seriously read almost every book in the children's and young adults section of the library as a young person who lived a few doors down from the library. The other opportunities highlight be more boy's classics? I read Hardy Boys, Tom Swift, King Arthur, etc but I was much morewellversed with girl's classics.
Amy - Jan 08, 2018 4:18:27 pm PST #24911 of 28201
Because books.
I liked the Beany Malone books, which were 1940s-ish, about a big family. Not sure if they qualify as classic.
Sophia Brooks - Jan 08, 2018 4:22:01 pm PST #24912 of 28201
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I will look those up. I am willing to broaden the classic definition because I have perused the list of classics and have read all the ones I have an interest in!
Eta. On the website of the publisher are the Sue Barton nurse books, which I loved [link]
Eta 2. The woman who wrote those books wrote my most memorable of the landmark biography series. Clara Barton, founder of the American red cross [link]
DavidS - Jan 08, 2018 10:24:29 pm PST #24913 of 28201
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I am looking for recommendations for a children's classic (pre 1980).
Have you read all the E.E.s? Elizabeth Enright? Eleanor Estes? Edward Eager?
You might want to browse the NYRB Children's Classics reprints. Lots of cool stuff there.
Here are the 10-14 books: [link]
This is one I well remember reading as a kid: [link]
Sophia Brooks - Jan 09, 2018 3:08:37 am PST #24914 of 28201
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I've read the EEs (except Bret Easton Ellis), but that kitty book you linked seems perfect!
Connie Neil - Jan 09, 2018 4:57:37 am PST #24915 of 28201
brillig
Enright! Enright! I bought her stuff for myself last year!
Amy - Jan 09, 2018 5:11:22 am PST #24916 of 28201
Because books.
Now I want to go back and reread all of her Melendy books.
sj - Jan 09, 2018 5:25:28 am PST #24917 of 28201
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
The Children of Green Knowe series by Lucy Boston?