I loved those books so much as a kid.
I know we've talked about this before, but yeah. Me too.
Home schooling? You know, it's not just for scary religious people anymore.
Buffy ,'Beneath You'
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."
DavidS - Aug 25, 2018 6:02:29 pm PDT #25163 of 28197
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Gris - Aug 29, 2018 1:49:32 pm PDT #25164 of 28197
Hey. New board.
OMG. Yes. Now I want to pick up Taryn Wanderer again.
Gris - Aug 29, 2018 1:53:49 pm PDT #25165 of 28197
Hey. New board.
My first exposure to Prydain was actually this old Black Cauldrom video game, which my brother and I were never able to get get anywhere on. It was hard! At least we thought so. I'm actually surprised I ever got over it to read the books.
Consuela - Aug 31, 2018 11:22:16 am PDT #25166 of 28197
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
What a lovely appreciation of Joan Aiken: [link]
Gris - Sep 01, 2018 3:42:18 pm PDT #25167 of 28197
Hey. New board.
I started reading Harry Potter to Calvin a few days ago. He's too young for some of the later books, but I think in a slow read aloud way he will be able to enjoy the first one. We've only done the first chapter, and he didn't quite follow it - I'd forgotten how much that chapter is almost entirely about voice and atmosphere. I expect once the parseltongue and owls kick in he'll be a bit more into it, but it is so ridiculously compelling from the get-go to me. I feel like I never gave JK Rowling enough credit for her word-craft back when I devoured the books, but that chapter just has voice coming out of its bottom. And Britishiness. It's like a slightly less funny (though still pretty funny) Hitchhiker's Guide, with Mr. Dursley playing the role of a less likable Arthur Dent.
Tonight I had the bright idea to get the books in Portuguese as well, and installed a Portuguese-English dictionary on my Kindle, so after I read to him in English I will follow it up later that night or the next day in Portuguese for myself. I expect that will help me build some vocabulary! (I live in Brazil now, in case this feels like a complete non sequitur to anybody reading).
meara - Sep 01, 2018 6:46:06 pm PDT #25168 of 28197
You live in Brazil, Gris?! How did that happen? And omg hoe old is your kiddo now??
DavidS - Sep 01, 2018 8:04:59 pm PDT #25169 of 28197
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
You live in Brazil, Gris?! How did that happen?
Consider my eyebrows also raised in surprise!
Gris - Sep 01, 2018 11:48:18 pm PDT #25170 of 28197
Hey. New board.
My wife and I are teaching at an American school here. Calvin is 6 now, will be 7 in December. My younger two are 4 and almost 2.
Jesse - Sep 02, 2018 1:53:08 am PDT #25171 of 28197
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh wow!
Katerina Bee - Sep 02, 2018 6:52:27 am PDT #25172 of 28197
Herding cats for fun
We are quite international!