tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203893324932668537.post2127705458203407228..comments2023-12-19T13:11:31.497-06:00Comments on TBR 313: Past and present crossingLisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17782561487396697870noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203893324932668537.post-83887251206063308112012-10-08T20:22:30.943-05:002012-10-08T20:22:30.943-05:00Fay, and with Alcott, there is also Rose of Eight ...Fay, and with Alcott, there is also Rose of Eight Cousins - at least until the cousins arrive! I'll look forward to your take on ALFLC.<br /><br />Jane, I've really enjoyed the three I've read so far - all very different, but I can see the roots of her adult books in them. And this one had some unexpectedly comic moments, like a Python-esque "Medieval Fayre."Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17782561487396697870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203893324932668537.post-34140082053742900312012-10-08T18:44:26.746-05:002012-10-08T18:44:26.746-05:00I've never come across Penelope Lively's b...I've never come across Penelope Lively's books for younger readers, but you have me intrigued. The mix of story and setting sounds perfect.FleurFisherhttp://fleurfisher.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203893324932668537.post-1620632694462782302012-10-08T16:19:27.593-05:002012-10-08T16:19:27.593-05:00This is not one I've read, but the "quiet...This is not one I've read, but the "quiet lonely child" is echoed in the Louisa May Alcott gothic <i>A Long Fatal Love Chase</i>. (Now reading.) It had not occurred to me that the forlorn, isolated young woman of gothic must come from the old folk tales, the children's stories. Thinking Brothers Grimm. Obvious, really, but I had not put the two together.Fayhttp://www.readramble.typepad.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203893324932668537.post-50376208377615200092012-10-06T07:20:34.564-05:002012-10-06T07:20:34.564-05:00Alex, thank you, I will look for Voyage of QV66 - ...Alex, thank you, I will look for Voyage of QV66 - an intriguing title! I'm glad I have quite a few still to read.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17782561487396697870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203893324932668537.post-80737951531653877542012-10-06T03:05:00.423-05:002012-10-06T03:05:00.423-05:00I love Lively's children's books and so di...I love Lively's children's books and so did the children to whom I used to read them. If you can find a copy do read 'Voyage of QV66' which is a sort of child's version of 'Animal Farm'.Alexhttp://thinkinginfragments.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203893324932668537.post-89452063727328571422012-10-05T19:45:26.884-05:002012-10-05T19:45:26.884-05:00Helen, I wish I'd found her books when I was y...Helen, I wish I'd found her books when I was younger. I have The Ghost of Thomas Kempe, it was the first of her juvenile books that I read, and I loved it. I also have Astercote from the library now.<br /><br />Katrina, I've read & re-read her books for adults. It was after I read her memoir about her childhood that I started looking for her children's books - well, and because I'd run through her adult books (I think I'm still missing one).Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17782561487396697870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203893324932668537.post-39111978978635169942012-10-05T16:47:50.500-05:002012-10-05T16:47:50.500-05:00I've only read her books for adults but this o...I've only read her books for adults but this one sounds lovely. I see that my local library has quite a few of her books in the junior section.Katrinahttp://piningforthewest.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203893324932668537.post-42504969339699719442012-10-05T16:11:52.322-05:002012-10-05T16:11:52.322-05:00I remember reading this book when I was a child bu...I remember reading this book when I was a child but I had forgotten most of the details of the plot, so your post has made me want to read it again! I'll have to see if my library has any of her children's books. I know I still have a copy of The Ghost of Thomas Kempe somewhere in the house, but not this one.Helenhttp://shereadsnovels.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203893324932668537.post-64286602437987842212012-10-05T06:13:01.708-05:002012-10-05T06:13:01.708-05:00Many of her children's books that I see listed...Many of her children's books that I see listed for sale are "ex-lib." It seems a shame, though I know that libraries can't keep everything - and even here, some of the books they do have are in storage.<br /><br />I'm going to go to our natural history museum here and look at the fossils with a new eye!Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17782561487396697870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203893324932668537.post-2534337050467423562012-10-04T22:28:46.142-05:002012-10-04T22:28:46.142-05:00Oh, this sounds like another charming Lively book....Oh, this sounds like another charming Lively book. I think my library used to have some of her children's novels, but they've been discarded and I am really sad about that!<br />I am fascinated by ammonites and will read nearly any book that is centered around Lyme Regis. What a beautiful setting and wonderful characters!Anbolynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10080054175904900094noreply@blogger.com