tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203893324932668537.post8197072155206719799..comments2023-12-19T13:11:31.497-06:00Comments on TBR 313: Sue Barton, Visiting Nurse, by Helen Dore BoylstonLisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17782561487396697870noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203893324932668537.post-15586504741500920922016-04-22T22:25:04.579-05:002016-04-22T22:25:04.579-05:00Especially in Greenwich Village! New York is the s...Especially in Greenwich Village! New York is the setting for some of my favorite childhood books, and I feel like I know the city through them. I hope to visit someday, and see if I can find at least some of the settings.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17782561487396697870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203893324932668537.post-21982667029150660042016-04-22T05:32:35.455-05:002016-04-22T05:32:35.455-05:00This is such a great pick for the 1938 read -- I r...This is such a great pick for the 1938 read -- I remember thinking how exotic the locations were when I read them: one of the delights of all these children's books people mention is how one remembers the settings all over again as an adult traveller. I suspect a cheap rent in New York might be out of the question though! skiourophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08200877834536477400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203893324932668537.post-64501029179231315722016-04-17T20:18:26.939-05:002016-04-17T20:18:26.939-05:00It does! When I look back on moving to Houston, al...It does! When I look back on moving to Houston, almost 25 years ago now I can't believe how naive I was - and how lucky that everything went so smoothly.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17782561487396697870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203893324932668537.post-70637353676112070102016-04-16T21:56:41.803-05:002016-04-16T21:56:41.803-05:00I think I would like this book--I like stories abo...I think I would like this book--I like stories about young women who venture into the city also, both fiction and non-fiction. Takes a lot of courage. JaneGShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11094501834387622997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203893324932668537.post-65812790586294291652016-04-15T05:47:52.631-05:002016-04-15T05:47:52.631-05:00The book is so much fun before Bill starts looming...The book is so much fun before Bill starts looming! I think my favorite is the last one, where he's in the TB sanitarium and Sue gets to go back to nursing while still being the world's greatest mom (much like my own mother :)Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17782561487396697870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203893324932668537.post-6745057394866721832016-04-15T05:45:05.764-05:002016-04-15T05:45:05.764-05:00I do, Lark :) I have a couple of shelves of child...I do, Lark :) I have a couple of shelves of childhood favorites, and I do re-read them (especially Laura Ingalls Wilder and Louisa May Alcott).Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17782561487396697870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203893324932668537.post-30008052956288452222016-04-15T05:44:10.834-05:002016-04-15T05:44:10.834-05:00Hi, Sherry - thanks for stopping by! I think Call ...Hi, Sherry - thanks for stopping by! I think Call the Midwife is set after World War II, but I'm just going by the episodes I've seen.<br /><br />I loved the Cherry Ames books too, though I never found all the later books in that long series! When I re-read some of them a few years ago, I thought they were less realistic than the Sue Barton books - more adventures and less nursing. And my childhood obsession with Nancy Drew has definitely worn off :)Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17782561487396697870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203893324932668537.post-42782782714406395172016-04-14T20:33:37.318-05:002016-04-14T20:33:37.318-05:00I got so excited when I saw this post pop up in my...I got so excited when I saw this post pop up in my reader! I loooooved these books when I was a kid, and Visiting Nurse was always my very most favorite one. I love how Kit and Sue get their own little house together, and Sue gets to see all the patients. Bill's kind of a poop, but since he's ALWAYS kind of a poop, it's not too huge a surprise. :pJenny @ Reading the Endhttp://readingtheend.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203893324932668537.post-69620182834356033792016-04-14T16:41:41.601-05:002016-04-14T16:41:41.601-05:00Don't you love rereading old favorites? I shou...Don't you love rereading old favorites? I should make more time for rereading the books I grew up loving than I do. :)Lark https://www.blogger.com/profile/13777891312147377769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203893324932668537.post-38035717161594548992016-04-14T13:09:56.583-05:002016-04-14T13:09:56.583-05:00When is Call the Midwife set? I'll look it up,...When is Call the Midwife set? I'll look it up, but it would interesting to compare the nursing details in this series to that one. Also, I have a large set of the Cherry Ames books, and it would be good to compare these to Cherry, too. Perhaps the Cherry Ames books (which came out of Grossett and Dunlap, I believe, along with Nancy Drew) are not as well written as the Sue Barton ones?Sherryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04664642293286996220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203893324932668537.post-76806954523763167882016-04-14T06:01:42.209-05:002016-04-14T06:01:42.209-05:00I remember when they were really hard to find over...I remember when they were really hard to find over here as well. I was hoping the recent reprints would make them more readily available, but apparently not. If you lived closer I would absolutely lend them to you!Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17782561487396697870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203893324932668537.post-35950395794437097332016-04-14T03:46:01.837-05:002016-04-14T03:46:01.837-05:00You're right about the timelessness - I read t...You're right about the timelessness - I read these books as a child and I had no idea that they were set decades earlier, or indeed across the Atlantic. Such are the qualities of Helen Dore Boylston's writing. I'd love to read them again, but I read library copies first time around and the books don't seem too readily available over here.Jane @ Beyond Eden Rockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14568410017337283636noreply@blogger.com