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 Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2006 9:54 am
It is, indeed, a fine novel. I haven't read my copy for a while.
In the meantime, borrowed Neil Jordan's Shade to have a look at.
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Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2006 10:40 am
I read Farenheit 951 in my first year in the sixth form. It tends to resonate around my head occasionally since I started library work.
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Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2006 4:46 am
It and Dandelion Wine are the best of the Bradbury I've read, I think.
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Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 11:42 am
I've just managed to source (via abebooks) a copy of "The King's Fifth" by Scott O'Dell. It was upon this book that the epic cartoon "The Mysterious Cities of Gold" was based...
In the meantime, a friend of mine has just lent me a ton of her Chalet School books so I can have a mighty nostalgia fest smile
DW
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Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 6:49 am
It is here that I admit to having actually read some Chalet School.
They went downhill after the first couple, I think.
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Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 11:28 am
Xagarath Ankor It is here that I admit to having actually read some Chalet School. They went downhill after the first couple, I think. I have a friend who owns all of them and I've been meaning to borrow 'em for ages. I loved them when I was younger, but the complete fragility of some of the characters and the idea that a woman's place is to get carefully educated and then waste it all my being a housewife are frankly annoying. Still, I read so many when I was younger that I do want to read the rest to find out what happens to the various characters. Espevially when later books mention things in passing. DW
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Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 4:48 am
Warnersister Xagarath Ankor It is here that I admit to having actually read some Chalet School. They went downhill after the first couple, I think. I have a friend who owns all of them and I've been meaning to borrow 'em for ages. I loved them when I was younger, but the complete fragility of some of the characters and the idea that a woman's place is to get carefully educated and then waste it all my being a housewife are frankly annoying. Still, I read so many when I was younger that I do want to read the rest to find out what happens to the various characters. Espevially when later books mention things in passing. DW Must say that I never read thm - along with The Famous Five and The Secret Seven. Everything just seemed so frightfully jolly-hockey-sticks and a bit on the dull side, even without the ridiculous gender stereotyping. Maybe I'd think differently if I picked them up now. I'm not sure.
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Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 5:24 am
Nuala Must say that I never read thm - along with The Famous Five and The Secret Seven. Everything just seemed so frightfully jolly-hockey-sticks and a bit on the dull side, even without the ridiculous gender stereotyping. Maybe I'd think differently if I picked them up now. I'm not sure. I wouldn't bet on it. Mind you, when I was younger I didn't find them that dull - and it's probably reading those when I was young that allowed me to give Harry Potter a try when I was 20! I did always admire the idea of having to speak English one day, German another and French the next - would have made learning languages a breeze! DW
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Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 5:31 am
Warnersister Nuala Must say that I never read thm - along with The Famous Five and The Secret Seven. Everything just seemed so frightfully jolly-hockey-sticks and a bit on the dull side, even without the ridiculous gender stereotyping. Maybe I'd think differently if I picked them up now. I'm not sure. I wouldn't bet on it. Mind you, when I was younger I didn't find them that dull - and it's probably reading those when I was young that allowed me to give Harry Potter a try when I was 20! I did always admire the idea of having to speak English one day, German another and French the next - would have made learning languages a breeze! DW Definitely! It's the execution of the stories that puts me off, rather than the idea. To be honest, I was expecting more shock that I managed to successfully avoid reading The Famous Five and The Secret Seven. smile
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Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 12:29 pm
Nuala Definitely! It's the execution of the stories that puts me off, rather than the idea. To be honest, I was expecting more shock that I managed to successfully avoid reading The Famous Five and The Secret Seven. smile Nah, I just consider that to be a great achievement... DW
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Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 7:23 am
Nuala Warnersister Xagarath Ankor It is here that I admit to having actually read some Chalet School. They went downhill after the first couple, I think. I have a friend who owns all of them and I've been meaning to borrow 'em for ages. I loved them when I was younger, but the complete fragility of some of the characters and the idea that a woman's place is to get carefully educated and then waste it all my being a housewife are frankly annoying. Still, I read so many when I was younger that I do want to read the rest to find out what happens to the various characters. Espevially when later books mention things in passing. DW Must say that I never read thm - along with The Famous Five and The Secret Seven. Everything just seemed so frightfully jolly-hockey-sticks and a bit on the dull side, even without the ridiculous gender stereotyping. Maybe I'd think differently if I picked them up now. I'm not sure. I... read all those things when I was too young to know any better? Mixed tastes I had when under 10, that's for sure.
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Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 4:01 am
Xagarath Ankor I... read all those things when I was too young to know any better? Mixed tastes I had when under 10, that's for sure. Are you interested in expanding on that? You've got me curious now. smile
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Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 4:38 am
Nuala Xagarath Ankor I... read all those things when I was too young to know any better? Mixed tastes I had when under 10, that's for sure. Are you interested in expanding on that? You've got me curious now. smile Yeah, we won't bite. I still read Biggles books, remember? And Joan Aiken, and Eoin Colfer, and Young James Bond, and Susan Cooper, and Diana Wynne Jones, and Robin Jarvis, and Lucy M Boston, and Helen Cresswell and... well, you get the picture biggrin DW
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Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 5:12 am
Im going to try and get a review of the Drizzt Do'Urdens Dark Elf Trilogy underway soon.
I know Im a slacker, but I will be trying to sort it soon.
~ Ceej
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Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 2:23 am
Nuala Xagarath Ankor I... read all those things when I was too young to know any better? Mixed tastes I had when under 10, that's for sure. Are you interested in expanding on that? You've got me curious now. smile Apologies for the deledy reply- was away. But yeah- used to read a mixture of stuff from trash to quality- Enid Blyton on the one hand, Tolkein and Ursula Le Guin on the other. Hardy Boys and William Mayne. The Beano and Dickens. Lucy Daniels and James Herriot. Need I say more? Quote: And Joan Aiken, and Eoin Colfer, and Young James Bond, and Susan Cooper, and Diana Wynne Jones, and Robin Jarvis, and Lucy M Boston, and Helen Cresswell and... well, you get the picture I still read most of those myself. Particularly Wynne-Jones, as you know.
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