tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post5742713098227126627..comments2024-03-28T11:17:43.586+00:00Comments on Read-warbler: Two reviewsCathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06371069000185280668noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-30462588886633098972008-04-18T07:37:00.000+01:002008-04-18T07:37:00.000+01:00I'm sure you will love your new Wind in the Willow...I'm sure you will love your new Wind in the Willows when it arrives, Tara. I pick it up practically every day and browse through and plan to reread the story quite soon.Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06371069000185280668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-59858581928724679062008-04-18T00:39:00.000+01:002008-04-18T00:39:00.000+01:00I wanted you to know that I ordered The Wind in th...I wanted you to know that I ordered The Wind in the Willows from Amazon US. The publisher is listed as Palazzo and the ISBN is different but it is a brand new edition and the cover is exactly the same as yours. It was cheaper than ordering from the UK so I am hopeful it is just like yours. I cannot wait!Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07208766776468157501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-34948594150462018692008-04-17T06:32:00.000+01:002008-04-17T06:32:00.000+01:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-4377135995944874522008-04-16T08:40:00.000+01:002008-04-16T08:40:00.000+01:00Hi Simon. It's so nice that our grandaughter is no...Hi Simon. It's so nice that our grandaughter is now old enough (almost 8) and good enough at reading to be reading some of the same books as the rest of the family. And we all purposely read a few younger children's books with her to encourage her and make it more fun. Poor girl never really stood a chance of being a non-reader! LOL.Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06371069000185280668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-27626506732670803132008-04-15T23:42:00.000+01:002008-04-15T23:42:00.000+01:00How nice that you can share books with a granddaug...How nice that you can share books with a granddaughter!<BR/>I remember the fun I had when Mum and I started reading The Three Investigators series alongside each other.StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-34200554716294436032008-04-15T11:09:00.000+01:002008-04-15T11:09:00.000+01:00Thanks for clarifying that, Carl. I appreciate it ...Thanks for clarifying that, Carl. I appreciate it as there are times when I'm pretty clueless!Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06371069000185280668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-37889525264172800472008-04-14T14:51:00.000+01:002008-04-14T14:51:00.000+01:00I'm glad you did put it up at the review site. I ...I'm glad you did put it up at the review site. I don't hold folks to their lists. I want whatever a person reads that they feel fits in the challenge parameters to be on the review site as that gives all of us a chance to see books that we might not know about otherwise. I hadn't heard of this Pratchett book but it looks and sounds very entertaining. Thanks for posting!Carl V. Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15948764216438379394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-14142924729767669352008-04-14T10:23:00.000+01:002008-04-14T10:23:00.000+01:00Thanks, Pat, I've done that and listed it as an *e...Thanks, Pat, I've done that and listed it as an *extra* book. Thanks for your help.<BR/><BR/>Nymeth: I was so impressed with this book and it certainly goes down as one of my favourite Discworld novels now. I plan to reread it at some stage because I think it might be necessary in order to get everything Terry was trying to say. Utterly brilliant, *without* being preachy and but also maintaining his wonderful humour. And I just love Maurice!Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06371069000185280668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-1881645767064557662008-04-13T22:40:00.000+01:002008-04-13T22:40:00.000+01:00"This book is aimed at children aged 9 to 12 but I..."This book is aimed at children aged 9 to 12 but I must admit I found it a complex, thought provoking, novel with quite a few points to make. I suppose it's a book that can be read on different levels though, which is fine."<BR/><BR/>Yup, I wholeheartedly agree. I was surprised that this one was so dark - I actually think it's one of his darkest books. I'm glad you enjoyed it! This is one of my favourite Terry Pratchett books, which is the same as saying it's one of my favourite books period.Ana S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16092495983972185943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-10443854264770766282008-04-13T13:32:00.000+01:002008-04-13T13:32:00.000+01:00Absolutely put it on the review list Cath! The on...Absolutely put it on the review list Cath! The one thing I found with Carl's challenge is that because it is 3 months long most people put up many more reviews than just the 5. I just put up number 6 and plan to put any fantasy book I read between now and the end of the challenge on the review list! I think that (easily) you will find that you've done the challenge twice! lolDesLilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02582481597658080464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-17972521475686545572008-04-13T08:57:00.000+01:002008-04-13T08:57:00.000+01:00Hi Pat. No reading frenzy here. :-) They're just t...Hi Pat. No reading frenzy here. :-) They're just two shortish, easy reads that I read fairly quickly. Am stuck now because I just started a book that I really can't get into so don't want to pick it up. <BR/><BR/>Pat, do you think I should put Maurice and his Amazing Educated Rodents up on Carl's review site? It's not on my list for the challenge but it is fantasy/folklore/fairy tale or *something*. I'm not sure if you're only supposed to link to your actual list of books or whether extra books can be put up.<BR/><BR/>Juliet, I haven't actually heard of The Secret Island but I recently gave my grandaughter an omnibus of three or four stand-alone Blyton books so I'll ask her if it's in that. My own favourite stand-alone book by her is The Treasure Seekers which is very easy to come by so I have a copy of that and it's a hardback of the original, which is nice.Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06371069000185280668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-1701729071337005492008-04-12T21:23:00.000+01:002008-04-12T21:23:00.000+01:00This was my favourite in the Adventure series. My ...This was my favourite in the Adventure series. My teacher read it in instalments ever afternoon when I was eight, and then I read it about six times myself!<BR/><BR/>My top-favourite Enid Blyton of all time, though, is now quite hard to come by. It was a one-off (ie not in any series) called The Secret Island, about some children who run away from their nasty step-parents and hide on an island where they build a house out of willow branches and smuggle a cow and some hens across by boat so they can live off milk and eggs. If you ever get the chance to steal a copy from some young person's bookshelves, you really must. I know you'd love it!Juliethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18055924620237477722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3958492963483272678.post-57744101701415776942008-04-12T18:37:00.000+01:002008-04-12T18:37:00.000+01:00you've turned into a reading frenzie !! lol.. I h...you've turned into a reading frenzie !! lol.. I hadn't heard of either of these books, I'll take the time to check them out a bit more...DesLilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02582481597658080464noreply@blogger.com