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JWChitown
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| PMQ333 wrote: | | JWChitown wrote: | I read a Stephen King years ago that he supposedly wrote for his kids. As I recall it was about a castle and a dragon and a hidden room? Does anyone have an recollection of that one and possibly know what the name was?
I read it about 30 yrs ago, so I don't remember much. |
I think you might mean, Eyes of the Dragon. Loved it! |
Thanks! I wanted to see if my granddaughter would get hooked on this. |
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Another favorite series of mine was Herman Wouk's "Winds of War" and "War and Remembrance" (2 volumes).
I read all three in sequence and felt like I was living all of the characters. |
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Frances
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OMG, how could I forget...A. A. Milne's "Winnie the Pooh"! What a wonderful treasure.
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I read a lot - or I used to before I got caught up in the live feeds/after show continuing saga of Will and Janelle.  I mostly read romance/suspense novels (light on the suspense) LOL. I just got a new book to start tonight. It is No Safe Place by Joann Ross. I have read some of her other books and really enjoyed them. |
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AmyMarch
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| Frances wrote: | | OMG, how could I forget...A. A. Milne's "Winnie the Pooh"! What a wonderful treasure. |
Awww, Frances, it truly is; you have the most wonderful taste. I love children's books so much, and have a secret wish to write one someday.
I don't know if anyone remembers the Betsy-Tacy series of books by Maud Hart Lovlace; those are definitely on my list of favorites somewhere. They take place in Minnesota, so there is a Janelle connection. I just re-read those books last summer, and a couple of them made me cry. |
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Betsy and Tacy?
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| AmyMarch wrote: | | Frances wrote: | | OMG, how could I forget...A. A. Milne's "Winnie the Pooh"! What a wonderful treasure. |
Awww, Frances, it truly is; you have the most wonderful taste. I love children's books so much, and have a secret wish to write one someday.
I don't know if anyone remembers the Betsy-Tacy series of books by Maud Hart Lovlace; those are definitely on my list of favorites somewhere. They take place in Minnesota, so there is a Janelle connection. I just re-read those books last summer, and a couple of them made me cry. |
OOOOOOOOH NOOOOOOOOOOOO, I feel so left out, I have no idea about Betsy-Tacy books. WAH! But, I will sure add them to my list.
I just remembered another childhood favorite, the Laura Ingalls Wilder series. The show was so bland compared to the books.
And Amy, I think your taste in books is awesome too and when you finish writing that book please let me know!!!!!!! 
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I always fancied myself like a modern-day Laura. LOL. I was absolutely enamored with the idea of pioneers and frontier life and the Oregon Trail. When we moved to Oregon I was the happiest. The new house my parents just bought was built in 1859, and I'm the one who convinced them to take a look at it (I really was! If it wasn't for me...  ) so I really feel like I'm connecting with my inner pioneer. Hehe.
I freakin' love Laura, though. I love those books so much. I love them. I love "On the Banks of Plum Creek." I love "The Long Winter." I love how she wrote about Almanzo coming to pick her up at the school during the cold winter. I love how he brought the wheat to her family when they were starving. Remember all of that? And, and, and... And how Mary changed after she went blind? And when Pa got stuck in the blizzard? Oh deary me.
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The book "Native Son" by Richard Wright is really sad and true and good. Richard Wright ROCKS.
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I bought "Native Son" at my school's bookstore when I was supposed to be buying textbooks. lol. It looks like this...
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| kedkid wrote: | I always fancied myself like a modern-day Laura. LOL. I was absolutely enamored with the idea of pioneers and frontier life and the Oregon Trail. When we moved to Oregon I was the happiest. The new house my parents just bought was built in 1859, and I'm the one who convinced them to take a look at it (I really was! If it wasn't for me... ) so I really feel like I'm connecting with my inner pioneer. Hehe.
I freakin' love Laura, though. I love those books so much. I love them. I love "On the Banks of Plum Creek." I love "The Long Winter." I love how she wrote about Almanzo coming to pick her up at the school during the cold winter. I love how he brought the wheat to her family when they were starving. Remember all of that? And, and, and... And how Mary changed after she went blind? And when Pa got stuck in the blizzard? Oh deary me. |
And she called him, Manly! I love it.
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Ked,
I command you to stop! First, my list of books to read is getting bigger than...a house. Second, shouldn't you be sleeping! Um, I should just keep my mouth shut. 
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| Quote: | | I don't know if anyone remembers the Betsy-Tacy series of books by Maud Hart Lovlace; those are definitely on my list of favorites somewhere. They take place in Minnesota, so there is a Janelle connection. I just re-read those books last summer, and a couple of them made me cry. |
Oh my gosh, I LOVED those books when I was little, AmyMarch! They were my favorites, along with the Laura Ingalls Wilder series.
Remember when they cut their hair? After Tacy had diphtheria and almost died, Betsy, Tacy and Tib decided to braid their hair together as a keepsake. They cut each other's hair (but only on one side) and their moms got SO pissed at them. That was my favorite part; I almost cut my hair off after reading that!
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| jengalives wrote: | | Quote: | | I don't know if anyone remembers the Betsy-Tacy series of books by Maud Hart Lovlace; those are definitely on my list of favorites somewhere. They take place in Minnesota, so there is a Janelle connection. I just re-read those books last summer, and a couple of them made me cry. |
Oh my gosh, I LOVED those books when I was little, AmyMarch! They were my favorites, along with the Laura Ingalls Wilder series.
Remember when they cut their hair? After Tacy had diphtheria and almost died, Betsy, Tacy and Tib decided to braid their hair together as a keepsake. They cut each other's hair (but only on one side) and their moms got SO pissed at them. That was my favorite part; I almost cut my hair off after reading that! |
Weren't they wonderful? Yes, I loved when they cut off their hair! Aww, those girls. Apparently Maud Hart Lovelace based all her characters on the actual people in her life. There really was a Tacy and Tib. That is great that you almost cut your hair! Just last summer, I re-read the book where Betsy's mother and her actor-brother were reunited at the end, and started bawling.
You guys, I loved the Laura Ingalls Wilder series too, of course! Books don't get much better than those.
Thanks, Frances, and I will definitely let you know if I ever write the book! 
Anybody remember Ballet Shoes, Theatre Shoes and Dancing Shoes? And Harriet the Spy! I mean, these were really some fantastic books. |
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I am quite melancholy that I never read many of these books until my grand-daughters came along, and I watched Little House on TV. I DID buy my middle grand-daughter the complete set of the LHOTP books though, and she read them all.
I must have been a strange kid, because my favourite reading at that age were the Greek and Roman myths, wherein I learnt all about Jupiter and Juno, Zeus and Hera, Aphrodite and Venus, etc., etc., and I progressed from those to the modern myths of fantasy and science fiction, from which I've never wavered, although I do read books of other genres, with great pleasure.
I wonder how much of a reader I would have become had I brothers or sisters to keep me occupied as a youngster, does solitude encourage or develop a love of reading among young folks? A rhetorical question, because how can one know other than by carrying out a scientific survey?
So much to learn, so little time.... 
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