Why has no one mentioned Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle? The Hilary Knight illustrations were a gateway to graphic novels for me.
Don't belong. Dangerous, like you. Can't be controlled. Can't be trusted. Everyone could just go on without me and not have to worry. People could be what they wanted to be. Could be with the people they wanted. Live simple. No secrets.
River ,'Objects In Space'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Katerina Bee - Mar 18, 2017 9:53:39 am PDT #24410 of 28461
Herding cats for fun
-t - Mar 18, 2017 1:24:22 pm PDT #24411 of 28461
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I read Mres. Piggle-Wiggle! I am not actually able to remember a thing other than the existence of the name at the moment, all details that are coming to mind I must view with suspicion as I am terribly prone to conflation, especially with anything from my childhood. So unreliable, memory. But Mrs Piggle-Wiggle is a positive one.
Continuing my Louise Penny Immersion Program, mostly by audiobook since that seems to be what my library has available. I love the way Ralph Cosham-as-Gamache says "Perhaps". And Ruth Zardo has become my life goal, without the awards, probably.
-t - Mar 18, 2017 1:24:46 pm PDT #24412 of 28461
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Also, Katie-Bee! Hi!
Laura - Mar 18, 2017 1:27:50 pm PDT #24413 of 28461
Our wings are not tired.
Continuing my Louise Penny Immersion Program, mostly by audiobook since that seems to be what my library has available. I love the way Ralph Cosham-as-Gamache says "Perhaps". And Ruth Zardo has become my life goal, without the awards, probably.
I mainlined those books. Want more. They were like Reese's pieces for me.
-t - Mar 18, 2017 1:54:16 pm PDT #24414 of 28461
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
There's one available for pre-order, I believe...
Katerina Bee - Mar 18, 2017 2:43:07 pm PDT #24415 of 28461
Herding cats for fun
I actually own ex-library copies of Mrs Piggle Wiggle. They're in with Narnia and Half Magic.
also: Hi -t! I won't give you ANY of the tomatoes I'm planting this summer. Cause I remember you don't like 'em at all.
Amy - Mar 18, 2017 3:39:00 pm PDT #24416 of 28461
Because books.
I loved Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle! And Amelia Bedelia, too. *On further inspection, that seems wrong -- I'm remembering her as a sort of daft, funny housekeeper, and that's not what I'm seeing. Hmm.
Did anyone else read Understood Betsy? That was a favorite. And my mom's old copy of The Five Little Peppers and How They Grew.
Continuing my Louise Penny Immersion Program
My mom *loves* Gamache. I have the first one on my Kindle, and keep meaning to start it. I need a new mystery series, since Deborah Crombie is my only remaining one, and she's just one book a year now.
I miss the days when I hadn't yet discovered Anne Perry. Two lengthy series, no waiting. Good times.
Calli - Mar 18, 2017 3:59:51 pm PDT #24417 of 28461
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Continuing my Louise Penny Immersion Program
I adore her stuff. It's just so beautifully written. I want to live in Three Pines.
-t - Mar 18, 2017 5:05:13 pm PDT #24418 of 28461
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
You are very sweet to not foist tomatoes on me KB. I appreciate it!
I not only want to live in Three Pines, I want to open a bookstore or maybe paint or sculpt or something. I love the way she writes about art. Maybe the Bistro needs a dumpling supplier.
Laura - Mar 19, 2017 4:17:02 am PDT #24419 of 28461
Our wings are not tired.
My Goodreads email this morning tempted me with super sales of NYT Bestsellers this morning so I exercised self control and only purchased 4 Nook books from new to me authors. $2.99 each! Today Only! If you get Goodreads emails you will see the offering.
Two of them are #1 in series. It is a comforting thing for me to read series because I don't like the feeling of never seeing interesting characters again.