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Read Little Men and Jo's Boys a couple years ago - didn't know about the others.
In Little Men, Jo runs a home-school for a few boys - lots of fun, love, and life lessons to go around.
Jo's Boys is what happens to these boys as adults.
Lovely both.
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Another Wodehouse lover here. I instinctively pick up on of his books when I'm down in dumps. Never fails to make me giggle.
Though when you read too many of his books, you'll realise some things get repetitive - but hey, I'm not complaining!
Apart from the much-loved Bertie and Jeeves, I love the 'Pig' series - and the glorious Aunts Omnibus.
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We did this at school - and I really enjoyed it.
Marner's gentleness and quiet strength of spirit really touched me.
Lovely book.
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I read this when I was 15 - years and years ago.
I must confess I skipped through the entire chuck about the war - oops.
Loved the book - not withstanding the "selective" reading I did
Guess I should re-visit it, and read the whole book this time!
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One of my childhood favourites, with The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn running a close second.
I love the whitewash chapter, his romancing Becky, and the "funereal" best.
And jolly old Aunt Polly!
Two of the best life lessons I picked from there :
He had discovered a great law of human action, without knowing it — namely, that in order to make a man or a boy covet a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to obtain.
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Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do, and. Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do.
(I had to look them up - for exact words)
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Ah! Good to see this here!
One of the more interesting books I've read - and Christopher's mind is heartbreaking-ly endearing.
Discussion continued here.
Michelle, I know this is an old thread - but that link isn't working.
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The Horse and His Boy for me (which is also where I picked up my username - 'bree' from)
To start with I loved the title - quite a reversal of what would be usual - and keeping with the Narnia theme of animals being on par, if not higher, than humans.
I loved the journey of the children and the horses - their personalities, the tests they faced, and how they grew.
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Mine are:
Almost everything Enid Blyton's written - except The Secret Seven
Heidi
Just William series (by Richmal Crompton) - can't get enough of them - I adore that boy!
Anne of Green Gables
Little women
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LOTR - would keeping hopping between The Shire, Mirkwood, Lothlórien, and Beorn's wood house near the Misty Mountains.
(Can I add at this point the I'm new here and seeing this question made me want to cry a bit - I've always had thoughts like these in my head - never vocalised them - and to see so many of you discuss things like this, makes me feel like I've come to a place which knows my language)
(And now that I typed that out, I realise how soppy that sounds! Ick.)
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I always wanted to be Heidi when I was young
Me too! I saw the title of this thread and thought "Heidi".
Was delighted when I saw that someone else thought so too.
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Self improvement books.
Will. Not. Read.
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I read the ones available - and when I get the next one, I read it only after re-reading the previous ones.
I like feeling the continuity, I do.
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I hope it's okay to add on to an older post!
Little Women is book I've re-read many times from when I was fifteen - and is one of my favourites.
A couple of years ago I got hold of Little Men and Jo's Boys - which were wonderful in their own right.
I wasn't aware of Good Wives - should look out for that.
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Thank you Rawr and lauraloves
Rawr : interesting quote in your signature!
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Thank you julie and Devi - I think I'll like it here too.
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Thank you all, for taking the time to welcome me! .
And poppyshake, will look out for your posts and reading lists.
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Hello All,
I registered here yesterday and am having a lovely time browsing around.
First of all - what a beautifully presented forum this is! Neat, structured, and yet very "lived-in" and inviting.
I was looking for a book-related group - and I'm glad Google brought up this site.
About my reading. It's mainly fiction. And mostly juvenile.
I did a whole load of reading the first two decades of my life. And spent the next one re-reading everything I loved - in between making a living, and building a life.
So my eclectic reading includes Enid Blytons, the Just William series, all things Christie (including the Westmacott stint), Adrian Mole, Wodehouse, James Hardley Chase, Ayn Rand, Pearl S Buck, the Anne series (of Green Gables fame), Georgette Hayers, a few classics (very few), the fantastic Hobbit, LOTR, and Narnia series, and lots of other oddities that I've stumbled over.
I'd generally give anything fictional a try - but I can't bear science-fiction, new age best-selling 'page turners', horror, and Mills & Boons 'romance' (I overdosed on them for two teen years when I was supposed to be studying) .
Non-fiction is something else I can't get myself to read. (Gandhi's autobiography being the only exception)
Poetry - I usually flirt with a few verses of the mystics - Rumi, Gibran - when I'm in the mood for it - which isn't often!
I'm hoping to be introduced to something more - which is why I'm here.
I found the March Reading Circle post nominating the 'Pied Piper' - and have just ordered it.
I hope make the time to read and participate here, and be introduced to new thoughts and books.
That's all from me.
Thank you for reading!
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Thank you bookworm44, for stopping by to welcome me.
I do like it here - and have been spending time adding to long ago threads - hope that's okay!