Comments for Pictures and Conversations http://janesandell.wordpress.com meandering thoughts on fiction for young people Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:26:29 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Helen Dore Boylston by janesandell http://janesandell.wordpress.com/2009/07/07/helen-dore-boylston/#comment-63 janesandell Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:26:29 +0000 http://janesandell.wordpress.com/?p=152#comment-63 I like Kit, too, and I think your comment about Katharine Hepburn is exactly right. I like Kit, too, and I think your comment about Katharine Hepburn is exactly right.

]]> Comment on Helen Dore Boylston by Lila http://janesandell.wordpress.com/2009/07/07/helen-dore-boylston/#comment-61 Lila Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:50:48 +0000 http://janesandell.wordpress.com/?p=152#comment-61 I read Boylston's series in the 1970s in German - where they changed Sue's name to "Susanne Barden", go figure. I keep my tattered old copies and I'm just re-reading them, trying to convince my daughters to give them a try. I still love them. Kit was always my favorite character. I always imagined her looking and talking a bit like Katherine Hepburn. I read Boylston’s series in the 1970s in German – where they changed Sue’s name to “Susanne Barden”, go figure. I keep my tattered old copies and I’m just re-reading them, trying to convince my daughters to give them a try. I still love them. Kit was always my favorite character. I always imagined her looking and talking a bit like Katherine Hepburn.

]]> Comment on A Book Launch in the Borders by janesandell http://janesandell.wordpress.com/2009/10/14/a-book-launch-in-the-borders/#comment-59 janesandell Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:18:38 +0000 http://janesandell.wordpress.com/?p=167#comment-59 <em>Eliza for Common </em>is a great book, too. The truth is I like them all; it's just that I like some more than others. Maybe it's a sign of my age that I like best <em>The House that is Our Own </em>and <em>The Setons </em>with their older heroines! Eliza for Common is a great book, too. The truth is I like them all; it’s just that I like some more than others. Maybe it’s a sign of my age that I like best The House that is Our Own and The Setons with their older heroines!

]]> Comment on A Book Launch in the Borders by Ruth Jolly http://janesandell.wordpress.com/2009/10/14/a-book-launch-in-the-borders/#comment-58 Ruth Jolly Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:50:27 +0000 http://janesandell.wordpress.com/?p=167#comment-58 Taken by the Hand is my all-time favourite, though I love Eliza for Common too. I would so have loved to have been there, but it was just too far! Taken by the Hand is my all-time favourite, though I love Eliza for Common too. I would so have loved to have been there, but it was just too far!

]]> Comment on Helen Dore Boylston by Ryanna http://janesandell.wordpress.com/2009/07/07/helen-dore-boylston/#comment-56 Ryanna Sat, 05 Sep 2009 00:15:46 +0000 http://janesandell.wordpress.com/?p=152#comment-56 I have loved Helen Dore Boylston's books for years! I read them while in Jr. High and about 10 years ago managed to track down the entire Carol series. My younger sisters (aged 15 & 16) have now discovered them as well. I only just discovered that there is a 7th Sue Barton book that I have never read! I think my sisters maybe getting the entire re-published Sue series for Christmas--then I can read the last one! And I have to say that between Mike and Bill I think Mike is my favorite! I have loved Helen Dore Boylston’s books for years! I read them while in Jr. High and about 10 years ago managed to track down the entire Carol series. My younger sisters (aged 15 & 16) have now discovered them as well. I only just discovered that there is a 7th Sue Barton book that I have never read! I think my sisters maybe getting the entire re-published Sue series for Christmas–then I can read the last one!

And I have to say that between Mike and Bill I think Mike is my favorite!

]]> Comment on Helen Dore Boylston by janesandell http://janesandell.wordpress.com/2009/07/07/helen-dore-boylston/#comment-53 janesandell Tue, 04 Aug 2009 10:05:34 +0000 http://janesandell.wordpress.com/?p=152#comment-53 Well, maybe I was a bit sweeping but I still think that Bill Barry comes off the page much more than any of EBD's male characters. I completely agree with you about Elsie Oxenham, though. You'll understand that none of my comments and feelings stop me reading any of these books, however! Well, maybe I was a bit sweeping but I still think that Bill Barry comes off the page much more than any of EBD’s male characters. I completely agree with you about Elsie Oxenham, though. You’ll understand that none of my comments and feelings stop me reading any of these books, however!

]]> Comment on Helen Dore Boylston by Ruth Jolly http://janesandell.wordpress.com/2009/07/07/helen-dore-boylston/#comment-52 Ruth Jolly Sat, 01 Aug 2009 21:47:19 +0000 http://janesandell.wordpress.com/?p=152#comment-52 I agree with you that Bill Barry is a more fully developed character than Jem Russell or Jack Maynard, but I think you short-change Brent-Dyer's depiction of them. Both have tempers - think of Jem's reaction to being hit by a pellet from a catapult, or the swearing-match between Jack and the man who ditches his minibus. And Jack emerges as a sensitive and caring figure when he deals with Melanie Lucas's disobedience, and when he helps Mary-Lou to understand the 'problem' girl, Joan Baker. For really two-dimensional male characters, commend me to Elsie J Oxenham! I agree with you that Bill Barry is a more fully developed character than Jem Russell or Jack Maynard, but I think you short-change Brent-Dyer’s depiction of them. Both have tempers – think of Jem’s reaction to being hit by a pellet from a catapult, or the swearing-match between Jack and the man who ditches his minibus. And Jack emerges as a sensitive and caring figure when he deals with Melanie Lucas’s disobedience, and when he helps Mary-Lou to understand the ‘problem’ girl, Joan Baker. For really two-dimensional male characters, commend me to Elsie J Oxenham!

]]> Comment on The Scotsman Reviews by Diana Otto http://janesandell.wordpress.com/2009/04/01/the-scotsman-reviews/#comment-46 Diana Otto Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:15:46 +0000 http://janesandell.wordpress.com/?p=131#comment-46 Hiya Jane, here's the link to the full article: http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/bookreviews/Children39s-book-reviews-Sometimes-.5135545.jp (date: 16.04.09, 18:14) Enjoy reading it. Hiya Jane,

here’s the link to the full article:
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/bookreviews/Children39s-book-reviews-Sometimes-.5135545.jp
(date: 16.04.09, 18:14)

Enjoy reading it.

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]]> Comment on Comfort Reading: The Big Three by Lindsey http://janesandell.wordpress.com/2009/01/30/comfort-reading-the-big-three/#comment-42 Lindsey Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:28:33 +0000 http://janesandell.wordpress.com/?p=110#comment-42 This post brought back such strong memories of reading the Chalet School books, which were whipped up recently on a week's break in the French Alps. Not entirely geographically accurate, I know, but half close my eyes and I was just about there. In times of stress, I return to K M Peyton's Pennington trilogy. A concert pianist from the wrong side of the tracks - obviously the man of my dreams. And I'll also reread Sharon Creech's Walk Two Moons, which I read first in my 30s, so perhaps it doesn't count? It's up there with John Irving's A Prayer for Owen Meany - I remember where I was, what I was wearing, when it was etc etc etc that I read them both for the first time. This post brought back such strong memories of reading the Chalet School books, which were whipped up recently on a week’s break in the French Alps. Not entirely geographically accurate, I know, but half close my eyes and I was just about there.

In times of stress, I return to K M Peyton’s Pennington trilogy. A concert pianist from the wrong side of the tracks – obviously the man of my dreams.

And I’ll also reread Sharon Creech’s Walk Two Moons, which I read first in my 30s, so perhaps it doesn’t count? It’s up there with John Irving’s A Prayer for Owen Meany – I remember where I was, what I was wearing, when it was etc etc etc that I read them both for the first time.

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