tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785012510865323096.post7407005932867350415..comments2024-02-28T13:05:21.023-05:00Comments on Carpe Keyboard: Carpe Kids Books -- and a blanketKaren S. Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17116824802269613088noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785012510865323096.post-16981684874111653522010-10-30T06:16:06.271-04:002010-10-30T06:16:06.271-04:00Oh, I love these! I re-read The Dark Is Rising ev...Oh, I love these! I re-read The Dark Is Rising every year, and I go back to Z for Zachariah and Mrs Frisby often as well. It's not just that they're great stories, it's that they summon up that memory of being able to just slip away into a book at that age. Not that we don't still!Amie Kaufmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15116472165351759477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785012510865323096.post-71146388234453252272010-10-29T20:59:49.223-04:002010-10-29T20:59:49.223-04:00As a kid I was hugely into both Beverly Cleary (Ra...As a kid I was hugely into both Beverly Cleary (Ramona) and Ann M. Martin (the Baby-sitters Club), which I still take the time to read over again as an adult. I even got the chance to do a phone interview with Ms. Martin over the summer which was absolutely the coolest thing ever.Sabrina Steylinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10502908654294596013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785012510865323096.post-38388608677172528192010-10-29T07:58:21.020-04:002010-10-29T07:58:21.020-04:00OF COURSE the Mary Stewart books...They actually a...OF COURSE the Mary Stewart books...They actually appeared on my list at about 13, so they didn't get into the blog entry. But thoughts of Nine Coaches Waiting and My Brother Michael make me crave that hot cup of tea and a quiet corner...(especially now that I have the boxed set from..ahem...someone really important). I could list books all day...Karen S. Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17116824802269613088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785012510865323096.post-74714219958541474362010-10-29T07:31:57.121-04:002010-10-29T07:31:57.121-04:00Oooo!! Tops on the list -- The Westing Game by El...Oooo!! Tops on the list -- The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin. And, yes, Agatha Christie later on! Then there was Life on the Mississippi, read over a summer on the pull out couch/bed in my grandparents' den...The Tolkein series, Mrs. PiggleWiggle... goodness, I am jumping around on the ages, but this is such a fun question! I also remember setting the environment depending on the book... cup of tea with an A.Christie, tossed in the backpack and read on rock with The Hideaway or My Side of the Mountain...Kimberlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13564606268367781659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785012510865323096.post-87839584846465210082010-10-28T20:25:40.573-04:002010-10-28T20:25:40.573-04:00Just re-read Flicka this summer, and it wears well...Just re-read Flicka this summer, and it wears well. :)Jenflexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07722007148600206709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785012510865323096.post-87511478938162302582010-10-28T19:48:15.624-04:002010-10-28T19:48:15.624-04:001. Madeline L'Engles Austin Family series - in...1. Madeline L'Engles Austin Family series - including my all time fave "A Ring of Endless Light" (teens! marine biology! dolphins! moonlit night swims! *sigh*)<br /><br />2. We also LOVED "The Wolves of Willowby Chase"!<br /><br />3. OOO and what about, when we were teens, those fantastic Mary Stewart books (not the Arthur ones, which I didn't really like) but the romantic ones in France and Greece and such whose plot was always about a smart and young governess/teacher and a dashing and misunderstood dark haired man? "Nine Coaches Waiting"/"The Moonspinners"/"My Brother Michael"? I LOVED those!!Sayantanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11408914738803274489noreply@blogger.com