A couple of books I love

[curedolly]

Everything's fixed, I'll leave for England in about three weeks time (6th of September) where I will stay with a family with two children, 2 and 3. The father is an IT consultant I believe, and the mother is a writer (!) They seem very sweet, I just hope I won't be too homesick.
Now I just have to run around and find everything I need before

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[pogonip63]

The Secret Garden was one of my favourite books, too.

Sure, more book recommendations are always good. :)

I hope your trip is good and safe, and that you enjoy the experience. We'll look forward to more of your story after you get settled. :)

[curedolly]

Aah it's so wonderful, it really shaped me as a person I think :) Great to find more people who loved it! Did you ever watch any of the movies? I think they made several, I have vague memories of two...

I'll see what I can do about the book recommendations :)

Thanks for your concern, which doesn't really seem like the right word, but I can't seem to find the right one at the moment :)

[pogonip63]

I have seen a few of the movies, but I can't remember a lot about them. One was a very old one, 1930's or '40s, maybe. I saw one that added an epilogue scene at the end where Mary and Colin returned to the garden as adults.

It's funny that you mentioned it. I'd actually been thinking of rereading it. It's been years since I read it. I had a story idea awhile ago that I never got far with, but might go back to work on. It has something that reminds me just a little of The Secret Garden, and I want to make sure I am not doing something that is too similar to that story.

It's fun to read children's book sometimes. A few years ago, I worked in a child care centre. My class was the 3-5 year olds and my favourite thing was reading to them. I especially enjoyed reading them some of the Don and Audrey Wood books, such as Heckedy Peg and In the Napping House. I think I loved the pictures as much as the kids did. :)

[curedolly]

Sorry about the delaaay!

I think I've seen that old movie as well, but it was a very long time ago so I mostly remember blurred images...

Sometimes I'm terrified of reading certain books because I think I'll find that I'm perhaps a bit too close to their storyline :) But still, it's good to see it, so you can steer away from it!

Ooh, I'm really looking forward to reading to the kids I will take care of this year. They're 2 and 3 so unfortunately a bit young for Narnia, but I'll try to see if some of my favourites from when I was that age have been translated to English! I love sharing books :)
I'll look up the books you mentioned as well, I really love good illustrations :)

[rephen]

The Secret Garden was so cute. I haven't reread it lately though.

I still have to get my hands on the Narnia books. Would LOVE to read about Edward Tulane, though. Sounds so wonderful :)

My tastes are a bit all over the place, the last book I read was Kurt Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle. It was enjoyable, but strange. I'm not really sure how I feel about the whole thing, yet.

The family you're gonna be with sounds awesome. I hope you will have an enjoyable time :)

[curedolly]

I found it at the library a couple of weeks ago and was really surprised at how short it was! I guess the story had grown so much in my mind that I expected it to be an epic :P

Oh my, you really have to read the Narnia books, they're fantastic! In fact, I'm thinking of rereading them right now :) And Edward Tulane... Oh my. I kind of hate it since it made me cry, but I guess that's a really good grade :)

I read a bit about Cat's Cradle, it sounds interesting, I'll try to look it up, but I guess I should wait until I'm in England... I wonder if one has to be a citizen to get a library card...

They really do sound awesome :) I'm super excited, but worrying a bit much about my mom, I feel kinda bad leaving her here, but it's bound to happen eventually *resigned sigh*