| November reading |
[Dec. 5th, 2009|10:59 pm] |
1) Janie Steps In EBD
2) Curtain Up Noel Streatfeild
3) The Memory Keeper's Daughter Kim Edwards
4) 19 Minutes Jodi Picoult
5) The Chalet School in Exile EBD
6) Carbonel Barbara Sleigh (out loud)
7) Cornelia of the Chalet School Jackie Roberts
8) Seven Scamps EBD
9) Ruey Richardson- Chaletian EBD
10) The Feud in the Chalet School EBD
11) The Vine-Clad Hill Mabel Esther Allan
12) Time to Go Back Mabel Esther Allan
13) Barbara at School Josephine Elder
14) Calabrian Quest Geoffrey Trease
This month has been dominated by borrowings from the Morley Lending Library. I remember Seven Scamps with particular fondness, as I got to read it in bed, undisturbed... (Thank you, ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) dawn9163)
6 new books; 8 rereads. |
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[Dec. 5th, 2009|09:57 pm] |
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I think I've just witnessed a strong contender for comic TV moment of the decade: Alan Bennett singing, "They fuck you up your mum and dad" to the theme tune for Last of the Summer Wine... |
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[Oct. 23rd, 2009|11:50 pm] |
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I've been doing a lot of blanket squares this week. I reckon there's approximately 630 stitches to a square. If I do the planned 1600 squares, that's 1,008,000 stitches... |
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[Oct. 19th, 2009|10:39 pm] |
Gacked from tout le monde...
The problem with LJ: we all think we are so close, but really, we know nothing about each other. So I want you to ask me something you think you should know about me. Something that should be obvious, but you have no idea about. Ask away.
Then post this in your LJ and find out what people don't know about you. |
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[Oct. 8th, 2009|10:23 pm] |
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On the poetry theme, according to the Today programme, 58% of primary school teachers could only name two or fewer poets. Surely this cannot be true... |
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| A belated September list |
[Oct. 6th, 2009|02:42 pm] |
1) Iggie's House Judy Blume
2) Winging It Annie Dalton
3) Jane of Lantern Hill L M Montgomery
4) The Far Island M Pardoe
5) The Far Distant Oxus Katharine Hull & Pamela Whitlock
6) The Abbey Girls EJO
7) The House In Hiding Elinor Lyon
8) Secrets of the Abbey EJO
9) We Daren't Go A'Hunting Elinor Lyon
10) Run Away Home Elinor Lyon
11) My Brother's Ghost Allan Ahlberg
12) Maid of the Abbey EJO
13) A Pattern of Roses K M Peyton
14) Jandy Mac Comes Back EJO
Number 2 is a strong contender for worst book of the year. 3 new books; 11 rereads. September was a very busy month. |
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| August reading list |
[Sep. 4th, 2009|09:58 am] |
1) Dolphin Summer Monica Edwards
2) Miss Dahl's Voluptuous Delights Sophie Dahl
3) Mariana Monica Edwards
4) The Kingdom By The Sea Paul Theroux
5) Sew It Up Ruth Singer
6) The Brownie Annual 1970
7) The Brownie Annual 1971
8) Schooldays at the Abbey EJO
9) The Boyhood of Burglar Bill Alan Ahlberg
10) The Little Stranger Sarah Waters
11) Just Henry Michelle Magorian
12) The Princess of the CS EBD
13) Mortimer's Tie Joan Aiken (out loud)
14) Visitors for the CS Helen McClelland
15) The Five Shilling Holiday Lorna Hill
16) Little Light Sam Young
17) The Mystery of Mr Jones's Disappearing Taxi Joan Aiken (out loud)
18) The Tamarisk Tree Dora Russell
19) The Bronte Project Jennifer Vandever
20) The Enchanted Wood Enid Blyton (out loud)
21) The First Fifty Muriel Grey
22) Thimble Summer Elizabeth Enright
23) Pigeon Post Arthur Ransome
24) The Saturdays Elizabeth Enright
25) The Four-Storey Mistake Elizabeth Enright
26) The Little White Horse Elizabeth Goudge (out loud)
27) Then There Were Five Elizabeth Enright
28) Spiderweb For Two Elizabeth Enright
29) No Mistaking Corker Monica Edwards
30) Hilda Annersley Headmistress Lesley Green
31) A Coronet For Cathie Gwendoline Courtney
32) The Girls of Friars Rise Gwendoline Courtney
33) Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince J K Rowling
34) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows J K Rowling
35) Here's To You Rachel Robinson Judy Blume
36) Sugar Rush Julie Burchill
37) The Bad Mother's Handbook Kate Long
38) Swallowing Grandma Kate Long
39) The Right St John's Christine Chandler
40) Evelyn Finds Herself Josephine Elder
15 new books; 25 rereads. |
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[Aug. 23rd, 2009|11:06 am] |
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Does anybody know where I might find a chart to knit a Guiding trefoil, or should I go away and figure it out for myself with graph paper? |
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[Aug. 20th, 2009|04:34 pm] |
Fifteen ****ing bobbles IN A SINGLE ROW. I thought Quakers were supposed to be nice.
Need. Gin. |
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[Aug. 20th, 2009|09:21 am] |
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Noooooooooooooooooo, there are BOBBLES. Dawn, how could you do this to me??? |
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| July's reading |
[Aug. 1st, 2009|06:52 pm] |
1) The Ballet Twins Jean Estoril
2) Rivals of the CS EBD
3) Dancer on Holiday Lorna Hill
4) Pony Club Camp Josephine Pullein-Thompson
5) The Children's Book A S Byatt
6) Mason-Dixon Knitting Kay Gardiner & Ann Shayne
7) The Other Miss Perkin Lorna Hill
8) The Scent of Rosemary Lorna Hill
9) Wild Swimming- Coast Daniel Start
10) The CS and Jo EBD
11) EBD's Short Stories
12) Alice's Shooting Star Tim Kennemore
13) Alice's World Record Tim Kennemore
14) Arabel's Raven Joan Aiken
15) Mortimer's Bread Bin Joan Aiken
16) Ripping Things to Do Jane Brocket
17) Wonderful Weekend Book Elspeth Thompson
18) Homemade Ros Badger & Elspeth Thompson
19) Maidlin Bears the Torch EJO
20) The Thieves of Ostia Caroline Lawrence
21) Wild Swim Kate Rew
22) Chalet Girls in Camp EBD
23) Exploits of the Chalet Girls EBD
24) The New CS EBD
25) They Knew Mr Knight Dorothy Whipple
26) Greetings from Knit Cafe Suzan Mischer
27) Alice's Birthday Pig Tim Kennemore (out loud) |
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| wot I read in June (belatedly) |
[Jul. 11th, 2009|11:16 am] |
1) Orders to Poach Olivia Fitzroy (out loud)
2) The Great Western Beach Emma Smith
3) The Far Cry Emma Smith
4) Steer by the Stars Olivia Fitzroy
5) Anne of Windy Willows L M Montgomery
6) Anne's House of Dreams L M Montgomery
7) League of the Smallest Clare Mallory
8) The Birthday Book Michael Morpurgo & Quentin Blake
9) Dancing Peel Lorna Hill
10) Anne of Ingleside L M Montgomery
11) Wedding Season Katie Fforde
12) Dancer's Luck Lorna Hill
13) The Little Dancer Lorna Hill
14) Dancer in the Wings Lorna Hill
15) Head Girl of the Chalet School EBD
16) Rainbow Valley L M Montgomery
17) Rilla of Ingleside L M Montgomery
18) Dancer in Danger Lorna Hill
5 new books; 13 rereads. It's been that sort of a month. |
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[Jul. 6th, 2009|09:16 pm] |
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That's so not a Chesterfield accent. |
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| randomly memeing |
[Jun. 11th, 2009|06:56 pm] |
1. Your middle name:
2. Age:
3. Single or taken:
4. Favourite film:
5. Favourite song or album:
6. Favourite band/artist:
7. Dirty or clean:
8. Tattoos and/or piercings:
9. Do we know each other outside of LJ?
10. What's your philosophy on life?
11. Is the bottle half-full or half-empty?
12. Would you keep a secret from me if you thought it was in my best interest?
13. What is your favourite memory of us?
14. What is your favourite guilty pleasure?
15. Tell me one odd/interesting fact about you:
16. You can have three wishes (for yourself, so forget all the 'world peace etc' malarky) - what are they?
17. Can we get together and make a cake?
18. Which country is your spiritual home?
19. What is your big weakness?
20. Do you think I'm a good person?
21. What was your best/favourite subject at school?
22. Describe your accent:
23. If you could change anything about me, would you?
24. What do you wear to sleep?
25. Trousers or skirts?
26. Cigarettes or alcohol?
27. If I only had one day to live, what would we do together? (If you have no idea, just say something crazy, it'll entertain me!)
28. Will you repost this so I can fill it out for you? |
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[Jun. 7th, 2009|09:56 pm] |
Somewhat belatedly, here's May's reading list.
1) The Bettany of Taverton High Helen Barber
2) The Wild Lorings at School Gwendoline Courtney
3) The Serendipity Shop DFB
4) Fight the Good Fight Catherine Fox
5) Anne of Green Gables L M Montgomery
6) Diary of a Provincial Daughter R M Dashwood
7) Anne of Avonlea L M Montgomery
8) Shadow Child Libby Purves
9) The Girl Next Door Elizabeth Noble
10) Fergus Crane Paul Stewart & Chris Riddell
11) Anne of the Island L M Montgomery
12) New Term at Malory Towers Pamela Cox
13) The 13 Clocks James Thurber
14) Summer Term at Malory Towers Pamela Cox
15) Winter Term at Malory Towers Pamela Cox
16) Me, Jill Robinson and the School Camp Adventure Anne Digby
17) The Suspicions of Mr Whicher Kate Summerscale
18) Magic Flutes Eva Ibbotson
19) Indigo's Star Hilary McKay
20) Someone at a Distance Dorothy Whipple
11 new books; 9 rereads. |
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[May. 26th, 2009|08:05 pm] |
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We are in Glencoe, in a Youth Hostel which smells entirely of wet socks. I grilled kippers in an attempt to improve matters (this is genius plan, no? I never ever cook kippers in my house as they are Too Smelly, but here I am leaving tomorrow) I have improvised cake and it is in the oven, and we must see how it turns out... Tomorrow we are off to Skye. |
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[May. 22nd, 2009|07:07 pm] |
O Tell Me The Truth About Love
Some say love's a little boy,
And some say it's a bird,
Some say it makes the world go around,
Some say that's absurd,
And when I asked the man next-door,
Who looked as if he knew,
His wife got very cross indeed,
And said it wouldn't do.
Does it look like a pair of pyjamas,
Or the ham in a temperance hotel?
Does its odour remind one of llamas,
Or has it a comforting smell?
Is it prickly to touch as a hedge is,
Or soft as eiderdown fluff?
Is it sharp or quite smooth at the edges?
O tell me the truth about love.
Our history books refer to it
In cryptic little notes,
It's quite a common topic on
The Transatlantic boats;
I've found the subject mentioned in
Accounts of suicides,
And even seen it scribbled on
The backs of railway guides.
Does it howl like a hungry Alsatian,
Or boom like a military band?
Could one give a first-rate imitation
On a saw or a Steinway Grand?
Is its singing at parties a riot?
Does it only like Classical stuff?
Will it stop when one wants to be quiet?
O tell me the truth about love.
I looked inside the summer-house;
It wasn't over there;
I tried the Thames at Maidenhead,
And Brighton's bracing air.
I don't know what the blackbird sang,
Or what the tulip said;
But it wasn't in the chicken-run,
Or underneath the bed.
Can it pull extraordinary faces?
Is it usually sick on a swing?
Does it spend all its time at the races,
or fiddling with pieces of string?
Has it views of its own about money?
Does it think Patriotism enough?
Are its stories vulgar but funny?
O tell me the truth about love.
When it comes, will it come without warning
Just as I'm picking my nose?
Will it knock on my door in the morning,
Or tread in the bus on my toes?
Will it come like a change in the weather?
Will its greeting be courteous or rough?
Will it alter my life altogether?
O tell me the truth about love.
W. H. Auden, 1938 |
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| April reading list |
[May. 10th, 2009|10:54 pm] |
1) The Chalet School and Robin Caroline German
2) The Mysterious Benedict Society Trenton Lee Stewart (out loud)
3) A Chalet School Headmistress Helen Barber
4) Juliet of the Chalet School Caroline German
5) The Natural Knitter Barbara Albright
6) The Thursday Kidnapping Antonia Forest
7) Brownie Annual 1972
8) Brownie Annual 1973
9) When Will There Be Good News? Kate Atkinson
10) Gillian of the Chalet School Carol Allan
11) Crewel World Monica Ferris
12) Free Range Knitter Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
13) Framed in Lace Monica Ferris
14) New Beginnings at the Chalet School Heather Paisley
15) A Stitch in Time Monica Ferris
16) Peace Comes to the Chalet School Katherine Bruce
17) Adrienne and the Chalet School EBD
18) Artemis Fowl and the Time Paradox Eoin Colfer (out loud)
19) The Island Victoria Hislop
20) A Genius at the Chalet School EBD
21) The Chalet School in the Oberland EBD
22) The Night Watch Sarah Waters
23) Mason-Dixon Knitting Kay Gardiner & Ann SHayne
24) The Gentle Art of Domesticity Jane Brocket
25) Yarn Harlot Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
There we have it, Chalet School and knitting. Gentle rereads for a slightly shattered mind. |
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