tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post2435171905795485031..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: Five Children's Books I Wish I'd Written - Karen BallUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-89994198606466935312010-07-14T08:57:06.353+01:002010-07-14T08:57:06.353+01:00Hum. In the same spirit as your last choice - the ...Hum. In the same spirit as your last choice - the one I'm writing at the moment. I wish it was done and wonderful. Such a clever idea, that, Karen! Definitely The Graveyard Book - loved it. And I Capture The Castle, which i only discovered a few years ago - I loved it, and I've given it to all sorts of people and they've all loved it too. Finally,The Dark Is Rising, by Susan Cooper, and Keeper, by Mal Peet.Sue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-82982047648612455712010-07-13T20:34:26.120+01:002010-07-13T20:34:26.120+01:00oooh, what a challenge. Fin Family Moomintroll; Th...oooh, what a challenge. Fin Family Moomintroll; The White Horse; The Weirdstone of Brisingamen; Coram Boy; Le Toucan Jaloux<br /><br />But tomorrow it would be a different five!Stroppy Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16560035800075465845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-4865744306921192772010-07-13T11:23:10.629+01:002010-07-13T11:23:10.629+01:00Oh, The Graveyard Book, totally! For the very firs...Oh, The Graveyard Book, totally! For the very first line, too: 'There was a hand in the darkness, and it held a knife.'<br /><br />And I'm just reading 'I Am The Great Horse' by Katherine Roberts, and I am smitten by Bucephalas and his fierce proud voice, and that's another one I wish I'd written.<br /><br />It's hard to think of books I wish I'd written, though, as opposed to ones I just love as written by their authors. I agree wholeheartedly with your last choice, too, Karen - I wish I'd already written the next one in my head!Gillian Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17775401199564200537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-56301968088580668442010-07-13T11:16:53.108+01:002010-07-13T11:16:53.108+01:00Oh, do they still do Desert Island Discs? (I suppo...Oh, do they still do Desert Island Discs? (I suppose The Archers is still running too?)<br />I will have to think about my five - almost impossible!catdownunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06959328192182156574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-29296825731598947682010-07-13T09:56:51.815+01:002010-07-13T09:56:51.815+01:00That is a very good list, I agree with it all exce...That is a very good list, I agree with it all except for Laura Ingalls Wilder. The slaughter of the wildlife in those books appalled me as a child- Pa's eat-everything-and-move-West philosophy! Ma had a few choice lines too...<br /><br />Here is mine:<br /><br />T H White's The Sword in the Stone has everything- the most lovable characters, humour, pathos, and a world so real you can feel the rain on the grass.<br /><br />Joan Aiken- Black Hearts in Battersea. Just plain brilliant.<br /><br />Harry Potter because I need the cash to buy the beautiful green field down the road from me which is currently earmarked for very posh housing.<br /><br />Where the Wild Things Are- for best last line ever.<br /><br />The Hollow Land- Jane Gardam. Ones of those books that feels like real.hilaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849132435509266651noreply@blogger.com