tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post6166795867019972023..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: Lost Books - John DoughertyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-15493709852845421142009-10-30T16:20:52.411+00:002009-10-30T16:20:52.411+00:00Someone else has heard of The Minnipins too! And p...Someone else has heard of The Minnipins too! And presumably then, the sequel, Whisper of Glocken - I found my old copies which I thought were lost forever during a house move. Definitely lost was The Seventh Swan by Nicholas Stewart Gray - a lovely piece of pure magic that I was happily reunited with recently.madwippitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02595748471651052552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-86823895325232417082008-11-11T11:36:00.000+00:002008-11-11T11:36:00.000+00:00The horrible thing about the internet is that I fi...The horrible thing about the internet is that I find English books and authors that I would love to read but are not available in the US! As a former Latin teacher, Zeus on the Loose looks like so much fun. Thanks for a few moments of philosophical waxing this morning. It was fun to read through your blog.Ms. Yinglinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17805324364289597178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-59480574259391570792008-10-02T23:49:00.000+01:002008-10-02T23:49:00.000+01:00Mine was The Ghost Garden by Hila Feil. I read a c...Mine was The Ghost Garden by Hila Feil. I read a copy from the village library when I was nine, well over 30 years ago; and hunted for a copy ever after.<BR/>I found one a couple of years ago -from Abebooks, I think - and it is as magical and moving as I ever found it as a child: about friendship and loss and growing up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-76833194637706546682008-10-02T11:55:00.000+01:002008-10-02T11:55:00.000+01:00I loved 'The Crown of Violet', too! One of my los...I loved 'The Crown of Violet', too! One of my lost books was 'The Wicked Enchantment' by Margot Benary-Isbert, and I tracked it down with the help of the Scattered Authors last year. The other was something about the end of the rainbow, a journey though a wood, and hyenas. (?)Katherine Langrishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12529700103932422873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-60327042157447831732008-10-01T18:52:00.000+01:002008-10-01T18:52:00.000+01:00Borrobil is available through AbeBooks, in fact I ...Borrobil is available through AbeBooks, in fact I might now have to buy a copy.<BR/><BR/>One of mine was Linnets and Valerians by Elisabeth Goudge. I read it at primary school but had no luck ever finding it again as I was unable to remember the title or author, just snatches of the story. Then I was in a charity shop one day and saw it, read the first line and knew it was my lost book.<BR/>Other lost treasures were The Minnipins by Carol Kendall and Marianne Dreams by Catherine Storr - although they don't really count as 'lost' since I've tracked them both down!Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06951776809095097754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-65400055059090740642008-10-01T14:58:00.000+01:002008-10-01T14:58:00.000+01:00Lucy, I'm certain that's it! Thank you!The title T...Lucy, I'm certain that's it! Thank you!<BR/><BR/>The title The Crown of Violet rings no bells, though. I wonder if it was ever issued with a different title?John Doughertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11937505376169411724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-61630447245688810062008-10-01T14:39:00.000+01:002008-10-01T14:39:00.000+01:00I was going to say Geoffrey Trease, who was my fav...I was going to say Geoffrey Trease, who was my favorite authors when I was 13. (Treece's first name was Henry, I think, and while his historicals were fine, they weren't funny, with great female characters, the way Trease's were.)<BR/><BR/>Sherwood SmithAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-89112500954598049682008-10-01T10:46:00.000+01:002008-10-01T10:46:00.000+01:00John--forgive me if I'm mistaken here, but your Ga...John--forgive me if I'm mistaken here, but your Gadfly sounds very like a book called the Crown of Violet, by Geoffrey Treece. It was SO one of my favourites--I absolutely loved it. In it The Gadfly was the title of the play the boy (Alexis) in the book wrote. If it is that one, you will be glad to hear that it is still available--just type it into Google. Obviously, if I'm wrong, just put me down as some crazed woman with a bad memory!Lucy Coatshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16774389681477698245noreply@blogger.com