tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post4784218044802389944..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: When a book is an ice pick... Sue PurkissUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-75449296967141651682015-02-23T11:01:57.281+00:002015-02-23T11:01:57.281+00:00Yes, I know, Nicola: so many moods, so many contex...Yes, I know, Nicola: so many moods, so many contexts, so many ice picks!Sue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-86584742048762989212015-02-23T10:42:34.563+00:002015-02-23T10:42:34.563+00:00It's an interesting and good question but I do...It's an interesting and good question but I don't think I can answer it! So many books, so many ice picks.Nicola Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07847390687632715336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-9359076019487686552015-02-21T13:19:29.618+00:002015-02-21T13:19:29.618+00:00Interesting question! I think for me it would be ...Interesting question! I think for me it would be the Rosemary Sutcliff books because of the way they offered me the past - "All of this - look! - it's yours!" That kind of feeling of vistas opening out inside me.Joan Lennonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15763862159032836768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-89065877886387676592015-02-21T10:35:32.677+00:002015-02-21T10:35:32.677+00:00Oh yes, Anne of GG! I always remember the cherry t...Oh yes, Anne of GG! I always remember the cherry tree outside her bedroom window. And Philip Pullman - absolutely.Sue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-89038667402972516352015-02-21T10:33:51.923+00:002015-02-21T10:33:51.923+00:00'Heidi' was definitely one for me too as a...'Heidi' was definitely one for me too as a child, as was 'Anne of Green Gables', where (am quoting from memory) 'a lonely orphan cried herself to sleep' . I think as an adult, 'Once' and the following 3 books by Maurice Gleitzman (but particularly 'Once' and 'Then') are major contenders, and for an ice breaking scene - the one in Philip Pullman's 'Northern Lights' trilogy where the child is separated from his daemon. This is the ice pick of all ice picks for me - I was reading it in bed and started crying so much that I woke my husband up. It still makes me ache inside to think of it.Anne Boothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17160915179685300264noreply@blogger.com