Comments on: The Ordinary Princess, M.M. Kaye https://readingtheend.com/2009/04/21/the-ordinary-princess-mm-kaye/ before I read the middle Mon, 18 Oct 2010 05:57:21 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: princessnyssa https://readingtheend.com/2009/04/21/the-ordinary-princess-mm-kaye/#comment-13135 Mon, 18 Oct 2010 05:57:21 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=653#comment-13135 This book has been a favorite of mine since I was 9. It is actually the first book I reviewed on my recently started blog. (http://inaquietcorner.wordpress.com)

I recently handed it to my roommate telling her she needed to read it. She’s only the hiring of the dragon and she loves it. I think that this is a book that people cannot help loving.

I just love the combination of traditional fairy tale with an independent woman. Amy is the heroine we can all see a little of ourselves in. She shows that we can all find happiness in life, when we create it.

I’m so glad people love this book as much as I do. In my normal circles I am the only person I know who has even read it. I haven’t had a chance to read anything else by M.M. Kaye but I hope to soon.

~*~Nyssa Mead

]]> By: Jenny https://readingtheend.com/2009/04/21/the-ordinary-princess-mm-kaye/#comment-13134 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:12:01 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=653#comment-13134 In reply to Jade Catton.

Isn’t it dear? I love it when she first meets Perry, and they have ice cream together in the great dining hall. Such a nice, comfortable scene.

]]> By: Jade Catton https://readingtheend.com/2009/04/21/the-ordinary-princess-mm-kaye/#comment-13133 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:29:32 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=653#comment-13133 I just read it, and loved it so much! I felt as though I was 7 again having all my fears about not being pretty enough washed away. What a perfect book for little girls (and the grown up ones too!)

]]> By: Jenny https://readingtheend.com/2009/04/21/the-ordinary-princess-mm-kaye/#comment-13132 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:07:16 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=653#comment-13132 In reply to Julia Rae.

Aw, yay! I hate it when I can’t think of a book properly, to track it down and read it again. I hope you’re able to find it – it seems to be back in print in the UK, though I am not sure about the US. If not in the US, The Book Depository (www.thebookdepository.co.uk) ships free worldwide.

]]> By: Julia Rae https://readingtheend.com/2009/04/21/the-ordinary-princess-mm-kaye/#comment-13131 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:47:44 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=653#comment-13131 Thank you for this review! I read this book when I was younger but had forgotten the title. I just remembered that her name was Amy and of course the book’s content. Thanks to your description I can find and read it again!

]]> By: The books I bought in London « Jenny’s Books https://readingtheend.com/2009/04/21/the-ordinary-princess-mm-kaye/#comment-13130 Sat, 06 Jun 2009 02:59:00 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=653#comment-13130 […] Ordinary Princess, M.M. Kaye My review of this book is here.  I recently bought it in hardback at Bongs & Noodles, but I really hate the cover, and when I […]

]]> By: jennysbooks https://readingtheend.com/2009/04/21/the-ordinary-princess-mm-kaye/#comment-13129 Tue, 26 May 2009 19:05:53 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=653#comment-13129 In reply to Alison.

Definitely! And I haven’t found very many other Raj books that I’ve liked as well – I’m sure they’re out there, I just haven’t found them yet. Paul Scott’s The Jewel in the Crown was very interesting, and I’m about to read the sequel to that. Do you have other favorites? I’m always in the market for a recommendation or two!

]]> By: Alison https://readingtheend.com/2009/04/21/the-ordinary-princess-mm-kaye/#comment-13128 Tue, 26 May 2009 18:58:48 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=653#comment-13128 I agree, Jenny. I love Raj India, and the Far Pavilions may be one of my favorite books ever. They are not pretty, intimate stories like Ordinary Princess, they are massive and sweeping.

]]> By: jennysbooks https://readingtheend.com/2009/04/21/the-ordinary-princess-mm-kaye/#comment-13127 Fri, 01 May 2009 19:54:54 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=653#comment-13127 Her other books are really, really, really unlike this one. The two I like, The Far Pavilions and Shadow of the Moon, are these massive tragic romantic books about the sepoy rebellion in India. They go pretty fast, lots of exciting India things happening in the run-up to the sepoy rebellion. But I really like books about the British Raj, it’s fascinating to me.

]]> By: Jeane https://readingtheend.com/2009/04/21/the-ordinary-princess-mm-kaye/#comment-13126 Fri, 01 May 2009 03:47:38 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=653#comment-13126 I thought this book was such a treat. I haven’t read anything else by the author.

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