Comments on: Ballerina, Edward Stewart

By: Jenny

Jenny — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:51:51 +0000

In reply to justbooking. Definitely the best kind of trashy. I enjoyed reading about all your ballet books. :)

By: justbooking

justbooking — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:21:45 +0000

Hello! I know this is an old post but i just stumbled upon it as i was looking up the author of “Ballerina”. I just did a post on ballet books on my own blog (which, like yours, is all about books. Do visit sometime if you feel like it).I completely agree with you. This book is so much fun. The best kind of trashy novel! 🙂

By: Wrapping up 2009 « Jenny's Books

Wrapping up 2009 « Jenny's Books — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 01:12:51 +0000

[…] Reading Challenge books without Jeane; Fool on the Hill without Nicki; the extremely hilarious Ballerina without Schatzi; or Patrick Ness without Nymeth. That is a very incomplete list. Just the ones […]

By: Jenny

Jenny — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:59:12 +0000

In reply to Jeane. I find that as a rule, her kids' books are best. I loved all her books about dolls when I was a kid (and still now!) - Miss Happiness and Miss Flower, and its sequel Little Plum, and then Candy Floss and The Fairy Doll were also very wonderful, and my most favorite of her kids' books, The Doll's House. What did you read by her and not like?

By: Jeane

Jeane — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:36:59 +0000

Ooh, thanks! I’ve read handfuls of other Rumer Godden books looking for one as good as Thursday’s Children, and they all fell flat for me. I was starting to give up. Never heard of those other titles- now I have to try (if I can find them, my library has no Godden at all).

By: Jenny

Jenny — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:19:00 +0000

In reply to Jeane.

I love that book so much, seriously. Rumer Godden’s ballet books tend to be my favorites of hers – Thursday’s Children, Listen to the Nightingale, A Candle for St. Jude. A Candle for St. Jude is really wonderful actually; if you ever get a chance to read it, do.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:17:59 +0000

In reply to Schatzi. I know! What was her problem? I have no idea what Stephanie or the lawyer guy saw in her. In my heart of hearts I did not care that she was doomed to death. :P But I liked the slutty Russian dancer, Sasha.

By: Schatzi

Schatzi — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:16:07 +0000

I don’t think I noticed it when I was younger, but damn, Christine was all kinds of crazy! I felt so bad for that one nice lawyer guy who liked her so much.

Glad you enjoyed it!

By: Jeane

Jeane — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:57:25 +0000

I only ever read one book about ballet, and it was a children’s novel about a boy who wanted to dance. It was quite lovely- although there were plenty of crazy people in the ballet school, too! Called Thursday’s Children, by Rumer Godden. Ever heard of it?