It turns out my mom has read The Thursday Kidnapping, and she says it’s not much good. Oh, well.

Crap, it’s The Thursday Kidnapping that they have. Well, at least if I don’t care for it, I’ll know it’s all better books from here on in. I will keep my eyes peeled for Antonia Forest when – oh heaven – the university book fair rolls around in March.

Which Antonia Forest does your library have? The ones I listed are my favorites, but they’re all good in their way, with the possible exception of The Thuggery Affair which has a little too much sixties teenage slang for my taste, and The Thursday Kidnapping which isn’t about the family she usually writes about, and which I can’t vouch for because I haven’t read it. But they’re all pretty hard to find, so if your library has even one that’s a stroke of luck. If you let me know what the title is, I can tell you whether it’s a good one to start with.

Oh my God, seriously? That’s amazing. I hope you like it, but if you don’t, you can probably resell it for a lot of money.

I re- read The Chronicles of Narnia as an adult and it just ruined them for me – they so lost that magic. I don’t know, what can I say. It’s just too much ‘I’ve already read this…’ feeling. I don’t even like to try and read books that I’ve given up on that I think I ‘should’ read, like Anna Karenina. If I were to pick it up now, I’d have to start over and the thought turns me off. I don’t even like to read too many books by an author if they have a unique style. Like Ishiguro. I’ll prob never read another of his books (I’ve read 3)

However… I am not opposed to attempting a re-read. I just have no idea which book I would attempt.

Thanks for the suggestion!

Those are two of my favorites. I haven’t read anything by Alexander McCall Smith yet. But I have found myself neglecting rereading since starting blogging – I looked at my bookshelves the other day and thought, Look at all these beautiful books I haven’t read in years! (Alas.)

I am always going back to Pride and Prejudice and To Kill a Mockingbird. At one point I was rereading The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, which I find just delightfully light.

But I haven’t been rereading as much since I started blogging. Need to remedy that!