Comments on: Review: The Morning Gift, Eva Ibbotson

By: rhapsodyinbooks

rhapsodyinbooks — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 01:36:22 +0000

I just finished and I love love love her so much! And I loved Quin! And I loved Anne of Green, I mean, Ruth, and I loved all the other characters! And I want that garden!

By: Memory

Memory — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 21:34:59 +0000

🙁 to awful months, but *o/* to Eva Ibbotson! (I learned that emoticon from Maree of Just Add Books. It means a person waving pom-pomps. I’m somewhat obsessed with it, though this is only the second or third time I’ve ever used it.) I need to dive back into her myself. I have A SONG FOR SUMMER sitting here, waiting to make me feel better about the world.

By: Iris

Iris — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 13:57:56 +0000

I see Eva Ibbotson pop up everywhere lately, and it seems every blogger I love loves her. I NEED to read her, right? Now just find an excuse to buy some of her books.

By: Christy

Christy — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 21:26:17 +0000

Sorry to hear your January has been so terrible! I hope things start going better for you. I’ve only read one Eva Ibbotson book, and thought it was just ok, but I will try her again at some point and this is the likely suspect.

By: alitareads

alitareads — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:10:01 +0000

Jenny! I’m so sorry that your January was so completely awful. But hooray for comfort reads! (and gin! and Friends!).

So, um, I’ve never read an Eva Ibbotson… If I were to take one out of the library, what would be a good one to start with? It is cold and wet and dreary outside and I could use a good comfort read.

By: Kristen M.

Kristen M. — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 01:45:35 +0000

I own like a dozen of her kid books now (even though we’ve only read one so far) and Z and I plan on having some fun with them but I definitely need to switch over and read her older audience books too. Everyone says they’re awesome and who am I to argue with everyone? Okay, well I usually do argue with everyone but I won’t about this!

And January sucks anyway. If I hadn’t had a lot of scone mix and those awesome Connie Willis books, I wouldn’t have made it through.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:50:03 +0000

In reply to April Books&Wine. You absolutely have to try her historicals. If you want a good segue between her kids' books and the ones for slightly older readers, Journey to the River Sea or The Dragonfly Pool are written for younger kids, but have more in common with her YA stuff. Thank you! I hope it is too! I am keeping my fingers crossed!

By: Jenny

Jenny — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:48:58 +0000

In reply to Aarti. I hope so too! I just got another Eva Ibbotson book in the mail today, and I am super duper excited about it. She always makes me feel better.

By: April Books&Wine

April Books&Wine — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:25:16 +0000

I LOVE comfort reading and so true about moral complexity and comfort. When I read a comfort book, I want indulgence and happiness and other things.

I’ve only read one Ibbotson — her middle grade book The Ogre of Oglefort, which was AWESOME. But now I want to try her historicals.

Sorry about your craptastic January. Hopefully the rest of your year is WAY WAY better.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:51:13 +0000

In reply to Jenny. Okay, but this is going to sound really dumb. Eva Ibbotson writes kids' books about witches, right? And I got her mixed up with Betty Brock, who wrote No Flying in the House, about a kid who is half witch or half fairy or something, which I got a rave recommendation for but thought was not really very good. And I have not read any of the subsequent Hilary McKay books yet, but not because I don't want to. I want to!