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By: I Was Not Told About This, Revisted « Reading, Writing and the 'Rhythmatic of Life

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By: Jeane

Jeane — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 14:47:48 +0000

What a fun post. It took me forever to think of something, even though I knew there must be a misconception a book had taught me. Mine's pretty mundane. I actually believed this up to just a few weeks ago. It's of the appearance of rose seed. It was from reading Robin McKinley's Beauty. Somehow from reading that book at fifteen, I got the picture in my mind that rose seeds were smooth black things rather like dark watermelon seeds. It took me by surprise when I opened some rose hips myself and found little nutty-looking irregular shaped pale things. The really silly thing is that when I went back and looked in the book I found the description of the seeds ambiguous, but definitely not suggesting the appearance of watermelon seed. I don't know where I got that wrong impression but I carried it around in my head for some twenty years!

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Kitchen Sink Links « Reading, Writing and the 'Rhythmatic of Life — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 20:47:27 +0000

[…] I believe to be true because I read them in books, even though I should know better, after reading I was not told about this on Jenny’s Books. Don’t miss the comments about eating bear […]

By: Karen K.

Karen K. — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 01:25:27 +0000

Great thread! It took me several readings to realize that WoWC was set in an alternate reality. I completely missed the bit about the tunnel, though, I’ll have to go and reread it. I also read this to my daughter for bedtimes and she loved it. I don’t think I’ve ever read any of the sequels, though. I guess they didn’t have them in my library growing up, and by the time I found them I had moved on to terrible adolescent crap.

By: Karen K.

Karen K. — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 01:22:50 +0000

In reply to Katy. That makes total sense. I've also heard that fish-eating birds taste fishy. Beef can taste different depending on what it's been fed as well, not that I could taste the difference.

By: anna

anna — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 20:32:24 +0000

In reply to Jenny. It was in little house! Laura asked to have a leg to herself and they laughed.

By: anna

anna — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 20:30:21 +0000

In reply to NWK (@MumsyNancy). I actually assumed gingerbread houses would be made of gingerbread bricks and laid thicker the the bottom to support structural soundness. And was very disappointed when my spindle did not have a point.

By: aartichapati

aartichapati — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 18:04:06 +0000

I need to read The Wolves of Willoughby Chase! I feel so out of the loop that consists of wild animals tearing after machines.

I had this belief that all white cats with blue eyes were deaf because of a Baby-Sitter’s Club book I read in the past. Apparently this is false. I am sure there are other things, too, that I just can’t think of. Or that I still think are true because they haven’t been proven otherwise.

By: Jeanne

Jeanne — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 12:46:14 +0000

In reply to Jenny. wait, spindles are not sharp?!!!

By: Iris

Iris — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 16:57:42 +0000

In reply to bookgazing.

Sooo… I just checked my copy of Willoughby Chase because I had to be sure I had not misinformed Jenny. But yes, it says that about the time that never existed. And then in a note before the first chapter it states the thing about the tunnel. Phew. Glad my head hadn’t made that up.

But I also completely understand your reaction Jenny. I have things like that happen to me all the time (I am the naivest person alive sometimes – but I like to think it makes me cute), I’ll return once I’ve thought of something.

Wonderful wonderful post.