tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686467686335484826.post5391655801480161135..comments2023-10-22T02:31:42.812-07:00Comments on grit's day: Pleasure and painUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686467686335484826.post-14933194023474552522010-02-05T21:03:10.832-08:002010-02-05T21:03:10.832-08:00Ummm, that was meant to be "metaphorically.&q...Ummm, that was meant to be "metaphorically."Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10655355287500833547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686467686335484826.post-28710247004086536272010-02-05T21:01:20.827-08:002010-02-05T21:01:20.827-08:00Oh, I can trash all right. I used to be a children...Oh, I can trash all right. I used to be a children's book reviewer. The only book I have ever burned, both metaphically and literally, was a horrible boil of a book called The Pimple that Grew and Grew. And, dear Grit, actually, I did write my own. I wrote, wait for it, a children's (well, older children's)version of the first four of Shakespeare's Plantagenet histories (except with more actual history bits stuck in). But, since it seems unlikely that anyone will ever publish it, apparently I wrote it only for myself and my own patient children, who have been forced to listen to it many, many times. So for them Emma and Uncle's Tom Cabin are a blessed relief.Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10655355287500833547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686467686335484826.post-42335935635180691112010-02-01T14:31:08.880-08:002010-02-01T14:31:08.880-08:00kelly, that is a classy list. c'mon dare you t...kelly, that is a classy list. c'mon dare you to TRASH. The Secret Kitten! possibly the worst set of kiddy book i ever yet saw. makes me so mad i should damn well write my own.Grithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14022216340604423686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686467686335484826.post-39166178365691322302010-01-31T17:32:26.093-08:002010-01-31T17:32:26.093-08:00Hate Dickens, love Trolloppe. But got roped into r...Hate Dickens, love Trolloppe. But got roped into reading Great Expectations aloud when second son was playing Joe in stage version a couple of years ago. Managed to get through it. Currently reading Uncle Tom's Cabin to older three, Huckleberry Finn to younger two, just finished Hobbit with youngest, and reading Emma with number three. Must have different books on the go at all times for different combinations of sons in the house.Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10655355287500833547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686467686335484826.post-18987199058390402982010-01-31T13:41:48.863-08:002010-01-31T13:41:48.863-08:00thanks for your comments folks! we have not tried ...thanks for your comments folks! we have not tried waterbabes nor swallows and amazons, so i will add them to the list. on the immediate group list is kit's wilderness, boy in the striped pyjamas, and oliver twist. <br /><br />the kids have their own lists. philip pullman has taken the crown completely from jeremy strong; anne fine and murpurgo are routinely around, and tiger has been complaining bruce coville has not yet arrived from amazon. she waited 4 hours, and still not here! crap service, eh?!Grithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14022216340604423686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686467686335484826.post-86542685511137059202010-01-30T13:03:51.663-08:002010-01-30T13:03:51.663-08:00I love Dickens, and Trollope. I have cheated with ...I love Dickens, and Trollope. I have cheated with my kids though. We started with the BBC adaptations and they love them. We sobbed through Bleak House and huzzah'd through Little Dorrit, and I will read them when the get a bit older. In the meantime we are nearly done with Tom's Midnight Garden, and due to start Swallows and Amazons. cue lots of inexpert mummy explaining on sailing techniques and the topography of the Lake District.katyboo1https://www.blogger.com/profile/00182125401184061843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686467686335484826.post-1166689928301475742010-01-29T17:54:58.769-08:002010-01-29T17:54:58.769-08:00I loved Dickens and had independently read most of...I loved Dickens and had independently read most of them whilst still in primary school. Couldn't interest either of my sons in his books apart from A Christmas Carol and even that was an abridged version for kids. Possibly in the form of a Ladybird Classic? They watched 'Oliver' in various formats but wouldn't read it - too long with boring bits apparently!<br /><br />Now you've reminded me of them, I may have to read them all again.<br /><br />As an aside the younger one did read Charles Kingsley's Waterbabies which surprised me. Have you tried that one out with the gritlets yet?sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03247276433803886670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686467686335484826.post-32589864210751001642010-01-29T17:37:47.347-08:002010-01-29T17:37:47.347-08:00I'm super-impressed. We only ever get 2 c...I'm super-impressed. We only ever get 2 chapters into anything as a gang effort. If I'm lucky. The last thing I read to Minx was the Girls Aloud story - in their own words. I can't do the voices.<br /><br />The last thing I attempted en masse was Stuart Little. Halfway through the first chapter they had buggered off and put the DVD on.MadameSmokinGunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00369302102195138989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686467686335484826.post-14444625528628806472010-01-29T16:13:02.596-08:002010-01-29T16:13:02.596-08:00Ugh! I had to study Great Expectations at school, ...Ugh! I had to study Great Expectations at school, which rather put me off, I'm afraid.<br />However, you are the second person I know to seemingly enjoy reading it - perhaps I shall give it another shot?<br /><br />Here we do long reading sessions and silly voices, but acting-out? - I take my hat off to you.Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16127623000367674910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686467686335484826.post-52084973197130635612010-01-29T14:59:45.827-08:002010-01-29T14:59:45.827-08:00We started reading A Christmas Carol over Christma...We started reading A Christmas Carol over Christmas. It was dh's idea and therefore his job. Funnily enough, they read about 2 chapters and the book is now gathering dust until I give in and read it with them!Cerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02917238622166523999noreply@blogger.com