The Enid Blyton Society

Eddie Muir wrote:I'm also a big fan of H.E. Bates and have read most of his novels and short stories, Kate Mary. My favourite of his books is Love for Lydia.

I've just finished reading Robert Westall's superb 1990 novel, The Kingdom by the Sea.

I love The Kingdom by the Sea and Love for Lydia, Eddie.

floragord wrote:How marvellous to know there are other Elizabeth Goudge fans on the Forums, I love her work and have about everything she wrote, collected painfully over the years from book searches and in Hay-on-Wye, most people look blank when they hear the name.

You might already know that J. K. Rowling loved Elizabeth Goudge's The Little White Horse as a child. In The Bookseller she said, "The Little White Horse was my favourite childhood book. I absolutely adored it. It had a cracking plot. It was scary and romantic in parts and had a feisty heroine."

Anita Bensoussane wrote: I love The Kingdom by the Sea and Love for Lydia, Eddie.

Great minds, Anita?

No, I didn't know that at all floragord. Thank you. Feisty character? Hermione??

Thank you Daisy. I certainly will try to read The Bird in the Tree first. I always have a feeling of slight regret if I read books like this in the wrong order, even I really enjoy the first one that I do read. Looking forward to it. As you said, it's lovely to know that some many people really love her books.

I'm currently reading 'The Secret of Cliff Castle' by an author called Mary Pollock...

Rob Houghton wrote:I'm currently reading 'The Secret of Cliff Castle' by an author called Mary Pollock...

Lucky old you!

I'm now reading another Robert Westall book entitled A Time of Fire, first published in 1994. The setting is World War II Newcastle.

Rob Houghton wrote:I'm currently reading 'The Secret of Cliff Castle' by an author called Mary Pollock...

One of my favorite stand alone EB's, Rob.
Just try not to notice that EB uses the term "queer" ca. 38 times throughout the book instead of replacing it every once in a while with "odd" or "strange"...guess the use of a synonym dictionary was not as common way back then when EB wrote this book?

Then you have the opportunity to join the readathon, Chrissie .

Wolfgang, which readathon? Did I miss something?

This may give you a clue, Chrissie.
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While cat sitting I have been reading The New Girl and Nancy by Dorita Fairlie Bruce where we get to grips with an new girl who is a heiress and rather spoilt with it to begin with gradually reforms her character, gaining acceptance.

Enjoying an excellent book by Robert Benson called 'Come rack, come rope'. It's all about the destruction of life and family in late Elizabethan England due to religious persecution. Such a good read and so little known.

I'm reading another excellent book by Robert Westall: The Night Mare from 1995.

Sounds scary!