tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596278161414501200.post8583133497626882044..comments2023-10-15T05:51:49.134-07:00Comments on Life Just Keeps Getting Weirder.: What's Up With The Bookworms Carnival?Anna Leflerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06968276973881720329noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596278161414501200.post-38098124971505143222008-08-29T02:31:00.000-07:002008-08-29T02:31:00.000-07:00I loved Harriet, and I love that you return us to ...I loved Harriet, and I love that you return us to her so immaculately here. I haven't seen that book cover for ages. <BR/><BR/>Your blog is extremely well done, and I appreciate your Goodreads note! I'll keep checking back in an wishing you good luck through this harrowing/magical time. I know the feeling<BR/>Beth<BR/>www.beth-kephart.blogspot.comBeth Kepharthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14236487532413398431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596278161414501200.post-21494539432026798672008-08-21T02:25:00.000-07:002008-08-21T02:25:00.000-07:00geebus, whatzup with houston and tree-reading? i g...geebus, whatzup with houston and tree-reading? i grew up in baytown and did the same thing...oh what, everyone does? well, i'm not reading anything outside right now, that's fer sure...Aimeslee Winanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09707348882089819829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596278161414501200.post-84982805557860913622008-08-13T15:35:00.000-07:002008-08-13T15:35:00.000-07:00I'm living proof that it's possible for a book to ...I'm living proof that it's possible for a book to shape a life. When I was in 2nd grade, I won a school writing contest for "short fiction" - and the prize was a hardcopy edition of "Harriet the Spy." I read it. Then I re-read it. And over and over. Although I went on to Little Women and Little House on the Prairie and even - gasp! - The Catcher in the Rye, for writing inspiration I always returned to Harriet. I, too, longed to know what an egg cream was, and made up my mind, all 8 years of me, that I would blow that pop stand of a town to move to Manhattan, which I did when I was 17. Cut to 30 years later, and here I am making my living as a writer. I'm so grateful to you for remembering Harriet: my first and best friend and co-conspirator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596278161414501200.post-46734163279889664902008-08-13T08:42:00.000-07:002008-08-13T08:42:00.000-07:00I LOVE Harriet the Spy. I found a well-loved copy...I LOVE Harriet the Spy. I found a well-loved copy at a thrift store when I was probably around ten. I had never heard of it, but the title intrigued me. I read it then and dozens of times since then. Her world was the best. I love the opening scene where she and Sport are playing Town. I lived vicariously through her imagination. Oh! and I loved that scene where she scrabbles into the dumb-waiter. I always wanted to do that.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, now that I've rambled on and on, I just wanted to say hi to another Harriet the Spy lover. Thanks for sharing this in the Bookworms Carnival.<BR/><BR/>Jessica @ The Bluestocking Society<BR/>http://thebluestockings.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596278161414501200.post-27494306648416187772008-08-13T07:17:00.000-07:002008-08-13T07:17:00.000-07:00Isn't it fun how we analyze our favorites and stil...Isn't it fun how we analyze our favorites and still love them? I read Little Women over and over - I can still quote line for line in my favorite chapters. Now I see that I wanted to be Jo; I so identified with her character. If she lived now, she'd have a blog!Daisyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11647906900944224234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596278161414501200.post-20020146932455082562008-08-06T19:33:00.000-07:002008-08-06T19:33:00.000-07:00Hmm--you trying to hide this thing? How come you ...Hmm--you trying to hide this thing? How come you didn't tell me you'd started posting. I'm (sob) so (hiccup) so hurt. . .<BR/><BR/>A good and funny read as always, Anna! Keep up the good work, and for God's sake, keep me informed!<BR/><BR/>xx KarenKarenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00171046951908877185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596278161414501200.post-89675572699574071582008-08-06T19:32:00.000-07:002008-08-06T19:32:00.000-07:00Jeez--you trying to keep this thing a secret, or w...Jeez--you trying to keep this thing a secret, or what? Love your posts. You 2 damn funny! Shoulda told me you were posting.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00171046951908877185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596278161414501200.post-29590840953383851732008-08-06T17:51:00.000-07:002008-08-06T17:51:00.000-07:00You brought back my fond memories of reading outsi...You brought back my fond memories of reading outside on my farm in New Hampshire. I was spellbound with the Little House on the Praire Series. In a time of no computers, playdates (what the?), 24/7 cartoon channels, we were transported away in books. Now, it is forced labor (akin to perhaps water boarding)to get my 8 year old daughter to read "for fun". She laughed at my 35-year copy of Little House on the Praire. I long for those days when only Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom was on TV. I am thinking of becoming Amish and cutting the electricity to our house.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12000016976592614147noreply@blogger.com