tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-182642520216901583.post1963492724436839947..comments2023-11-01T02:35:48.057+00:00Comments on Geranium Cat's Bookshelf: Reading Harry Potter on the trainGeraniumCathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03010199887691558717noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-182642520216901583.post-77384443850377383322010-03-18T17:46:07.112+00:002010-03-18T17:46:07.112+00:00Since you have turned to talking Trease (who Rosem...Since you have turned to talking Trease (who Rosemary Sutcliff corresponded with), you might be interested in an article on him in The Morning Star a coupe of weeks back, which you can trace via http://wp.me/p42Yg-aG <br /><br />Also were you aware that Rosemary Sutcliff's The Shining Company was announced y'day as the 2010 Phoenix Award winner see http://wp.me/42Yg . How big a deal is this to 'voracious readers', I am wondering as I try to enthuse Brits here about it!Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08677173494958234552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-182642520216901583.post-41739600825427826132010-03-18T12:12:55.313+00:002010-03-18T12:12:55.313+00:00I know what you mean about Geoffrey Treese which w...I know what you mean about Geoffrey Treese which was why I only read a couple of them. Far too boys' own for my tastes - I wanted to know more about the people and Rosemary Sutcliffe was much better at characterisation. She could write from a male perspective (like Mary Renault) but I doubt very much if Geoffrey Treese could have used a femaile perspective.LizFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-182642520216901583.post-14296755488549960262010-03-12T19:37:46.132+00:002010-03-12T19:37:46.132+00:00I'll be so interested in what you have to say ...I'll be so interested in what you have to say about Rosemary Sutcliff. She's the reason I went in for history.<br />Geoffrey Trease is one of my blind spots; can't stand him.callmemadamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12711070764040041338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-182642520216901583.post-32997086072604958772010-03-12T17:08:48.290+00:002010-03-12T17:08:48.290+00:00Oh! Thank you so much for reminding me of the Gree...Oh! Thank you so much for reminding me of the Green Knowe series! Those are wonderful books, I really must re-read them!Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-182642520216901583.post-44907399919448743492010-03-12T16:20:32.859+00:002010-03-12T16:20:32.859+00:00LizF, I nearly included Children of Green Knowe he...LizF, I nearly included Children of Green Knowe here, because I love it too!Jodie Robsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02442935205880334932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-182642520216901583.post-497159781588551892010-03-12T16:18:47.069+00:002010-03-12T16:18:47.069+00:00I'm delighted to see such acclaim for Rosemary...I'm delighted to see such acclaim for Rosemary Sutcliff, who will be the subject of my next post.Jodie Robsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02442935205880334932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-182642520216901583.post-63123703282996603922010-03-12T16:05:51.775+00:002010-03-12T16:05:51.775+00:00Having grown up in the 60's and 70's as a ...Having grown up in the 60's and 70's as a voracious reader (nothing much has changed in that respect) I agree that there were some wonderful books out there.<br />I read every one of Rosemary Sutcliffe's books in our local library and one or two of Geoffrey Treese's and I really enjoyed a series of books by Madeleine Polland which told stories from Irish mythology - and not just the usual Cuchulain and Finn McCool.<br />To your list of classics I would add Lucy M Boston's The Children of Green Knowe which I adored and both my daughters loved too.LizFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-182642520216901583.post-41073156980797751452010-03-11T11:37:27.077+00:002010-03-11T11:37:27.077+00:00You are spot on about earlier writing, and within ...You are spot on about earlier writing, and within that Rosemary Sutcliff. She used to say that she wrote for children aged 8 to 88. The remarks you quote from the newspaper would have made her cross - I grew up knowing her well as a relative.<br /><br />Some of her books were marketed as adult historical fiction (Sword at Sunset which was a bestseller in the UK; The Rider of the White Horse; Flower of Adonis)<br /><br />(You and your commenters might be interested in www.rosemarysutcliff.wordpress.com)Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08677173494958234552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-182642520216901583.post-15623879382041803062010-03-10T20:36:16.383+00:002010-03-10T20:36:16.383+00:00I've been meaning to read Rosemary Sutcliff. ...I've been meaning to read Rosemary Sutcliff. I completely agree about YA lit having always been a rich field, and it bothers me too when people act like this is a recent phenomenon, good YA fiction. I <3 Edward Eager. :P (Though I suppose he's more children's.)Jennyhttp://jennysbooks.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-182642520216901583.post-79114586094289107642010-03-10T16:51:34.994+00:002010-03-10T16:51:34.994+00:00Oh I loved, absolutely LOVED "The Eagle of th...Oh I loved, absolutely LOVED "The Eagle of the Ninth"! What a superb book! It was one of those that keep you so immersed in the story that you forget reality around you (at least that is what it did to me). I think I want to re-read it.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.com