I felt exactly as you did over Wait for Me! and actually gave up on it towards the end, I'd had enough of how poor they were in their castles. I think Terence Frisby would be right up my street, so must (again!) investigate that. Didn't manage to read the Elizabeth Taylor, that was returned to the shelf but I couldn't quite bring myself to take it to the charity shop ... I've yet to read one of her books right through, I find them just a little tedious. But I shall certainly read the Margaret Forster, one of my all-time favourite novelists. She couldn't write an iffy sentence if she tried. However, read a few Agatha Raisin and then wondered why I'd wasted my time, they were just so silly, not particuarly funny I thought. E F Benson's Mapp & Lucia books so much better for comic writing. Favourite book of this little pile _The Enchanted April. Bought the DVD recently and thoroughly enjoyed it ... again! Margaret P
Re: March bookscallmemadamApril 3 2012, 06:25:06 UTC
So glad you agree about Wait for Me!. Money was tight? Pull the other one! The Enchanted April is lovely, isn't it? My favourite book by Elizabeth Taylor is A Game of Hide and Seek.
I have the Postcards book on order. I sometimes think of having a little MF marathon. I think the only book I've ever read is the one about that poor mother visiting her awful children - wait I'll go look up the title... The Travels of Maudie Tipstaff. But I think about her, and I am always interested in her books when I read about them. The only thing that has bothered me about Scotland Street is Bertie's age. I get it that he's a genius, but he just seemed too young to me in the early books. I haven't read any for a while so maybe things have changed a bit.
Although Bertie is so clever, he still has a childish lack of logic about things. In the latest book, he and a friend plot to get him adopted because he's so tired of his mother.
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However, read a few Agatha Raisin and then wondered why I'd wasted my time, they were just so silly, not particuarly funny I thought. E F Benson's Mapp & Lucia books so much better for comic writing. Favourite book of this little pile _The Enchanted April. Bought the DVD recently and thoroughly enjoyed it ... again!
Margaret P
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The Enchanted April is lovely, isn't it? My favourite book by Elizabeth Taylor is A Game of Hide and Seek.
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I sometimes think of having a little MF marathon. I think the only book I've ever read is the one about that poor mother visiting her awful children - wait I'll go look up the title... The Travels of Maudie Tipstaff. But I think about her, and I am always interested in her books when I read about them.
The only thing that has bothered me about Scotland Street is Bertie's age. I get it that he's a genius, but he just seemed too young to me in the early books. I haven't read any for a while so maybe things have changed a bit.
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