Cross-posted to What was that book?

Do you know a book in which two children go to Russia?
There are references to the METPO, to parachuting from a tower, and to eating Eskimos, which are either ice lollies or ice creams on a stick.
I think that I read it some time in the 1950s.

The anonymous insect seems to have stopped biting. No new itches since yesterday, but the old ones are drivbing me frantic

Lamb hearts are in the slow cooker, so there is a delicious smell

It hasn't stopped blowing and/or drizzling for three days. On the other hand, people seem to have enjoyed Faenol, which I feared  would be ruined.

The Liddell ( Read more... )

i have nothing against the Chalet School - no ,really, i haven't! It's my problem that I've never got into same.
But why is it suddenly popping up all over LJs where it's never been mentioned before?

 So Garnie does get thin (and grey)  in Ballet Shoes - but she doesn't cough - not yet anyway.
Unless she catches whooping cough from the children later on

I have seven splendid choices before me this evening:

dreary horsey party:
dreary other party, involving six-mile minibus journey:
dreary dated Life of Brian or ghastly dated  Graham Norton on TV (both were deadly boring after the first ten minutes, even before they got dated!):
reading a backlog of newspapers:
making the ninth or twelfth attempt at ( Read more... )

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I haven't read That Book yet, and wasn't intending to - but now I think that I probably will,
because I'm enthralled by the concept of

Ginny Weasley as Beatrice to Dumbledore's Virgil

People are saying that HP7 has been "spoiled" by some shop supplying the book early/someone putting extracts on the Net - but how can they be sure that the supposed early supply or the stuff on the net is/are genuine? Methinks it's a deep dark plot ( Read more... )

Prize books meme

A huge surprise was to find that Van Loon was published in the 1920s. I had to check my copy, because I couldn’t believe it. What also interested me was that I found that I’ve loved other books by many of the authors, but haven’t read the prizewinner
I don’t know how to embolden,
( so I've selected those I've read )

The really strange thing about the past twelve or fifteen hours is that the temperature is relatively mild, despite the strong winds. I see that Valley is still getting only 40+ mph and fine weather ( Read more... )