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Tag Archives: Louise Fitzhugh
Book Meme: Pick One
Hard to pick one answer for each. Got this from Ted. One book youâre currently reading: I am only reading one. I cannot read fiction right now. I can barely read, if you want to know the truth, but I … Continue reading
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Tagged Charlotte Bronte, Crime and Punishment, Evelyn Waugh, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Geek Love, Harriet the Spy, Helter Skelter, Jane Eyre, Katherine Dunn, Leo Tolstoy, Louise Fitzhugh, Mating, Norman Rush, Nureyev, Scoop, Villette, Vincent Bugliosi, War and Peace, William Shakespeare
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The Books: The Long Secret (Louise Fitzhugh)
Daily Book Excerpt: YA books: Next book on the shelf is The Long Secret by Louise Fitzhugh. A sort of sequel to Harriet the Spy – only Harriet isn’t the lead of this one. She’s the second lead. The lead … Continue reading
The Books: Harriet the Spy (Louise Fitzhugh)
Daily Book Excerpt: YA books: Next book on the shelf is another childhood favorite: Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh. This is one of my favorite books of all time. I wrote a huge thing about it here, if you’re … Continue reading
Kids Books
A fun little mini-meme. I am upping the choices to five as opposed to three. Why? Because I want to! Name five favorite childrens series. 1. The Chronicles of Narnia, by CS Lewis 2. The Wrinkle in Time Quintet Boxed … Continue reading
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Tagged Ballet Shoes, Canada, Charlotte's Web, E.B. White, E.L. Konigsburg, England, Harriet the Spy, Jane Langton, L.M. Montgomery, Louise Fitzhugh, Madeleine L'Engle
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Literary Question:
from I Love Books. Who’s the best female literary character of all time? My first choice is Harriet the Spy. With Jane Eyre and Molly Bloom following close behind. Please discuss.
Posted in Books, James Joyce
Tagged Charlotte Bronte, Harriet the Spy, Jane Eyre, Louise Fitzhugh, Ulysses
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Recommended Reading: Fiction
And now for the Fiction recommendations. (See the Non-Fiction ones below) Choosing books out of all the books I love is rather torturous for me. So this is an impulsive, scanning-the-bookshelves-with-mine-eyes and writing titles down spur-of-the-moment kind of list. Here … Continue reading
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Tagged A.S. Byatt, Atonement, Charlotte Bronte, Crime and Punishment, England, fiction, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Going After Cacciato, Harriet the Spy, Herman Melville, Ian McEwan, Ireland, J.D. Salinger, Jane Eyre, Louise Fitzhugh, Michael Chabon, Moby Dick, Possession, Russia, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, The Catcher In the Rye, The Dead, The Things They Carried, Tim O'Brien, Vietnam
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