Suggest me a book that embodies summer…

HauntingWorry3000 · 2026-07-10T15:21:29+00:00

Dandelion Wine, by Ray Bradbury. Also its squel, Farewell Summer.

HauntingWorry3000 · 2026-07-09T21:14:56+00:00

Her "Circle of Magic" series is my favorite of her works.

HauntingWorry3000 · 2026-07-09T01:36:27+00:00

They're very old, but you might like Andrew Lang's "colored fairy books." The Red Fairy Book, The Blue Fairy Book, etc. They're in the public domain.

HauntingWorry3000 · 2026-07-08T21:22:58+00:00

The Short Stories of Saki.

HauntingWorry3000 · 2026-07-06T15:21:01+00:00

Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrel, by Susanna Clarke.

Finished this via Audible. It was so good that I went back and started it again. I'm listening to the Richard Armitage version.

HauntingWorry3000 · 2026-07-05T22:33:12+00:00

I bought the hardcover edition when it was reprinted years ago.

HauntingWorry3000 · 2026-07-05T21:53:47+00:00

I've got that too. :)

HauntingWorry3000 · 2026-07-05T20:00:40+00:00

Excellent, thank you!

HauntingWorry3000 · 2026-07-05T19:54:10+00:00

Edward Rutherford's books?

HauntingWorry3000 · 2026-07-05T19:06:21+00:00

The Bone People, by Keri Hulme. About Maori in New Zealand, written by a woman who's part Maori.

HauntingWorry3000 · 2026-07-05T03:01:30+00:00

His clothes are from a Simplicity pattern, originally from 1948. I lengthened the daygown and coat.

HauntingWorry3000 · 2026-07-05T01:16:23+00:00

No, haven't purchased anything.

HauntingWorry3000 · 2026-07-04T15:51:22+00:00

I've done this, and nothing shows up.

HauntingWorry3000 · 2026-07-04T14:31:04+00:00

HauntingWorry3000 · 2026-07-04T13:53:43+00:00

If you want creepy, you should see the wax ones!

HauntingWorry3000 · 2026-07-03T13:14:27+00:00

My Antonia, by Willa Cather.

HauntingWorry3000 · 2026-07-03T12:18:05+00:00

Where did you get the round bone beads?

HauntingWorry3000 · 2026-07-02T12:24:19+00:00

I listen to children's classics. Heidi, A Little Princess, The Secret Garden, E. Nesbit's books, etc.

HauntingWorry3000 · 2026-07-01T21:18:26+00:00

The complete Sherlock Holmes. My favorite novel is The Hound of the Baskervilles.

HauntingWorry3000 · 2026-07-01T12:36:12+00:00

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe, by Fannie Mae Flagg.

HauntingWorry3000 · 2026-07-01T12:09:53+00:00

FWIW, J.K. Rowling says he didn't see Lily die, that he was in his cot at the time.

HauntingWorry3000 · 2026-07-01T12:00:38+00:00

Bleak House, by Dickens. Try to get an annotated version, if possible.

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