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Go Saddle The Sea
Felix Brooke series, #1. Felix runs away from his home in Spain to England where his deceased father is from. Pretty good story, once it gets started.
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2/2019
Nightbirds On Nantucket
Dido ends up in the U.S., if you can imagine, and what does she run into? Pretty much what she ran into back home.
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4/2015
The Stolen Lake
Dido hitched a ride back to the U.K., Great Britain, or whatever it is called in this alternate history book, but ends up in South America, as near as I can figure, where she may be tossed into a lake (the stolen one, after it is returned) to extend the life of someone with a oddly familiar name. There, I don't think that's a spoiler.
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4/2015
The Wolves Of Willoughby Chase
"Wicked wolves without and a grim governess within threaten Bonnie and her cousin Sylvia..." Read pre-1998, read again, 'cause it's good. Many words to look up!
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3/2015
The Boy Fortune Hunters In Alaska
Written by L. Frank Baum under a pseudonym.
A boy ends up on a cruise to Alaska during the gold rush days. Good story.
Interesting how the author using "negro" dialog to portray what the natives from the Philippines are saying.
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8/2022
The Boy Fortune Hunters In China
After rescuing a Chinese man from a sinking ship Sam Steele heads off to China, with his pals, to, Essentially, steal valuable ancestral jewels and such.
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9/2022
The Boy Fortune Hunters In Panama
Written by L. Frank Baum under a pseudonym. I read the Project Gutenberg e-book edition.
A decrepit steel-hauling ship is damaged in a storm and is run up on a beach in Panama to save the cargo. Angry natives are encountered. A Princesses heart is stolen, as are a bunch of uncut diamonds.
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8/2022
The Boy Fortune Hunters In Yucatan
Sam and the crew end up in Yucatan looking for a lost city settled by people from Atlantis who have a lot of gold and jewels.
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8/2022
The Boy Fortuner Hunters In Egypt
Sam and friends steal antiquities after spending much time justifying there actions.
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9/2022
In The Land Of White Death
A voyage in the Arctic in the early 1900s goes awry. This book was written by one of the survivors from his diary. Not all that long, but quite readable, and has several maps, thank goodness!
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10/2016
The Tale Of Castle Cottage
A mystery in the village where Beatrix Potter lives. Very interesting, spent a lot of time looking up stuff on the internet. Nicely written, but I don't feel a longing to read any more of the series.
Quote:
There is something to be said, after all, for pent-up longing. -- Pg. 141
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10/2016
An Old-Fashioned Girl
Country-girl Polly comes to Boston to visit her rich friend Fanny. Several weeps near the end. Needs a lexicon, though!
Words I Had To Look Up:
Opydilldock is first-rate for sprains. (pg. 76) -- Opodeldoc is a liniment attributed to the physician Paracelsus, which camphor and herbs in it.
"Now, Maud, bring on the citron;" (pg. 289) -- A fragrant citrus fruit, used mostly for its rind, rather than being eaten like an orange.
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"Bright boy! here's a plum for you," and Polly threw a plump raisin into his mouth.
"Put in lots, won't you? I'm rather fond of plumcake," observed Tom... (pg. 288) -- Plums are raisons? Aha! One of the definitions for plum is a raisin when added to a cake or pudding!Read:
11/2011
Eight Cousins
An orphan, Rose, goes to live with her new guardian, Uncle Alec, a bunch of aunts, and those seven cousins.
Words I Had To Look Up:
you know hasheesh is the extract of hemp? (pg. 46) -- The things you learn in a children's book!
pigeon English (pg. 76) -- Pidgin English is a simplified form of English used by certain peoples of E Asia and the South Pacific in dealing with foreigners.
could you lend me a ninepence? (pg. 83) -- A New England name for the Spanish real, a coin formerly current in the United States, as valued at twelve and a half cents. Which doesn't really clear things up. This takes place around 1875, I think.
I am a quiddle (pg. 132) -- One who wastes his energy about trifles.
Babes in the woods (gp. 155) -- Another of those awful folk tales where children die. In the woods.
in a promiscuous heap (pg. 224) -- Casual; irregular; haphazard. Used twice by the author!
making a little Casabianca of herself (pg. 243) -- From the poem of the same name, about a young boy who would not desert his post on a warship. And perished.
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for, though we do not want trumpets to be blown, we do like to have our little virtues appreciated, and cannot help feeling disappointed if they are not. (pg. 117)
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Dr. Alec ordered her to lie on the sofa for a fortnight at least, whereat she groaned dismally, but dared not openly complain, lest the boys turn upon her with some of the wise little sermons on patience which she had delivered for their benefit. (pg. 165)
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11/2011
Good Wives
I found this one in a discard bin, or rather a discard table, at work. "Oh, goody, a Little Women book I haven't read!" As I discovered, and you all knew, this book is the second volume that is usually bound with Little Women. And that is why it seemed familiar. But not totally, as I last read Little Women when I was eighteen or so, and that was over four decades ago. Tempus fugit!
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10/2013
The Book Of Three
Taran, assistant pig-keeper, dreams of being a warrior. I had so much fun reading Time Cat that I thought I would read the Chronicles Of Prydain series again.
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6/2011
The Rope Trick
A girl magician travels around what might be Italy to find the legendary Ferramondo and learn the secret of his fantastic rope trick.
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10/2013
Time Cat
I kept seeing this title in fantasy-for-kids lists, so I thought I had better read. Pretty good stuff! Especially about cats!
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6/2011
Reservation Blues
Washington State Indians form a band.
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11/2001
The Abosolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Junior wants to get off the rez and go to the white-kid's school. Good story.
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..."The world is only broken down into two tribes. The people who are assholes, and the people who are not." (pg. 176)Read:
1/2008
Cargo of Eagles
British mystery, pretty good. Mr. Albert Campion go to village of Saltey to retrieve something that was lost. TYPO on Author's name
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8/2015
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[Abadzis - Aiken] [Aiken - Allinghamc] [Alvarez - Angelou] [Anthony - Atkins] [Atkinson - Avi]