Couch 248: Curiouser and Curiouser

LonesomeTonight · May 30, 2024 at 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by unaluna

I loved Cherry Ames and Sue Barton. Also all the Beverly Cleary teen books like Fifteen and The Luckiest Girl. Man i wanted that pink rubber raincoat with the black velvet collar. All i ever had as a kid were the fold up clear plastic adult in-a-pinch "raincoats."

My girlfriend down the block who was the same age as me had a little bookshelf in her bedroom with all the Nancy Drew books. I think she let me borrow them. The only books we owned were a big book of fairytales, which i had done reading by age 5, and Little Men, which i found in our attic, and which i was told not to read as it was just for boys. But i eventually did anyway. I dont think my brother ever did.

I was into Beverly Cleary, too, though more the books for younger readers, like the Ramona Quimby ones. However, due to my emetophobia that started at a young age, I hid "Ramona Quimby, Age 8" under my bed because she gets sick in it.

Now I'm curious about her books for teens--trying to recall whether I read any of them.

LonesomeTonight · May 30, 2024 at 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by NP_Complete

Wasn't there a Bobsey Twins series of books also? I can't remember if they were mystery solvers too or not. Did somebody already mention those?

Yes, I remember those, too, though only read a few.

ArtieTheSequal · May 30, 2024 at 06:21 PM

I forgot all about them!

ArtieTheSequal · May 30, 2024 at 06:24 PM

A book that really touched me that I remember was called "Mister God, This is Anna" by Fynn. I think it came out in the 1970's. I need to find that again, I have it somewhere in this house.

Lemoncake · May 30, 2024 at 07:39 PM

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Originally Posted by unaluna

Werent they babies?

My favorite book for a while was The Latch Key Club kids, but ive never been able to refind it.

Also of course Maud Hart Lovelace's Betsy-Tacy-Tib books. They restored the actual house in Minnesota.

There’s a listing for the The Latch Key Club by Eleanor Clymer on Amazon. $65 though. I tried finding it on an online archive, but it hasn’t been added.

Lemoncake · May 30, 2024 at 07:45 PM

I had Disney Grolier books that came in the post each month and my father would pay £14 for them. Also lots of Enid Blyton and an illustrated Grimme’s fairy tales.

ArtieTheSequal · May 30, 2024 at 08:43 PM

My two most favorite books of all from when I was little-little (and I still have both of them today, raggedy bindings and all!) are Becky Ann Visits Storybook Land (by Alene Dalton), and I Had Trouble in getting to Solla Sollew (Dr Seuss). Both given to me in 1965!

WarmFuzzySocks · Yesterday at 02:47 AM

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Originally Posted by unaluna

Werent they babies?

My favorite book for a while was The Latch Key Club kids, but ive never been able to refind it.

Also of course Maud Hart Lovelace's Betsy-Tacy-Tib books. They restored the actual house in Minnesota.

Oh, I read through Betsy-Tacy-Tib a few times. I loved them.

I also loved the original Mary Poppins books. Mary P is nothing like the sugary Disney Mary Poppins. (Who I also enjoyed- but completely different character.)

Another favorite series- The Boxcar Children. I was fascinated by them living on their own.

stopdog · Yesterday at 02:07 PM

My favorite book as a young child was Harriet The Spy-I thought it was so funny.

atisketatasket · Yesterday at 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by NP_Complete

Wasn't there a Bobsey Twins series of books also? I can't remember if they were mystery solvers too or not. Did somebody already mention those?

Yes—Flossie and Freddie, the six year old twins, and Nan and Bert, who were (I think) twelve. And definitely mysteries.

Then the Happy Hollisters were five non-twin kids. My mother pointed out to me the similarities of the two series, especially the relegation of Mrs. Bobbsey and Mrs. Hollister to housewife roles while their husbands won the bread.

Carolyn Keene was a series of ghostwriters, some of whom also wrote in the Bobbsey Twins, Hardy Boys, and Dana Girl series.

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Originally Posted by WarmFuzzySocks

I also loved the original Mary Poppins books. Mary P is nothing like the sugary Disney Mary Poppins. (Who I also enjoyed- but completely different character.)

I remember there’s one where Mary Poppins goes to the moon.

ArtieTheSequal · 01:49 AM

I posted about this earlier and then deleted it cuz I'm a big dork. haha. so anyway I just wanted to share with y'all that my long saga with L has finally come to an end, and for good this time. I thank everyone here who over the years has commiserated with me and given me advice as I struggled with what had somehow become an unhealthy-for-me dynamic that I couldn't tear myself away from for far too long.

And now I shall go post about something FUN!

ArtieTheSequal · Today at 12:22 AM

H and I just saw a Journey Tribute band called JourneyUSA and they were awesome!! I know I'm a Steve Perry freak but - these guys were pretty great. I really enjoyed the show a LOT, sang every word of every song they did, they did stuff from Infinity all the way through Raised On Radio, and even Oh Sherrie from Street Talk. Fabulous show!

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ArtieTheSequal Writing my way through... Member Since Feb 2020 Location: In the desert Posts: 7,341 (SuperPoster!) 4 5,820 hugs given	May 30, 2024 at 06:21 PM #583 I forgot all about them!
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ArtieTheSequal Writing my way through... Member Since Feb 2020 Location: In the desert Posts: 7,341 (SuperPoster!) 4 5,820 hugs given	May 30, 2024 at 06:24 PM #584 A book that really touched me that I remember was called "Mister God, This is Anna" by Fynn. I think it came out in the 1970's. I need to find that again, I have it somewhere in this house.
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Lemoncake Roses are falling. Member Since May 2017 Location: Seattle. Posts: 9,784 (SuperPoster!) 7 10.2k hugs given	May 30, 2024 at 07:45 PM #586 I had Disney Grolier books that came in the post each month and my father would pay £14 for them. Also lots of Enid Blyton and an illustrated Grimme’s fairy tales. __________________
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ArtieTheSequal Writing my way through... Member Since Feb 2020 Location: In the desert Posts: 7,341 (SuperPoster!) 4 5,820 hugs given	May 30, 2024 at 08:43 PM #587 My two most favorite books of all from when I was little-little (and I still have both of them today, raggedy bindings and all!) are Becky Ann Visits Storybook Land (by Alene Dalton), and I Had Trouble in getting to Solla Sollew (Dr Seuss). Both given to me in 1965!
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ArtieTheSequal Writing my way through... Member Since Feb 2020 Location: In the desert Posts: 7,341 (SuperPoster!) 4 5,820 hugs given	Today at 12:22 AM #592 H and I just saw a Journey Tribute band called JourneyUSA and they were awesome!! I know I'm a Steve Perry freak but - these guys were pretty great. I really enjoyed the show a LOT, sang every word of every song they did, they did stuff from Infinity all the way through Raised On Radio, and even Oh Sherrie from Street Talk. Fabulous show!
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