tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post115052692589801322..comments2024-02-10T19:58:20.327+00:00Comments on Stuck in a Book: Well-TemperedStuckInABookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-90121332632193610572008-05-15T07:23:00.000+01:002008-05-15T07:23:00.000+01:00I'm a big fan of this book, too - but its cover wo...I'm a big fan of this book, too - but its cover worries me deeply. The author's daily blog on the subject is very amusing.Juliethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18055924620237477722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-42826581925805198592008-05-14T20:50:00.000+01:002008-05-14T20:50:00.000+01:00Like a lot people i wanted to go to a boarding sch...Like a lot people i wanted to go to a boarding school when I was a child up to my eyes in books set in such exotic places, but as an adult I am very glad I never did. I cannot imagine sending my child to one either. if a child wants to go, and especially if it is to a specialist school (ballet or music or something) that might be different, but I doubt many children really do want to go.Juxtabookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17102279698993288454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-66752300618786748372008-05-14T20:15:00.000+01:002008-05-14T20:15:00.000+01:00I just wanted to ask - I've set up a new blog, and...I just wanted to ask - I've set up a new blog, and I was wondering if I could link to your blog? I'm looking to create a bookish world with this new blog, so it'd be great to have you as part of it! (previously known as mistressdickens)GlassCurlshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07006992143355408956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-10321693105916648702008-05-14T17:43:00.000+01:002008-05-14T17:43:00.000+01:00I hadn't come across this book, but it's certainly...I hadn't come across this book, but it's certainly one I want to read. Have you come across a YA novel by Robert Westall, 'Falling into Glory', that treats the same theme? He was a very fine writer and it's well worth looking out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-48870574765404992042008-05-14T17:25:00.000+01:002008-05-14T17:25:00.000+01:00I too read Enid Blyton, Phyllis Matthewman, Angela...I too read Enid Blyton, Phyllis Matthewman, Angela Brazil, Dorita Fairlie Bruce and L. T. Mead (and many more of the kind) and wanted to go to a boarding school. Looking back I'm grateful that we couldn't afford that. It was perhaps different when those books (the oldest of them) were written. I knew a woman who was born in 1899 who assured me that her school years were just as in those books.<BR/>Margaretha <BR/>who enjoyed her school years in a Waldorf schoolAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-58712142298705901722008-05-14T12:32:00.000+01:002008-05-14T12:32:00.000+01:00I used to think I'd have liked to have gone to a b...I used to think I'd have liked to have gone to a boarding school - yes, based on Enid Blyton's books. I'm glad I didn't and I simply could not have sent my son away from home at such a young age.<BR/><BR/>The book does sound interesting, though. I've only visited Eton in the winter - it was freezing!BooksPleasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08721650104596705715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-58041173266364338652008-05-14T09:19:00.000+01:002008-05-14T09:19:00.000+01:00This sounds good - and I have the music!This sounds good - and I have the music!Cornflowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17779286635989616330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-64270401437763399842008-05-13T23:15:00.000+01:002008-05-13T23:15:00.000+01:00I went to an all girls school, where I boarded. I ...I went to an all girls school, where I boarded. I decided at the age of 9 that I wanted to, because I had read the two series of Enid Blyton novels on the subject, and thought it sounded like the best plan ever. I was sadly disilusioned! <BR/><BR/>I think if young people are forced to go away and board, it can be the worst thing for them. If you have made your own choice ... well that's a whole different kettle of fish!<BR/><BR/>Strangely, I went to boarding school that was a mere six minutes away from my home by car!<BR/><BR/>Thanks for that detailed description of the novel - it sounds intriuging and I shall have to hunt it out!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com