tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post7635452646576407328..comments2024-03-26T07:33:18.502-04:00Comments on WordWranglers: Liz's Top Ten Books that...Margiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03843006118151762550noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-58169770890217846362015-07-15T07:39:27.649-04:002015-07-15T07:39:27.649-04:00Thanks, Carolyn! I never read Doyle, though I can&...Thanks, Carolyn! I never read Doyle, though I can't even say why not, because I think they're interesting characters. I've always loved cozy mysteries, but have to admit I haven't read all that many.Liz Flahertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794565644883272260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-46525359848646514712015-07-14T09:16:38.026-04:002015-07-14T09:16:38.026-04:00Great post, Liz! I'm entering this discussion...Great post, Liz! I'm entering this discussion late. I was busy yesterday and away from my computer. You hit many of my favorites. I would add the Little House series as well as Sir Arther Conan Doyle. I have always had a love of a great mystery. I just finished "A Good Killing" by Allison Leotta. It's one that will stay with you for a while. Also, One More Summer, time to read that favorite again. I just got a notice from Amazon that Small Town Summer is on my Kindle. Can't wait to read that also. Carolyn McCutcheonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04505732730959271307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-52065889159806711492015-07-14T06:23:43.747-04:002015-07-14T06:23:43.747-04:00Still a good list, Margie. I loved S.E. Hinton. I ...Still a good list, Margie. I loved S.E. Hinton. I read her when my kids did.Liz Flahertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794565644883272260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-49031536682487725052015-07-14T02:48:59.961-04:002015-07-14T02:48:59.961-04:00Molly, I got lucky enough to find most of the Marc...Molly, I got lucky enough to find most of the Marcy books at out library discard sales over the years. And when my oldest daughter got into reading, I had her read them, and she loved them too. Margiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03843006118151762550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-51305999933255201592015-07-14T02:46:59.372-04:002015-07-14T02:46:59.372-04:00As a writer??? Well, Little Women probably tops th...As a writer??? Well, Little Women probably tops the list because who didn't want to be Jo March? I'm a child of the seventies as my choices will bear out..The Outsiders by S.E.Hinton--she was published before her 18rth birthday!! That was always so inspiring to me as a teenager who wanted to write. The Pigman by Paul Zindel. And like so many before me, Rosamund Du Jardin--those were the first young romances I ever read and I still love them.<br /><br />If I could emulate anyone's career though, it would be Michael Crichton's. I love that he never repeated himself--Dinosaurs, check. Aliens-check. Sexual harrassment with a twist--check. <br /><br />I know that's about half a list but it's late and I'm going to bed :)Margiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03843006118151762550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-69299938609021795192015-07-13T22:25:52.857-04:002015-07-13T22:25:52.857-04:00I also loved Trixie, and my mom's mysteries: ...I also loved Trixie, and my mom's mysteries: Cherry Ames, Dana Girls, Vicki Barr:)Molly Danielshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01488325587798390008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-68986133494124853652015-07-13T22:24:29.116-04:002015-07-13T22:24:29.116-04:00I'm soooo glad I'm not the only one who re...I'm soooo glad I'm not the only one who remembers Rosamund Du Jardin:) Think I found those books at my Jr. High library or bookmobile; wish I had my own copies....I'd love to reread them!Molly Danielshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01488325587798390008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-12484536490008105872015-07-13T22:22:03.993-04:002015-07-13T22:22:03.993-04:00Muriel: Aaahhh, the Wolf and the Dove:) Also lov...Muriel: Aaahhh, the Wolf and the Dove:) Also love Shanna and Ashes in the Wind:) I was thrilled when I came across a copy of an antho with a short story about Jeff, Brandon's little brother from FATF:)Molly Danielshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01488325587798390008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-79266850036462944262015-07-13T20:53:19.347-04:002015-07-13T20:53:19.347-04:00Oh, yes, Trixie! She was the sister of my heart! I...Oh, yes, Trixie! She was the sister of my heart! I loved P & P, too, but didn't even connect it to the genre till much later.Liz Flahertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794565644883272260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-90373020756925083772015-07-13T20:52:10.117-04:002015-07-13T20:52:10.117-04:00I still like GWTW, but kind of the way I like The ...I still like GWTW, but kind of the way I like The Flame and the Flower and Mark Twain. I love them for the storytelling aspect, though some parts make me flinch.Liz Flahertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794565644883272260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-44272721052045151132015-07-13T20:50:09.273-04:002015-07-13T20:50:09.273-04:00I think we all owe something to those Harlequin au...I think we all owe something to those Harlequin authors who paved our way for us! Liz Flahertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794565644883272260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-76994917184645163152015-07-13T19:46:54.837-04:002015-07-13T19:46:54.837-04:00OMG we could be sistahs!! I'll add The Nancy D...OMG we could be sistahs!! I'll add The Nancy Drew and Trixie Beldon mysteries were always a favorite and the original YA heroines. I'll add my two cents and say that Pride and Prejudice changed the way I viewed romance novels as a teen and when I read Shanna ( Woodiwiss again) I was changed forever as a reader and writer of romance! Great great post.peggy jaegerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09767089116387597036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-34536719072876148492015-07-13T18:23:09.282-04:002015-07-13T18:23:09.282-04:00Tie between Little Town and These Happy Golden Day...Tie between Little Town and These Happy Golden Days:)Molly Danielshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01488325587798390008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-81236741829683508252015-07-13T18:18:36.184-04:002015-07-13T18:18:36.184-04:00Great books, including some of my faves: Little Wo...Great books, including some of my faves: Little Women, Flame and the Flower, and Girl of the Limberlost. Other faves were the Nancy Drew series, The Phantom Tollbooth, Shel Silversteen. I loved Gone with the Wind in 8th grade, too, but I'm not sure I could swallow it now. Times have changed and so have I.Linda Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05113981098789732198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-73554693003261770722015-07-13T15:25:50.813-04:002015-07-13T15:25:50.813-04:00Great list, Liz, some of my favorites are on there...Great list, Liz, some of my favorites are on there! The Little House books are on my list, along with the Chronicles of Narnia (both for sense of place) but also on the list is a book called Snow Bride by Margery Hilton, which is the first Harlequin Presents I ever read...I still love it! Kristina Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13674920511835640874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-54643942786254645322015-07-13T14:36:18.329-04:002015-07-13T14:36:18.329-04:00We didn't have many of them, either--I think t...We didn't have many of them, either--I think the older siblings wore them out--but we were twice-a-week library visitors. I read some of the Travis McGee series and quite a bit of Agatha Christie, but not until I was in high school. And they didn't stay with me the way the ones on my list did. I don't remember any of them, only that yes, I did read them. Liz Flahertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794565644883272260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-42843858952688744852015-07-13T14:27:54.949-04:002015-07-13T14:27:54.949-04:00We didn't have children's books in the hou...We didn't have children's books in the house growing up. My mother started us out on books like John D. McDonald - Travis McGee series, Agatha Christie - Miss Marple series, and Dashiell Hammett - Sam Spade series.<br />When I had my own children we read all the classic children's books I could find - many you've named here.Sandra Daileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14096003641160112825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-34025272840094346332015-07-13T14:06:19.446-04:002015-07-13T14:06:19.446-04:00Mary Stoltz! I'd forgotten her! Elisabeth Hami...Mary Stoltz! I'd forgotten her! Elisabeth Hamilton Friermood and Janet Lambert were biggies with me, too--more Hoosier ladies.Liz Flahertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794565644883272260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-1738081177124756362015-07-13T14:05:14.861-04:002015-07-13T14:05:14.861-04:00I've heard, and I'm not sure I want to rea...I've heard, and I'm not sure I want to read it. If Atticus Finch has a dark side (which is what I've heard), I don't want to know about it. Liz Flahertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794565644883272260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-31405221710875915452015-07-13T14:04:15.252-04:002015-07-13T14:04:15.252-04:00Forgot to the add I also have a copy of The Flame ...Forgot to the add I also have a copy of The Flame and the Flower. Still remember their names - Aislyn and Wolfgar. Sigh.Muriel Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12065629068634892645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-63024212419712612522015-07-13T14:02:23.922-04:002015-07-13T14:02:23.922-04:00Liz! Jannine! I am flattered and humbled that yo...Liz! Jannine! I am flattered and humbled that you both remember Winter's Bounty! That'll sustain me for a couple of months. (You've all heard that To Kill a Mockingbird's sequel is released at midnight tonight?)Muriel Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12065629068634892645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-22646844074869125282015-07-13T14:01:36.211-04:002015-07-13T14:01:36.211-04:00Ah, are we not sisters of the heart, my friend? Yo...Ah, are we not sisters of the heart, my friend? You listed all my favorites--all the ones that made me want to be a writer. I would add Gene Stratton-Porter's The Harvester because David Langston is my ultimate romance hero. And as far as books that made me want to be a romance writer, all of Rosamund du Jardin's and Mary Stoltz's novels for teens (from the '50s and '60s). I read them so voraciously and from the first one (Tobey Heydon's Class Ring) thought, "This is what I want to do!"Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08809913527142033733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-134423102934352082015-07-13T13:46:28.843-04:002015-07-13T13:46:28.843-04:00In all honesty, I was more inspired by the Anne mo...In all honesty, I was more inspired by the Anne movies than I was the books, but the books definitely changed something for me on the first reading of them.Liz Flahertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794565644883272260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-63128128014210513852015-07-13T13:45:40.254-04:002015-07-13T13:45:40.254-04:00I don't think I ever owned the Little House bo...I don't think I ever owned the Little House books, though I certainly read them all enough times!<br />Liz Flahertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794565644883272260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-47831496771639040562015-07-13T13:44:34.893-04:002015-07-13T13:44:34.893-04:00I love women's fiction, too, and I think Maeve...I love women's fiction, too, and I think Maeve Binchy and Rosamund Pilcher started me on that track!Liz Flahertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794565644883272260noreply@blogger.com