Comments on: The Secret of Tate’s Beach – Vintage Kidlit Summer Week #2

By: Anna Rose Johnson

Anna Rose Johnson — Fri, 23 Jun 2023 21:48:51 +0000

In reply to Molly. Awesome!

By: Anna Rose Johnson

Anna Rose Johnson — Fri, 23 Jun 2023 21:48:39 +0000

In reply to Julie Aamoth. Oh, that's fun! It's great to revisit books you haven't read in a while. I still have never read Alice in Wonderland!

By: Anna Rose Johnson

Anna Rose Johnson — Fri, 23 Jun 2023 21:48:05 +0000

In reply to Marion. Oh, this is one of my favorite American Girl mysteries!

By: Anna Rose Johnson

Anna Rose Johnson — Fri, 23 Jun 2023 21:47:50 +0000

In reply to Marilyn. I love the American Girl mysteries!

By: Marion

Marion — Sat, 10 Jun 2023 20:05:35 +0000

In reply to Marion. The Author is Sarah Masters Buckey

By: Marilyn

Marilyn — Sat, 10 Jun 2023 19:59:36 +0000

I read a Felicity Mystery “Lady Margaret’s Ghost” by Elizabeth McDavid Jones. Felicity Merriman is is taking care of the house while her mother and the younger children are away visiting an elderly aunt. Felicity will cook the meals for her father and his indentured slave,Ben. A package arrived for Mr. Merriman’s inheritance from his late cousin Sir Edward. Among the prized possessions there was a beautiful silver comb and brush, a baby’s silver rattle. Mr. Merriman explained that Margaret and Sir Edward never had a baby. Margaret died unhappy. The belief was that her ghost roamed because she was unhappy for never giving Sir Edward a child. Felicity was entering her horse Penny in the big race at the fair. Ben will ride the horse. They meet Damon who is riding a Roan horse. Later Felicity meets a girl Anne who is working for Mr. Yarrow. During the race Felicity realized something is wrong with Penny. Ben and Felicity discover there are spurs under Penny’s saddle. Damon knows what to do to ease Penney’s discomfort. He applies a salve to heal the cuts. The next day Felicity feels someone is following her home. At night she hears someone walking around the house. Later she tell her best friend Elizabeth the comb and brush set along with the baby rattle are missing. Felicity has also lost her necklace. She finds the necklace outside. Elizabeth and Felicity look for the missing things along with the house keys. It is discovered that Anne has been the one roaming the house not Lady Margaret;s ghost. Anne admitted that she stole the articles for Mr and Mrs. Yarrow. They threatened to beat her if she did not steal for them. Anne felt guilty and brought the articles back. Mr. Merriman is helping Anne to become an apprentice with Mrs. Whitehurst and to live with another couple. Felicity is happy to hear that the housekeeper]Mrs. Hewiit’ hired to help her is recovering from a stroke. Damon decides to join a ship sailing to Europe. Felicity feels Lady Margaret is at peace since the articles will be staying with the Merrimans.
Marilyn

By: Marion

Marion — Sat, 10 Jun 2023 18:38:39 +0000

I have read A Samantha Mystery “Clue In The Castle Tower”. Vacationing in England Samantha and Nellie are with their grandparents. The Admiral meets a child hood friend who invites them to his Manor House and Lockston Castle that is next to the house. Sir Charles is guardian to his twin nephews Henry and Ian. The boys told the girls that the ghost of Sir Reginald as been seen in the castle and house. The children decide to hide in the Library where rare books have been sold and replaced with regular editions. While in the Library the”ghost” of Sir Reginald makes an appearance,. When the lights are turned on the ghost was Molly the servant. She had a white coat and crawled into the library at night to read the books. She said she did not steal the books. Lady Stallworth The late wife of Sir Charles had written a letter. The four children searched the desk and finally a secret draw was discovered. In the draw was the letter. It said that she had sold the books to pay for repairs to the Manor and the Castle. She wanted to leave money for Sir Charles to have a family life with the boys when she was gone.
Marion

By: Julie Aamoth

Julie Aamoth — Fri, 09 Jun 2023 20:30:11 +0000

Thanks for the review.

I just finished “Alice in Wonderland,” which I had not read for many, many years. I don’t know if it has the darkness that I think of when I encounter the word “moody,” but the characters were so quixotic and unpredictable that I thought I’d stretch the definition a bit. Reading the book as a child, I truly felt as though I’d stepped totally out of the real world, much as Alice may have felt. Her problems with growing and shrinking, the characters who didn’t behave logically, and the extreme silliness were a bit mysterious, and exciting at the same time, and Alice was, in my view, quite the heroine to navigate it all. As an adult, I found myself smiling most over the absurd behavior of the characters in Wonderland, recognizing that Lewis took the every day quirks in adults and societal/institutional norms and carried them to their logical extremes. The word play and the rhymes and the lovable if kooky characters are even more fun today. I’m kicking myself for having given away my official annotated version, and am thinking of buying another…

By: Molly

Molly — Fri, 09 Jun 2023 16:54:47 +0000

I’m reading ‘Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens’.