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More or less awake now. I feel better.

Went to used bookstore at lunch, found (swear to God) an Enid Blyton three-decker (how on earth did it get here?) and Columbo Goes to College in Japanese. Totally kick-ass jacket painting. I don't read Japanese, so if anybody out there wants the actual book part to read, drop me a line.

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Date: 2002-05-13 02:39 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pollyannadesade.livejournal.com
Hee hee... it's that gothic type... the ink they use for it is damn heavy...

I love Enid. She's about a thousand times more evolved than people give her credit for; but she's not like an American author, I'm not surprised she didn't get popular over there...

I love Susan Coolidge Katy books, you can't get more American than those!

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Date: 2002-05-13 02:45 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] annlarimer.livejournal.com
I don't think she's been published much over here, to tell the truth. The book I got is from the UK. The Noddy books have been available here the last couple years, because of the cartoon.

Are the Susan Coolidge books the series that's What Katy Did, What Katy Did at School, etc.? I've never read any.

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Date: 2002-05-13 02:48 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pollyannadesade.livejournal.com
Yes, yes!! They are so good! And so damn hard to get the last two titles in the UK, I just got my last one in Feb...

Katy Did at School is the best one... It has Rose Red, my favourite character, and a teacher whose fiancee was eaten by a cannibal while on missionary work... sort of...

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Date: 2002-05-13 02:50 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] annlarimer.livejournal.com
Ooo! I'll have to keep an eye out.

If you like those, you might like Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster.

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Date: 2002-05-13 02:59 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pollyannadesade.livejournal.com
I saw that book in a second hand shop at the weekend!! I'm going to buy it tomorrow, I didn't know it was an American story... I just thought it was a romanticky book...

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Date: 2002-05-13 03:03 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] annlarimer.livejournal.com
It's romanticky, but not sticky. Mostly it's a school story.

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Date: 2002-05-13 03:04 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] annlarimer.livejournal.com
Oh, and there's a sequel called Dear Enemy.

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Date: 2002-05-13 03:07 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pollyannadesade.livejournal.com
School stories are my favourites. And not just because I have a dirty mind... I've become addicted to an early 1990s series called Freshman Dorm by Linda Cooney, too...

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