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I'm talking about you, person whose book which had been on her list \"forever\" was \u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2926287\"\u003EThe girl on the train\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003C\/i\u003Enot even two years old! Why I've had \u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2205937\"\u003EVanity Fair\u003C\/a\u003E \u003C\/i\u003Eon my list for 15 years! And wasn't it nice to see that someone logged\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003EVanity Fair \u003C\/i\u003Efor this challenge. I wonder how long their \"forever\" had been!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHow long had my choice,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1665922\" style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003EThe Grand Babylon Hotel\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003Eby Arnold Bennett,\u0026nbsp;an English author who celebrates his 150th this year, been on my TBR list? I'm not actually sure, but when I encountered it last year in the basement of the Central City Library, a quaint little volume marked on the inside back cover with a pre-smiley-face-era smiley face (no circle! a nose!) by an early, contented reader whom posterity can only know as \"L\", I didn't waste the opportunity. Reader, I took it out. And then, as sometimes happens with quaint old books, it was due back, and I still hadn't read it, so I took it out again. And again. And again, until it became the book which had been on my other TBR list forever, the \"To Be Returned\" one, which meant something had to be done, so thank you Great Summer Read!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-oUaPgCiTYJk\/WI_LUKT7KxI\/AAAAAAAABck\/wJekATC4EfgQwLnqLCGeSoyKY_D-WJtzQCLcB\/s1600\/The%2BGrand%2BBabylon.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-oUaPgCiTYJk\/WI_LUKT7KxI\/AAAAAAAABck\/wJekATC4EfgQwLnqLCGeSoyKY_D-WJtzQCLcB\/s200\/The%2BGrand%2BBabylon.jpg\" width=\"132\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EA fantasia about the denizens of a luxury London hotel at the turn of the century, involving the kidnapping of a middle-European prince, a murderous maitre, or maybe it was the cook, a beautiful and spirited girl and her American millionaire father,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003EThe Great Babylon Hotel\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003Eis described on its back cover as\u0026nbsp;\"the forefather of all the comedy-thrillers which were to bob up successfully throughout the present century\", which for us was the last one. It was a bit of a cross\u0026nbsp;between an opéra bouffe and the cartoons\u0026nbsp;the great Peter Arno used to draw for the New Yorker, dated but still genial, but alas! lacking the music of the former, and the wit of the latter.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI found myself wondering how it had come to be on my list. So as librarians do, I went looking for sources. Almost the only Arnold Bennett fandom I could find was from twenty years ago. A piece in the New York Times blog \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/books\/97\/09\/28\/bookend\/bookend.html\"\u003EBookend\u003C\/a\u003E found much to admire in Bennett, despite an unprepossessing opening which surmised that if you were to ask ten literature lovers (my alternate phrase for \"poets over 40 or people who travel with a copy of Trollope\") whether they've ever read this one-time giant of English literature, you will invariably find that \"no more than one in ten will have read an Arnold Bennett novel\".\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMy result was one out of one: I sounded out my uncle, a prolific and wide-ranging reader, 88 years old, who responded that he had indeed read Arnold Bennett. He did use the verb \"sample\", though, and added \"but I couldn't get into him\".\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Bookend writer went on to report on how\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.columbia.edu\/~em36\/MrBennettAndMrsBrown.pdf\"\u003EVirginia Woolf dissed Bennett\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;as an Edwardian (read \"out-of-date\") whose lack of interest in the \u003Ci\u003Einterior, \u003C\/i\u003Eas opposed to the \u003Ci\u003Eexterior,\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003Ethings in life led him to write books which leave you so dissatisfied that upon finishing them \"you feel you must join a society, or, more desperately, write a cheque\".\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EVirginia has a mean tongue, but I suspect I might have felt that way if I had finished the book. As it turns out, I didn't. I couldn't. At first my opinion was \"A bit of a trifle, and dated, but enjoyable in its own way\", but as I read on the enjoyment was more and more in its own way, and less and less in mine, until at page 36 I had to acknowledge (after skipping to the end to make sure there were no unexpected developments) that it was gone for good. I hadn't arrived at the page Nancy Pearl would have wanted me to reach according to her \"\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/albooksinthecity.blogspot.co.nz\/2016\/12\/great-summer-read-check-out-book-bundle.html\"\u003EWhen can you stop reading a book rule\u003C\/a\u003E\", but I had gotten close enough to fire off a mental salute to Nancy on knowing her stuff!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI do have a romantic thing about old hotels, and maybe it was simply that which suggested this book to me. If you do too, I can recommend \u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb3167412\"\u003EHotel Savoy\u003C\/a\u003E,\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;a literary classic by the Austrian writer Joseph Roth set in a ramshackle hotel in Poland after the first World War, John Irving's\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1028454\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003EThe Hotel New Hampshire\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, which features two hotels, a summer resort in Maine and a rundown Viennese pensione (if you've only tried one of his recent books, think again, this is one of three very funny, inspired books he wrote in his early period, the other two being\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1117924\"\u003EThe world according to Garp\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003Eand\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1064073\"\u003EA prayer for Owen Meany\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/i\u003E, and of course\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1788099\"\u003EEloise\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003C\/i\u003Ea picture book for all ages narrated by a little girl, a relative of Ramona from the Ramona and Beezus books, who lives at the Plaza in New York.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EPlus two magnificent movies: the legendary \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb3252842\"\u003EGrand Hotel\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;from 1932 with its all-star cast led by Greta Garbo and John Barrymore, and Wes Anderson's reverie\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2929418\"\u003EThe Grand Budapest Hotel\u003C\/a\u003E, not based on \u003Ci\u003EThe Grand Babylon Hotel, \u003C\/i\u003Ebut on Stefan Zweig's \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2365050\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003EThe\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Ci\u003Epost office girl\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, also recommended!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.syndetics.com\/index.php?isbn=9780552992091\/lc.jpg\u0026amp;client=elgar\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.syndetics.com\/index.php?isbn=9780552992091\/lc.jpg\u0026amp;client=elgar\" height=\"320\" width=\"203\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.syndetics.com\/index.php?isbn=9781843913863\/lc.jpg\u0026amp;client=elgar\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.syndetics.com\/index.php?isbn=9781843913863\/lc.jpg\u0026amp;client=elgar\" height=\"320\" width=\"206\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/albooksinthecity.blogspot.com\/feeds\/5373588588102253521\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/albooksinthecity.blogspot.com\/2017\/01\/great-summer-read-book-that-had-been-on.html#comment-form","title":"3 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2501884760724421053\/posts\/default\/5373588588102253521"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2501884760724421053\/posts\/default\/5373588588102253521"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/albooksinthecity.blogspot.com\/2017\/01\/great-summer-read-book-that-had-been-on.html","title":"Great Summer Read: The book that had been on my TBR forever"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Karen Craig"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/18310967522076681423"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"23","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-WaLn2rFYxqE\/UNvHlimMvBI\/AAAAAAAAABY\/ceYnAw1lZEk\/s220\/The%2BLibrarian.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-oUaPgCiTYJk\/WI_LUKT7KxI\/AAAAAAAABck\/wJekATC4EfgQwLnqLCGeSoyKY_D-WJtzQCLcB\/s72-c\/The%2BGrand%2BBabylon.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"3"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2501884760724421053.post-7019189230176457521"},"published":{"$t":"2016-12-30T18:00:00.000+13:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2017-01-17T12:30:48.302+13:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"#ALgreatsummerread"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"children's books"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Great Summer Read"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"GSR"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"reading challenge"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Great Summer Read: Reread a childhood favourite"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cb\u003EOf all the challenges, this is the one that most has me wondering what the top choice will end up being.\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003ERoald Dahl is the most popular choice for now, with \u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1001522\"\u003EThe Twits\u003C\/a\u003E,\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2616630\"\u003EThe Witches\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1001556\"\u003EThe\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1001556\"\u003EBFG\u003C\/a\u003E \u003C\/i\u003Eand\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2187726\"\u003EMatilda\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003Ein that order. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003E(If the thought just occurred to you that Hey, I could watch \u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb3277775\"\u003EThe BFG\u003C\/a\u003E \u003C\/i\u003Efor Challenge number 8, \"Watch a movie based on a book\", may I say that yes, you could, but it does have a bit of a wait list as all new releases do. But do you know of the two other Roald Dahl adaptations which are firmly up there among the movies no child -- and few adults -- should miss\u003Ci\u003E: \u003C\/i\u003Ethe hilarious\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2838296\"\u003EMatilda\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003C\/i\u003Edirected by and starring Danny DeVito,\u003Ci\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003Eand the whimsical stop-motion\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1571937\"\u003EJames and the Giant Peach\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003C\/i\u003Ewith the wonderful Pete Postlethwaite and, please quote me, \"See Miriam Margolyes and Joanna Lumley as Aunts Spiker and Sponge and die\".)\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003EEnid Blyton is in next place, a generation older but having such a long career and being so prolific that it hardly matters, and let's not forget about the handing-down. One for all: the reader of\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2256321\" style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003EFive go to Mystery Moor\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;who says\u003Ci\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E\"This book is sentimental to me as it's the first famous five book my mum gave me to read\".\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003EIf Enid Blyton is sentimental to you too, have a look at the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.enidblytonsociety.co.uk\/\"\u003Ewebsite of the Enid Blyton society\u003C\/a\u003E. If you, for instance, read\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1085958\" style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003EThe magic faraway tree\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003Ebetween 1971 and 2014, you'll be able to find your very cover among the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.enidblytonsociety.co.uk\/book-details.php?id=216\u0026amp;title=The+Magic+Faraway+Tree\"\u003E16 covers\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;on the 16 editions from those years. Which was your era? Bell-bottom jeans? Roman sandals? With white socks? No socks?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ctable cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/covers.booktopia.com.au\/big\/9781405273503\/the-magic-faraway-tree.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/covers.booktopia.com.au\/big\/9781405273503\/the-magic-faraway-tree.jpg\" height=\"200\" width=\"155\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E2014 edition\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Ctable cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/8\/85\/The_Magic_Faraway_Tree_1st_edition.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/8\/85\/The_Magic_Faraway_Tree_1st_edition.jpg\" width=\"135\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EFirst edition, 1943\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003ENew Zealand titles\u003C\/b\u003E: Two that I didn't know which have been logged are\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1175906\"\u003EThe house that grew\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003Eby Jean Strathdee from 1979, a \"positive rendering of an alternative lifestyle in the bush\" (says \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.picturebooks.co.nz\/\"\u003Ewww.picturebooks.co.nz\u003C\/a\u003E), which hopefully doesn't yet seem overly dubious as a premise; and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1178618\"\u003ENo one went to town\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;by\u0026nbsp;Phyllis Johnston, published in the same period but set in pioneer days, the story of a real-life family in the hills of Taranaki. Anyone else remember these?\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EOldie-but-goldies\u003C\/b\u003E: \u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2495937\"\u003EOliver Twist\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003Efrom 1838 is the oldest of all the books people have read for this challenge, followed by, to my great pleasure,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb3176173\" style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003EThe Jungle Book\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ci\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003Efrom 1894. This is the book where you'll find the story \"Rikki Tikki Tavi\", recently voted by our table of librarians at our Christmas lunch the scariest story of their formative years, and an excellent read-aloud I could have included in my recommendations, although you do have to be ready to impersonate a snake, because if you don't hiss a line like \"If you move I strike, and if you do not move I strike. Oh, foolish people, who killed my Nag!'' then it's never going to work.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/6\/6c\/MongooseCobraKipling.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"201\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/6\/6c\/MongooseCobraKipling.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMoving into the 20th century\u003C\/b\u003E, we have\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1085085\" style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003EThe railway children\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2847978\"\u003EAnn\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2847978\"\u003Ee of Green Gables\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003Ewhich I was shocked to discover was first published\u003Ci\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003Ein 1908, I\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003Eread\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003Ethat book as a kid and it didn't seem that old; \u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1014083\"\u003EMilly Molly Mandy\u003C\/a\u003E,\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2567909\"\u003EMary Poppins\u003C\/a\u003E,\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;then at mid-century\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2266725\"\u003EThe snow goose\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;(\"I love this book as it brings back memories of reading with my Grandad\" was the comment) and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1176296\"\u003EThe Black Stallion\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E, and moving into the post-Beatles'-first-LP era, \u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2953084\"\u003EWatership Down\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cb\u003EWelcome to this century\u003C\/b\u003E: Put your hands together for those readers who had\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2145776\"\u003EPercy Jackson\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003Eand\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1043787\" style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003EJimmy Coates\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;to accompany them in their childhoods! And\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2733763\" style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003ECoraline\u003C\/a\u003E!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EWhat are you all re-reading for Challenge number 4? Let us know in the comments!\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAnyone share any of these childhood favourites of mine?\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1178408\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb3040527\"\u003EAlice in Wonderland\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E(my cult book)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1178408\"\u003EStuart Little\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E and \u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1169857\"\u003ECharlotte's Web\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E(still digesting their gifts and will be all my life)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2825763\"\u003ERamona\u0026nbsp;the pest\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/i\u003E(and pretty much everything Beverly Cleary wrote)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1192846\"\u003EMrs Piggle-wiggle\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E(for giggles)\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2477368\"\u003EPippi Longstocking\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E(talk about strong female heroines)\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1076838\"\u003ELittle House\u003C\/a\u003E books (“Now is now. It can never be a long time ago.” says Laura. Unless you are lucky enough to have a book to read like the Little House books)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2616612\"\u003EJust so stories\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E(and which was your favourite, oh best beloved? Mine was Cat who walked by himself)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1813114\"\u003EThe Little Grey Men\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E(how I dreamed of building an airplane like theirs!) and \u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1001569\"\u003EDown the bright stream\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2651016\"\u003ELittle Women\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E, \u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb3265830\"\u003ELittle men\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E, and even more, the proto-feminist\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1125393\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003EEight Cousins\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1078034\"\u003ERose in bloom\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2504355\"\u003ETreasure Island\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E(one of the most perfect books ever written)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb3014698\"\u003EThe Phantom Tollbooth\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E(manifesto for curiosity!)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAnd finally, I want to especially mention\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1129746\"\u003EThe Borrowers\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003EI want to mention \u003Ci\u003EThe Borrowers \u003C\/i\u003Ein this context of re-reading childhood books, because it is the book where I most vividly and unmistakably remember the sensation of believing in its magic. At the back of our old wooden house, my sister and I noticed that moss was growing underneath one of those airing grates that houses have down at their foundations. We knew that it was because our borrowers were using the grate to empty out their buckets of water (our toothpaste tube tops!) after mopping the floor of the house they had made below our floorboards. We were sure that one day we would catch sight of them. Actually, I seem to remember we did, once, or maybe it was the flash of a piece of foil a borrower was using for a mirror as she dried her hair by their window that we saw. Yes, that would have been it.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.syndetics.com\/index.php?isbn=9780152047375\/lc.jpg\u0026amp;client=elgar\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.syndetics.com\/index.php?isbn=9780152047375\/lc.jpg\u0026amp;client=elgar\" height=\"320\" width=\"211\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.syndetics.com\/index.php?isbn=9780141354866\/lc.jpg\u0026amp;client=elgar\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.syndetics.com\/index.php?isbn=9780141354866\/lc.jpg\u0026amp;client=elgar\" height=\"320\" width=\"208\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/albooksinthecity.blogspot.com\/feeds\/7019189230176457521\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/albooksinthecity.blogspot.com\/2016\/12\/great-summer-read-reread-childhood.html#comment-form","title":"22 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2501884760724421053\/posts\/default\/7019189230176457521"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2501884760724421053\/posts\/default\/7019189230176457521"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/albooksinthecity.blogspot.com\/2016\/12\/great-summer-read-reread-childhood.html","title":"Great Summer Read: Reread a childhood favourite"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Karen Craig"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/18310967522076681423"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"23","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-WaLn2rFYxqE\/UNvHlimMvBI\/AAAAAAAAABY\/ceYnAw1lZEk\/s220\/The%2BLibrarian.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"22"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2501884760724421053.post-7534873150311871555"},"published":{"$t":"2016-12-22T16:40:00.000+13:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2016-12-24T00:34:28.998+13:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"#ALgreatsummerread"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Great Summer Read"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"GSR"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"reading challenge"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"short stories"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Great Summer Read: Read a story to someone"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ch3 style=\"clear: both;\"\u003ENot necessarily to a child!\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003EDon't make the mistake of looking at this challenge merely as a good one for parents of small children!\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003EIn the pre-broadcast entertainment era, reading out loud was an amusement as habitual as going for a coach ride-- for the social strata who had leisure time and literacy skills of course. In even older times, pre-medieval, there are records of people commenting with surprise on seeing someone read silently, it was so unusual. Kafka used to read his stories aloud and laugh until the tears ran.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003ETry reading a short story to someone your own age, or older, including much older. A friend, your auntie, your cat (yes, someone gloriously reported having done this)!\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003EThink ghost stories around the fire and try something chilling. \u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2446168\"\u003E\"The Lottery\"\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;by Shirley Jackson is a time-honoured read-aloud, with its deceptively normal opening, gradual building of apprehension, culminating in a terrible reveal. Plus, plenty to talk about afterwards, as everyone wants to know what it means. Shirley Jackson claimed she herself didn't know.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.oif.ala.org\/oif\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/the_lottery-195x300.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oif.ala.org\/oif\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/the_lottery-195x300.jpg\" height=\"320\" width=\"208\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003EOr get yourself a collection of the haunting horror\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2191340\"\u003Estories of Daphne Du Maurier\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;Read \"The birds\" and then watch \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2041780\"\u003EAlfred Hitchcock's adaptation\u003C\/a\u003E for Challenge #8, \"Watch a movie or TV show based on a book\", or \"Don't look now\", less widely known because Hitchcock didn't film it, but \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2841903\"\u003ENicholas Roeg did\u003C\/a\u003E, an atmospheric bloodcurdler which made film history not just for its sex scenes between Julie Christie and Donald Sutherland, although perhaps most loudly for those.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/rjdent.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/01\/daphnedm1205_468x440.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/rjdent.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/01\/daphnedm1205_468x440.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"font-size: 12.8px;\"\u003EDaphne Du Maurier\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFor something less frightening, but just as unsettling, try Ray Bradbury's otherworldly stories, often futuristic but not always. \"The Fog Horn\" is my favourite, a soul-stirring imagining of an ancient sea monster's tragic encounter with the modern world, inspired, Bradbury said, from his having come across the coils of a disused rollercoaster laid out on Venice Beach. If you want to have a look, you can read it online in plain-to-the-nth-degree text on the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/stream\/TheFogHorn\/TheFogHorn.txt\"\u003EInternet Archive\u003C\/a\u003E, or get it in print\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2496486\"\u003Efrom the library\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;as Bradbury would have wanted you to. He fought digitisation of his books tooth and claw, happily claiming his right to try to prevent the future.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.oif.ala.org\/oif\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/the_lottery-195x300.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/images.gr-assets.com\/books\/1202492023l\/357496.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/images.gr-assets.com\/books\/1202492023l\/357496.jpg\" height=\"200\" width=\"125\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003EHow about a\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2720927\"\u003ESherlock Holmes story\u003C\/a\u003E?\u0026nbsp;My personal choice would be\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2170873\"\u003EThe hound of the Baskervilles\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003Ewhich I've always thought of as a story but which I've just discovered is technically a novel. Let's call it a long story. You could tell yourself you're going to do in parts... and then see if you're able! It's another one you could pair with a film\u0026nbsp;viewing\u0026nbsp;- the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2832037\"\u003E1939 Basil Rathbone classic\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;or the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb3269678\"\u003E1950s version\u003C\/a\u003E: Christopher Lee! Peter Cushing! A slew of other B-cinema names!\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003EIf you like the idea of the great sleuth but you want something easier to tackle at a sitting, I've checked it out (not being a Sherlock expert myself) and \"A scandal in Bohemia\" sounds like just what you need. It's only about a 10 minute read, and introduces a Sherlockian-fandom superfavourite, the shadowy Irene Adler. \"To Sherlock Holmes, she is always\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003Ethe\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003Ewoman.\" is the first line of the story. You can\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.eastoftheweb.com\/short-stories\/UBooks\/ScanBohe.shtml\"\u003Eread it online here\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003EYou can't go wrong with\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003Eany\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003Eof the nine stories in\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1150387\" style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003ENine stories\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;by JD Salinger.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003EIf you prefer something more contemporary, which picks up on the maddening, sad and\/or scary aspects of the world we inhabit today, without forgetting the comic side, try\u0026nbsp;George Saunders. Have I ever been so disturbed by a story as \"The semplica girl diaries\" in\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2720927\"\u003ETenth of December\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E? Possibly only by \"The lottery\".\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003EOr Tobias Wolff, and here I will point you to \"Bullet in the Brain\". Someone once phoned the library looking for this story right when I had the book in which it appears,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2294537\"\u003EOur story begins\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003Esitting on my bedside table. He was looking for it because he'd seen it described as one of the most perfect short stories ever written. I agreed! Unlike that customer, who had to wait for me to return the book (but I did the very next day, even though it wasn't even due yet, because bonding), you can now read it right away online a\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;times\u0026quot; , \u0026quot;times new roman\u0026quot; , serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: times, times new roman, serif;\"\u003Et\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pov.imv.au.dk\/Issue_27\/POV_27cnt.html\" name=\"RTFToC1\" style=\"background-color: white; font-size: small; white-space: nowrap;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;\"\u003EP.O.V. No.27\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: x-small; white-space: nowrap;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003EA Christmas story, given the season? O.Henry, master of the plot twist, wrote one of the most famous and sentimental Christmas stories of all time:\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003EThe Gift of the Magi.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003EYou'll find it, and many of his other stories, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.online-literature.com\/o_henry\/1014\/\"\u003Eonline at the\u0026nbsp;Literature Network\u003C\/a\u003E, where you will also find such savoury read-alouds as\u0026nbsp;Edgar Allan Poe's stories (\"\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.online-literature.com\/poe\/25\/\"\u003EThe cask of Amontillado\u003C\/a\u003E\"! \"\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.online-literature.com\/poe\/40\/\"\u003EThe Pit and the Pendulum\u003C\/a\u003E\"!), Oscar Wilde's heartbreaking\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.online-literature.com\/wilde\/\"\u003Efairy tales\u003C\/a\u003E, Gogol's very funny classic \"\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.online-literature.com\/gogol\/the-nose\/1\/\"\u003EThe nose\u003C\/a\u003E\"\u003Ci\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E(a barber starts the day by finding a familiar-looking nose in his loaf of bread), and Ambrose Bierce's spectacular \"\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.online-literature.com\/bierce\/175\/\"\u003EOccurrence at Owl Creek Bridge\u003C\/a\u003E\".\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003EAnd let's not forget that classic story \"\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.eastoftheweb.com\/short-stories\/UBooks\/LadyTige.shtml\"\u003EThe Lady or the Tiger\u003C\/a\u003E\", whose very title has entered our language, referenced by both Sylvia Plath and Batman, an appropriate story to end on. I challenge you to read it (it's very short and very worth it) and find out why I say that!\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/albooksinthecity.blogspot.com\/feeds\/7534873150311871555\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/albooksinthecity.blogspot.com\/2016\/12\/great-summer-read-read-story-to-someone.html#comment-form","title":"2 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2501884760724421053\/posts\/default\/7534873150311871555"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2501884760724421053\/posts\/default\/7534873150311871555"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/albooksinthecity.blogspot.com\/2016\/12\/great-summer-read-read-story-to-someone.html","title":"Great Summer Read: Read a story to someone"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Karen Craig"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/18310967522076681423"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"23","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-WaLn2rFYxqE\/UNvHlimMvBI\/AAAAAAAAABY\/ceYnAw1lZEk\/s220\/The%2BLibrarian.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"2"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2501884760724421053.post-1718473938351608779"},"published":{"$t":"2016-12-22T15:55:00.002+13:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2016-12-24T00:29:18.316+13:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"#ALgreatsummerread"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Books"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Great Summer Read"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"GSR"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"reading challenge"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Great Summer Read: Read a book"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003EChallenge #1 is your wild card! You can pick any book at all.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003EWhere to start?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003EPerhaps an intriguing title you spotted on someone's bookshelf while you were waiting for them to get off the phone? In my experience, it's rare that a book doesn't live up to its title.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2142765\"\u003EThe possibility of an island\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2721540\"\u003EA tale for the time being\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1174764\"\u003EInvisible cities\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1180064\"\u003EThe left hand of darkness\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003Eand\u003Ci\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1006351\" style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003EHeart of darkness\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;both.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2984492\"\u003EStuff I forgot to tell my daughter\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2576438\"\u003EDon't lets go to the dogs tonight\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2806412\"\u003EThe spirit catches you and you fall down\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E.\u003Ci\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003EAll good reads. But if anyone has any examples of annoyingly misleading titles, please tip us off!\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003EOr how about defying the received wisdom and choosing a book by its cover? Without even flipping it over to see what it says about the author, or if you recognise the names on the blurbs -- you know, those other guys signed to the same publishing conglomerate, or who taught at the author's creative writing programme.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003EIn today's publishing world, covers are usually going to tell you just as much as the blurbs, and they will always be more imaginative.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003EQuick! Match these adjectives to the books below. Tantalising. Wrenching. Seventies. Surreal. Was that hard?\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.syndetics.com\/index.php?isbn=9781439142004\/lc.jpg\u0026amp;client=elgar\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.syndetics.com\/index.php?isbn=9781439142004\/lc.jpg\u0026amp;client=elgar\" height=\"200\" width=\"131\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/d\/d1\/Haruki_murakami_hardboiled_9780679743460.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/d\/d1\/Haruki_murakami_hardboiled_9780679743460.jpg\" width=\"141\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.syndetics.com\/index.php?isbn=9781250069795\/lc.jpg\u0026amp;client=elgar\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.syndetics.com\/index.php?isbn=9781250069795\/lc.jpg\u0026amp;client=elgar\" height=\"200\" width=\"131\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.syndetics.com\/index.php?isbn=9780224094153\/lc.jpg\u0026amp;client=elgar\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.syndetics.com\/index.php?isbn=9780224094153\/lc.jpg\u0026amp;client=elgar\" height=\"200\" width=\"128\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u003Cbr \/\u003EIf you're looking for something new to read, the best place to start is with the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz\/EN\/New\/newtitles\/Pages\/newbooks.aspx\"\u003ENew Titles lists\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;on our website. Because so many new books already have a waiting list when they are delivered to the library, you won't always see them on the shelves. Browsing the lists you'll find a cover photo and a summary for each title, and be able to request it in two clicks. It doesn't always mean going on a wait list -- it could be available, but just at another library, and you'll get it in short order!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe lists include fiction and non-fiction, audiobooks, ebooks, childrens, teens, DVDs, books in other languages and more. The fiction is divided by genre and there are an awesome 20 different lists, including graphic novels with 113 new titles this month, the second highest total after good old \"general fiction\" (ie non-genre).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIf you're looking for non-fiction, there are 39 categories to choose among, including both a\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz\/EN\/New\/newtitles\/Pages\/newbookslist.aspx?sec=Adult%20non-fiction\u0026amp;cat=Cooking%20-%20Cakes%20and%20Dessert\u0026amp;my=201612\"\u003ECooking - Cakes and Dessert\u003C\/a\u003E and a\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz\/EN\/New\/newtitles\/Pages\/newbookslist.aspx?sec=Adult%20non-fiction\u0026amp;cat=Cooking%20-%20Vegetarian,%20Low-Fat\u0026amp;my=201612\"\u003ECooking - Vegetarian, Low-fat\u003C\/a\u003E, with 27 titles just this month, including one by an Emma Bacon, who clearly does not demonstrate the nominative determinative theory.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThere's also a category called Human Society, to distinguish it from, I suppose, books about bees, penguins, bonobos, tetras and the like. I scrolled through books about violence and borders, terrorism and white supremacy, sex and evolution, which got me wondering about that \"Human\", but I was quickly reassured by encountering a \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb3276408\"\u003Ebook \u003C\/a\u003Ewhich promised to show me how to turn grocery shopping, lawn mowing and PowerPoint making into \"sources for meaning and joy\".\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHappy hunting! Happy reading!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; clear: both; color: black; font-family: \u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/albooksinthecity.blogspot.com\/feeds\/1718473938351608779\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/albooksinthecity.blogspot.com\/2016\/12\/great-summer-read-read-book.html#comment-form","title":"2 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2501884760724421053\/posts\/default\/1718473938351608779"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2501884760724421053\/posts\/default\/1718473938351608779"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/albooksinthecity.blogspot.com\/2016\/12\/great-summer-read-read-book.html","title":"Great Summer Read: Read a book"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Karen Craig"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/18310967522076681423"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"23","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-WaLn2rFYxqE\/UNvHlimMvBI\/AAAAAAAAABY\/ceYnAw1lZEk\/s220\/The%2BLibrarian.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"2"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2501884760724421053.post-1596066118066787146"},"published":{"$t":"2016-12-22T12:38:00.000+13:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2016-12-24T00:19:55.202+13:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"#ALgreatsummerread"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Books"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"challenge"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Great Summer Read"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"GSR"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"reading challenge"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"summer reading"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"The Great Summer Read "},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-zA4DSPwBaDs\/WEKOxxi4wyI\/AAAAAAAABaM\/vnLSA72fsSsrvoEYBxtVukjc8QaBCZdkwCLcB\/s1600\/GSR%2BWebsite%2BHome%2BPage.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"231\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-zA4DSPwBaDs\/WEKOxxi4wyI\/AAAAAAAABaM\/vnLSA72fsSsrvoEYBxtVukjc8QaBCZdkwCLcB\/s400\/GSR%2BWebsite%2BHome%2BPage.png\" width=\"400\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003ECall out to everyone taking part -- or thinking of taking part -- in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz\/EN\/Events\/Events\/Pages\/greatsummerread.aspx\"\u003EGreat Summer Read\u003C\/a\u003E! Yes, you're still in time to start. There's no registration and you can log a challenge at any time, even on the very last day, 30 January.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003EAnd from now until then, we'll be posting tips and reading recommendations for the Great Summer Read challenges here on Books in the City.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003EAdd your own Great Summer Reading experiences into the mix using the comments feature on any of the posts and you can tick off Challenge #10, \"Share your read\"! (Comments on earlier posts also count - no worries, reader who commented on the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003EInto the River\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003Epost!\u003Ci\u003E)\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003ENB Although only Auckland Libraries members can go in the draw for the Great Summer Read prizes, anyone can enjoy trying the challenges and contributing comments. The more the merrier!\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003EI've been hunting down (aka requesting) and bringing home my candidates for the Great Summer Read challenges and by now have a nice stash:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-tPyaglhCsfU\/WEKK3bWE98I\/AAAAAAAABZ8\/s_3NfWFPVRckJmcbbZMFG-9sIL49oraRgCEw\/s1600\/The%2BGreat%2BSummer%2BRead%2Bbedside%2Btable.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"290\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-tPyaglhCsfU\/WEKK3bWE98I\/AAAAAAAABZ8\/s_3NfWFPVRckJmcbbZMFG-9sIL49oraRgCEw\/s400\/The%2BGreat%2BSummer%2BRead%2Bbedside%2Btable.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"font-size: 12.8px;\"\u003EKaren's bedside table\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003EAs you can see, I am a librocubicularist, someone who reads in bed, from the Latin\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003Elibro\u003C\/i\u003E, book, and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003Ecubiculum\u003C\/i\u003E, bedchamber. A term invented by Christopher Morley, author of a book I'm going to be reading for the Great Summer Read, or more precisely rereading-- my choice for completing Challenge #4: \"Reread a childhood favourite\".\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003ERecently I saw a comment on social media where \"pastime\" was spelled \"past time\" -- it seems a lovely expression for Challenge #4, where past time and pastime become one and the same.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003ENo I'm not going to say -- yet -- what book I'm using for Challenge #4. Also because I'm thinking of using two books from that same year in my childhood, a favourite year, the year I got my first job in a library.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"\u003ESo keep checking in with Books in the City for ideas for your summer reading -- surely one of the finest pastimes ever!\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/albooksinthecity.blogspot.com\/feeds\/1596066118066787146\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/albooksinthecity.blogspot.com\/2016\/12\/the-great-summer-read_22.html#comment-form","title":"27 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2501884760724421053\/posts\/default\/1596066118066787146"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2501884760724421053\/posts\/default\/1596066118066787146"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/albooksinthecity.blogspot.com\/2016\/12\/the-great-summer-read_22.html","title":"The Great Summer Read "}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Karen Craig"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/18310967522076681423"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"23","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-WaLn2rFYxqE\/UNvHlimMvBI\/AAAAAAAAABY\/ceYnAw1lZEk\/s220\/The%2BLibrarian.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-zA4DSPwBaDs\/WEKOxxi4wyI\/AAAAAAAABaM\/vnLSA72fsSsrvoEYBxtVukjc8QaBCZdkwCLcB\/s72-c\/GSR%2BWebsite%2BHome%2BPage.png","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"27"}}]}});