366 Question Meme for 2020 - 21st, 22nd, & 23rd March

[dimity_blue]

21. What is one thing you did this week that moved you closer to one of your goals?
Ha! That was today's news! I heard from a new relative!

22. If you could make a bouquet or arrangement of your three favorite flowers, which three would you choose?
Gerbera daisies, tulips, and roses.

23. What was a favorite book you read when you were a child?
The Lost Prince, by Frances Hodgson-Burnett.

Comments

[swordznsorcery]

Oh, gosh. I haven't thought of that book in ages. My favourite childhood book was probably "The King Of The Copper Mountains" by Paul Biegel. I still love it to pieces. Sadly my copy is pretty much in pieces too! It's rarely in print, but it's just such a great book.

[dimity_blue]

I looked that up on Amazon. I think it's available in English but wouldn't swear to it. I've never read it.

[swordznsorcery]

It's definitely available in English, or I couldn't have read it! This one is English: https://www.amazon.co.uk/King-Copper-Mountains-Paul-Biegel/dp/190553714X/

Nothing in e-book format though. The reprint on that link was a limited run by somebody who couldn't understand why it had been out of print for so long. Paul Biegel seems completely forgotten. His books were very popular when I was small. "The Dwarfs Of Nosegay" was another. Long gone from bookshelves. Funny how that happens to some authors.

[dimity_blue]

If you scroll down, on the right there's a "I'd like to read this book on Kindle!" button. I don't know how much good it does though.

It really is sad - and yet some authors are never out of print.

There's a book I really enjoyed by Anthony Buckeridge called A Funny Thing Happened about a brother and sister having to spend their holiday with their eccentric uncle who's the stereotypical absent-minded professor. If Anthony Buckeridge's books get any attention though, it's always the Jennings ones.

[swordznsorcery]

Yes, it's funny how that happens. The reasons why can be bizarre too. Years ago there was a lovely little picture book that I read as a kid, and which my younger sister especially adored. So it must have been freely available in the '70s and the first bit of the '80s. It was about a litle girl called Phoebe who saves her family house from a fire, by emptying her massive collection of hot water bottles over the flames! Can't get it anywhere now unless you're willing to fork over hundreds of pounds, as it went out of print due to some top Fire Officer complaining that it set a bad example. Weird.