While She Knits--Show and Tell

[idiosyncreant.livejournal.com]

*gosh, I'm tired...*

Guiding question for the week:

Is there a book where the descriptions or the character portraits or the settings just blew you away? Or cover art?
 Tell us about it. Give us quotes, if you want, as long as they're not spoilery, to give us a taste.

Or, chaos as usual.
  As you will have it. Carry on.

*thank you, Checkers, for the poke, I am half-dead and will be till November*

Comments

Re: Antonia Forest

[rowana.livejournal.com]

They sounds like fantastic reads Leslie, I like the idea of a boarding school book which deviates from the usual Enid Blyton tone.

Re: Antonia Forest

[aged-crone.livejournal.com]

One of her characters, Thalia but called Tim, is the Headmistress' niece. At one point the Headmistress is talking to Tim about how she should be very careful because she wouldn't want anyone to think she was getting special privileges because she was the Headmistress' niece, would she. And Tim says calmly, "I do want special privileges. All I can get, actually."