Comments on: Sleigh Bells Ring … https://www.thecuecard.com/books/sleigh-bells-ring/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sleigh-bells-ring Snapshots of books, movies, and music Sat, 31 Dec 2022 20:52:44 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Susan https://www.thecuecard.com/books/sleigh-bells-ring/#comment-28022 Sat, 31 Dec 2022 20:52:44 +0000 https://www.thecuecard.com/?p=13406#comment-28022 In reply to Cathy.

Oh thanks Cathy, I’d like to read Millard’s other titles. I’ve heard they’re great. I enjoyed this saga of exploration. Speke & Burton were so different & there’s quite a bit of drama. I hope you enjoy it. Happy New Year.

]]> By: Cathy https://www.thecuecard.com/books/sleigh-bells-ring/#comment-28021 Sat, 31 Dec 2022 19:28:34 +0000 https://www.thecuecard.com/?p=13406#comment-28021 Candice Millard is one of my favorite authors, and her River of Doubt is one of my all-time favorite books. Destiny of the Republic is also excellent, so you know that I’ll be reading River of the Gods— sooner rather than later, I hope. Happy New Year!

]]> By: Susan https://www.thecuecard.com/books/sleigh-bells-ring/#comment-28007 Sat, 24 Dec 2022 14:41:53 +0000 https://www.thecuecard.com/?p=13406#comment-28007 In reply to Judith.

Oh thanks Judith for this. I just looked up these artists’ editions to see their illustrations. I wonder if I too had the Tudor edition as a child. It looks a bit familiar and says Tudor illustrated it in 1962, though I was a ’65 baby and wouldn’t have read it till sometime circa ’73-’74? So I’m not certain as my kids’ books were given way I think. The Inga Moore illustrations are quite evocative and beautiful with the trees & bushes making it seem quite an enchanted place like I pictured in my young imagination. It appears Inga Moore has also illustrated Anne of Green Gables. Wow she’s good! Great to know. Merry Christmas.

]]> By: Susan https://www.thecuecard.com/books/sleigh-bells-ring/#comment-28006 Sat, 24 Dec 2022 14:19:45 +0000 https://www.thecuecard.com/?p=13406#comment-28006 In reply to Deb Nance at Readerbuzz.

Thanks Deb for thinking of us up here. Luckily Alberta has gotten by without outages – although we had extremely cold temps for a week. Finally the cold front is leaving town! And Christmas should feel balmy comparatively. Hope all is well where you are. Have a great Christmas Day.

]]> By: Judith https://www.thecuecard.com/books/sleigh-bells-ring/#comment-28005 Sat, 24 Dec 2022 13:33:30 +0000 https://www.thecuecard.com/?p=13406#comment-28005 Hi Susan,
For some reason, I thought I’d already commented on this wonderful post. The Secret Garden is also one of my all-time favorite books. I have three copies. The one I love most is probably the one I grew up with, the illustrations by Tasha Tudor. I also have The Annotated Secret Garden, which is fun to browse through. And then one with many nature-filled, colorful illustrations by Inga Moore, an English artist. Published by Candlewick Press. She also illustrated an edition of The Wind in the Willows, which I how I found out that she illustrated The Secret Garden. Actually found out about Inga Moore from Cath (readwarbler).

]]> By: Deb Nance at Readerbuzz https://www.thecuecard.com/books/sleigh-bells-ring/#comment-28003 Fri, 23 Dec 2022 16:33:08 +0000 https://www.thecuecard.com/?p=13406#comment-28003 In reply to Susan.

I hope you are doing well today, Susan. I hear that some of Canada (mostly around Quebec, though) is experiencing power losses. Hopefully, you are staying warm in these very cold temps.

]]> By: Susan https://www.thecuecard.com/books/sleigh-bells-ring/#comment-28002 Fri, 23 Dec 2022 14:08:16 +0000 https://www.thecuecard.com/?p=13406#comment-28002 Hey thanks Heather. Great to hear from you. Yeah we’ve had a week straight of -15F temps but it should finally get to 30 degrees over the weekend and we will go skiing.
I saw the most recent Secret Garden (2020) movie and I couldn’t believe how they changed the story! It was awful. I haven’t seen the PBS version.
Wishing you & your family a very Merry Christmas! Stay warm.

]]> By: Heather https://www.thecuecard.com/books/sleigh-bells-ring/#comment-28000 Thu, 22 Dec 2022 18:26:20 +0000 https://www.thecuecard.com/?p=13406#comment-28000 Beautiful tree! Happy holidays to you too! Hope you have a wonderful Christmas weekend and that you can cozy up by the fireplace and get some great reading in.

I read the Secret Garden a long time ago when I was a kid. I loved the movie done when I was a kid too. It was creepy and and weird and I was drawn to it as a kid. Even though it’s not really a creepy story! But that PBS version was a bit creepy…

Lucy Barton has been on my list for a long time now but I haven’t read any yet. And that River of the Gods has also been on my list. So fascinating. I didn’t know that’s what it was about.

]]> By: Susan https://www.thecuecard.com/books/sleigh-bells-ring/#comment-27998 Wed, 21 Dec 2022 22:37:06 +0000 https://www.thecuecard.com/?p=13406#comment-27998 In reply to Harvee.

Thanks Harvee. We are staying indoors now! It’s very cold outside, but cozy inside. I hope you have a very Merry Christmas as well. Enjoy!

]]> By: Harvee https://www.thecuecard.com/books/sleigh-bells-ring/#comment-27996 Wed, 21 Dec 2022 12:22:03 +0000 https://www.thecuecard.com/?p=13406#comment-27996 Enjoy reading by your Christmas tree, keeping warm and cozy this winter!

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