tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post1965446982647033190..comments2024-03-26T03:46:04.937-07:00Comments on Books in Northport: Varied MenuP. J. Grathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12693462910472164289noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-56463444388131738502008-12-24T05:44:00.000-08:002008-12-24T05:44:00.000-08:00I keep thinking of more of my own welcome-back boo...I keep thinking of more of my own welcome-back books. Harlan Hubbard's SHANTYBOAT comes right after WIND IN THE WILLOWS, and Bruce Catton's WAITING FOR THE MORNING TRAIN isn't far behind. <BR/><BR/>Jerry and dmarks, I know the ANGELS book but hadn't realized the sad sequel and am sorry to hear it. Will anyone else be able to take up the letters project? dmarks?<BR/><BR/>Yes, Elizabeth Enright, of course. My favorite of her Melendy books was the one in which the four children started their Saturday Club.<BR/><BR/>Well, inspired by this topic, yesterday I ordered myself a copy of Palmer Brown's THE SILVER NUTMEG (not to be confused with the Nora Lofts adult novel with the same title). Prices are so high on that book that I could only afford an ex-lib. copy, but it will be worth it to be able to share with David the magic story of Anna Lavinia and Toby.P. J. Grathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12693462910472164289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-27126087787763780812008-12-24T05:24:00.000-08:002008-12-24T05:24:00.000-08:00P.J. The author of the Gone Away Lake books was El...P.J. The author of the Gone Away Lake books was Elizabeth Enright. She did also write the Melendy books. I remember at this time is <I>The Four Story Mistake</I>. I read <I>Thimble Summer</I> several years ago. According to a web page, Elisabeth Enright "conceived the book while spending the summer on the farm of her famous uncle, architect Frank Lloyd Wright."<BR/><BR/>I blogged about them a long time ago: <A HREF="http://inaholdingpattern.blogspot.com/2007/03/kids-books-remembered.html" REL="nofollow">click here</A>.<BR/><BR/>I think some of the State Hospital paint was other colors, such as the blue in the photo, come to think of it.<BR/><BR/>Jerry: Thanks for mentioning Heidi and her projects.dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-33401559898066647142008-12-23T17:42:00.000-08:002008-12-23T17:42:00.000-08:00Pam -- I'm heartened to see that you too list amon...Pam -- I'm heartened to see that you too list among your welcoming-back books "Ulysses," that universe between covers -- but your post makes me remember acutely my late friend, the photographer Heidi Johnson, whose book "Angels in the Architecture" captures so vividly the essence and history of Traverse City State Hospital. Heidi was at work on an astonishing work, a collection of found letters and photographs from patients at the hospital, dating back to the 19th century, when she took her own life last fall. I'm still stunned by the loss... to the art world and to her family and friends...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-76029851980134040692008-12-23T16:47:00.000-08:002008-12-23T16:47:00.000-08:00Another older adult series: Anthony Trollope's Bar...Another older adult series: Anthony Trollope's Barchester novels, especially THE WARDEN. That imaginary cello! <BR/><BR/>dmarks, I'm so pleased to learn that you're a MUSHROOM PLANET fan. And isn't the author of GONE AWAY LAKE (I could check but haven't) also the author of the books about the Melendy family? Those would go on my list, for sure. I do have THE BORROWERS AFIELD in stock at the moment, but December will soon be over, and Dog Ears will close for winter vacation!<BR/><BR/>Do you think all the paint in the old state hospital was green? There were those murals in the children's area. I have some good photographs, pre-renovation, but unfortunately I only have prints, no digital stored images. Emily and Tim (both involved in production of the current DUNES) have their office in on the grounds, though not in Building 50.<BR/><BR/>Another book for my list: IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE, by Isaac Bashevis Singer.P. J. Grathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12693462910472164289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-13618591051061468782008-12-23T16:07:00.000-08:002008-12-23T16:07:00.000-08:00That was my first thought on the Dunes Review cove...That was my first thought on the Dunes Review cover, also. The only difference is the color. The State Hospital walls are "institutional green".<BR/><BR/>I plan on doing a Borrowers post soon. I so loved the Borrowers books and the Mushroom Planet books and read them many times. Other books I loved like that include the two "Gone Away Lake" books.<BR/><BR/>If you have Borrowers books available at your store, I will "plug" them in my blog post.dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-19198943642958855152008-12-23T15:26:00.000-08:002008-12-23T15:26:00.000-08:00Almost all the books you mentioned are my welcome-...Almost all the books you mentioned are my welcome-back books as well! Especially the Betsy-Tacy and Anne of Green Gables series, Little Women and everything by Betty Smith. There’s also the All of Kind Family books. And of course Laura Ingalls Wilder. For more serious fare, To Kill a Mockingbird fills a spot in me that nothing else ever has. And Harriet Arnow’s The Dollmaker. Oh, and as for mysteries, somewhere in there falls the magical historical thriller of Jack Finney’s From Time to Time, and Time and Again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-15753298374000788992008-12-23T09:36:00.000-08:002008-12-23T09:36:00.000-08:00Brother Bertram, yes! And the Betsy-Tace series an...Brother Bertram, yes! And the Betsy-Tace series and the Moffat and Pye books by Eleanor Estes.P. J. Grathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12693462910472164289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-27149768070568180672008-12-23T09:08:00.000-08:002008-12-23T09:08:00.000-08:00Would Brother Bertram fit into the welcoming back ...Would Brother Bertram fit into the welcoming back category for you? For me, of course, from childhood are the Betsy, Tacy, Tib books. Do you suppose for Bettie it might be the Happy Hollister's?Deborahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09599581429559006199noreply@blogger.com