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Bookworm by Lucy Mangan

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TheOnlyLivingBoyInNewCross · 11/05/2025 16:30

I’m reading this and have just got to the moment which mentions the need for a Ladybird book on Maintaining Your Sanity on Mumsnet Given the Impossibility of Staying Away from Mumsnet.

Lucy: If you are on here, your book is JOYOUS. We have a LOT of childhood reading in common!

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splothersdog · 12/05/2025 19:32

SheilaFentiman · 12/05/2025 19:09

I think margins in publishing are really tight, and if they both had the same childhood memory of the Narnia books, possibly neither thought to “fact check” it.

(might buy the book now to see if I can spot it)

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I think it was because this was my absolute favourite book as a child. It got me through some tough times and that strong emotional attachment just, rightly or wrongly, ruined the rest of it.

splothersdog · 12/05/2025 19:30

TheOnlyLivingBoyInNewCross · 12/05/2025 18:08

What was the error?

I have trawled my messages because I was so annoyed about it I emailed a friend!! GrinGrin
So I can give you an exact quote!!!

On her first visit, Lucy meets a talking lion called Aslan who fills her heart with love and she promises that she will return to help him"

SheilaFentiman · 12/05/2025 19:09

splothersdog · 12/05/2025 10:04

Yes she is allowed to misremember but I am also allowed to say it ruined the book for me. And agree her editor should have picked it up

I think margins in publishing are really tight, and if they both had the same childhood memory of the Narnia books, possibly neither thought to “fact check” it.

(might buy the book now to see if I can spot it)

Ddakji · 12/05/2025 19:05

splothersdog · 12/05/2025 10:04

Yes she is allowed to misremember but I am also allowed to say it ruined the book for me. And agree her editor should have picked it up

Of course. That’s a shame to allow a mistake to ruin a book for you though, or to doubt she’d actually read the books she mentions.

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TheOnlyLivingBoyInNewCross · 12/05/2025 18:08

What was the error?

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splothersdog · 12/05/2025 10:04

Yes she is allowed to misremember but I am also allowed to say it ruined the book for me. And agree her editor should have picked it up

ImaginedCorners · 12/05/2025 07:51

splothersdog · 11/05/2025 17:09

I loved this until I got to the part about The Lion The witch and the wardrobe and there was such an obvious error in the plot that I wanted to scream. Made me doubt all (probably totally unreasonably) all the other books the other said she had read.

I’d assume she had read TLTWATW, but just made an error that didn’t then get picked up by her editor.

Ddakji · 12/05/2025 07:49

splothersdog · 11/05/2025 17:09

I loved this until I got to the part about The Lion The witch and the wardrobe and there was such an obvious error in the plot that I wanted to scream. Made me doubt all (probably totally unreasonably) all the other books the other said she had read.

She’s allowed to misremember something!

I read this when it first came out and loved it - like others have said, she read a lot of the same books as me.

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TheOnlyLivingBoyInNewCross · 12/05/2025 07:44

HumphreyCobblers · 12/05/2025 06:02

I loved this book so much, it was like reading the story of my childhood, with only a few minor differences in book choice.

I enjoyed it more than The Haunted Wood which came out recently, although that was still very interesting.

Yes - exactly. She and I have read almost exactly the same books in our childhood.

But now I have to go and re-read the bit about Narnia to find out what the error was which I didn’t spot!

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HumphreyCobblers · 12/05/2025 06:02

I loved this book so much, it was like reading the story of my childhood, with only a few minor differences in book choice.

I enjoyed it more than The Haunted Wood which came out recently, although that was still very interesting.

Santasbigredbobblehat · 11/05/2025 21:38

I loved this book-what was the error?

splothersdog · 11/05/2025 17:09

I loved this until I got to the part about The Lion The witch and the wardrobe and there was such an obvious error in the plot that I wanted to scream. Made me doubt all (probably totally unreasonably) all the other books the other said she had read.