book clun swap

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lets start a new book thing swap, who wants to join?

musttidyup You're sending me TWO books for March?? I've started reading Inheritance and it's big, I'll need to read super fast to get through that and both clun books!

Acsec - no obligation to read both clun books. Just pick the one you like the look of best. The second one is a plug book (I think we have 2 or 3 of those in circulation now) and should be used to plug any holes that open up in the clun if people dont receive a book.

Anyone needing a hole plugged should pop on here to let people know at end of first week of March and appeal for a plug book to be sent to them.

Not posted yet... still trying to get through the self-pitying twat-man testosterone novella. [sorry Calico]

But...

I have been re-reading some childhood gems and really enjoying them. For the next clun (or a brand new, parallel universe clun), does anyone fancy a childhood favourites theme?

I am thinking along the lines of Nina Bawden's Carrie's War, Joan Aiken's Wolves of Willoughby Chase, E. Nesbit's Five Children and It, T. H. White's Mistress Masham's Repose, Dodi Smith's I Capture The Castle, Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time... [endless list emoticon]

Swampy - you've had a hard time of it with books of late. Wait till you get the one I sent to Tilly as a plug book - you'll find that very non-taxing on the brain, I promise.

Love the idea of revisiting childhood gems - I often re-read my favourite Dianna Wynne Jones books when times are bleak...

Dear dinky,

Nothing is untaxing on my brain!

I haven't read any Diana Wynne Jones. just googled, I think I have been deprived :(

I am currently re-reading Barbara Willard's Mantlemass books. They are sooooooo brilliant. Can't believe they are out of print.

Ooh not read Mantlemass! Just think of the joy of Ms Wynne Jones you have ahead of you. I'd start with fire and hemlock or Howl's moving castle on your kindle if I were you Swampy...

swampy you really need to stop beating around the bush and tell us how you really feel about the books

does anyone fancy a childhood favourites theme?
Twins at St. Claire's anyone?

MTU!

I loved Claudine at St. Clare's so much I wanted to go to boarding school. Then I went to boarding school and life as I knew it Ended For Ever. St. Clare's has A Lot to answer for!

I was always a Mallory Towers girl myself - I totally saw myself as Daryl

Then became a Nancy Drew girl!

See I was a day student at a boarding school and never read St Clares and only one Mallory Towers - just didnt appeal. Lord of the Rings was a good bit of escapism though...

I always confused Mallory Towers and St. Clare's. Then The Chalet School was the same again but in Yoorope.

I loved Mallory Towers then went on to Nancy Drew, too - brilliant!

I would like to part of a childhood favourites clun, I studied Children's Literature as one of my uni modules.

Loving this old school discussion! Last year after I had DD and was trying to get back into books I read a couple of Famous Fives and some of the Anne of Green Gables series. These two (Anne in particular) were the books of my youf!

And now for a confession, and I blame this on the fact that I'm from NZ, but I never read Mallory Towers, Chalet School, or the St Clare as a kid, but .... I did read them in 2005 while on holiday at my inlaws (who are English living in NZ) and .... I re-read the Mallory towers and a few CS's and FF's while back there in Jan, they make a great beach read, just have to be careful they don't fall apart due to their age!

Loved mallory towers, my mum got me into them as a child, am hoping to do the same for my god daughter one day. Unless DC4 is a girl!

I read Anne of Green Gables and a few of the sequels but Anne was my favourite. Have a huge Famous Five boxset to read to DS1 (£5 from book sale I went to - bargain!) when we finish the Roald Dahl box set we're working our way through (only 4 books to go) - used to love those and other Enid Blytons when pretty young (Magic Faraway Tree, Wishing Chair ring any bells?) - so really looking forward to it.

Swampy

I've got two books at the mo, Haribo's and an extra one from Kiwijesta. I've nearly finished reading Haribo's book (weird but good) but will hang onto the other one in case nothing arrives from clinging in March.

Never read Malory Towers or any Diana Wynne Jones, but loved the Magic Faraway Tree, The Peppermint Pig and Wolves of Willoughby Chase... can't wait until DD is old enough to read those.

kiwi am I posting to you this month or Rufus?

(((((Calico)))))

Haribojoe unless your book arrived today I'd say you're posting to rufus lol. I'm going to post mine tomorrow to clinging

Thanks kiwi will post to Rufus on Thursday, despite my vows to be super keen am on a study day tomorrow so can't get to post office

Nearly finished my book and am on track to post it on time this month!! Received my next one from Acsec already, too. Will be back on Thursday to report!

Wotcha clunettes. Hope you're all giving honorary Fat Controller acsec a nice easy ride. Dont forget to post today to report on the last book (or books) you read - I had THE TOME from MTU this time round. Not my usual reading material but easily readable - though like Swampy I found myself wishing for a lot of the characters to die, die, die which probably wasnt what the author was aiming for...