Comments on: Lashings of ginger beer http://cocktailsandrecords.net/blog/2008/08/20/lashings-of-ginger-beer/ Fri, 07 Oct 2011 21:05:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Cocktails http://cocktailsandrecords.net/blog/2008/08/20/lashings-of-ginger-beer/comment-page-1/#comment-1355 Cocktails Sun, 24 Aug 2008 18:00:34 +0000 http://cocktailsandrecords.net/blog/?p=225#comment-1355 Hello again Expat Mum, sometimes I wonder whether those Mallory Towers etc. books were working for some kind of marketing agency for boarding schools. When I was 8 I desparately wanted to go to one. Obviously because all you did at boarding school was have midnight feasts, play lacrosse and eat from tuck boxes in the common room. RE, ah yes, Moonface. The Saucepan Man, a slide down the middle of a tree, ever-changing lands appearing at the top of a tree. You could never accuse Enid Blyton of not having an imagination... But still, yes, F-C is probably right!!! Hello again Expat Mum, sometimes I wonder whether those Mallory Towers etc. books were working for some kind of marketing agency for boarding schools. When I was 8 I desparately wanted to go to one. Obviously because all you did at boarding school was have midnight feasts, play lacrosse and eat from tuck boxes in the common room.

RE, ah yes, Moonface. The Saucepan Man, a slide down the middle of a tree, ever-changing lands appearing at the top of a tree. You could never accuse Enid Blyton of not having an imagination… But still, yes, F-C is probably right!!!

]]> By: Roman Empress http://cocktailsandrecords.net/blog/2008/08/20/lashings-of-ginger-beer/comment-page-1/#comment-1353 Roman Empress Sat, 23 Aug 2008 20:51:52 +0000 http://cocktailsandrecords.net/blog/?p=225#comment-1353 Moonface. A man in pyjamas with a moon for a face. I think adults can't quite forget the power of that in their formative years, or like F-C says, they haven't read a book for 30 years. Moonface. A man in pyjamas with a moon for a face. I think adults can’t quite forget the power of that in their formative years, or like F-C says, they haven’t read a book for 30 years.

]]> By: Expat Mum http://cocktailsandrecords.net/blog/2008/08/20/lashings-of-ginger-beer/comment-page-1/#comment-1351 Expat Mum Sat, 23 Aug 2008 15:28:40 +0000 http://cocktailsandrecords.net/blog/?p=225#comment-1351 Came via Dylan's blog. Must say I was rather surprised when I read that too. I devoured the Mallory Towers and St. Clare's book when I was young, and it never dawned on me that, with the gardeners, nannies, cooks and drivers, they were living a lifestyle that about 0.5% of Brits lived. I suppose I got so lost in the books that my own reality was suspended. Came via Dylan’s blog. Must say I was rather surprised when I read that too. I devoured the Mallory Towers and St. Clare’s book when I was young, and it never dawned on me that, with the gardeners, nannies, cooks and drivers, they were living a lifestyle that about 0.5% of Brits lived. I suppose I got so lost in the books that my own reality was suspended.

]]> By: Cocktails http://cocktailsandrecords.net/blog/2008/08/20/lashings-of-ginger-beer/comment-page-1/#comment-1343 Cocktails Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:04:42 +0000 http://cocktailsandrecords.net/blog/?p=225#comment-1343 F-C and Mondo, Right, I'll have to disgrace myself here entirely and admit that I've never read any of the writers that you've mentioned. And I don't even know who Stan Lee is I'm afraid. Mmmm, maybe I'm the one who should have stuck to Enid Blyton. F-C and Mondo, Right, I’ll have to disgrace myself here entirely and admit that I’ve never read any of the writers that you’ve mentioned. And I don’t even know who Stan Lee is I’m afraid. Mmmm, maybe I’m the one who should have stuck to Enid Blyton.

]]> By: planet mondo http://cocktailsandrecords.net/blog/2008/08/20/lashings-of-ginger-beer/comment-page-1/#comment-1341 planet mondo Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:52:12 +0000 http://cocktailsandrecords.net/blog/?p=225#comment-1341 I've always thought of her as a sort of Agatha Christie for kids (without the stabbings, stranglings and poisonings). I'm almost exclusively non fiction now (except T C Boyle), the only thing I still read from childhood is comics and graphic novels. DC, Marvel etc..and have no shame in claiming Stan Lee <i>is</i> a genius I’ve always thought of her as a sort of Agatha Christie for kids (without the stabbings, stranglings and poisonings).

I’m almost exclusively non fiction now (except T C Boyle), the only thing I still read from childhood is comics and graphic novels. DC, Marvel etc..and have no shame in claiming Stan Lee is a genius

]]> By: Five-Centres http://cocktailsandrecords.net/blog/2008/08/20/lashings-of-ginger-beer/comment-page-1/#comment-1340 Five-Centres Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:11:00 +0000 http://cocktailsandrecords.net/blog/?p=225#comment-1340 It's got to be because the last time they read a book was when they were children. Philip Roth, Iris Murdoch, John Updike, Ian McEwan, Magnus MIlls etc mean nothing to them. They might pick up a Nicci French on holiday, but that's kind of it. It’s got to be because the last time they read a book was when they were children.

Philip Roth, Iris Murdoch, John Updike, Ian McEwan, Magnus MIlls etc mean nothing to them.

They might pick up a Nicci French on holiday, but that’s kind of it.

]]> By: Cocktails http://cocktailsandrecords.net/blog/2008/08/20/lashings-of-ginger-beer/comment-page-1/#comment-1339 Cocktails Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:23:09 +0000 http://cocktailsandrecords.net/blog/?p=225#comment-1339 I don't really have a problem with Harry Potter, they're good addictive, escapist reading material but yes, they're still essentially children's books. So it's pretty sad for adults to say that JK Rowling is their favourite writer. I am the opposite of you. I read copious amounts of fiction when I was a kid - up to university really. Then I just stopped for some reason. I now mostly read non-fiction. Or French textbooks! I don’t really have a problem with Harry Potter, they’re good addictive, escapist reading material but yes, they’re still essentially children’s books. So it’s pretty sad for adults to say that JK Rowling is their favourite writer.

I am the opposite of you. I read copious amounts of fiction when I was a kid – up to university really. Then I just stopped for some reason. I now mostly read non-fiction. Or French textbooks!

]]> By: BLTP http://cocktailsandrecords.net/blog/2008/08/20/lashings-of-ginger-beer/comment-page-1/#comment-1338 BLTP Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:37:21 +0000 http://cocktailsandrecords.net/blog/?p=225#comment-1338 My heart sank the other day when I asked a woman at work who was reading something in French what it was, it was a..... Harry Potter. I'm in minority i think having never read any Enid Blyton, I used read all the time as a kid but never story books so maybe I'm missing the gene.I didn't read fiction except comics until my late teens. My heart sank the other day when I asked a woman at work who was reading something in French what it was, it was a….. Harry Potter. I’m in minority i think having never read any Enid Blyton, I used read all the time as a kid but never story books so maybe I’m missing the gene.I didn’t read fiction except comics until my late teens.

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