tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post7118681249790184553..comments2024-03-20T16:46:13.343-04:00Comments on Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: Chivalrous mice and other mattersMarly Youmanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-69672394707695976822014-01-13T08:27:39.579-05:002014-01-13T08:27:39.579-05:00Fantastic read, I just passed this onto a colleagu...Fantastic read, I just passed this onto a colleague who was doing a little study on that. And he actually bought me lunch because I found it for him smile So let me rephrase that: Thanks for lunch!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-53816970864877996432014-01-12T19:23:37.127-05:002014-01-12T19:23:37.127-05:00That is the danger of going back... Sometimes memo...That is the danger of going back... Sometimes memory is better because we are now the wrong age for certain things we once enjoyed, or else they were not strong enough to endure the work of time. Although I have never been disappointed by going back to either fairy tales or the Alice books, early loves of mine.Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-38819749214936717312014-01-12T18:17:58.632-05:002014-01-12T18:17:58.632-05:00Perhaps we long for lost days of innocence. I am n...Perhaps we long for lost days of innocence. I am nostalgic for what can never be again. That goes with the encroaching birthday, and I think about all the water under all those bridges. I ought to find some Bobsey Twins books and have a bit of time travel. But I might be disappointed. Perhaps memories are better than reality.R.T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13220814349193561823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-83919074770991091482014-01-12T18:08:21.644-05:002014-01-12T18:08:21.644-05:00Marja-Leena,
I like him as well. His illustration...Marja-Leena,<br /><br />I like him as well. His illustrations are lovely, and I also like his drawings for theatre costumes and the few bookplates that I've seen.<br /><br />I read the Potter books to my youngest...Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-8111845187667980112014-01-12T18:07:05.759-05:002014-01-12T18:07:05.759-05:00R. T.,
I hope there are a few adults ashamed of ...R. T., <br /><br />I hope there are a few adults ashamed of their reading, at least if it belongs in brown paper wrappings or is unadulterated trash!<br /><br />Does seem a bit absurd for an adult to feel shame for choices, otherwise. What's interesting to me is the whole question of why adults are drawn to children's books and young adult fiction so strongly at the moment. Is it the Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-65604794426444651862014-01-12T17:18:01.752-05:002014-01-12T17:18:01.752-05:00Wonderful quotes!
I loved reading 'fairy tale...Wonderful quotes!<br /><br />I loved reading 'fairy tales' right into my mid teens, and now in my senior years I am reading them again - such as Russian fairy tales illustrated by the great Bilibin! Even the Harry Potter books some years ago.<br /><br />marja-leenahttp://www.marja-leena-rathje.infonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-53531562996761099312014-01-12T17:07:10.097-05:002014-01-12T17:07:10.097-05:00People who would choose what they read based upon ...People who would choose what they read based upon their concerns about what other people might think are . . . well, you complete the sentence. I was going to say "foolish," but that may be too harsh. Is "insecure" a better word?R.T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13220814349193561823noreply@blogger.com