tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22655888.post6230210704382482664..comments2023-10-19T11:01:34.551-04:00Comments on Jennie's B(ook)log: Lightning ReviewsJenniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05804281162557876557noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22655888.post-5114790376443865452007-10-15T14:59:00.000-04:002007-10-15T14:59:00.000-04:00Hi. Coming out of lurkdom to say that I adore Ibbo...Hi. Coming out of lurkdom to say that I adore Ibbotson's books, but The Morning Gift is actually my least favorite of the ones I've read. Like Keishon, I rated it a B.<BR/><BR/>My favorites are Madensky Square (A), A Countess Below Stairs (A), Magic Flutes (A-/A), A Company of Swans (B+) and I even liked the YA book Journey to the River Sea pretty well (around a B+). I haven't read A Song for Summer yet (am saving it for a rainy day), or the YA book The Star of Kazan, which I recently heard great things about.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22655888.post-1446228492175138932007-09-29T10:07:00.000-04:002007-09-29T10:07:00.000-04:00Meant to say "they are" reprinting her books, sorr...Meant to say "they are" reprinting her books, sorry for the error. <BR/><BR/>KeishonUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02440138107543487348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22655888.post-58724380712536452232007-09-29T10:06:00.000-04:002007-09-29T10:06:00.000-04:00So glad you reviewed this Jennie. I read this book...So glad you reviewed this Jennie. I read this book about one or two years ago, I liked it, rated it a B read. They are not reprinting all of her books and that's great, I just wish they would put them in the fiction aisle rather than the YA section. Or even romance. But hopefully word of mouth will do its job. I wish she would write more adult novels.---KeishonUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02440138107543487348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22655888.post-32805630850478772482007-09-26T15:52:00.000-04:002007-09-26T15:52:00.000-04:00Ah ha - I remember now! Thanks for the memory prom...Ah ha - I remember now! Thanks for the memory prompt :-) It may not look like it, but that was actually my favourite book in her Duchesses series.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22655888.post-67349088825994090732007-09-24T06:34:00.000-04:002007-09-24T06:34:00.000-04:00Ibbotson I've read, James I havn't yet. Sounds ver...Ibbotson I've read, James I havn't yet. Sounds very romantic. If your gonna do another book review soon let me know. I'm just now finishing <A HREF="http://daragirard.com/books/sapphire.php" REL="nofollow">The Sapphire Pendant</A>, a powerful contemporary love story. Please consider it, I love your reviews.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22655888.post-8174878516662884952007-09-23T22:17:00.000-04:002007-09-23T22:17:00.000-04:00Kerry-I'm on a mission to find the rest of Ibbosto...Kerry-I'm on a mission to find the rest of Ibboston's books--at least all her adult books. She's written a ton of children's books that I'm not too interested in. ;)<BR/><BR/>Dev-I haven't read any of the other books in the Duchess series--I actually didn't realize A Wild Pursuit was part of a series until I got into it. But I've ordered the first one...I can't remember the title now. But I'll probably read it next. <BR/><BR/>Nath-I've only read a few James books, but I've liked them all. And she has a nice big backlist. :)<BR/><BR/>Li-Lol. Bea is bored one day and goes for a walk, and comes across an old goat in a field and somehow it latches onto her spencer (what is a spencer?! some sort of jacket, I think?) and starts to eat it. Stephen comes along and she shrieks at him to stop the goat, but he just ends up falling into the mud. "It was all very romantic, what with the odoriferousness of his person and the grinding sound of a goat munching her extravagantly expensive garment." Hee!Jenniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05804281162557876557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22655888.post-72127946062565029292007-09-21T15:55:00.000-04:002007-09-21T15:55:00.000-04:00Okay, I really want the Ibbotson now. And I remem...Okay, I really want the Ibbotson now. <BR/><BR/>And I remember loving the Eloisa James... but err... I can't remember the goat scene. More clues please?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22655888.post-31143313517138325662007-09-21T14:38:00.000-04:002007-09-21T14:38:00.000-04:00Great reviews :D now I have two more books to go b...Great reviews :D now I have two more books to go buy :D I haven't read any Eloisa James that I can remember, so I guess this one will be a good start, since I'm looking for something funny :D AS for Eva Ibbotson, I'm definitively tracking down her books :D thanks Jennie :Dnathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02626894830238717124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22655888.post-6732345068194462632007-09-21T10:31:00.000-04:002007-09-21T10:31:00.000-04:00I love Eloisa James and have a lot of her books. ...I love Eloisa James and have a lot of her books. Have you read any others in her Duchess series?<BR/><BR/>The Ibboson books sounds really good! I'm going to check into that one. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for the great reviews, Jennie!Devhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10719293114461054932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22655888.post-5787704690421117102007-09-21T01:13:00.000-04:002007-09-21T01:13:00.000-04:00I've always like Ibbotson, but I haven't read this...I've always like Ibbotson, but I haven't read this one. I'll have to track it down as it does sound lovely.Kerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01829070558793881064noreply@blogger.com