Ray Bradbury’s “R is for Rocket” #1962Club

2023-10-21T12:40:06-04:00

As usual, Kaggsy and Simon have chosen a year rich with reading possibilities. As not-exactly-unusual, I have done better at gathering possibilities than of reading them. Initially I planned to expand my reading of James Baldwin, but the interlibrary-loan copy wasn’t speedy (sometimes it’s a week, sometimes weeks—depending how

Ray Bradbury’s “R is for Rocket” #1962Club2023-10-21T12:40:06-04:00

Margery Sharp’s The Rescuers Series (1959-1979): Part One

2018-07-26T15:00:00-04:00

Although I was too scared to read it as a girl, I’ve read Margery Sharp’s The Rescuers (1959) twice now. Once to celebrate Margery Sharp’s birthday, in an event Jane hosted. And once to reacquaint myself with the characters before completing the series. The first volume opens with a

Margery Sharp’s The Rescuers Series (1959-1979): Part One2018-07-26T15:00:00-04:00

Mavis Gallant’s “Night and Day” (1962)

2017-12-05T18:09:33-05:00

This story falls between some longer ones in Going Ashore, with Mavis Gallant's early and uncollected stories, "One Morning in May" and "A Day Like Any Other". Both stories in which young people's innocence moves into the shadows of experience. In the shorter stories I've been reading lately, "From Gamut to Yalta",

Mavis Gallant’s “Night and Day” (1962)2017-12-05T18:09:33-05:00

Margaret Millar’s How Like an Angel (1962)

2020-08-19T08:28:08-04:00

Exploring in the back country of Santa Barbara County California, Margaret Millar discovered a group of abandoned buildings on top of a ridge of the Santa Ynez mountains. The view was incredible: the Pacific Ocean, the Santa Ynez valley, Lake Cachuma, and the San Rafael mountains, along with a main

Margaret Millar’s How Like an Angel (1962)2020-08-19T08:28:08-04:00

A Wrinkle in Time: 1962-2012

2014-03-17T14:20:27-04:00

It's legendary now, that Madeleine L'Engle's classic novel was rejected by numerous publishers and eventually even its agent handed the book back to its author. It was "too different", different because it credited young readers with being able to grapple with the concept of evil, and because it

A Wrinkle in Time: 1962-20122014-03-17T14:20:27-04:00
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