Tag Archives: Arthur Ransome

Seven Bookish Virtues/Sins Tag

Posted on October 8, 2019 by Lizzie Ross

Looks like all my blogging friends are playing this game of tag, and it’s my turn to be IT. Ola G at Re-enchantment of the World, Lory at Emerald City Book Review, Chris at Calmgrove, and I-can’t-remember-who-else (sorry, blogger buddies, … Continue reading →

Posted in Am reading, Favorite books, Lists, reading | Tagged Arthur Ransome, Eduardo Galeano, EF Benson, Eric Kraft, George Eliot, George Saunders, Hendrik Van Loon, Jane Austen, Joseph Conrad, JRR Tolkien, Marcel Proust, Mary Norton, Mikhail Bulgakov, Neil Gaiman, Philip Pullman, Roland Huntford | 4 Comments

Temporary obsession: AR

Posted on February 1, 2016 by Lizzie Ross

My latest obsession started two months ago with Christina Hardyment’s Arthur Ransome and Captain Flint’s Trunk, an excellent study of the sources, both geographic and human, for his famous books, with a satisfying number of illustrations as well. Fans probably … Continue reading →

Posted in Adventure, Artist profile, History, Mystery, reading | Tagged Arthur Ransome, Christina Hardyment, Roland Chambers | 7 Comments

This and that and some other things

Posted on January 22, 2016 by Lizzie Ross

For the past 3 weeks, it hasn’t been Radio WTWP (wall-to-wall Proust, with a tip of the hat to Prof. Peter Schickele) on my reading shelf. Here’s some other stuff I’ve been clearing out: Desmond Seward’s The Demon’s Brood, a 300-page bare-bones … Continue reading →

Posted in Adventure, Graphic Novel, Historical fiction, History, reading | Tagged Arthur Ransome, Desmond Seward, Jean Craighead George, Noelle Stevenson, Susan Cooper | 9 Comments

Desert Island Books

Posted on August 20, 2013 by Lizzie Ross

A 2010 post from my other blog. I’ve made only one change in the list, which I’ll discuss at the end. I’m sure I’m not the only one to imagine myself being interviewed for shows like Desert Island Disks and Mad About Music. … Continue reading →