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I liked the Anthony Buckeridge Jennings' books, when I were a lad. Oh, and Tintin!
It doesn't 'make it sound more legit'; it shows up your original post for the ignorant drivel it is.
Four children and It isn't 'more' legit. It's 100% legit.
All you're really saying is that you don't like her writing. So don't read it. Loads of kids do. I don't personally think much of Harry Potter - I think JK Rowling is, like, say, Jeffrey Archer, a distinctly mediocre writer. But I recognise that she's a cracking storyteller, and has done more to get kids reading than anyone since Enid Blyton.
You can't stand the woman. Well, good for you. At least she writes books millions of kids enjoy. As opposed to, say, shooting her mouth off on a forum on the basis of ignorance-fuelled animosity.
Make that three.I've never met anyone who remembers the Jennings things...
No you didn't.Actually, what I was saying was I keep seeing an advert for her new book Four Children and It, which sounded somewhat like Five Children and It.
I questioned how she got away with that, and was informed of how.
I wasn't shooting my mouth off and there is no ignorance-fuelled animosity, well, not on my part, I can't speak for you.
What-ho, Darbyshire.Make that three.
Titty and Roger! And Nancy, because pirates are Ruthless.Swallows and Amazons!
Our kid's itching to get her grubby mitts on this one, she gets through a paperback in a few hours.
You're on trend there, slagging off Enid Blyton.
I would do the same sort of things as a child ... I hated reading a chapter at a time. So I would read the whole thing and then doze in those lessons until someone poked me as it was my turn to read aloud. I don't read now because I still can't do the putting the book down bit - so I end up ignoring other things like feeding the family etc. I intend to take it up again when I retire.I was like that, much to our teacher's dismay, we would be reading a book at School and I would get frustrated by the speed, read the entire thing over the weekend ,,, then get bored because I knew what happened.
I read the entire Narnia Chronicles in about ten days.
Still do read at least one book a week