Sat, August 25, 2012
Things I Like in Books 10
NOTE: I am ridiculous and started a list called “Things I Like in Books.” These are drawings of the things on that list. Truly AWFUL drawings. I am now going to share them with you one at a time. Mostly on Saturdays. Okay, here we go.
I like it when books involve nature and/or have nature-lovin’ main characters.
Examples: First, I like books with lush gardens, a la The Secret Garden (of course) or Born Wicked. One of my favorite settings!
But I also love main characters who love to be outside. Elizabeth Bennet, for example, is perhaps my all-time faves, but what I love most about her is that she’s always down for an invigorating walk. You go, girl!
PS: The only thing worse than an awful drawing is a PICTURE of an awful drawing. My scanner is broken, but after a letter from my mom complaining about my lack of drawings last week, here we go!
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Katja said:
ha! love this feature, and I agree about lush gardens. The Secret Garden really caught my imagination when I first read it. I’m not into gardening really, but I could imagine what it would be like to love planting and nurturing beautiful flowers and bushes, and the healing power such a careful act had on the characters! Makes me feel all weepy just thinking about it.
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Lori said:
I love outdoorsy books!
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Kim said:
Yep- love the outdoors!
P.S. – I missed your drawing last week too. (yay, mom!)
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Em (Love YA Lit) said:
Ah, what a lovely drawing! That’s definitely fridge-worthy. It reminds me of The Sound of Music but with better fashion.
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Tara said:
I now want to go and reread The Secret Garden. Stat.
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capillya said:
And the ones that run outside! Except for the whole running part because my knees ache just reading about running hills.
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Alexa @ Alexa Loves Books said:
Ooh, I am in complete agreement! LOVE it when characters enjoy things like taking walks or hanging out in gardens. (Probably explains why I always enjoy romances where the characters spend time in the garden/maze/next to a lake…)
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Raquel said:
Every time I go out for a long walk in nature, I ALWAYS think of Elizabeth Bennet. Walking three miles to see her sister was nothing even though her mother was horrified.
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