tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23502762.post115146561108727383..comments2024-02-19T23:01:34.366+11:00Comments on eglantine's cake:: Penni Russonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17956453252195293843noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23502762.post-1151622030964814652006-06-30T09:00:00.000+10:002006-06-30T09:00:00.000+10:00Reading is almost the closest thing these days I g...Reading is almost the closest thing these days I get to feeling like a kid again. When you get entirely absorbed in a book and the outside world shuts down, I could be any age, any me again.<BR/>Yay Bridge to Teribithia. I love that book.Penni Russonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17956453252195293843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23502762.post-1151551382744473452006-06-29T13:23:00.000+10:002006-06-29T13:23:00.000+10:00I know exactly what you mean about "comfort readin...I know exactly what you mean about "comfort reading". I have many comfort novels and a few picture books that I will get out, like Fred, when I am sad or tired or sick. They are often either relics of my actual childhood (like Bridge To Terabithia - which almost makes me tear up just thinking about it) or describe some kind of instant nostalgia world, like The Peppermint Pig, which I discovered (thanks to YOU Pen I believe) as an adult. There is a distinct trend towards returning to some sense of childhood, be it something idyllic, or oddly enough, my other genre of fascination in teen fiction, the post-apocalyptic world. Those stories (like Children of the Dust) give me hope... life after destruction, a nice sentiment for a child grown-up under a vague and hazy threat of nuclear arms. Nomatter what your motivation, reading is a wonderful thing!Zeddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05586972108551981624noreply@blogger.com