tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post9039758771448283728..comments2023-10-20T16:03:03.157+01:00Comments on Devouring Texts: Devouring Books: Seven Little Australians by Ethel TurnerLaurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-59913645437888441632013-08-29T02:57:08.045+01:002013-08-29T02:57:08.045+01:00She was my original role model...and then I read t...She was my original role model...and then I read the book again as an adult and realized she whines a LOT. Like...a LOT a lot. No wonder I liked her so much.Megshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10967657695336270359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-77639166117053367722013-08-29T01:35:56.728+01:002013-08-29T01:35:56.728+01:00Um, don't forget Meg Murray from Wrinkle In Ti...Um, don't forget Meg Murray from Wrinkle In Time, who was among the awesomest Megs ever, 'cept for you.As the Crowe Flies and Readshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12110661562901480120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-58684164011892963032013-08-29T01:35:21.549+01:002013-08-29T01:35:21.549+01:00I somehow missed this post but found it via Kaylei...I somehow missed this post but found it via Kayleigh's excellent list of Australiana. I just added it to my TBR. As the Crowe Flies and Readshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12110661562901480120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-4333191920199702482013-08-26T04:05:09.848+01:002013-08-26T04:05:09.848+01:00I'm pretty sure the Australian citizenship tes...I'm pretty sure the Australian citizenship test has a section on how thick vegemite should be spread and neighbours so you are all set Laura!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09259549933849264277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-38584519696321243742013-08-25T11:01:10.592+01:002013-08-25T11:01:10.592+01:00OH WOW that hurt. I can't even think of any/ma...OH WOW that hurt. I can't even think of any/many fictional Lauras, so at least your name is, you know, popular. This Meg does seem very much like a homage to the Little Women Meg, though. In a good way!Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-22746358979856313802013-08-25T10:59:53.164+01:002013-08-25T10:59:53.164+01:00Yeah, but, you know, everyone has OPERA, Megs!
I ...Yeah, but, you know, everyone has OPERA, Megs!<br /><br />I kid. You do a very good job of repping LA and its culturalyness. ALSO I totally bought Ham on Rye yesterday because of this comment (and also because it was cheap. But still, this comment!)Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-17370735949131172522013-08-25T10:58:23.848+01:002013-08-25T10:58:23.848+01:00I love vegemite! But not as much as marmite. But i...I love vegemite! But not as much as marmite. But it's still good. There, it's all fine, I'm practically Australian now!Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-86445584692843002322013-08-24T09:40:46.187+01:002013-08-24T09:40:46.187+01:00I am all about the badgering! And tbh you probably...I am all about the badgering! And tbh you probably will need to because I will forget.<br /><br />But I am going to write the most ridiculously long list of Australian fiction and you can all all read it and feel better about your lack of Aussie reading. And I will include valuable lessons about vegemite and Australian slang and you will all become honorary Australians.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09259549933849264277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-11788078923410548132013-08-24T02:30:23.074+01:002013-08-24T02:30:23.074+01:00I'm beginning to wonder if all fictional chara...I'm beginning to wonder if all fictional characters named Meg are sort of traditional and prone to tightening their corsets to attract the boyfolk.<br /><br />Whatever...at least they're better than fictional Lauras. OH BURN. (I may still be mad at you about earlier.)Megshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10967657695336270359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-51467286604316369622013-08-24T02:25:07.630+01:002013-08-24T02:25:07.630+01:00I stopped reading so I could stomp down to the bot...I stopped reading so I could stomp down to the bottom here and say: Joan Didion, James Ellroy, Charles Bukowski, and Raymond Chandler. The Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. The Museum of Contemporary Art. Theatrical productions LITERALLY out the ass. We have opera, Laura. OPERA.<br /><br />Now I'm heading back up to finish reading this post, and I wish you a good day. Good DAY, madame.Megshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10967657695336270359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-45783426696960440672013-08-23T21:23:05.539+01:002013-08-23T21:23:05.539+01:00That's especially sad because it's not *wr...That's especially sad because it's not *written* by an Australian dude, you know? It's not like, an insider's view of Aus, it's like 'you should come here like I did cause it's cool and so different from Iowa and stuff!' <br /><br />We are definitely making Kayleigh write this list. I'll badger her about it constantly, people love that, right?Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-18016239027910525932013-08-23T21:20:30.703+01:002013-08-23T21:20:30.703+01:00You did sort of tell me all this but it is still A...You did sort of tell me all this but it is still AWESOME and lovely and awwww and nice work Ethel! The English are so awesome :D (Mwahahahahaha!)<br /><br />I tooooootally want this list of Australian books though, dude. You should definitely get on that!Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-18127526490183157072013-08-23T21:19:03.569+01:002013-08-23T21:19:03.569+01:00I also feel bad about this especially because I LO...I also feel bad about this especially because I LOVE KAYLEIGH AND SHE'S AUSTRALIAN AND WHUT?! But this is a genuinely good book and yeah, you should read it to your niece and make her be all like 'I want to move to Australia!'Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-70545781407028324832013-08-23T16:48:56.516+01:002013-08-23T16:48:56.516+01:00So I'm pretty sure the only Australian book I&...So I'm pretty sure the only Australian book I've read was Bryson's In a Sunburned Country(/Down Under and why must it have two titles?) which is pretty sad. I don't know that Australian children's book is where I want to go to fix this deficit, but it's pretty sad and should be fixed. I'm going to need to read Kayleigh's list of Australian fiction and find somethingRedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456600806188531803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-82439581178258807542013-08-23T14:44:45.969+01:002013-08-23T14:44:45.969+01:00Oh oh and she's not yours she's OURS! She ...Oh oh and she's not yours she's OURS! She might have been English by birth, but she loved Australia more so nyeh!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09259549933849264277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-29644564809472499532013-08-23T14:42:29.831+01:002013-08-23T14:42:29.831+01:00Yayyyyyyyyy!!!
I am going to wax lyrical about E...Yayyyyyyyyy!!! <br /><br />I am going to wax lyrical about Ethel Turner for a moment because she is SO IMPORTANT and AWESOME! And I'm sorry (not sorry) if I wrote this in my letter to you about this book but I love this woman to the moon and back. <br /><br />Anyway, at the time this book came out all "Australian" children's book were written by English authors who had never stepped foot in Australia and they were all about some English boy who becomes chums with a "native" and goes on an adventure in the "bush". They were basically written to seem exotic to English families and blechhhhh. So not only did Ethel write an awesome book that was like "Pish Posh traditional female roles" but she wrote a book that was actually about Australian kids for Australian audiences. Which makes it kind of incredible that she even got it published. <br /><br />Also, if people want a list of Australian fiction I will write one on my blog and you can all read them and realise that Australia isn't a culture wasteland whatsoever! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09259549933849264277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-44330091138009200042013-08-23T14:21:58.713+01:002013-08-23T14:21:58.713+01:00I feel a little tiny bit ashamed at my lack of rea...I feel a little tiny bit ashamed at my lack of reading anything Australian... I need to get on that. So yay for this, cause it looks cute and fun and maybe I can get it someday to read with my niece when she's a tad older.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196903315080725315noreply@blogger.com