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To The Nines by Evanovich Next up is I Captured the Castle by Dodie Smith

... Top by John Braine 12. My Antonia by Willa Cather 13. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain 14. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith 15. A Month in the Country by J L Carr 16. Eugenie Grandet by Honore de Balzac 17. The Sorrows of Young Werther by ...

... and I by MacDonald, The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Barbery, Three Day Road by Boyden, My Name is Aram by Saroyan, I Capture the Castle by Smith, The Fish Can Sing by Laxness, The Kapillan of Malta by Monsarrat, Straight Man by Russo, The River Between by Thiong'o, The Wood Wife ...

... memoir by Anna del Conte 6. The Book of Chameleons by Jose Eduardo Agualusa 7. A Hero's Walk by Anita Rau Badami 8. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith 9. The Children's Book by A.S. Byatt 10. The Rain before it falls by Jonothan Coe 11. The Gentleman in the Parlour: A Record of ...

5. Children & YA - maybe I'll read: I Capture the Castle, After Hamlin, The Anybodies, Girl in a Cage, Hatchet, Days of Terror and Chasing Vermeer, but I have many more to select from.

... Hardy *6) The Pursuit of Love and Love in a Cold Climate - Nancy Mitford *7) Wolf Hall - Hilary Mantel 8) I Capture the Castle - Dodie Smith 9) Ahead of All Parting - Ranier Maria Rilke 10) Les Liaisons Dangereuses - Choderos de Laclos 2009 was another ...

Okay, I've narrowed it down to a shortlist but need to whittle a bit further. I'm considering: I Capture the Castle Dracula The Mill on the Floss The Remains of the Day The Secret Garden The Collected Stories of Gogol I've read and really enjoyed all of these except for The M ...

From Awesome Books: I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith; Fireworks and The Passion of New Eve by Angela Carter and Our Spoons Came from Woolworths by Barbara Comyns -- 2 classic greens and 2 newer Viragos -- and no shipping costs!

From Book Closeouts The Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England by Brock Clarke and I Captured the Castle by Dodie Smith

... the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon The Princess Bride by William Goldman The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R.R. Tolkien I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith Also really enjoyed: Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson (although i know some people ...

>8 I started I Capture the Castle last night for the same reason. It started out slow but all of a sudden I was halfway through and it was nearly midnight.

... The Woods - I don't even like mysteries, but this one had me reading the ending before I was halfway through the book. 5) I Capture the Castle

Brought home three library books last night: I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely Nurtureshock by Po Bronson

The subzero temperatures call for something cozy to read, so I'm setting aside Personal Days (on page 6) in favor of I Capture the Castle. I've never read it before.

House of Stairs by William Sleator The BFG by Roald Dahl I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry

I Capture the Castle is a magical read from start to finish! I might give it a reread over Christmas, if I can rob it back from the friend I lent it to! I agree that the Reader makes you question what you would have done in the circumstances. Would you have been one of the truly 'bad', who ...

... can't know how you would have acted under those circumstances. On a slightly more light-hearted note - the first line I capture the castle really is brilliant isn't it? :)

I Capture the Castle is one of my favourite books of all time! I am also a big Nicholas Sparks fan, I think I was in floods of tears from page 1 of the Notebook right until the end. I read it in a bookclub as well and we were all sitting around weeping hee hee! 150 books is just incredible, I ...

Temptresses!!! AwesomeBooks just sold me Fireworks and The Passion of New Eve by Angela Carter I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith Our Spoons Came from Woolworths by Barbara Comyns I only quit because the pages were slow and Christmas is coming...

I Capture The Castle by Dodie Smith Nachsturm Castle by Emily Snyder The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte The Casino Murder Case by S S Van Dine The Cinema Murder Case by E Phillips Oppenheim

... The Last Apprentice (Revenge of the Witch) by, Joseph Delaney The Blue Bloods Series Books 1-4 by, Melissa De La Cruz I Capture the Castle by, Dodie Smith Mister B. Gone by, Clive Barker The Woman in White by, Wilkie Collins

... but it's hard so naturally my brain is finding easier things to do and since this thread needs updating here I am! 144. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith This was a bargain buy from the Oxfam bookstore (I nearly had to fight Jess for it :P) and what a wonderful book it was! I loved the ...

*ramble ramble ramble* oh hey there :P Yea I gave I Capture the Castle 4 and a half stars cos of how it sort of faded at the end, there wasn't a finality to the book like "Cassandra's all happy with Simon- the end" she sort of ...stopped writing if that makes any sense. But i totally agree that ...

So I'm just over half way through I capture the castle and I love it so far! I'll either be finished with it tonight or tomorrow so watch this space for a review!

... but you weren't exactly saying no were you? ;) I technically only bought one non-educational book this weekend which was I Capture the castle while The Reader was interesting and something I would have perhaps read eventually it was for uni so excused from confession hehe.

... McKinley Message in a Bottle by Nicholas Sparks The Guardian by Nicholas Sparks The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith Picture Perfect by Jodi Picoult The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky The Mitfords: Letters Between Six Sisters by ...

... buy them while I was there lol. My essay is now FINISHED!!! which means I have time to read again so I'm gonna attack I capture the castle in earnest tonight (it's really good so far) and then I am torn as to whether i should start Splendor or one of the library books I have hmmm...

Rachel - I Capture the Castle is so beautiful and quirky and uplifting, I hope you love it! There's a movie too, which is very good, though Rose Byrne gets a bit irritating in it...

... and i'm using it for my ABC challenge The Reader I need to read it for my german section of a module i'm doing at uni I capture the castle Picked it up today and read the first chapter and I will definitely be continuing with it after the above two books are finished.

... one was borrowed (Splendor) and the other I bought for £2 in the oxfam bookshop and I was very chuffed to find it - I capture the Castle which I've been wanting to read for a while. It was very amusing since Jess wanted a copy as well and it took trekking round 5 bookshops to find ...

I Capture the Castle is in diary form, rather than letter, but it is a wonderful read that I would recommend to anyone. Best opening line I've ever read - 'I write this sitting in the kitchen sink.' I have to jump in and second drneutron's mention of Ella Minnow Pea. Great epistolary novel ...

... the recommendation for Lady Susan -- literally one of my favorite Austen works! (see #18 above) Also, I'm not sure if I Capture The Castle is technically an epistolary novel. (But it is a fabulous read.)

... Beast Must Die by Nicholas Blake Kids books: Kate Klise writes several kids books told through letters and memos, I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith, P. S. Longer Letter Later and the sequel Classics/Fiction: Lady Susan by Jane Austen, Ah, But Your Land is Beautiful by Alan P ...

Okay, you've convinced me. I'll pull I Capture the Castle out of ol' Mnt TBR and read it before passing it on to my daughter who is turning 13 next month. So she can love it and read it 50 times and memorize it! The Bronte book sounds very interesting. The one that I'm always wanting to find ...

... of it. I learned a lot that I didn't know, and now I want to see how much of that holds up to rigorous scholarship. #106 I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith You know how there are some books that you read, and you think "oh, I wish I had read that when I was 13 because maybe then I ...

I just finished re-reading Rebecca - I like the spookiness of the illustrations. Now I'm reading I Capture the Castle.

Went to the Friends of the Library today and for $3 scored trade PB copies of: I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith Still Life by A. S. Byatt

... creepy book to read around Halloween. This week, I'm continuing on with The Life of Charlotte Bronte and starting I Capture the Castle.

... hurt that you would think I referred to Disney. I am a purist. I refer to the original book written by Dodie Smith of I Capture the Castle fame. Note: She did not write the book on contract for Disney. Disney has mutilated this much loved classic of me sainted (and saintly) ...

... this! When I was still at school loads of my favourite books had no children in them at all: The Flight of the Heron, I Capture the Castle, Catch 22, anything by Rosemary Sutcliffe, the Ursula le Guin 'Earthsea' books, and the classics - Jane Austen, the Brontes... I ...

Fanny, you need a comfort read. I capture the castle The wind in the Willows A Christmas Carol Peter Pan The White Horse No Name A visit to Don Otavio Take a break from reading heavy stuff, but feed your soul at the same time. I hope your cold gets better soon.

... I haven't already read from the page as I wondered if I would grasp all the details if I didn't read them myself. It was I capture the castle read by Jenny Agutter and it was very good - I liked both the reading and the story. I do have a printed copy and will read it myself at some point. ...

I just finished I Capture the Castle. After reading glowing reviews from a friend, I had fairly high expectations. I thought it was good, but i'm not saying more than that. I also read Unwind this week, and I thought THAT was amazing! A really disturbing dystopia.

Review for I Capture the Castle Cassandra and her family live in a large, rather decrepit house built out of the remains of a castle. She and her family - sister Rose, brother Thomas, stepmother Topaz, father, and friend/servant Stephen - are all falling into decay along with the building. They ...

I'm currently immersed in I Capture the Castle, another book I've been meaning to read for a long time. I still seem to be in mid-twentieth century Britain.

... Brink, Diddakoi 4th-5th grade - , Gone with the Wind (meh), The Lord of the Rings, started Heinlein age 12 - I Capture the Castle, the rest of Heinlein, started Asimov, Sci-Fi, Hardy Boys, Cherry Ames 13-15 - more SF, random coming of age books and Newbery Medal winners - the ...

... the Iraq War politics and the Bush administration's role in it all, this covers it all. Prepare to be disgusted. 116. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith cmbohn in 1010 Category Challenge : CMBohn's 101010 list (Sep 17, 2009, 2:44pm)

I took out I Capture the Castle and replaced it with Mark of the Lion - Arruda. We're going to read I Capture the Castle for book club next month, so I needed a new book by a female author.

... emain The Invention of Everything Else by Samantha Hunt Gilead by Marilynne Robinson The almost rans: I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith In Hovering Flight by Joyce Hinnefeld The Magician's Assistant by Ann Patchett

... for tonight. Nothing like a looming deadline to make you start reading! Now I can relax for a bit. Next month we're doing I Capture the Castle and Falling Leaves.

I read I Capture the Castle earlier this year and was totally charmed by it. I can't wait for Miss Boo and my niece to be old enough to read it too!

I love I Capture the Castle. I first read it when I was about sixteen and I have periodically read it again; a favourite. I have just finished reading Guards! Guards! for about the tenth time and I do it every time - I cry when Angua dies ... and at Carrot's reaction to her death.

... Monday by Jodi Thomas a romance/mystery and Lamb by Christopher Moore, and irreverent satire :) Coming up next is I capture the castle by Dodie Smith and The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman.

I didn't realize how old I Capture the Castle is. I think it was first published in the 50's. What's made it so popular again? Was it the movie?

I Capture the Castle is a delight. I especially liked the beautiful stepmother, who contrary to most fairy tales, is so understanding and available to Cassandra.

... only VMC titles, not VMC's in the paper. (?) But I'll feel left out if I can't play, so I read and loved these two: I Capture the Castle 4 1/2* A Jest of God 5*

... Ten of Alltime Books...I'm just so amazed at the people who think it is boring. Me too! I'll have to check out I Capture the Castle when I head to the bookstore with my birthday money.

#2 Teelgee - I read I Capture the Castle first when I was a teen and loved it. It wasn't until many years later that I learned it was considered by some to be a classic and quite renowned. I just bought a copy to keep permanently this year (along with To Kill a Mockingbird). I'm glad you like ...

... are five days apart, and we usually have a small family party together just as we did when we were kids. My copy of I Capture the Castle has been languishing on a shelf unread for far too long. It sounds like my kind of book. I consider Gilead one of my Top Ten of Alltime Books. It ...

... src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0312974175.01._SX140_SY225_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"> 68. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith. What a delightful book! Charming narrator Cassandra explores life, love, religion and relationships through her journals. I ...

>74 - Terri - birthday woman ... You bet we can! And, I loved Capture the Castle, which I read BLT (Before LibraryThing). womansheart/Ruth

Terri - HAPPY BIRTHDAY for tomorrow! Don't think we wouldn't notice that you'd slipped that in there! :-) I loved I Capture the Castle - so much so that this week I replaced my YA copy with a pretty new one (Vintage, I think). The film's pretty good too, one for a rainy day with a mug of ...

About halfway through I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith. Such a delightful read! But taking longer than I expected.

... (which strangely I've never much fancied, despite enjoying The Autograph Man) and a rather lovely replacement copy of I Capture the Castle. I get a nice new book, the old copy goes into our shop to be sold on, we're all winners... :-)

I'm in Suffolk County, England and in my journal I Capture the Castle where my family is living in poverty.

... up in conversations there. >185 WH, betcha you'll love Lark and Termite! >186 teelgee, is this your first read of I Capture the Castle? I envy you...that was a lovely book andd discovering it was pure pleasure.

I finished Gilead last night - a lovely read. Now reading I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith. Quite engaging so far.

Just started I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith. Enjoyable thus far!

I read I capture the castle last year after recommendations from LTers. I think that if I had read it as a girl or teen, I might have loved it greatly. However, reading it from much later in the spectrum, I enjoyed it but didn't bond with it. I concur with your review, Tad. I've never read 101 Da ...

#197 Tad "love this series." And you are burning it up! :-) I plan to read the first one this month. reI Capture the Castle--I read that when I was young and remembered loving it, so I bought it when it was re-released last year but haven't had a chance to read it. I'm putting ...

>193. I read I Capture the Castle several years ago, and as I recall, I felt the same way about it as you did, Tad. Even to the point of being amused that she had also written One Hundred and One Dalmatians!

... first as I thought I wouldn't follow the story from scratch but it was fine - perhaps I chose the right story it was I capture the castle read by Jenny Agutter. ETA: re #8: I use Audible. They give you a sample so that you can be sure that you will like the reader - almost as important ...

I remember reading I Capture the Castle when I was in year......5, so I would have been 9-10. I enjoyed it then but have never read it since! Perhaps I should give it a re-read at some point.

I'm here to pimp a review: TadAD of this distinguished group just reviewed I Capture the Castle, and caught a truth about it that other ecstatic reviewers gloss over. I think it's a really good review.

Adding more! I might try to convince my book club to read I Capture the Castle, so that may come first.

I'm a bit embarrassed to admit that I've only read I Capture the Castle, Northern Lights (for the third time) and half of The Body-Snatcher and Other Stories this year. I have read quite a lot of non-FS books though. I tried keeping track of all the books I read in 2007; by the time I got ...

How about I Capture the Castle? The perfect 'coming of age' book for all girls. Or Tuck Everlasting? Both contain romance but not sex, though TE, at least, is perhaps more bittersweet than happy. I must admit I haven't read any of these but quite a few of the descriptions make me want to - ...

... far this year, 4 of the 30 I've read are FS books: The Third Policeman Three Men in a Boat Ovid's Art of Love I Capture the Castle In the last 10 years, I've averaged about one book a week. Os.

Book Club 1. The Hunger Games **** 2. David Copperfield **** 3. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 4. I Capture the Castle *** 5. Falling Leaves 6. The Memory Keeper's Daughter 7. The Girl Who Could Fly

I love your category names! I'm going to read I Capture the Castle next year too, so maybe we can do a tandem read? I swore I wouldn't get sucked into planning for next year when I still have so much to read for the 999, but it's so fun and impossible to resist!!

... read to myself! 1. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett 2. Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild 3. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith 4. 5. 6. 7.

Along the same lines as Guernsey is 84, Charing Cross Road. Also consider I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith (better known, at least in the US, for One Hundred and One Dalmatians) and Parnassus on Wheels and The Haunted Bookshop by Christopher Morley.

I just finished I Capture the Castle and absolutely adored it. (I wrote a review, not because I thought I could add anything to the discussion, but more because I wanted to get an initial reaction down. It's here if ...

... books and authors I have loved. My whole family are Peter Dickinson fans so I am tickled to see The Yellow Room listed. I Capture the Castle is a lifetime favorite. I want to read Albion's Seed sometime. So I will be following your thread. BTW: When did you start building your 2010 ...

... a third of the way through, I'm still waiting. Otherwise, I'm balancing it with a heavy dose of 1948 women's writing, I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith (she of The Hundred and One Dalmations) and good near-future scifi, Kim Stanley Robinson's Forty Signs of Rain. >27(For ...

... Broadband list. I'll certainly want to keep that up through August, and I hope you'll let me play! (Currently, it's still I Capture the Castle. Cassandra has certainly captured my heart!)

... (in Vintage paperback) and a book of Welsh history called Land of My Fathers. The last Folio I read cover-to-cover was I Capture the Castle, which I read in one sitting about three weeks ago and absolutely loved.

>9 I love Saki I'm reading I Capture the Castle right now. Lately, it's been Ovid's Art of Love, Three Men in a Boat, and The Third Policeman. FWIW - I show what I'm reading and what I've recently read on my profile page. Os.

... wonderful female cousins and absolutely hilarious. I suspect others here have already read it. The Enchanted April and I Capture the Castle are two of my favorites and I think I have the same cover you have LizzieD which I think is still a step up from the movie cover- eek.

I'm starting I Capture the Castle and also pretending that it's a Virago. It would actually be quite an attractive cover (violets and a 30's girl with an umbrella - like wallpaper) were it not for the intrusive blurb by J.K. Rowling. On the other hand, I found it used and could afford it, so ...

... keep picking it up and putting it down, which doesn't do it any justice. Maybe I need to start again. I'm wanting to read I Capture the Castle, but I just haven't got a copy yet.

#97> I agree, I read I Capture the Castle last year, and thought it was rather marvelous. However, I don't think it's on the "1001" list (either edition). An obvious oversight from the editors. :)

I Capture the Castle I enjoyed it very much! It hadn't been checked out of the library in 10 years and now I'm recommending it to everyone!

... Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain by Peter Sís 42. The Russian Concubine by Kate Furnivall 43. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith This book has my favorite opening line that I've read this year: "I write this sitting in the kitchen sink." 44. Letters From ...

I got two books from different people on PBS. Good Behavior in pristine condition and I Capture the Castle in horrible condition and (as Belva complains also) with the movie tie-in cover.

... n 2. The Virago Book of Christmas 3. The Virago Book of Women Travellers 4. The Virago Book of Women Gardeners 5. I capture the Castle 6. Ethan Frome (I hate that the Virago press has used the movie tie-in pic for the cover) 7. Jonah's Gourd Vine And while it is not a Virago, I ...

... perusing House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski And I might possibly re-read: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee I capture the Castle by Dodie Smith Which I haven't read since I was 15.

I gave in to the sale last week and ordered: Folio 60 The Golden Bowl The Master of Ballantrae I Capture the Castle Plus bookmark :) Then this morning I pulled the trigger on my second order! The Body-Snatcher and Other Stories The Isle of Voices and Other Stories Kidna ...

I won a small amount in a recent lottery with a Borders coupon it was enough to buy two books: I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith. I read this in my teens, I think it's a classic that I need to own and re-read. Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset. I bought this because while I am ...

... time I enjoyed Northanger Abbey she brought out the humour that I'd missed when reading it myself. I'm just listening to I capture the castle and this is the first book that I haven't read myself first. I did wonder if I would be able to absorb the details as well as from the printed page but ...

... her own identity and sexuality. Why I read this now: Found on Nickelini's reading list and it went just right with I Capture the Castle as a coming of age story.

34. I Capture the Castle, Dodie Smith, 1949 Truly delightful story of Cassandra living in a castle with her pretty sister Rose, her stepmum Topaz, her writer's-blocked father and Stephen, the odd jobs boy.

34. I Capture the Castle, Dodie Smith, UK/US, 1949 It's no wonder this is a classic! Delightful story of Cassandra, who has finished school and is living in a castle with her novelist father, artist-model stepmother and pretty older sister Rose. I plan to leave this one around for 16 yr old DD.

Ah poor me, I caved and picked up, Peter Pan and Wendy I Capture The Castle The Isle of Voices Legends of Ancient Rome Legends of King Arthur Procopius:The Secret History and just for a bit of fun Chambers Gigglossary and now I am poor, but I would rather be poor with books ...

May I Capture the Castle Paola?

... on The other two books, not VMC but also published as such, are: Diary of a Provincial Lady by E.M. Delafield I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith Who wants to adopt them?

... movies on cable and enjoyed it and figured I'd finally move on to book 2 and see if I like it any more than the first one. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith (because of all of the positive comments on LT) and Multiple Blessings by Jon & Kate Gosselin and Beth Carson (a bit embarrassed to ...

LizzieD; Please I would love to adopt I Capture the Castle if no one has beat me to it. belva

I was used-book-shopping today and found a couple of Virago authors in non-Virago editions that I scooped up (I Capture the Castle and House of Splendid Isolation. (I'm excited! I also found a green-spined VMC edition of The House on Clewe Street by Mary Lavin that I see is not ...

30. I Capture the Castle (Awesome) 31. Flygirl (Pretty good) 32. Hard Time: 50 to Life (OK) 33. Go Girl (Meh) 34. If I Stay (Amazing!)

... If not, which ones are without pictures? I know occasionally the descriptions on the website fail to mention pictures, I capture the castle for example, which is full of wonderful line drawings, thus leading one to hope they are always illustrated. Also, do folio produce notes in any of ...

... going to do the first line from Rebecca but MaggieO beat me to it. I'll go with "So it goes." since it's a favorite. Capture the Castle sounds interesting.

"It all seems very suspicious." I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith "How was the British Museum?"

#159 DeltaQueen50 - we read I Capture the Castle for our bookclub meeting in 1999 and I thought it a very good read.

Yesterday I started I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith and I love it. I can't believe I missed finding this one over the years (thank you LT). This morning while at the doctors I started a smaller paperback, Carved in Bone by Jefferson Bass. After 3 chapters I definitely want to read ...

Picked up two today from the library. I Capture The Castle by Dodie Smith and The Black Flower by Howard Bahr.

My list of books to look at/buy is now in my library under, appropriately enough, Wish List.

... thanks for stopping by! Hope you like it as much as I did! 164: Tad, I'll have to keep an eye on your list for when I Capture the Castle pops up... I've heard many good things about it, but for whatever reason, I haven't actively sought it out yet.

... a super fan of The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle but I enjoyed Catherine, Called Birdy when I read it years ago. I Capture the Castle has been sitting in my TBR pile for a long while; I don't read YA that often, so they percolate up to the top slowly.

... In fact, she's the same one who told me to read Catherine, Called Birdy at the beginning of the year. If I track down I Capture the Castle and get that one out of the way, I'll have completed the circuit of her "highest YA recommendations". Huzzah! But anyway, back to the book. Despite ...

... of the whole thing. Definitely one of my favorites of 2009 so far, and may make it onto the list of all-time favorites. I Capture the Castle is about as different from The Comedians as two books could be! This is the sort of book I think I would have read over and over again when I was about ...

The Keeping Days by Norma Johnston. It's like I Capture the Castle meets Anne of Green Gables. Fantastic so far.

In my family I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith is the traditional twelfth birthday present for girls (it was my mother's favorite book - she can still recite the first page by heart). Depending on the girl's reading level - other family favorites: Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink Did ...

... home wth me today and also nice Mr Postman brought me a couple from Bookmooch: Becoming Jane Austen by Jon Spence I Captured the Castle by Dodie Smith The Juggler by Sebastian Beaumont (touchstone not working) The Yorkshire Ripper by Roger Cross The Spare Room by ...

... Safety by Wallace Stegner 4. Passage to India by E.M. Forster 5. Le Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery 6. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith 7. Palace Walk by Naguib Mahfouz 8. Herself Surprised by Joyce Cary 9. The Jewel in the Crown by Paul Scott 10. Jane Eyre ...

... My Father - Myron Uhlberg (232) 107. Dirty Snow - Georges Simenon (272) 108. Enough Already! - Peter Walsh (286) 109. I Capture the Castle - Dodie Smith (343)

... Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows The Glass Palace by Amitav Ghosh Captain Blood by Rafael Sabatini I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith The Book Thief by Markus Zuzak Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather Little Heathens by Mildred Armstrong Kalish Hop ...

I loved I Capture the Castle--especially Cassandra's stepmother--stepmothers usually get such a bad rap in fiction.

9. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith: Fantastic coming of age novel set in 1930s England. Cassandra Mortmain and her eccentric family live in a crumbling castle gate house. Cassandra documents her daily life and the make do and mend life in poverty. Everything changes when two men from America ...

... his Majesty's Dragon, but it is on my list of books to read. I have read The Invention of Hugo Cabret. I have also read the Capture. A lot of people I knew liked it so I thought I would try it out. Thanks for all the recommendations! I cannot wait to read some of these! 22) Inkheart ...

... one that I won't reveal as it will spoil it. The author/illustrator also illustrated Frindle and Landry News by the way. The Capture by Kathryn Lasky – my fave book series for children that I read last year. I thought it would be a cutesy story about animals, and it is in the very ...

Hi all, I have: High wind in Jamaica I capture the castle Huckleberry Finn Woman in white up for trade. They're still new and unread. #46: kirstygm - I'll trade any two of the books above with Epics of the Middle Ages if you want. I'm also in Australia - so shipping should be ...

... Italian, Spanish, Portugese : Irene Nemirovsky - Suite Francaise PR English Literature : Dodie Smith - I Capture the Castle PS American Literature : Paul Bowles - Days: A Tangier Diary PT German, Dutch, Flemish, Afrikaans, Scandinavian, Old Norse, Old Icelandic, ...

... es. I can't believe they have never done The Hundred and One Dalmations! Especially since they did such a great job on I Capture the Castle. Would they use the original Grahame-Johnstone illustrations? The rest seem OK, though not particularly adventurous, except for The Last of the Mohi ...

I have not read I Capture the Castle, But I have read The Truth.

I haven't read I, Claudius, but I've read I Capture the Castle

... by Doris Kearns Goodwin Outwitting History by Aaron Lansky The Lost Lady of the Amazon by Anthony Smith I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith In the Heart of the Sea and Mayflower both by Nathaniel Philbrick The Tortilla Curtain by T.C. Boyle 84, Charing Cr ...

Here is my new thread since the other was one away from being 200! These are the books I'd like to read: Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe Kim by Rudyard Kipling All But My Life by Gerda Weissmann Klein Oneprince by Bill Hand Runaway Mis ...

I Capture the Castle may just be my favourite book. Happy reading!

... on Vintage books (and one stray Penguin) - at NZ$10 (US$5) each I couldn't not buy them.... Chaucer by Peter Ackroyd I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith Julie and Julia by Julie Powell Bad Faith by Carmen Calill Gate of the Sun by Elias Khoury and The Roads to Modernity by Ge ...

... All of the Harry Potter books All of the Thursday Next series by Jasper Fforde Tuesdays with Morrie The Alchemist I Capture the Castle The Time Traveller's Wife - although having said that I can't currently locate my copy. Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell This Thing of Darkness ...

Many of my favourites have already been mentioned, (ie, Ella Minnow Pea, I Capture the Castle, Charlaine Harris's titles, etc.), but I think my all-time favourite is Son of a Witch. It still makes me giggle.

... of Jane Austen by Syrie James The Somnambulist by Jonathan Barnes Eye Contact by Cammie McGovern I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith The Last Treasure by Janet Anderson Marjorie Morningstar by Herman Wouk Jane and the Barque of Frailty by Stephani ...

... High Fidelity by Nick Hornby A Home at the End of the World by Michael Cunningham The Hours by Michael Cunningham I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton (and The Lost World) A Man for All Seasons by Robert Bolt Man ...

... by Philip Pullman **** 34. 'Wonder Boys' by Michael Chabon *** 35. 'The Shifting Fog' by Kate Morton **** 36. 'I Capture the Castle' by Dodie Smith ****.5 37. 'The Girl Who Played With Fire' by Stieg Larsson ****.5 38. 'Perma Red' by Debra Magpie Earling ****.5 39. 'Ca ...

Love them all! And although I haven't read any except I Capture the Castle I do know who the hell Pansy O'Hara is/became. And I'm now reminded of a couple I have read, both of which I grabbed solely because I loved the titles and both of which completely lived up to expectations ...

I've always been partial to I Capture the Castle - not only is the book spectacular, it has one of the best titles, it's so poetic.

#17 muddy 21 I really liked I Capture the Castle. I didn't read it until I was in my (late) 30s. It's the kind of book I would have loved if I had first read it as a teenager. How was the PoW audiobook? Who is the narrator? I haven't done much reading in the last few days. Work getting ...

Parnassus on Wheels was a favorite of mine in high school - along with I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith. I think I must have read them around the same time, because when I think of one, I usually also think of the other. I took PoW audiobook out of the library recently. Now I have even more ...

I think How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff is worth a mention. As is the classic I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith. Both highly recommended.

... Baker is both a Virago and an NYRB. I found the book fascinating. It reads rather like a dark, more caustic version of I Capture the Castle, but it is witty. I have since collected the other novels Dorothy Baker wrote and am working my way through them. She's an interesting writer. >2 ...

... Baker is both a Virago and an NYRB. I found the book fascinating. It reads rather like a dark, more caustic version of I Capture the Castle, but it is witty. I have since collected the other novels Dorothy Baker wrote and am working my way through them. She's an interesting writer. >2 ...

... Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer- Aug. (audiobook) 7. Mind over Murder by William X. Kienzle- August 8. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith- October 9. Emma by Jane Austen- November 10. Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella

... Barnes Eye Contact by Cammie McGovern Jane and the Unplesantness Scargrave Manor by Stephanie Barron I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Jane Austen in Scarsdale by ...

72. I Capture The Castle by Dodie Smith I LOVED this book, I didn't want it to end! It's like a mixture of Austen and Bronte, except it takes place in the 1930s. Great book, I highly recommend it.

The books I've completed for my 50-Books Challenge are listed first in the order read. The remaining books include: Books I've bought and haven't read yet, some books I want to finish, plus books recommended by other LT-ers. I was going to wait until Jan. 1st to begin, but I got snowed in, so m ...

... gift, be "new" (most of us are looking for out-of-print stuff most of the time anyway). For kids - some old standbys: I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith (Mom's standard 12th birthday present for girls - I already have one bought for a neice - she was 3 when I bought it, and 5 now, ...

Sibylle, I, too, was broken-hearted about the Dodie Smith book. I've considered taking a look at her plays. Perhaps they're better. And there are two other books apart from The Girl in the Candle-Lit Bath that are relatively easy to obtain at nonusurious prices. Is the contact information ...

... on Dodie's book broke my heart, I'm always afraid of reading more books by authors I worship for just one of their books. I Capture the Castle is a great favourite and I knew that she couldn't possibly write a book that would be so life-changing. Books like that come but rarely. The Bachelor ...

... to leave them behind when we moved, I owned and had read all the books Mary Stewart had written; this was a good one! I Capture the Castle is also a good book--and it could go into YA if you need another "Just Because" spot! Angela Ashes was the first memoir I read that i really ...

I Capture the Castle is a wonderful book. I envy you reading it for the first time. I think "chunksters" will be a fun category, two of my favorite books (admittedly, a long, long list) are A Suitable Boy and The Crimson Petal and the White, both of which qualify.

Can you imagine that whole tower made out of titles like The Well of Loneliness or I capture the Castle? On the other hand, I have read quite a few mass market paperbacks that would be improved by being turned into furniture, and if some creative artist could come up with a beautiful and ...

... Austen 6) Little Woman by Louisa May Alcott 7) The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett 8) I capture the castle by Dodie smith 9)

... Thus far, I find that I have The Reef, The Semi-Attached Couple and the Semi-Detached House, South Riding, I Captured the Castle and Moonraker. Is there somewhere that VMCs are listed so I can see the joys I'm missing? I feel another obsession coming on ..... Any particular ...

... The Subterraneans (which I had to take a break from since I left the bag it was in at a friend's place. Finishing I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith. Starting Orpheus Lost by Janette Turner Hospital.

I also nudge I Capture the Castle. I also read it when I was a teen, and I'm a guy! I still read it again occasionally.

Hi Cornpuff and welcome to Book Nudgers! One book you really should read while you're still a teen is I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith. If you wait till you're older you'll still enjoy it, but it'll be even better now...I was in high school the first time I read it and I've read it many ...

I haven't read any of these, so I'm going to nudge The Girl in the Candlelit Bath because I loved I Capture the Castle and The Hundred and One Dalmations was one of my favorites as a child.

... which I read about every 2-3 years, is The Source by James Michener. I hope you like it. Stones from the River, I Capture the Castle, Born on a Blue Day, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, Jane Austen.... lots and lots of good reads. Have fun!

... to be a Christmas gift to myself :). I would love to read some more Dodie Smith and Stella Gibbons; I've only read I Capture the Castle and Cold Comfort Farm so far but I see on Amazon that Virago are publishing Gibbons' Nightingale Wood in April!

... The New Moon with the Old. Thus far, I am sorry to report that I really do not like it. It has none of the charm of I Capture the Castle and all the reactionary stereotypes about women. In short, thus far, it is proving to be a really frilly girly book. As for Stella Gibbons' The B ...

... the middle (nearer the beginning than the end) of two books. Direct Action: memoirs of an urban guerilla by Ann Hansen I capture the castle by Dodie Smith Also just read a couple of graphic novels: Eternals by Neil Gaiman Kill your boyfriend by Grant Morrison

At thirteen I liked: Pride and Prejudice and Mansfield Park by Jane Austen I capture the Castle by Dodie Smith Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry by Mildred D. Taylor The Lord of the Rings ...

... Fifth Child and The Other Boleyn Girl. I also have lots to read on deck: The Lace Reader, 44 Scotland Street, I Capture The Castle, The Haunting Of Hill House and 'Salem's Lot. So many books, so little time!

... but the age distinction seems different in the UK). Gardam writes amazing books for adults and children. I also second I Capture the Castle and would like to add a strong recommendation for Jill Paton Walsh's lovely pair, Goldengrove and Unleaving. Also, Mal Peet's Tamar. You ...

Just Because 1-The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry 2-I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith 3-The Night Journal by Elizabeth Crook 4-Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi 5-Airs above the Ground by Mary Stewart 6-The Master Butcher's Singing Club by Louise Erdrich 7-What the Dead ...

The Horse and His Boy by C S Lewis I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith Jalna by Mazo de la Roche Keeping Up With Magda by Isla Dewar Late and Soon by E M Delafield

Grabbed a couple of books from a thriftstore today. Inkheart by Cornelia Funke and I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith

... happy with them, since they are all beautiful books and the duplicates are happily turning in Christmas presents... I Capture The Castle - Dodie Smith (I like how the illustrations are scattered throughout the text in this one) The Enchanted April - Elizabeth von Arnim The Woman in W ...

... buy second-hand books I've never heard of such a thing! I would love anything by Dodie Smith. I discovered I Capture the Castle as an adult and it's one of my favorites. Also, I'd like to see them reprint some Jean Rhys. I found a copy of Left Bank and other stories but ...

... Trollope. I've never read Christina Rossetti's Goblin Market. I've never read I Capture the Castle.

... books I've ever read. I would love for Persephone to publish more of her books, she's an amazing writer, never sentimental. I Capture the Castle is also one of my favourite books, I wish I could have access to more of Dodie's adult fiction as well. You know what ? I'll write Nicola an email ...

>24, hannahj26, I love I Capture the Castle - it's a lovely, lovely book. For me, it's a tie between Mary from The Secret Garden and Hermione from Harry Potter - mostly due to my teensy-weensy problem with stubbornness. Basically I identify with female characters who stamp their feet and ...

Cassandra from I Capture the Castle

... I'm just getting ready to read Howard's End with a book group. Have you read it? And I was wondering, have you read I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith? It's my alltime favorite book and it kinda falls under the category of "girly" classics :) I also like to read historical fiction a ...

... Despereaux on order at the local bookshop (along with Dresden Files #4; this series just flies off the shelf!). I finished I Capture the Castle at the cafe over a pot of tea (or two) and did enjoy it, but the ending wasn't the best bit of it. Wonderful narrator though, she just kept everything ...

LadyN They are amazing and I think The Elegance of the Hedgehog may be the book I have recommended most to people since I Capture the Castle and The Book Thief It is just lovely.

... find him funny, not remember the completely dispiriting incomprehension I had during many a tutorial... Still enjoying I Capture the Castle although it's taken a turn towards melodrama, but given it's narrated by a 17 year old, that might be entirely natural. :) Sally906, it shall be ...

during my pre-2005 reading hiatus I regularly almost bought the DVD of the film adaptation of I Capture The Castle, but I never did - maybe I'm supposed to read it instead... I finally finished reading The Vile Village (A Series Of Unfortunate Events, part the seventh) to my ...

Oh, I'm really enjoying I Capture the Castle, I remember the movie had some lukewarm reviews (although I'd be interested in seeing it after finishing the book). About halfway through now. With Adaptation: Charlie Kaufman was trying to adapt the (completely unfilmable) book, and was so ...

... for their elective so we're going to spend *a whole year* reading Coleridge, Keats, Austen, Bronte et al! Oh, and as for I Capture the Castle - it was a movie-first experience for me that I think should have been the other way around.

... book. :) And "Adaptation" is Charlie (and Donald) Kaufman. Of *course* it's bizarre. :) Oh, back on topic: I started I Capture the Castle this evening while Mr Bear went to sleep. A couple of chapters in, quite charming. I'll offer it up on the VBB this round.

... English, exquisitely written, focused on the everyday struggles and inner life of an ordinary woman. For a fan of I Capture the Castle, I recommend E. Arnot Robertson's Ordinary Families, with its wonderful teenage narrator. For a fan of Wodehouse, I recommend Diary of a Provincial ...

... It is also wonderful when it does cover a book which is a particular favourite - that happened in this edition with I Capture the Castle, which has long been a favourite of mine (although I have gone from empathising with to being infuriated and amused by the central character. I've ...

I love, love, love, love, LOVE! I Capture the Castle! I'm not sure if it is considered a classic, but it's such a fabulous book, so well written, the characters are adorable... Cassandra is a little of all my favorite female characters, she is a little Scout, a little Lizzie Bennett, a little Geor ...

... I liked it from the beginning. I finished the Dragon Heir, (which was great) last night and YAY! I finally picked up I Capture the Castle, which I've been looking forward to picking up forever since I ordered the movie from Powels or someplace. I'm also reading The Ptolemy Gate which ...

Wild guess: I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith?

... Money that Money Can't Buy and The Innocent Bystanders by James Munro A Cab at the Door by V S Pritchett I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfield Curious Naturalists and The Herring Gull's World by Niko Timbergen The Bridge of S ...

... own with you, then I suggest (from the 17 books that you and I share in our libraries): The Awakening Emma Walden I Capture the Castle Have a wonderful time!

The Beet queen Louise Erdrich Kings' Row Henry Bellaman The Bishop's wife Robert nathan I capture the Castle Dodie Smith Knight's Acre Norah Lofts

... disappoint me compared to such a masterpiece. I've just put my copy of My Brilliant Career by Miles Franklin next to I Capture the Castle, because My Brilliant Career is such a book. One that makes me wonder whether Miles Franklin is psychic - Sybylla is me, the writing is amazing and ...

... lope Don't Tell Alfred Nancy Mitford Welcome to the World Baby Girl! Fannie Flagg We Met Our Cousins Joanna Cannan I Capture the Castle Dodie Smith

... Square Henry James Jalna Mazo De La Roche A Town Like Alice Nevil Shute Heart of London Monica Dickens I Capture the Castle Dodie Smith

I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith

... lists. it's a lot better than some of the crap they gave me in high school. my number #1 is actually 2 that are tied. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith and Pride and Prejudice. I read P&P when I was in middle school and it was the first book I really "loved". then I read Castle when I ...

... lists. it's a lot better than some of the crap they gave me in high school. my number #1 is actually 2 that are tied. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith and Pride and Prejudice. I read P&P when I was in middle school and it was the first book I really "loved". then I read Castle when I ...

Yes aren't Persephone books so pretty! Suge, I hope you will love I Capture the Castle as much as I do. If you like the type of titles Persephone has you might also want to check out the Virago Modern Classics group. Similarly, this is a British publishing house that publishes neglected works ...

Espy, Looking for Alaska was fab. I just ordered I capture the castle, so I'm waiting for that.

... orne Anne Sexton by Diane Wood Middlebrook I found this yesterday at the library sale!!! non-virago editions: I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith My Antonia by Willa Cather The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street by Helene Hanff And I've somehow got it into my head that ...

... Return to Eddarta) 6/5 The River Wall* by Randall Garrett and Vicki Ann Heydron 6/7 Star Surgeon by James White 6/12 I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith 6/13 The Shattered Chain* by Marion Zimmer Bradley 6/16 Thendara House* by Marion Zimmer Bradley 6/17 City of Sorcery* by Mario ...

... We all found ourselves writing down passages that were particularly beautiful or funny to read aloud to the group. 4. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith. I thought this book was fun and charming. 5. Enslaved by Ducks by Bob Tarte. 6. The Shadow of the Sun by Ryszard Kapuscinsi ...

Allie_Mag_79, If you like I Capture the Castle, you should definitely try Cassandra at the Wedding by Dorothy Baker. Baker's Cassandra, like Smith's Cassandra, is witty (although more mordant than Smith's Cassandra). The initial tone is light and breezy, and quite funny. The story ...

Allie_Mag_79 Welcome! I adored I Capture the Castle I think that you should check out of the library The Brontes Went to Woolworths which is very funny and has a great tone but is not readily available used. You might also try Frost in May which has some of Cassandra's wistfulness and ...

... all- no doubles! In the fiction one: The Woman in White A High Wind in Jamaica Animal Farm Huckelberry Finn I Capture the Castle In the non-fiction one: The Gunpowder Plot St Joan of Arc The Great Plague The Zimmermann Telegram The Barbarian Invasions of the Roman ...

... and enjoying immensely. My mother gave me this book for my birthday and I've previously enjoyed books by this author 2. I Capture the Castle- recommended by my mother so my fledgling book club decided to give it a go 3. Making Money- bought at the National Book Festival where Pratchett ...

I just left mid 1930s England in I capture the castle

... city, I had my neighbors terrorized simply for giving voice to the desire. I truly identify with Cassandra's stepmother in I Capture the Castle. Oh wild nights with the wind blowing and the rain coming down . . . sheer ectasy. And think about the the lovely lines of e.e. cummingg's poem "In Ju ...

Adding, because I didn't see them mentioned: Dodie Smith's books: 101 Dalmatians for the younger kids, and I Capture the Castle for the older teens. Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift.

#142 I borrowed I Capture The Castle from our local library! :D I see on the net that there are some places that sell the DVD and is available. Play.com sells it. I also like the other Asian movies: Memoirs of a Geisha, Anna and the King, House of Flying Daggers. I've always liked Ev ...

... You are spot on. I love Merchant Ivory films and the others you mentioned. Sharpe tv series was ok. I liked the movie Capture The Castle. I like Up Close and Personal, One Fine Day and Dirty Dancing. I also love period movies from Dangerous Liaisons to Casanova and even the Crouching ...

I like the sound of Rhodendendron Pie aluvalibri. It makes me think of I Capture the Castle and The Hundred and One Dalmations Dodie Smith did well at both. I wonder if anyone performs her plays anymore.

... touchstones to these: Spilling the Beans by Clarissa Dickson Wright with Scottish Blend or Scottish Breakfast I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith with small cups of English Breakfast, light if any milk, and no sugar!

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I capture the castle The castle of Otranto The Keep The sandcastle Castles in the air

... I'm almost finished my alternate history/war trilogy. it's been a ride. I checked out the bookshelf and no sign of I Capture the Castle, dagnabbit. Suspect that it has been loaned out. I may mooch another copy. In the meantime, i have pre-emptively extracted The Dream Room, The Ot ...

... though! Still, it was very nice of her to share. I know there are other virago novels like The Constant Nymph and I capture the Castle that she did read when they first came out, because she gave them to me to read as a teenager in the 70's. >165 Marise, I was thinking of tagging ...

And I just found that 84 Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff, Cowboys are My Weakness by Pam Houston, I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith, and Hungry Hearts by Anzia Yezierska are all Viragos! Though my copies are not...except for the copy of Hungry Hearts which I found ...

MrA at the risk over overselling I Capture the Castle (when so many books have been oversold recently )I really really reccommend it. It is one of the few books of which I bought multiple copies and forced on people. It has one of most endearing and wonderful narrative voices (Cassandra Mortma ...

... carnage is probably representative of WWII (or most wars for that matter), it's a bit much for me. I'm leaning towards I Capture The Castle next, i think i have a copy in my TBR.

Oh I adore I Capture the Castle compski! I'll risk overselling it. It is quiet and of it's time but I think Cassandra Mortmain is a lovely creation and her narrative voice is splendid. It is one of those rare books that I actually bought 4 or 5 copies of to give to friends because I enjoyed it so ...

I really really like A tree grows in brooklyn. Im not very far in I capture the castle but its good so far.

Mrs g, what did you think of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn? I am not sure how I have never read that one. I really liked I Capture the Castle, but I don't want to get your hopes up too much. It might not be for everyone.

I am finished with A tree grows brooklyn. Now I'm reading I capture the castle.

... Wedding. She's a rather darker version of another Cassandra who captured a castle (or so says Dodie Smith author of I Capture the Castle. I wish both Cassandras well. I have also been with Felix in TCFKAY (the country formerly know as Yugoslavia). He couldn't decide what his name is. I ...

... Sherwood, which I really didn't care for.) Also, a couple of oldies but goodies: Cress Delahanty by Jessamyn West I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith

... Macauley The Corn King and the Spring Queen by Naomi Mitchison They Tied a Label on My Coat by Hilda Hollingsworth I capture the Castle by Dodie Smith Pirates At Play by Violet Trefusis The Camomile by Catherine MacFarlane Cresswell Red Pottage by Mary Cholmondeley The Enchant ...

... in very real ways all tend to be "grown up" books. To be clear I wasn't recommending it for younger readers here. I capture the castle is fine for younger readers though. I suppose that is part of what I found so interesting about HP is that it was was dealing with things that ...

... was like to love someone and want to maintain your own identity. That one came to mind although it is complicated. I think I capture the castle is a great book for describing the complications of falling in love and it not being requited or having someone love you and not loving them back in ...

... there WERE Viragos) was probably either The Birds Fall Down, which I remember checking out of my high school library, I Capture the Castle, or The Constant Nymph, which were favorites of mine in high school, too. I never thought of actually looking for Virago Modern Classics until I ...

... judging by their letters/quarterlys there's The Gentle Art of Domesticity, some Tracy Chevalier books, Dusty Answer, I Capture the Castle, Austerity Britain, all of Jane Austen's books and probably everything by and about the Mitfords, am I right ? Fabrile-Heart : Those are ...

Oh, and as far as a literary character goes, I'm thinking Cassandra, the narrator of I Capture the Castle.

... is very enticing, I was traveling (and hate to take hardbacks because I hate to abandon them when I'm done) so I took along I Capture the Castle, which I've never read. And am REALLY enjoying!

42: I concur with I Capture the Castle, good movie, excellent book.

#56 is I Capture The Castle by Dodie Smith. I don't think I enjoyed it as much as some other people do, but I still liked it all right. It just didn't blow me away.

Top five books this quarter: I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith The Year of Living Biblically by A.J. Jacobs The New Kings of Nonfiction by Ira Glass Letters to Alice on First Reading Jane Austen by Fay Weldon and The Sparrow by May Doria Russell

Top five books this quarter: I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith The Year of Living Biblically by A.J. Jacobs The New Kings of Nonfiction by Ira Glass Letters to Alice on First Reading Jane Austen by Fay Weldon and The Sparrow by May Doria Russell

... ies) Since then I realized how many books I have were first published by Virago even if I have a different edition (Like I Capture the Castle). Welcome Soupdragon, I, and I am sure others, second your preference for the beautiful green tomes.

Authors who are new to me 1. Letters to Alice on First Reading Jane Austen by Fay Weldon 2. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith 3. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson 4. Free Food for Millionaires by Min Jin Lee 5. The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell 6. T ...

I capture the castle by Dodie Smith

... Gold by Elizabeth C. Bunce (this touchstone doesn't seem to want to work) And Only To Deceive by Tasha Alexander I Capture The Castle by Dodie Smith and Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson

... by Fay Weldon - A very entertaining series of letters to a fictional niece of Weldon's, all about literature and writing. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith - A great story told as the journal of a seventeen year old girl living in 1930s England in a crumbling old castle.

>131 and >134 I read I capture the castle as a teenager and again in my twenties. It is fantastic, sums up the aspirations and crushing despair of youth through such a marvellous pragmatic and fanciful heroine. Nothing is quite as it seems. All young women (and men, if they feel inclined) ...

I finished Uglies earlier and am now reading Pretties. #131- We read I Capture the Castle for my book club a while back and most people seemed to really enjoy it.

I just finished I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith which I absolutely loved. I'm also in the middle of The Forest For the Trees: an editor's advice to writers by Betsy Lerner. That one's a re-read.

... was really willing to learn. It was a very difficult process for her, obviously, which was interesting to read. 17. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith Wonderful. I loved this book so much, I read it very quickly. I loved the characters, and the end was fantastic. I am so glad I ...

... They were all in lovely hardcover editions on the bargain rack at Borders for $6 each. I couldn't resist. Also bought I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith which several people have assured me I'll love.

... ay Your Momma Thinks Square Roots are Vegetables The Dog is Not a Toy Have His Carcase Murder Must Advertise I Capture the Castle Atlas shrugged The Players Come Again Guards! Guards! Then Again, Maybe I Won't The Chick is in the Mail Did You Say Chicks!? Car ...

... the early 20th century, it works entirely on its own terms. I may have to dig out Miss Pettigrew Lives For a Day and I Capture the Castle to continue the wave of disgustingly happy reading which is also superbly written.

It's I capture the castle, isn't it?

oh, yes, both Cold Comfort Farm and I Capture the Castle are perfect, and have been to hospital with me more than once! I'd also recommend Salmon Fishing in Yemen which is a complete delight... very funny and touching. And one longer stay was made much more entertaining with the whole ...

... The Summer Book, A Winter Book and Fair Play. Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons is lovely and funny, as is I capture the castle by Dodie Smith. Saving Fish from Drowning by Amy Tan is very good, although again there is a death but it states that right at the start because ...

... we had published " ! Anyway, I've just placed an order for Mariana (#2) by Monica Dickens ( because it was compared to I Capture the Castle, one of my favourite books ), The Home-Maker (#7) by Dorothy Canfield Fisher ( because I read somewhere on the Internet that it literally made a ...

... fan! Aren't the Hattifatteners great? Cold Comfort Farm is wonderful; Flora is always a favorite. Did you read I Capture the Castle? I'm a big fan of Cassandra but also Topaz. I have stayed away from this thread because I have too many favorites.

I Capture the Castle Cat on a Hot Tin Roof I'd like to hear what others think about this. It's like anti-revelry.

... the lines of, "If Jane Austen wrote the Da Vinci Code, this would be it!" What a cool combination! I also want to read I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith, a book I mooched recently. Where do I find the time for all these books???? I am now reading 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Ha ...

... for comfort like The Story of Fourteen Bears or the Errol le Cain illustrated Twelve Dancing Princesses I also love I Capture the Castle as a comfort book and the Tove Jansson Moomintroll books, the Paddington Bear books or Beatrix Potter's The Tale of Two Bad Mice which always ...

I rented I Capture the Castle from Amazon.co.uk last spring, but the DVD was defective and I never got to see it. At the RSC, I saw Romola Garai as Ian McKellen's Cordelia, and wasn't terribly impressed. She strains her voice too much to project it on stage. I think she's better on film (I saw ...

... Deronda where she plays Gwendolen. I thought she was perfectly cast. It's a far cry from character of Cassandra in I Capture the Castle! Ms. Garai is Angel Deverell in Elizabeth Taylor's "Angel". I can't wait to see it but sadly, according to IMDB, it hasn't been scheduled a ...

... with me today to the In-Laws Family Christmas (ugh). Sounds like a fitting title to bring there :-P I finished I Capture the Castle last night. Full review is up, but suffice it to say the wonderful promise of the first few chapters was not fulfilled. This afternoon I read Joseph ...

... I love Dorothy Sayers. Another comparable mystery writer is Josephine Tey. Both excellent. I'm reading Dodie Smith's I Capture the Castle and hugely enjoying it.

Cassandra from I Capture the Castle. not because we're truly the same but because i love the fantasy of being able to write in an old, rickety English castle. the setting is a perfect place to let your imagination run loose. everytime i read this book i want to be in that castle-

... If so, what did you think of it? I saw it... *reserves comments for another post*... And aznstarlette, I just mooched I Capture the Castle the other day on BookMooch. Can't wait for it to arrive. It's been compared to du Maurier's Rebecca which I adored, and really I've heard nothing but ...

... Cyrano de Bergerac, Edmond Rostand Les Miserables, Victor Hugo A Man Without a Country, Kurt Vonnegut I Capture the Castle, Dodie Smith ... and i could probably go on for a while.

While I greatly enjoyed reading I capture the castle, I really did not care much for the movie. But I must add that rarely - if ever - do I like a movie made after a book I have read and liked.

We got the DVD of I Capture the Castle from Amazon.co.uk (the UK version of Netflix) last year, and the disc was damaged and wouldn't play!! I'll have to try again sometime. Excellent book, though! Meanwhile, my Netflix copy of Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont arrived today; I'm looking ...

>102 I think seven at one blow is pretty good! My copy of I Capture the Castle arrived today. Has anyone seen the movie? It was pretty good, I thought.

I capture the castle by Dodie Smith, a good read & funny, Ann Tyler'searly works,serious stories but optomistic, Charles Baxter The feast of love Olive Ann Burns Cold Sassy Tree Jon Hassler The love hunter All of Garrison Keillor's Lake Wobegon stuff.

What I like to do before beginning a discussion is define terms. I have learned the hard way not to assume everyone has instilled the same meaning into a term or word that I have...after all terms are only representations of things not the things themselves. I have a handy volume called "Dictiona ...

... have to reread again and again. These are books I am bound to either by rereading or my original experience of them. 1 I Capture the Castle 2 Le Grand Meaulnes 3 A Room With A view 4 Catch 22 5 Persuasion 6 Posession 7 The Myth of Sisyphus and other essays 8 The Man Who W ...

... of the brain and some people with brains. 41Sweet Revenge by Diane Mott Davidson - a new Goldy Shultz mystery 42 I capture the castle by Dodie Smith - a young impoverished girl living in a castle with her family falls in love and faces other crises

On the other hand, I am going to take the word "chateau" and translate it into.... I capture the castle by Dodie Smith

#144 - "I second "I write this sitting in the kitchen sink" from I Capture the Castle" I had to laugh reading this, because last night I got an email from a buddy of mine that started with: > Hiya Larry, > > I'm typing this while standing at my kitchen counter - I'll write > ...

#178 -- I listened to The Thief Lord; the version I had was quite good. I'm currently reading I Capture the Castle, which I'm enjoying very much.

AUGUST 88. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith Succeeds on the strength of Cassandra's voice, which is wry, charming, thoughtful, and "consciously naive." 89. How to Cook a Wolf by M. F. K. Fisher "How To Be Cheerful While Starving." 90. Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Alle ...

I second "I write this sitting in the kitchen sink" from I Capture the Castle and I add, "Once upon a time, in a gloomy castle on a lonely hill, where there were thirteen clocks that wouldn't go, there lived a cold aggressive Duke, and his niece, the Princess Saralinda" from The Thirteen Clock ...

I second "I write this sitting in the kitchen sink" from I Capture the Castle and I add, "Once upon a time, in a gloomy castle on a lonely hill, where there were thirteen clocks that wouldn't go, there lived a cold aggressive Duke, and his niece, the Princess Saralinda" from The Thirteen Clock ...

I second "I write this sitting in the kitchen sink" from I Capture the Castle and I add, "Once upon a time, in a gloomy castle on a lonely hill, where there were thirteen clocks that wouldn't go, there lived a cold aggressive Duke, and his niece, the Princess Saralinda" from The Thirteen Clock ...

... Timeline by Michael Crichton 59th - His Dark Materials, Book I: The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman 60th - I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith Once in a while you’ll come across a book that really resounds with you and stays on your mind for days after you’ve read it. ...

... by M.T. Anderson, and next on the list is either Mistik Lake by Martha Brooks (no touchstone), The Boyfriend List or I Capture the Castle. You're right about the title, SheReads: I'd tell you I love you but then I'd have to kill you is exactly it! It's in my TBR pile...along with a ...

Trixie by Wallace Graves I capture the castle by Dodie Smith The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing (partly a diary) Edith's Diary by Patricia Highsmith I can't believe that no-one's done: The diary of a nobody by George Grossmith (& Weedon)

... - Jane Smiley Saint Maybe - Anne Tyler House of Mirth - Edith Wharton Jpod - Douglas Coupland I Capture the Castle - Dodie Smith Lighthousekeeping - Jeanette Winterson I'm currently reading Good Faith by Jane Smiley and I'm in danger of wearing ...

... Kaye Sleeping at the Starlite Motel by Bailey White Folly by Laurie R. King Pilgrim's Inn by Elizabeth Goudge I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith

... - Margaret Drabble #31 Spud - The Madness Continues - John van de Ruit #32 Neither Here Nor There - Bill Bryson #33 I Capture The Castle - Dodie Smith #34 Rise and Shine - Anna Quindlen

Finished I Capture the Castle earlier this afternoon. I have now started Crazy in Alabama by Mark Childress - very entertaining so far and I can't wait to find out what happens.

I am currently reading I Capture the Castle and am really enjoying it much more than I thought I would when I first started it. For some reason, I had a completely different idea as to what it was. It is fairly different from what I usually read but I like it. Of course, it was a ...

>>I capture the castle Me Too! Yep, wonderful book.

I just finished All Over But the Shoutin' by Rick Bragg which I really enjoyed. I have just started I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith which I think I like but am not really that far into yet.

... ready for vacation, and (of course) NOTHING from my TBR pile was quite what I want to take with me. So, I picked up: I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith Princess Bride by William Goldman A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving What would the Founders Do? by Richard Br ...

... ready for vacation, and (of course) NOTHING from my TBR pile was quite what I want to take with me. So, I picked up: I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith Princess Bride by William Goldman Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving What would the Founders Do? by Richard Broo ...

I capture the castle Me Too!

You will be surprised, annehoekman, to find out HOW MANY of us have read (and appreciated) I capture the castle.....

I'm so pleased to find someone who's read I Capture the Castle! It's one of my favorite books, one that I go back to from time to time, like I also must do with Pride and Prejudice. Also I read Headlong last year. What did you think of it? I studied art history in college, so I found it ...

... where I wante to be). But all is not lost - I know what I've read this year, so here goes with the list to date: 1. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith 2. Embers by Sandor Marai 3. Headlong by Michael Frayn 4. The Dangerous Sports Euthanasia Society by Christine Col ...

I write this sitting in the kitchen sink. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith. The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel. Neuromancer by William Gibson. "As the London divisions of the glorious troops of the Fatherland march proudly past the gauleiter' ...

I saw I Capture the Castle and, having read the book before, I was disappointed. I felt it missed the feeling of the book. But since I hardly ever like movies from books, perhaps my judgement is biased.

I'm not sure I've seen any Viragos on film, but I just wanted to put in a plug for I Capture the Castle as it was filmed in the castle across the road from my house!

... to see Romola Garai as Cordelia to Ian McKellen's King Lear at the Royal Shakespeare Company, I thought I'd rent the film I Capture the Castle, also with Romola Garai. It turns out she's also starring in the new film of Elizabeth Taylor's Angel. I'm wondering what other films based on Vi ...

I love I Capture The Castle - the book and the movie.

I actually borrowed I Capture The Castle about 5 months ago to see what Henry Cavill looked like because over on Myspace and Stephenie Meyer (I guess) kept saying he would make a perfect Edward, from the book Twilight.

... Lot 49, and then got into The Terracotta Dog by Andrea Camilleri for something a bit lighter! Yesterday I finished I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith after reading a lot of positive comments on LT - and it was well worth it. Not something I would normally have picked up, but a ...

... by Elizabeth Berg 5- The Drowning Tree by Carol Goodman 6- The Queen's Fool by Philippa Gregory 7- I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith 8- Storm Front by Jim Butcher

Last week I read The Queen's Fool by Philippa Gregory and yesterday I started I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith.

... every woman should read something written by her. And in my opinion that one is her best. I would also say to read I capture the castle by Dodie Smith I fell in love with the book a couple of years ago. The main character is young but also an intelligent and strong main character. Wh ...

... About halfway through the book, I acknowledged that life is short and that book wasn't for me. A free pass to move on to I Capture the Castle, in which the characters all have different names and one gets to know them well enough to care about them, was all I needed.

... : Farewell summer by Ray Bradbury. City of Fallen Angels by J. Berendt, More Poetry 180 by Billy Collins, I capture the castle by Dodie Smith (based on LibraryThing recommendations), A Timbered Choir by Wendell Berry and Echo Maker by Richard Powers. Would ...

>89 cabegley: I am so glad you liked I Capture the Castle! It's a very "modern" novel in its feel all the way through to me...characters with problems that aren't manufactured or blown out of proportion are always fun for me to read. The po-mo dilemma is, to me, how to keep people interested in ...

I finished I Capture the Castle last night and loved it. I was shocked at the ending, considering the time in which it was written. It seemed so modern. I'm now filling an embarrassing gap in my reading history--Of Mice and Men. It's even more inexcusable when I realize it's only about 100 ...

Message 20- My book club read I Capture the Castle earlier this year and everyone really enjoyed it, as did I. It's a book I probably never would have found, and might not have picked up if I were on my own, so I'm glad the book club introduced me to it. I read Never Let Me Go and loved it! I ...

>20: I'll be starting Dodie Smith's I Capture the Castle later today A much-loved read from my youth, I'd enjoy knowing what you thought of it! >24: I loved the Diana Gabaldon series, too. I'm one of the fans when it comes to The DaVinci Code and one of the grumps when it comes ...

... The story was gritty and desperate, with little bits of hope dangled occasionally. I'll be starting Dodie Smith's I Capture the Castle later today, and I'm still listening to Amitav Ghosh's The Hungry Tide.

... Diamond age The Dan Brown Not for me of course:^) and Ender's game Things that arent tagged fun read? I capture the castle Angry Pyjamas A Brother's Price Shards Of Honor- lots of good stuff by this author Doomsday book Guys and Dolls City of Pearl- first ...

... good half dozen green Viragos. I would have bought non-green ones if I'd seen any. I picked up a second (green) copy of I Capture the Castle. I may pass on my non-green copy to a younger cousin. If I can give up a book. I found the Virago Keepsake just as I was about to leave. Does ...

... West 8/21/2005 Lolita 9/18/2005 Atonement 11/6/2005 Mrs. Dalloway 12/11/2005 Just a Couple of Days 1/7/2006 I Capture the Castle 2/12/2006 Pudd'nhead Wilson 3/19/2006 The Center of Everything 4/16/2006 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 5/21/2006 Big Weather by Sve ...

... 8/21/2005 Lolita 9/18/2005 Atonement 11/6/2005 Mrs. Dalloway 12/11/2005 Just a Couple of Days 1/7/2006 I Capture the Castle 2/12/2006 Pudd'nhead Wilson 3/19/2006 The Center of Everything 4/16/2006 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 5/21/2006 Big Weather by Sv ...

I LOVE I Capture the Castle. Both Death in the Garden and The Shadow of the Wind are books I've wanted to read. On the others, I'll have a look, and see. :) BookMooch has hooked me, too. I'd never have thought it; I hate getting rid of books; but the lure of 'new' ones in their stead has ...

... Ruiz Zafón Translated by Lucia Graves 6. Mrs. Kimble by Jennifer Haigh 7. Ex-Libris by Ross King 8. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith 9. My Name Is Sei Shonagon by Jan Blensdorf 10. Out by Natsuo Kirino They all look interesting. Let me know, and ...

... Greenwitch by Susan Cooper (my favourite two from the Dark is Rising series) Witch Child by Celia Rees I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith

I didn't really care for the movie I Capture the Castle but since I didn't read the book, I can't really compare the two. I can say that I was not inspired to go read the book after watching the movie. On the other hand, yesterday I watched Howl's Moving Castle and went to three bookstores ...

I read I Capture the Castle for my book group and really enjoyed it. Am tempted to see the movie, but haven't gotten around to it yet. One of the first times I've ever liked the movie way more than the book was with Brokeback Mountain. I read the book first, and then saw the movie. While the ...