I haven't read it, but we can probably safely bet it won't involve sinister tutors and secret passages!Nick wrote:Winter Holiday, despite the comments above, appeals with it's snowy setting. I wonder how it will compare to Kirrin in five Go Adventuring Again.
I can understand why Arthur Ransome isn't to everyone's taste. Like I said, I enjoyed Swallows and Amazons, but obviously wasn't seized by an immediate desire to read all the rest of the books, since I didn't (and still haven't).
You're definitely not a "literacy heathen" for not loving certain classics, Nick. I don't mind admitting that I wasn't too keen on Alice in Wonderland, have never yet been able to make it through The Wind in the Willows, and I think Harry Potter on the whole is terribly over-rated! But I figure, each to their own. There are even people out there who don't like Enid Blyton, after all.