tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14551345.post1952419746472473065..comments2023-05-01T05:17:41.677-07:00Comments on Tales from Helminthdale: Distressed orphans keeping horses in the woods in secretKevin Musgrovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14472110857057175327noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14551345.post-40621129676628672482008-08-14T17:10:00.000-07:002008-08-14T17:10:00.000-07:00Max --Hi, thanks for the gen. I'll pass this on my...Max --<BR/>Hi, thanks for the gen. I'll pass this on my colleagues.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Ms. Cow --<BR/>We're all immigrants from someplace somewhen. Just so long as we get people reading and enjoying!<BR/><BR/>gadjo --<BR/>That's the chap we need in the modern library service!Kevin Musgrovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14472110857057175327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14551345.post-89005009790368336822008-08-13T23:24:00.000-07:002008-08-13T23:24:00.000-07:00encouraging early teen boys to continue reading as...<I>encouraging early teen boys to continue reading as an occasional relief from the nursery slopes of self-abuse. Thinking on, we might want to provide Wet Wipes with each book...</I><BR/><BR/>When I was 13 my mum went into our local bookstore and asked the (male) shop assistent if he could recommend a book for a boy in his early teens. Either he hadn't heard her question clearly or he was of the <I>naughty uncle</I> type, for he gave her something called <B>The Heir to Falconhurst</B>, saying "This is very popular, madam". This aforementioned book is what they call a <I>potboiler</I> or, errr, <I>soft porn</I>. I can remember it almost word for word.Gadjo Dilohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08998278830936531990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14551345.post-83558794530345309122008-08-13T13:56:00.000-07:002008-08-13T13:56:00.000-07:00Or, you could just do as they do in America.Spend ...Or, you could just do as they do in America.<BR/><BR/>Spend all the new book budget buying books in languages for all the immigrants.<BR/><BR/>Moo!The Topiary Cowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04649189953257408994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14551345.post-54384864759857288672008-08-13T11:19:00.000-07:002008-08-13T11:19:00.000-07:00Hi Kevin,I grew up as a reluctant reader. Now I wr...Hi Kevin,<BR/><BR/>I grew up as a reluctant reader. Now I write action-adventures & mysteries, especially for boys 8 and up, that kids hate to put down. My web site is at http://www.maxbooks.9k.com and my Books for Boys blog is at http://booksandboys.blogspot.com<BR/>Ranked by Accelerated Reader<BR/><BR/>Max Elliot Anderson<BR/><BR/>NEWSPAPER CAPER, TERROR AT WOLF LAKE, NORTH WOODS POACHERS, MOUNTAIN CABIN MYSTERY, BIG RIG RUSTLERS, SECRET OF ABBOTT'S CAVE, & LEGEND OF THE WHITE WOLF are compared by readers and reviewers to Tom Sawyer, The Hardy Boys, Huck Finn, Nancy Drew, Harry Potter, Tom Swift, Scooby-Doo, Lemony Snicket, and adventure author Jack London.maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16602676696397151703noreply@blogger.com