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Help[Opinions] Re: Ramona & Beverly
in reply to a message by New_Chloë
I like them both. Ramona is very tied to the BC series, but I don't think that's a bad thing. Hey, there are far worse fictional heroines to be named after! I think it's very cute.
I also like Beverly a lot, but it never gets any love on BtN. I think it's bright and enthusiastic and charming.
Anyway, it's odd that Beverly Cleary just died, because I reread the Ramona series a few months ago. I hadn't read them since I was a kid, but they still held up. I love the fact that BC wrote about everyday families with everyday problems, and did it in a funny, engaging way. What a great writer and person. She will be missed.
**Starfish and coffee, maple syrup and jam/Butterscotch clouds, a tangerine, and a side order of ham**
I also like Beverly a lot, but it never gets any love on BtN. I think it's bright and enthusiastic and charming.
Anyway, it's odd that Beverly Cleary just died, because I reread the Ramona series a few months ago. I hadn't read them since I was a kid, but they still held up. I love the fact that BC wrote about everyday families with everyday problems, and did it in a funny, engaging way. What a great writer and person. She will be missed.
**Starfish and coffee, maple syrup and jam/Butterscotch clouds, a tangerine, and a side order of ham**
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Ramonas in pop culture ...
I just remembered, and had to look it up in V's copy, but in Ramona Forever, Ramona is irritated by her friend Howie's uncle singing "Ramona, I hear the mission bells" and is tired of having grownups sing that whenever they first meet her.
So evidently, even fictional characters don't escape popular associations. lol
I just remembered, and had to look it up in V's copy, but in Ramona Forever, Ramona is irritated by her friend Howie's uncle singing "Ramona, I hear the mission bells" and is tired of having grownups sing that whenever they first meet her.
So evidently, even fictional characters don't escape popular associations. lol
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I looked up the song, because I'd never heard it - it's quite pretty!
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I never heard that song in my life, so I had no idea what Uncle Hobart was talking about. Now there's a name you don't hear much, anymore.
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I haven't heard the song in forever and had to look up who it's by: Jim Reeves.
Hobart is pretty unusual. But, talking of kid lit, another childhood favorite, Jamie Gilson, had a series of books where the main character was a kid named Hobart "Hobie" Hanson." "Thirteen Ways to Sink a Sub" is the first in that series, and it's worth a read.
Hobart is pretty unusual. But, talking of kid lit, another childhood favorite, Jamie Gilson, had a series of books where the main character was a kid named Hobart "Hobie" Hanson." "Thirteen Ways to Sink a Sub" is the first in that series, and it's worth a read.
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