The Gallery: A Novel Idea
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Week 20 of The Gallery and this week’s theme is ‘A Novel Idea’, or images to represent a novel. As usual I can’t limit myself to one, I enjoy poking around my photo archive too much to stop at one. So, above, we have A Horseman Riding By (RF Delderfield)…a novel I read and loved as a teenager. No one seems to read RF Delderfield anymore but his novels were staples of my teenage years….Diana, To Serve Them all my Days, God is an Englishman….all wonderful books.
Next up, The Faraway Tree. Oh how I LOVED Enid Blyton as a child. Much disproved of these days of course, such a pity…I wonder if the boys will ever lose themselves in The Faraway Tree trilogy as I did, again and again as a child. Or is it all too old hat these days?
And finally, the magical world of The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini). Oh, I adored that book….must put it on my ‘to be re-read list’ although I often wonder if life is too short for that when the pile of ‘to be read’ grows bigger and bigger by the day. If only I could invent the 48 hour day so many of my problems would be solved!
Wonderful photos! So atmospheric! Love the Kite Runner too.
Maggy
Wow! Just gorgeous pics….and 2 of them are complete fave books too. I’m not familiar with A Horseman Riding but I’m adding it to my list – this is turning out to be a great way to sort out my summer reading!
P.S I did the Faraway Tree too! x
Wonderful wonderful photos. I’m rereading the Kite Runner at the moment. It is an amazing book! But I love the caped rider picture the most. Gorgeous. x
Wow, those photos are simply stunning! I loved the Faraway Tree too, and the Famous Five. I must keep an eye out for them for the little one…
I haven’t read the first two books you mentioned but I read The Kite Runner and adored it. And cried with it. One of my favorites.
And your photos here on this post are unbelievably beautiful!
Beautiful pictures. I haven’t read the first book you mentioned but I loved both of the others.
They are amazing pictures. I loved the Faraway Tree as a kid and my daughter has a copy too!
What beautiful photography.
I, myself enjoyed Enid Blyton as a child, and still do. I have tons of Famous Five books in my bookshelf but never have the time to actually read them all!
I haven’t actually read the Faraway Tree but quite a few people have included photos of it as their entry for this Gallery, and each photo looks stunning – an array of beautiful branches and foliage.
Love it. x
Wow – great pics! Especially love the Faraway Tree. And thanks for stopping by NurtureStore.
Hi – thank you so much for the visit and comment over at mine.
What a beautiful set of photos – so magical and atmospheric. I am really impressed that so many people have done the Magic Faraway Tree this week – one of my absolutely favourites as a child. Confess I haven’t read the other two, but have always meant to read the Kite Runner. Love the way that this week’s Gallery is reminding me of all the books I want to read.
I was a Faraway Tree/Enid Blyton fan too, though I bet if I read them these days I’d be horrified now I’ve been PC-ed! I love the middle photo, it’s stunning!
I’m a HUGE Faraway tree fan and am reading it to Olly at the moment. Look….
http://www.flickr.com/photos/janna78/4731413660/
xx
Stunning photos ;)