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[Diane Lynn]

Welcome, Virginia! Airs Above the Ground has my favorite scene in all of her books.

[Judith]

Welcome Virginia. It's Mine too...I named my daughter Vanessa after the heroine in this book.

[Tadiana ✩Night Owl☽, Moderator]

Judith wrote: "Welcome Virginia. It's Mine too...I named my daughter Vanessa after the heroine in this book."

Awww! I love that! plus it's a great name.

[debbicat *made of stardust*]

Oh. I have to read Airs now. I never did.

My fave scene in any MS book is in This Rough Magic.

[Tadiana ✩Night Owl☽, Moderator]

debbie~cr8zycat~ wrote: "Oh. I have to read Airs now. I never did.

My fave scene in any MS book is in This Rough Magic."

Rescuing the dolphin plus (view spoiler)[unexpected kiss in the water (hide spoiler)]? That's definitely in my top few MS scenes! Off the top of my head, my others are the AATG scene that Diane's probably thinking of (view spoiler)[the horse dance in the moonlight (hide spoiler)], the dance/(view spoiler)[kiss and proposal (hide spoiler)] in NCW, and the car chase across the south of France in MWYT.

I reserve the right to add to this list. :)

[Diane Lynn]

Yep, Tadiana, that's the one in AATG I was thinking of. I just adore it!

Those are all great scenes. :)

[debbicat *made of stardust*]

Y'all are killing me!

Oh yes Tadiana!! Dolphin at night and .....

Magic!

[Jay]

Hi
I can't believe it took me so long to find this place. And I am really sorry to have missed the Buddy Read of My Brother Michael, Is there any other Buddy Read planned?

I heard Wind of the Small Isles on Audible, It was brilliantly done.

Jay

[Debbie]

Hi Jay! Welcome!!

[Katy]

Welcome Jay. I missed the My Brother Michael buddy read too. I'm hoping to get to it next month. The threads always remain open, so you can actually comment any time on a book.

[Tadiana ✩Night Owl☽, Moderator]

*blows the dust off this thread* Hi everyone! It's time for another Mary Stewart buddy read! Head over to the buddy read thread and give us your vote if you're interested in participating:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

And welcome, Jay! I'm glad you found us!

[debbicat *made of stardust*]

Welcome Jay! You'll love this group.

[Susan in Perthshire]

Looking forward to this one too!

[Debbie]

Hi Katie! Welcome!!

[Veronique]

Hi everyone :O)

Never read any Mary Stewart although I was aware of her. Nine Coaches has been on my TBR for ages and one book leading to another, I found this group :O) Looking forward to reading it this month - that and the fact that I couldn't resist getting two other of her books today in the bookshop (My Brother Michael - This Rough Magic).

[Tadiana ✩Night Owl☽, Moderator]

Hi again, Veronique! ;) Nine Coaches Waiting and This Rough Magic are two of my three favorite MS books. Hope you enjoy them!

[Veronique]

Thanks :0)
Now find the time to fit all these books in my already full reading plan... *lol*

[debbicat *made of stardust*]

Veronique wrote: "Thanks :0)
Now find the time to fit all these books in my already full reading plan... *lol*"

Welcome!

[Debbie]

Hi Veronique! Welcome!!

[Veronique]

Thanks Debbie and debbie~cr8zycat :0)

[Skye]

Hi,
I just discovered this group!
I belong to several groups, and I adore Mary Stewart.

[Marian]

Good Morning:)
Another Mary Syewart fan here:)Loved her books!!My name is Marian,Im 63 iyears old,and hubby and I live in Ontario Canada.

[debbicat *made of stardust*]

Hi Marion and Skye!!!!!

[debbicat *made of stardust*]

So good to see you both here! I love this group. :)

The buddy reads are a lot of fun. Glad you found us.

[Marian]

Glad to be here Debbie:)And thank you for your very warm welcome:)Hopefully Skye will be around soon.

[debbicat *made of stardust*]

Marian wrote: "Glad to be here Debbie:)And thank you for your very warm welcome:)Hopefully Skye will be around soon."

I hope so too!

[Debbie]

Hi Skye! Welcome!!

and........

Hi Marian! Welcome!!

;-))

[Marian]

Thank you Debbie:)

[Marilyn]

Hello! I am also a big Mary Stewart fan! I will enjoy talking about her books! :-)

[Marian]

Hello Marilyn..nice to see you here as well:)I just joined today and I think Skye joined as well.

[Marilyn]

Hi Marian! I'm glad the link to this group was posted as I love Mary Stewart. :-)

[Marian]

Any favorites your thinking about to read of hers?

[Marilyn]

I think I have read most of hers but I am missing a few. I have never gotten around to reading My Brother Michael although I did buy a copy a while back so I may read that one soon. I wouldn't mind rereading Nine Coaches Waiting and The Ivy Tree and I loved her Merlin books as well!

[Marian]

Marilyn wrote: "I think I have read most of hers but I am missing a few. I have never gotten around to reading My Brother Michael although I did buy a copy a while back so I may read that one soon. I wouldn't mind..."

I just started Nine Coaches Waiting..not very much,as I want to get, my Lady in the Tower done up,but that book..I have always wanted to read of Mary Stewarts..and so many more..lol!Do you prefer her older novels,or her newer ones?

[Marilyn]

I would say I probably prefer the older ones , although I do remember really liking Thornyhold which was one of her later ones. The one I have read most recently is The Gabriel Hounds.

[Marian]

Marilyn wrote: "I would say I probably prefer the older ones , although I do remember really liking Thornyhold which was one of her later ones. The one I have read most recently is The Gabriel Hounds."

I am curious by that book Marilyn..did you like it?Would you recommend it?

[Marilyn]

Thornyhold or The Gabriel Hounds? I did enjoy them both. Thornyhold is a bit different to me from most of the other books I read by her but I like it very much. It's almost a bit of a magical fantasy type story and has a different sort of ending. The Gabriel Hounds is more typical of her books with a suspenseful mystery.

[debbicat *made of stardust*]

Marilyn wrote: "I would say I probably prefer the older ones , although I do remember really liking Thornyhold which was one of her later ones. The one I have read most recently is The Gabriel Hounds."

Thornyhold is my very favorite. I loved The Gabriel Hounds too!

[Marian]

Could you Ladies enlighten me to what the term is..Retro reads?What genre is it?TIA:)

[Marian]

Marilyn wrote: "Thornyhold or The Gabriel Hounds? I did enjoy them both. Thornyhold is a bit different to me from most of the other books I read by her but I like it very much. It's almost a bit of a magical fanta..."

Hi Marilyn
I just wanted to say,I was looking at my "Thornyhold" book by Mary Stewart and it costs 5.95... back in the day..lol!

[Skye]

Thank you for the welcome, Debbie, and it's so good to see Marian and Marilyn: Hugs and to enchantress Debbie, too!!

[Skye]

Marilyn wrote: "I think I have read most of hers but I am missing a few. I have never gotten around to reading My Brother Michael although I did buy a copy a while back so I may read that one soon. I wouldn't mind..."

I loved My Brother Michael, Marilyn, but this works because I forget all the books. I don't recall Thornyhold???

[Teaqueen]

Welcome to all the new members. I discovered this group about 3 years ago but am particapating in my first buddy read,for NCW and it's been great fun to discuss with others!

This year I decided to re read my favorite MS books. Those being
1. NCW
2. MWYT
3. TRM
4. Airs above Ground
5. The Moon-spinners
6. The Ivy Tree

I've never read Gabriel Hounds or Touch not the Cat. I've read the first 2 Merlin books and loved them.

[Theresa]

I am a newbie to this group also but am so happy to see more members coming! I think the only MS books I haven't read yet is her Arthur/Merlin trilogy. I thought I had a favorite ("This Rough Magic") but just finished "Nine Coaches..." and I think every one of hers that I read will be my favorite!

[Marilyn]

I read all of those Arthurian books by Mary Stewart, the Merlin trilogy, The Wicked Day (Mordred's Story) and The Prince and the Pilgrim, and they were all excellent! :-)

[Marilyn]

Marian wrote: Hi Marilyn
I just wanted to say,I was looking at my "Thornyhold" book by Mary Stewart and it costs 5.95... back in the day..lol

I wish you could still buy a new hardcover for that! :-D

[Marilyn]

Skye wrote: "Marilyn wrote: "I think I have read most of hers but I am missing a few. I have never gotten around to reading My Brother Michael although I did buy a copy a while back so I may read that one soon...."

I will have to get to My Brother Michael soon! :-)

[Tadiana ✩Night Owl☽, Moderator]

Welcome Skye, Marian and Marilyn! Please check out the buddy read thread to get updates on our group reads. They're great fun!

[Skye]

Thanks for the welcome, Tadiana.

[Karlyne]

Marian wrote: "Could you Ladies enlighten me to what the term is..Retro reads?What genre is it?TIA:)"

The Retro Reads group is for reads by older authors (in time, not necessarily written by old people...). I can't remember if there's an actual time frame for them, though, pre 1960/70, maybe? But Elizabeth Goudge, M.M. Kaye, D.E. Stevenson are a few examples.