Thursday, February 6, 2014

Things I Love Thursday

Oh, how I love Karen Cushman!


Her writing is so much fun to read.

She's all about WORDS.

Glorious, creative words.

And talk about good insults!

I thought Elvis (The Small Adventure of Popeye and Elvis) was pretty good at insulting.

I mean, bug-brained booger breath is pretty good, right?

But Elvis can't hold a candle to Meggy Swann (The Alchemy and Meggy Swann).

Exhibit A:

wart-necked flap maggot

penny pinching nip cheese

milk-livered minnow

mewling flap-mouthed flax wench


Cease your bibble babble, you gleeking goat's bladder.


And when she isn't busy insulting, Karen Cushman is tossing out words like:

skimble skamble

marble-hearted


beslubbered


I love this book.



4 comments:

KarenC said...

You are unfailingly gracious and generous, and I love you back.

KarenC said...

You are unfailingly gracious and generous, and
I love you back.

Tabatha said...

Wonderful insults! Cushman's skillful love of words makes her stories a delight.

Enjoying the many insightful, useful posts on your blog... I liked today's story-killing list & I am about to go check out those writers' thesauri. Thanks!

Barbara O'Connor said...

Thanks, Tabatha!