tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post1186063009364918934..comments2024-02-10T19:58:20.327+00:00Comments on Stuck in a Book: Living Alone by Stella BensonStuckInABookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-66341963538004604232014-10-11T09:48:46.004+01:002014-10-11T09:48:46.004+01:00Hello! I have come across your blog while doing a ...Hello! I have come across your blog while doing a bit of research for my own review of "Living Alone". Yours was very interesting to read, and now I am going to check out the one you have linked to. If you want to have a look at mine, you are very welcome: http://librarianwithsecrets.blogspot.de/2014/10/read-in-2014-38-living-alone.htmlLibrarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-3752562387675385762012-02-10T08:06:53.404+00:002012-02-10T08:06:53.404+00:00Great! Really pleased you liked it.Great! Really pleased you liked it.StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-90127985608036847452012-02-10T05:02:55.392+00:002012-02-10T05:02:55.392+00:00I read this thanks to your review, suspecting the ...I read this thanks to your review, suspecting the hodge-podginess wouldn't bother me... and I was right. Loved it. Thank you.Maribouhttp://maribou.livejournal.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-52430050464139085942011-11-27T18:07:19.026+00:002011-11-27T18:07:19.026+00:00Simon, yes, I read it in an anthology of early 20t...Simon, yes, I read it in an <a href="http://davidhblog.wordpress.com/2011/01/06/the-oxford-library-of-classic-english-short-stories-vol-i-1900-1956-1989/" rel="nofollow">anthology of early 20th century stories</a>.<br /><br />(Your comment is a salutary lesson for me, actually, because I reviewed each of the stories in separate posts, but only mentioned the anthology in the comments. I wasn't sure whether what I was doing would be clear to someone who came across one of the individual story posts - and now it seems I have my answer... :)David Hhttp://davidhblog.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-21924366915336869942011-11-25T09:50:44.881+00:002011-11-25T09:50:44.881+00:00@David H David, Yours was the only reference to St...@<a href="#c9204302485170192315" rel="nofollow">David H</a> David, Yours was the only reference to Stella Benson I could find on blogs (except some novel where the heroine was called Stella Benson!) I wasn't sure if On the Contrary was a novel or short story, thanks for clearing that up for me. Was it in a collection?StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-90916676317329045082011-11-25T09:49:47.148+00:002011-11-25T09:49:47.148+00:00@Eva Oo, sorry I forgot to answer about Lady into...@<a href="#c6950153452682083342" rel="nofollow">Eva</a> Oo, sorry I forgot to answer about Lady into Fox, but obviously someone else did! It's only 90pp, so you could whip through it pretty quickly ;)StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-69501534526820833422011-11-25T01:09:15.319+00:002011-11-25T01:09:15.319+00:00I've now added Lady into Fox on to my Nook as ...I've now added Lady into Fox on to my Nook as well! :) I think I'm over 200 classics on it at this point, so no promises I'll get to it super-soon, but I love that you talk about so many obscure books!Evahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06703372903532502944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-92043024851701923152011-11-24T18:16:12.634+00:002011-11-24T18:16:12.634+00:00I read one of Stella Benson's short stories (&...I read one of Stella Benson's short stories ('On the Contrary') earlier this year, and rather enjoyed it. This book sounds interesting; I might see if I can track down a copy.David Hhttp://davidhblog.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-23208892625951846622011-11-24T14:51:13.287+00:002011-11-24T14:51:13.287+00:00@Dark Puss Not entirely, no :)@<a href="#c9113375410880328242" rel="nofollow">Dark Puss</a> Not entirely, no :)StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-81114989898312869132011-11-24T14:48:43.988+00:002011-11-24T14:48:43.988+00:00@Jessica Lovely! A few bloggers have mentioned it...@<a href="#c3805432127629341918" rel="nofollow">Jessica</a> Lovely! A few bloggers have mentioned it over the years, especially after Hesperus reprinted it. I think it's a great little book.StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-65782543472009186322011-11-24T14:28:46.653+00:002011-11-24T14:28:46.653+00:00@Eva Thanks Eva - let me know what you think! I t...@<a href="#c1563628294001695850" rel="nofollow">Eva</a> Thanks Eva - let me know what you think! I try to do either 'similar books' or 'other people have said' on my blog reviews now - since nobody else has written about this one, I opted for a 'similar books'! (Btw, I'm playing around with how comments appear, so fingers crossed on this...)StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-91133754108803282422011-11-24T09:24:55.596+00:002011-11-24T09:24:55.596+00:00I have never heard of her (that may not surprise y...I have never heard of her (that may not surprise you!)Dark Pusshttp://morganas-cat.tumblr.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-38054321276293419182011-11-24T08:43:08.939+00:002011-11-24T08:43:08.939+00:00Last year I got Lady into Fox from the library bec...Last year I got Lady into Fox from the library because I read about it on a blog. I now realise it must have been yours! I liked it and I still remember itJessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08861424110678889637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-15636282940016958502011-11-24T05:07:16.902+00:002011-11-24T05:07:16.902+00:00I've added this to my Nook! I'm glad you&#...I've added this to my Nook! I'm glad you've started doing a little 'similar books' list too: I've popped Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner on my wish list! :) What's the book with the woman turning in a fox?Evahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06703372903532502944noreply@blogger.com