tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post1397914882435480885..comments2024-02-10T19:58:20.327+00:00Comments on Stuck in a Book: Home home homeStuckInABookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-74131764205199727792011-11-08T21:49:55.486+00:002011-11-08T21:49:55.486+00:00I should have said... I found the practically unre...I should have said... I found the practically unrecognizable REMAINS of it. I'm now pondering...was the book my dog ate by Mary Essex or Mary Wesley???Margaret W.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-62962913042709454862011-11-08T14:37:01.104+00:002011-11-08T14:37:01.104+00:00I didn't discover you had a quiz until too lat...I didn't discover you had a quiz until too late--just a swell as I would have done abysmally. I am inspired to look up Mary Essex. This beginning is very seductive.<br />Erika W.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-52571994856086356682011-11-07T16:59:26.148+00:002011-11-07T16:59:26.148+00:00Hmmm...Mary Essex...I bought one of her books year...Hmmm...Mary Essex...I bought one of her books years ago (though I never read it). Our then newly acquired golden retriever puppy ate it. I found it alongside a half-chewed copy of The Squire by Enid Bagnold.Margaret W.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-65964573104786213702011-11-06T08:54:45.700+00:002011-11-06T08:54:45.700+00:00Thanks for asking, Merenia - we're all fine, a...Thanks for asking, <b>Merenia</b> - we're all fine, although I had been on that stretch of road an hour beforehand (albeit in the other direction) - scary thought.StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-51620260793694243382011-11-06T07:40:33.661+00:002011-11-06T07:40:33.661+00:00I hope you and family are ok Simon? I have read in...I hope you and family are ok Simon? I have read in Guardian online re motorway disaster in Somerset... Merenia xMereniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00597354144052341218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-66025082371898218582011-11-06T03:04:18.666+00:002011-11-06T03:04:18.666+00:00I knew better than to try this one. Happy weekend ...I knew better than to try this one. Happy weekend to you and the family!Susan in TXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09550766549670690646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-59555657018604336952011-11-05T20:36:51.881+00:002011-11-05T20:36:51.881+00:00I'd like to know more about Mary Essex too. Of...I'd like to know more about Mary Essex too. Of the 10 quotations that was the one that appealed to me most and I've never heard of her or that book.AnnPnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-13844123970621376682011-11-05T15:28:05.778+00:002011-11-05T15:28:05.778+00:00Well chosen to whet our appetite for the books the...Well chosen to whet our appetite for the books themselves......<br />Actually Marianna was a great hit when I first read it several centuries ago.elizabethhttp://elizabethwix.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-30599729770921593972011-11-05T15:10:50.313+00:002011-11-05T15:10:50.313+00:00Haha! I was dying to find out the answer to c. W...Haha! I was dying to find out the answer to c. Well done, Simon!Darlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07415316482631852565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-5265206849439549462011-11-05T13:45:26.293+00:002011-11-05T13:45:26.293+00:00Well, I was waaaaaaaaaay off the beam. But it was...Well, I was waaaaaaaaaay off the beam. But it was an interesting exercise, trying to connect prose to its era.Susan Dhttp://www.destevenson.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-16798849794209387622011-11-05T12:42:41.862+00:002011-11-05T12:42:41.862+00:00Hello, Simon. Can you please tell us more about Ma...Hello, Simon. Can you please tell us more about Mary Essex? I'm ashamed to say I've never heard of her!Sue Gedgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01387494692709639043noreply@blogger.com