tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post5576190023015895101..comments2024-02-10T19:58:20.327+00:00Comments on Stuck in a Book: Stuck-in-a-Book's Weekend MiscellanyStuckInABookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-90974297439654401022010-06-07T19:55:26.056+01:002010-06-07T19:55:26.056+01:00Simon - I've not read that one yet myself, but...Simon - I've not read that one yet myself, but it's definitely on my imaginary tbr pile.<br /><br />Sakura - Thanks for answering that bit, I'm really interested in hearing people's answers.<br /><br />David - interesting! Although right the other side of Worcestershire from where I grew up... we were right next to the Gloucestershire boundary.<br /><br />Claire - you're welcome!<br /><br />La BV - thanks! And, yes, I read most of Home a while ago, and found it really interesting.<br /><br />Jane - He has such a wide range of interests, doesn't he? Humbling!StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-17032018354849181242010-05-31T20:54:57.613+01:002010-05-31T20:54:57.613+01:00Oops I am half Scots myself - Actually it is about...Oops I am half Scots myself - Actually it is about Britain not just England!Janellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13961832954886167857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-71459389625726860852010-05-31T20:53:07.362+01:002010-05-31T20:53:07.362+01:00Bill Bryson is great - 'A Short History of Nea...Bill Bryson is great - 'A Short History of Nearly Everything' is about the history of science in recentish times - how things got discovered, why and by who. Who measured how heavy the earth is? and more pressing questions. If someone can write about that and make it interesting they are good! Also Notes from a Small Island all about the UK in the 70s - his first impressions. Landladies, chips etc.<br />JaneJanellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13961832954886167857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-77887353753176640022010-05-30T21:12:22.767+01:002010-05-30T21:12:22.767+01:00Bryson's At Home sounds interesting, but I dou...Bryson's At Home sounds interesting, but I doubt it can top my favorite, Witold Rybczynski's Home: a Short History of and Idea. <br /><br />I just discovered your blog, and love it. I am now officially a follower.La Bonne Vivantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04826781060994198215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-51250708658518361242010-05-30T17:16:38.492+01:002010-05-30T17:16:38.492+01:00Thanks for the link love, Simon! xoThanks for the link love, Simon! xoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-91962260292657804222010-05-30T09:05:24.383+01:002010-05-30T09:05:24.383+01:00Dear Simon, yes you are correct and I'm in dan...Dear Simon, yes you are correct and I'm in danger of being rather boring about it! I'm actualy a huge anti-nationalist, whether Scottish, English or any other flavour, although I'm very proud of my Scottish birth nation and many aspects of its influence and culture. I guess I'm just always so surprised to see people write <i>England</i> when they mean <i>Britain</i> and indeed v.v, for example the "British" legal system. In this particular instance I wondered whether Bryson had written a book about England, so I went to check, so there was some literary benefit I suppose.Dark Pussnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-55709375171534618262010-05-30T01:06:13.563+01:002010-05-30T01:06:13.563+01:00Haha, and yet at least a quarter of the comments y...Haha, and yet at least a quarter of the comments you put here are correcting people who write 'English' instead of 'British', Peter - I think you've stayed more 'in touch' than you think!StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-83027222503168640812010-05-29T21:44:03.736+01:002010-05-29T21:44:03.736+01:00Dear savidgereads, do you mean the book about the ...Dear savidgereads, do you mean the book about the <i>British</i>? I don't know of the one which is only about the <i>English</i>. To address Simon's question, I was born and bred in Scotland, though by now I have lived slightly more than half of my 50 years in London. I have a huge affinity with the canton of Geneva too via work and pleasure. My answer to your question is a resolute <b>no</b>! I have never, ever given it a second thought in that respect. I've read plenty of dead and living Scottish writers and a few French Swiss (or adopted Swiss), but that's because they are interesting and talented and not as a way of "staying in touch."Dark Pussnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-33361153089813878922010-05-29T15:16:22.406+01:002010-05-29T15:16:22.406+01:00Re- the lack of books set in Worcestershire, funni...Re- the lack of books set in Worcestershire, funnily enough I am reading one at present. Broken Music by Marjorie Eccles is a historical mystery set around the time of the First World War, which is centred on the mythical village of Broughton Underhill, described as being between the Worcestershire countryside on one side and the Black Country on the other.<br /><br />According to that arbiter of literary taste the Peterborough Evening Telegraph, Broken Music offers "a flavour of Jane Austen meeting Agatha Christie". I've only got to page 80 so far, so it's too early for me to say how accurate I find that assessment.David Nolan (David73277)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16898875181095358216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-70956846950313088712010-05-29T15:09:43.814+01:002010-05-29T15:09:43.814+01:00I am perpetually looking for books about Japan and...I am perpetually looking for books about Japan and Sri Lanka - even though I'm happy where I am and have been in the UK for over 20 years, there's still a part of me that wants to know more about where my family's from.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-85878982471453108552010-05-29T12:11:18.333+01:002010-05-29T12:11:18.333+01:00I have yet to read a Bryson book, and I really sho...I have yet to read a Bryson book, and I really should give him a try. I think I want to read the one about England and English people the most first, as I think it will make me laugh knowing some of the types of people he writes about.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-60242464399506144212010-05-29T11:20:36.740+01:002010-05-29T11:20:36.740+01:00I just love the NYRB edition so much, it even beat...I just love the NYRB edition so much, it even beats Virago...StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-86790894985859922552010-05-29T11:12:14.136+01:002010-05-29T11:12:14.136+01:00Where is the Virago cover for Vet's Daughter S...Where is the Virago cover for Vet's Daughter Simon?!verityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16825551404394913715noreply@blogger.com