tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post6833115169365040418..comments2024-02-10T19:58:20.327+00:00Comments on Stuck in a Book: Lots of Provincial LadiesStuckInABookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comBlogger64125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-27200235131388600972013-01-28T14:51:26.099+00:002013-01-28T14:51:26.099+00:00What gorgeous covers! Shamefully I've not read...What gorgeous covers! Shamefully I've not read this book but now knowing how much you love it, I'm going to go borrow a copy.<br />- OlduvaiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-59544374834661336592013-01-28T13:12:38.070+00:002013-01-28T13:12:38.070+00:00I think it is hilarious that you used my gift as a...I think it is hilarious that you used my gift as an excuse to re-read PL. I think I have other PLs in that same edition that might go begging. I will have a look.Thomas Hogglestockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14284352537015457974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-47614143356151562332013-01-22T10:06:46.071+00:002013-01-22T10:06:46.071+00:00I was wondering whether you'd spot that ;)
May...I was wondering whether you'd spot that ;)<br />Maybe I should have missed out 'very' - but I have many memories of enviously watching parents say "You can buy one book of your choice" whilst I was had to make to with browsing! OH THE DEPRIVATION.StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-48868332246640428002013-01-22T08:35:19.079+00:002013-01-22T08:35:19.079+00:00Not THAT rarely! You make our 'normal' bo...Not THAT rarely! You make our 'normal' book-buying culture sound like severe Dickensian deprivation!!!! It's all a matter of perspective!OVWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-70543605266414320292013-01-21T20:46:55.035+00:002013-01-21T20:46:55.035+00:00haha, I now have!haha, I now have!StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-14158221655502946352013-01-21T20:46:23.867+00:002013-01-21T20:46:23.867+00:00oo, maybe... depending on what my finances look li...oo, maybe... depending on what my finances look like!StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-46246655959080221462013-01-21T20:45:47.286+00:002013-01-21T20:45:47.286+00:00There we go! I knew it was altruistic really ;)There we go! I knew it was altruistic really ;)StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-10489298036421021762013-01-21T20:45:30.497+00:002013-01-21T20:45:30.497+00:00That's funny, my favourite is actually the sec...That's funny, my favourite is actually the second one in the series - but perhaps that's because I read it first? I re-read them all, but the first two are the most wonderful.<br /><br />And yes, Helen Wills is named after a tennis player - which thankfully I remembered when writing this post, and added in [the cat] because otherwise the quotation would have read very oddly!StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-4863769241138823502013-01-21T20:39:11.649+00:002013-01-21T20:39:11.649+00:00in which case, you definitely need to grab your co...in which case, you definitely need to grab your copy asap, Karoline!StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-33906629591598339292013-01-21T20:38:26.845+00:002013-01-21T20:38:26.845+00:00Oh, you definitely need it, Tanya! It's very ...Oh, you definitely need it, Tanya! It's very expensive on Amazon, but turns up quite often in bookshops.<br /><br />What a lovely story about Diary of a Nobody! Although perhaps dangerous, because surely you see it all the time?StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-88274547421674618252013-01-21T20:37:45.605+00:002013-01-21T20:37:45.605+00:00They're lovely choices for covers, aren't ...They're lovely choices for covers, aren't they?StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-35788387159078340752013-01-21T20:37:32.501+00:002013-01-21T20:37:32.501+00:00This is the danger, Lyn - we all convince ourselve...This is the danger, Lyn - we all convince ourselves that we're normal, until we start speaking to non-bibliophiles! (The solution, of course, is not to speak to them...)StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-41862007523694522132013-01-21T20:36:06.499+00:002013-01-21T20:36:06.499+00:00Heather! Your collection rivals me, that's won...Heather! Your collection rivals me, that's wonderful :) I should also add on that half a point... and another half for the Provincial Lady on cassette, if that counts - although I have lost half of that. So three quarters of a point.StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-71799265551452563692013-01-21T20:35:10.168+00:002013-01-21T20:35:10.168+00:00Do Danielle Steeles even go into multiple editions...Do Danielle Steeles even go into multiple editions? Surely people just buy the next one to come out, four minutes later?<br /><br />But, no, I've never read one - so perhaps they're astonishingly good. I know which side I'm guessing, though... ;)<br /><br />Hope you make it to England one day, and buy out all our shops!StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-1817855520620171192013-01-21T20:33:31.720+00:002013-01-21T20:33:31.720+00:00Ooo, fingers crossed!Ooo, fingers crossed!StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-45313733962795433172013-01-21T20:33:17.046+00:002013-01-21T20:33:17.046+00:00I love the Mondrian in the corner of that edition ...I love the Mondrian in the corner of that edition - a touch of her attempts at modernity. You can only imagine how cross Robert would be about it!StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-25576720749864922382013-01-21T20:32:34.353+00:002013-01-21T20:32:34.353+00:00That's a lovely idea! And surprisingly cheap....That's a lovely idea! And surprisingly cheap. Might just start doing that...StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-28819916604840077832013-01-21T20:32:15.807+00:002013-01-21T20:32:15.807+00:00Ediction is BRILLIANT. And yours seems to be unde...Ediction is BRILLIANT. And yours seems to be under control for PL books - although there are a LOT more DES books, so potentially a much more dangerous ediction!StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-7231444906956090762013-01-21T20:31:28.546+00:002013-01-21T20:31:28.546+00:00Oh, shame - the binding is part of the fun. Good ...Oh, shame - the binding is part of the fun. Good luck with your hunting!StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-85044181701597523612013-01-21T20:31:07.181+00:002013-01-21T20:31:07.181+00:00Susan! I have never been more certain of anything...Susan! I have never been more certain of anything than that you would love this book. You just will. <br /><br />How hilarious about your children's relationship with bookshops and libraries! We very rarely got to buy books, so I was more than familiar with the libraries... getting to keep books was so unimaginable a joy that, when it did happen, I was very giddy! (This giddiness has clearly not abated...)StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-77293178939090413502013-01-21T20:29:50.965+00:002013-01-21T20:29:50.965+00:00Ha! Just goes to show, Darlene ;)
I assume there ...Ha! Just goes to show, Darlene ;)<br /><br />I assume there was no luck?StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-67050173584575955342013-01-21T13:39:00.037+00:002013-01-21T13:39:00.037+00:00You must surely have come across the "literat...You must surely have come across the "literature abuse" meme? If not, Google it now!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-42391619015443152482013-01-21T10:28:43.055+00:002013-01-21T10:28:43.055+00:00Oh, Simon, you have made me feel better about my b...Oh, Simon, you have made me feel better about my book buying habits! hahaha! Maybe you'd like to come to Sheffield in June? There will be a talk on The Provincial Lady http://reading19001950.wordpress.com/events/<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-25412378922603005862013-01-21T07:44:00.354+00:002013-01-21T07:44:00.354+00:00What I wonder is who READS Danielle Steele. No one...What I wonder is who READS Danielle Steele. No one I know, and I have some friends with decidedly "bestseller-ish" tastes in books. Maybe one day I'll get brave & try one. Maybe she's fab-u-lous, and we're being all snarky for no reason. (Or not!) One of the bookstores I frequent gives them away for free, they have boxes & boxes. But just think, somewhere there's a first edition of her very first book. Maybe a hundred years from now the collectors will be all searching for the copies we so high-handedly dismiss!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-51885447874457668902013-01-20T22:16:13.850+00:002013-01-20T22:16:13.850+00:00I've loved the Provincial lady for years but o...I've loved the Provincial lady for years but only read it in the Virago paperback and have never seen the Arthur Watts illustrations, so your penchant for buying lots of different editions has benefitted all of us!Vanessa Laceyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06303248849410753595noreply@blogger.com