tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post7017285697643723247..comments2024-02-10T19:58:20.327+00:00Comments on Stuck in a Book: A Weekend of NovellasStuckInABookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-47684819194655731392010-08-25T09:35:04.230+01:002010-08-25T09:35:04.230+01:00Claire - thanks :) although I feel a bit of a frau...Claire - thanks :) although I feel a bit of a fraud, because the two oldest ones were library books...<br /><br />Peter - have now posted on this!StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-79603664433698881982010-08-20T20:05:19.920+01:002010-08-20T20:05:19.920+01:00OK I'll see what I can do this weekend now tha...OK I'll see what I can do this weekend now that I'm back from vacation with claws freshly sharpened. Why are they not just called novels? What's magic about 200 pages? Just curious to know!Dark Pusshttp://morganas-cat.tumblr.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-87398114432748611242010-08-19T23:33:26.948+01:002010-08-19T23:33:26.948+01:00I love it when you post pictures of your books bec...I love it when you post pictures of your books because of the older used ones that you have which feel so authentic..clairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14397226316253896335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-15066654685867512592010-08-18T13:53:10.446+01:002010-08-18T13:53:10.446+01:00Danielle - do get your library to request the Peir...Danielle - do get your library to request the Peirene Press books if you can, Meike would love the support! And aren't novellas wonderfully satisfying?<br /><br />Susan - do read along with me, that would be fun! And I do love reading inside with the rain lashing down outside the window... would it be selfish of me to hope that happens?<br /><br />Teresa - Do join in, do!!<br /><br />Thomas - I'm usually the same, which is why I never join in challenges - but I've deliberately not chosen an *order* to reading them, which will make it feel more spontaneous to me...<br /><br />Mystica - understandable! And, do you know, I've never read any Heyer...<br /><br />Naomi - I've been meaning to read that for ages, although haven't been able to track down a copy... any chance I could borrow when you're done?!<br /><br />Curzon - haha, I'm not that sneaky! So far I've counted two pamphlets in Project 24, which I could probably have got away with if I *had* been sneaky...<br /><br />Claire - ooo, I'm sold. And I absolutely agree - I'll enjoy writing all those titles down on my list of books read - might help me get up to my target of 100!<br /><br />Amy - glad to hear another endorsement for that one :)<br /><br />Simon - you're the reason I picked it up at the library!<br /><br />Sakura - do join in if you can! It'll be fun. I have the Gourmet, which I lent to someone recently - wasn't overly impressed by The Elegance of the Hedgehog, but I prefer the idea of The Gourmet.StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-19878992647634467132010-08-17T22:51:41.321+01:002010-08-17T22:51:41.321+01:00I've got Portrait of A Mother As A Young Woman...I've got Portrait of A Mother As A Young Woman and also The Gourmet by Muriel Barbary so I may join you and try and finish them this weekend. I love novellas too and it feels great to finish a book so quickly!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-41841312528793057152010-08-16T14:18:42.939+01:002010-08-16T14:18:42.939+01:00I am only just getting into novella's but am e...I am only just getting into novella's but am enjoying them in the main. I really hope you enjoy The Drivers Seat, one of my fav reads of the year.Simon (Savidge Reads)http://savidgereads.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-35723670705764302682010-08-16T12:04:35.061+01:002010-08-16T12:04:35.061+01:00Some great books there, I especially enjoyed The L...Some great books there, I especially enjoyed The Loved One!Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18102250492155489672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-28663117908566467732010-08-16T10:00:29.296+01:002010-08-16T10:00:29.296+01:00The Driver's Seat and The Loved One are two of...The Driver's Seat and The Loved One are two of my all-time favourite novellas and I hope that you enjoy(ed) them too!<br /><br />I love the sense of achievement in managing to complete several short books in the one day.Paperback Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14579608422235511054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-40413564720423086772010-08-16T09:53:09.078+01:002010-08-16T09:53:09.078+01:00I think I can guess where your page-counting is le...I think I can guess where your page-counting is leading: could you buy 2 novellas instead of 1 book in Project 24?ctussaudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04980750998737123223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-35093709193997531722010-08-16T09:38:11.803+01:002010-08-16T09:38:11.803+01:00It's not quite a novella but rather a short bo...It's not quite a novella but rather a short book, anyway I have Noblesse Oblige edited by Nancy Mitford on my bedside table which I must read soon! I think a lazy reading Sunday is just what I need.Bloomsbury Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12770210075581113565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-71292793802398677502010-08-16T04:18:58.261+01:002010-08-16T04:18:58.261+01:00Reading has taken a backseat till the wedding is o...Reading has taken a backseat till the wedding is over but I am reading snippets of Georgette Heyer whenever I can (mainly in the car whilst waiting for something). Its helping my sanity if nothing else.Mysticahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10941269615559681014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-16378167210614834492010-08-16T02:53:40.286+01:002010-08-16T02:53:40.286+01:00I am no good at any kind of goal, the second I set...I am no good at any kind of goal, the second I set one I almost immediately reject trying to acheive it. But I will be interested to hear about your novella weekend. If you have to pick and choose, by all means pick The Driver's Seat. As Danielle says it is disturbing but so, so good.Thomas Hogglestockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14284352537015457974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-40176201309378637452010-08-16T02:17:38.019+01:002010-08-16T02:17:38.019+01:00Although I rarely read novellas, I almost always e...Although I rarely read novellas, I almost always enjoy them. And it looks like I don't any commitments next weekend aside from church on Sunday either. Hmmm.... I know I have A Kid for Two Farthings and Henrietta's War on my shelf. Probably some other novellas too.Teresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09896331683344872038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-51463194897890711992010-08-16T01:50:41.918+01:002010-08-16T01:50:41.918+01:00Ah, a readathon sounds nice. I may try to read A ...Ah, a readathon sounds nice. I may try to read A Kid for Two Farthings with you, just so I can finish a book of my own! I've been reading Ben-Hur with one of my daughters and we are headed into The Once and Future King next, so a short book sounds esp. nice to me at the moment. Maybe it will rain for you to make it even more cozy? :)Susan in TXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09550766549670690646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-37349720524565836752010-08-15T22:45:48.701+01:002010-08-15T22:45:48.701+01:00I love novellas, too! It's like instant grati...I love novellas, too! It's like instant gratification finishing a good story in an afternoon. The Driver's Seat is a little on the disturbing side, but anything by Muriel Spark is good, and the Henry James is wonderful, too. I'm hoping my library will get in those title sby Peirene Press that I keep seeing on UK blogs--they sound tempting! Enjoy your novella read-athon!Daniellehttp://www.danitorres.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.com