tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post710763476417632190..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.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-57861213722334078272009-10-18T20:21:13.018+01:002009-10-18T20:21:13.018+01:00Stay well! I've already managed to catch a co...Stay well! I've already managed to catch a cold (am over it now), but I'm afraid it's going to be a long winter! Coconut cake should definitely cheer everyone up! I think I need to add George Orwell's essays to my wishlist now that you mention them. And I think I am the only person not to have read or ordered Susan Hill's new book. Am hoping I might get a copy over the holidays...did I really say no new book buying?Daniellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06415242678720695754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-39278132848099501262009-10-18T13:18:54.189+01:002009-10-18T13:18:54.189+01:00I am delighted that my blog features in your weeke...I am delighted that my blog features in your weekend miscellany - thank you!<br /><br />The coconut cake sounds utterly delicious - cake is the best way to get over a cold, that a pot of tea and a good book! Hope you don't become infected as well! <br /><br />I hope you enjoy Howard's End!Bloomsbury Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12770210075581113565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-50962840818768085932009-10-18T04:25:30.409+01:002009-10-18T04:25:30.409+01:00The cake sounds lovely, and hopefully you'll a...The cake sounds lovely, and hopefully you'll avoid the cold. I've been down with a cold all week (although it did give me time to get some reading done!). <br /><br />Orwell's Narrative Essays sounds like a real delight, and I think now that I absolutely have to get Beg, Borrow, Steal: A Writer's Life. I haven't read Forster's Howard's End, but as a teenager A Room with a View was one of my favourite books.Bellehttp://msbookish.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-46081553110528561202009-10-17T15:24:33.161+01:002009-10-17T15:24:33.161+01:00Should it not have been a lemon and ginger cake wi...Should it not have been a lemon and ginger cake with a drop of honey?! Don't fall foul of germs (I too am trying to keep them at bay).<br /><br />I haven't read Howards End either (midway through Howards End is on the Landing however) but have loved the Forster novels that I have read.<br /><br />I covet the boxed set of the Paris Review Interviews so badly.Paperback Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14579608422235511054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-34689735544273256362009-10-17T10:47:11.207+01:002009-10-17T10:47:11.207+01:00Hello Simon! You must, must, must read Howards End...Hello Simon! You must, must, must read Howards End! Forster writes so beautifully. The same theme of 'Only Connect' is continued into A Passage to India. While the lives of the Wilcoxes, Schlegels and Basts intertwine, answering the question: 'Who shall inherit England?', connection is much more difficult in India under the Raj. I made my students read A Passage to India this week! :) <br /><br />Good luck with avoiding the cold. Everybody's got it here too! See you soon.Andreanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-57832692953622418422009-10-17T10:19:17.563+01:002009-10-17T10:19:17.563+01:00Like Darlene I wanted to congratulate you on the p...Like Darlene I wanted to congratulate you on the presentation of that cake.<br /><br />I've read quite a lot of George Orwell's essays - they were published by Penguin a while ago in 4 volumes. Very interesting and the cup of tea essay is certainly good.verityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16825551404394913715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-88849419572609427862009-10-17T09:46:49.897+01:002009-10-17T09:46:49.897+01:00Sorry to hear about the house of sickness. Are you...Sorry to hear about the house of sickness. Are you taking lots of Echinacea? I think it really does help to ward off colds.<br />I am with your father and brother on the coconut cakes -- yuk. Are coconut cakes the new Marmite? I love coconut in curries and soups and even on its own, just not in cakes.harriethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04470091985662379182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-89778305413806122382009-10-17T08:59:32.356+01:002009-10-17T08:59:32.356+01:00Orwell's essays have, in my humble and complet...Orwell's essays have, in my humble and completely non-expert opinion, stood the test of time rather better than his novels. I think you will greatly enjoy them. At the risk of calling down the gods and godesses of war etc. I'll add that I have the same view of Virginia Woolf!Dark Pussnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-13233778619622197392009-10-17T04:14:28.798+01:002009-10-17T04:14:28.798+01:00We went to a movie tonight, and so many sneezes co...We went to a movie tonight, and so many sneezes could be heard in the theatre. Yikes. I do feel, however, that coconut cake has medicinal properties!!Pamela Terry and Edwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12746603636884819522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-52899509680532615022009-10-17T02:48:26.925+01:002009-10-17T02:48:26.925+01:00You really had me going with that cake! I was rea...You really had me going with that cake! I was ready to compliment you on your presentation skills. <br /><br />Best of luck avoiding that virus, it's making the rounds all the way over here as well.Darlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07415316482631852565noreply@blogger.com