tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post7324170355560341115..comments2024-02-10T19:58:20.327+00:00Comments on Stuck in a Book: Life Among the Savages - Shirley JacksonStuckInABookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-84749256235372827872011-05-04T09:53:52.477+01:002011-05-04T09:53:52.477+01:00Lisa May - 'appropriated from my parents' ...<b>Lisa May</b> - 'appropriated from my parents' - so, you stole it then! I must confess 'bad webbis' confused me - is it supposed to be a pun on something? But I love it when phrases from books become family catchphrases - one of ours is from the William books: "A *manly* boy is the first to tell a joke against himself." Usually just shortened to "A *manly* boy..."<br /><br /><b>Claire</b> - This would be the perfect starting novel for you! I am totally with you - there is no humorous domestic memoir I don't love. Unless Tea and Tranquilisers was supposed to be funny - it was horrendous. So I thought, but Verity liked it. And I lovethe image of you regularly checking We Have Always Lived in the Castle out of the library... it's not scary, honest! Haunting of Hill House is a bit...<br /><br /><b>Mystica</b> - this one might be harder to find than some of her others, I warn you!<br /><br /><b>Miranda</b> - hope you find, and enjoy!<br /><br /><b>Victoria</b> - I was spurred on by your review! Raising Demons is on its way to me from the US, so I'll let you know what I think, when I read it.<br /><br /><b>Susan</b> - and this is one you'll have a much easier time finding in the US than in the UK! They go for nothing your side of the pond... And enjoy Mrs. Tim!<br /><br /><b>Karen</b> - it is so very different from her gothic stuff, I was surprised. <br /><br /><b>Chelsea</b> - The Lottery is the only short story by Jackson that I've read, and I really like it too - I love gothic but I hate horror, and it's hard to find authors who do one without the other - hurrah for Jackson!StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-57143632609921908652011-04-28T21:04:33.672+01:002011-04-28T21:04:33.672+01:00Maybe this is a bit weird of me to say, but I LOVE...Maybe this is a bit weird of me to say, but I LOVED "The Lottery" (probably having something to do with the fact that I heard it was a loose basis for The Hunger Games, and thus had to read it immediately) and <i> The Haunting of Hill House </i>. This one sounds quite different, but I love the idea of perhaps being able to read the Gothic into it if that's what you're looking for. Thanks for a great review!Chelseahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00215208937693642069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-53416310774513059832011-04-28T20:19:34.633+01:002011-04-28T20:19:34.633+01:00This sounds like exactly the sort of book I'd ...This sounds like exactly the sort of book I'd love -- I just assumed all her stuff was scary gothic. I loved Provincial Lady so this is right up my alley! Thanks for posting, I'll look for it right away.Karen K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13483190930383406559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-44620971914246315382011-04-28T13:00:36.916+01:002011-04-28T13:00:36.916+01:00This does sound delightful. I haven't read any...This does sound delightful. I haven't read any of Jackson's novels myself, so this one will have me looking a little harder for them. And, your review was a good reminder to pull Mrs. Tim off the TBR shelf. :)Susan in TXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09550766549670690646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-75147061356144073112011-04-28T08:33:54.818+01:002011-04-28T08:33:54.818+01:00I'm so glad you enjoyed this - I really loved ...I'm so glad you enjoyed this - I really loved it, and found it simply hilarious. I've been meaning to read Raising Demons ever since but haven't got around to it - you remind me how much I want to, though!litlovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10952927245186474480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-9049848433904946472011-04-28T07:47:29.357+01:002011-04-28T07:47:29.357+01:00I'm definitely sold! This sounds brilliant.I'm definitely sold! This sounds brilliant.skirmishofwithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01031418191113154505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-85702784110732402012011-04-28T04:34:45.730+01:002011-04-28T04:34:45.730+01:00Shirley Jackson's novels have been on my list ...Shirley Jackson's novels have been on my list for sometime now. Will get round to it eventually! This one is new to me so thanks for the heads up.Mysticahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10941269615559681014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-46913473191090952602011-04-28T04:18:34.547+01:002011-04-28T04:18:34.547+01:00I have to admit that I am one of those people so s...I have to admit that I am one of those people so scarred by reading "The Lottery" in school that I haven't been able to face any of Jackson's novels. Every time I check <i>We Have Always Live in the Castle</i> out from the library I get nervous and too scared to read it. But this? This sounds like the perfect way to ease myself into reading Jackson! Have I ever met a humourous domestic 'memoir' that I could resist? Nope!Claire (The Captive Reader)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07430380065718826213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-39364207923354215922011-04-28T03:28:24.604+01:002011-04-28T03:28:24.604+01:00I appropriated this book from my parents when I wa...I appropriated this book from my parents when I was probably six or so, based on the crayon scrawl of my name inside the front cover. I've loved it ever since. My favorite part may be the flu episode (as weird as that sounds), though "You bad webbis, you can't come to *my* house" is a family phrase even for those who haven't read the book. It was years before I read Raising Demons. Don't you also love an entire family of readers?Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17782561487396697870noreply@blogger.com