tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post7687926748239789927..comments2024-02-10T19:58:20.327+00:00Comments on Stuck in a Book: The BookshopStuckInABookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-52804433495966299032010-04-16T18:55:29.625+01:002010-04-16T18:55:29.625+01:00Hi Simon - I've not read this yet, but see my ...Hi Simon - I've not read this yet, but see my blog - PF is in Katharine McMahon's favourite books, as well as Jane Austen - I thought her list could be your kind of thing!<br /><br />I would like to read this - have just started (via new bus) getting to a bookshop again - 2nd hand and new - oh the temptation! Got Goodbye to All That which have always wanted to read, plus another Gerald Durrell (used to read them when I was 12 because of My Family and Other Animals - definitely on my favourites list).<br /><br />JaneJanellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13961832954886167857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-70719898917858670722008-09-05T20:08:00.000+01:002008-09-05T20:08:00.000+01:00Oh, I hope it wasn't miles, Lynne! But it might h...Oh, I hope it wasn't miles, Lynne! But it might have been worth it, if it were - At Freddies next, noted. Though I already have The Blue Flower, so that might twist my arm...StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-37278672886894273992008-09-05T19:12:00.000+01:002008-09-05T19:12:00.000+01:00Phew,that's a relief because that was my very nice...Phew,that's a relief because that was my very nicest spare copy and it would have been a tragedy to waste it! Plus I forgot to give it to you at lunch and then trekked miles back to the Bod to find you and hand it over, which would have meant unnecessary blisters.<BR/>This was my first PF and the one that hooked me, you'll get on well with the others now Simon. Try At Freddies.dovegreyreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03476787364182624719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-9378220160060811562008-09-05T08:07:00.000+01:002008-09-05T08:07:00.000+01:00I have never, ever read any book by Enid Blyton. T...I have never, ever read any book by Enid Blyton. This may explain why I became a Physicist rather than someone who studied the Arts at university! Since I am not directly familiar with her work I will not presume to comment.<BR/>I have however read both the Blue Flower and Gate of Angels and would on the whole recommmend them.<BR/><BR/>Dark PussAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-73888320409033062352008-09-05T00:44:00.000+01:002008-09-05T00:44:00.000+01:00The Bookshop is the only PF I've read so far and I...The Bookshop is the only PF I've read so far and I absolutely loved it. Very understated, beautiful writing. Nice to get a few hints in the other comments of what else to read.Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06371069000185280668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-4918722317942446032008-09-04T09:49:00.000+01:002008-09-04T09:49:00.000+01:00The only PF I have tried is The Blue Flower and I ...The only PF I have tried is The Blue Flower and I failed with it. I like the sound of this one -- perhaps a good place to start.harriethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04470091985662379182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-60228183067465876622008-09-04T08:31:00.000+01:002008-09-04T08:31:00.000+01:00I really like Penelope Fitzgerald (and did enjoy H...I really like Penelope Fitzgerald (and did enjoy Human Voices myself). You might like to try something from her later, more unusual period. The Blue Flower, maybe or The Gate of Angels. But Offshore was shortlisted for the Booker and remains one of her best books also.litlovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10952927245186474480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-63865359182060161352008-09-04T08:19:00.000+01:002008-09-04T08:19:00.000+01:00I've not, to my knowledge, read any PF yet but i k...I've not, to my knowledge, read any PF yet but i know i have at least one that I bought in the company of Dove Grey Reader, Random Jottings and a few other biblionuts when we visited Cambridge together. ... Just checked and it is an omnibus Everyman edition of The Bookshop, The gate of Angels and The Blue Flower.<BR/>Simon, you'd better supervise me and make sure I get around to reading this volume.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com