tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post7779500082104822086..comments2024-02-10T19:58:20.327+00:00Comments on Stuck in a Book: Mini-HaulStuckInABookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-29559075860356718162007-05-09T12:56:00.000+01:002007-05-09T12:56:00.000+01:00Oh yes, the cakes and the tea! Very nice to meet ...Oh yes, the cakes and the tea! Very nice to meet up with friends from across the country, who provided such goodies. And very strange to have the cakes without our kitchen at home having been a blitz for weeks...StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-91574954485239614312007-05-09T10:53:00.000+01:002007-05-09T10:53:00.000+01:00Glad you enjoyed your day, suprised you didn't men...Glad you enjoyed your day, suprised you didn't mention the homemade cakes and copious cups of tea! Up the Junction could be a challenge, it was on the lit group B list for the 50's and 60's literature course. I didn't read it but the general opinion was a thumbs down (though not as many as Doris Lessings Golden Notebook). Hope the Rider haggard isn't as offensive to modern sensibilities as "King Solomon's Mines" but hey it was still a ripping good yarn.<BR/>Hope these books are being saved for later and not being used as a displacement activity!! Have funAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-9941616228685899502007-05-08T11:01:00.000+01:002007-05-08T11:01:00.000+01:00Simon, take the plunge with South Riding one day. ...Simon, take the plunge with South Riding one day. Once I got past the first chapter, I loved it. Also, I'd tried to read a dreadful hardback edition with a dull, green cover. Once I bought myself a lovely Virago edition, it just said pick me up and read me. Testament of Youth is one of my favourite books (Vera and Winifred were great friends, did you know?).I've read Experience once, but it just doesn't have the emotional pull of Youth. Still worth reading, though.lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04509400868331534237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-43582411846451706592007-05-08T09:51:00.000+01:002007-05-08T09:51:00.000+01:00I have vague memories of the television version of...I have vague memories of the television version of 'Up the Junction' from which I'd say it's perhaps not Stuck-in-a-book's usual fare, but I could be quite wrong.<BR/>Open Gardens weekends are great fun. There's a wonderful village near us where friends live; seven outstanding gardens open to the public, but only every second year, and this, sadly, is a 'closed' year.Cornflowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17779286635989616330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-60906674933936509412007-05-08T02:40:00.000+01:002007-05-08T02:40:00.000+01:00What a wonderful collection to add to your library...What a wonderful collection to add to your library! I have been thinking of purchasing Testament of Experience - the book itself is not stalking me, but it seems I keep coming across references to it everywhere. I do, however, wish South Riding would stalk ME! I've been trying to find an old Virago copy. Sigh.Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07208766776468157501noreply@blogger.com