tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post8739530882125727436..comments2024-02-10T19:58:20.327+00:00Comments on Stuck in a Book: A couple of meet-upsStuckInABookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-44225823554241807682014-03-29T20:05:32.697+00:002014-03-29T20:05:32.697+00:00Oh I am, I am! I've only read Mapp & Lucia...Oh I am, I am! I've only read Mapp & Lucia and a couple others, but have so many on my shelves.StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-11296677122038365612014-03-29T20:05:05.588+00:002014-03-29T20:05:05.588+00:00And that's what's great about hearing the ...And that's what's great about hearing the extract - I don't think the blurb would have sold me at all, but it sounded great.StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-53978515056712706102014-03-29T20:04:38.941+00:002014-03-29T20:04:38.941+00:00Thanks Luci, that's the one!Thanks Luci, that's the one!StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-38423665949632302252014-03-29T20:04:25.826+00:002014-03-29T20:04:25.826+00:00How interesting! I have done him a disservice...
...How interesting! I have done him a disservice...<br /><br />Looking forward to our next book-buying session - and maybe you'll lead me into temptation that time instead!StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-30568364729579841272014-03-29T20:03:50.644+00:002014-03-29T20:03:50.644+00:00I do want to read that, but it's her next one ...I do want to read that, but it's her next one she spoke about - title in the comments below!StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-51201316231597473922014-03-25T13:59:47.224+00:002014-03-25T13:59:47.224+00:00I didn't know you were a Bensonite as well. I...I didn't know you were a Bensonite as well. I have a modest but satisfying first editions collection of his works and, of course, am a confirmed Luciaphile. The meet up in London looked and sounded delightful. <br />Tiffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13778085151055551720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-7143663744962586752014-03-24T18:27:23.553+00:002014-03-24T18:27:23.553+00:00Lovely to meet you as well, Simon, and what a thor...Lovely to meet you as well, Simon, and what a thoroughly enjoyable time was had by all! Nina Stibbe was very funny wasn't she, definitely a book to look out for in August.Claire Thinkinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07405745202810426972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-37520462370762451212014-03-24T13:19:45.249+00:002014-03-24T13:19:45.249+00:00The Nina Stibbe novel would be Man at the Helm, an...The Nina Stibbe novel would be Man at the Helm, and it's due out in August. Penguin published a collection of letters home to her sister last year, Love Nina - she was nanny for the editor of the London Review of Books and Alan Bennett popped round for dinner most evenings - Claire Tomalin was a close neighbourLucinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-41025015141716400602014-03-24T11:49:55.616+00:002014-03-24T11:49:55.616+00:00It was lovely to meet you too Simon - it's alw...It was lovely to meet you too Simon - it's always nicer to chat about books in person. And you *were* a bad influence on book buying - but in the nicest possible way! It was super to meet Laura too.<br /><br />As for Will Self - I saw him locally when he had an evening of talking and reading at our local small theatre and he was very good. Engaged with the audience and was surprisingly approachable afterwards for signing books. Maybe this time he was less involved as it wasn't one of his own sessions, he was just part of a bigger event. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-66141757178804616972014-03-24T07:59:55.817+00:002014-03-24T07:59:55.817+00:00Was the Nina Stibbe book this one? It is funny.Was the Nina Stibbe book <a href="http://callmemadam.livejournal.com/tag/nina%20stibbe" rel="nofollow">this one</a>? It is funny.<br />callmemadamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12711070764040041338noreply@blogger.com