tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post9201298820083225279..comments2024-02-10T19:58:20.327+00:00Comments on Stuck in a Book: The Sack of HayStuckInABookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-49859329309162719392011-07-05T14:31:39.349+01:002011-07-05T14:31:39.349+01:00Claire - I'm looking forward most to all the o...<b>Claire</b> - I'm looking forward most to all the ones you mention! I love eccentric little books of essays or sketches, so will report back in due course.<br /><br /><b>Natalie</b> - lovely, aren't they?<br /><br /><b>Harriet</b> - sorry, Harriet! You should definitely take a trip when you return. Maybe we should arrange a bloggers trip there... we would ransack the town.<br /><br /><b>Anon</b> - Hi Paul!<br /><br /><b>Susan</b> - Debs (my housemate who nabbed the Morley) is loving them, and reading amusing bits aloud, so hopefully she'll write something for me about it before long. And I can rationalise anything if I try hard enough ;)<br /><br /><b>Lisa May</b> - thanks for the recommendation - I also bought Deadline Poet a while ago, I'm intrigued to see what his non-fic is like.<br /><br /><b>Simon S</b> - hope you enjoy the excerpt I posted - I think you would adore these books! And I agree, Lady Kitty Vincent is such a good name, I wonder if it's a pseudonym?<br /><br /><b>Terri</b> - hurrah for boarding houses! I do want to read more EHY - although Chatterton Square is probably next up.<br /><br /><b>Thomas</b> - haha, well done for admitting it! <br /><br /><b>Elizabeth</b> - I love your enthusiasm! I'll try not to forget that it's waiting for me, and will put it to one side as an autumnal book...StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-48539343102854993002011-07-05T13:53:31.464+01:002011-07-05T13:53:31.464+01:00A trip to Hay is always a dangerous venture. It l...A trip to Hay is always a dangerous venture. It looks as though you came back with some lovely books though.<br /><br />I was wondering why 'The Second Mrs Tanqueray' rang a bell, then realised that it's the play that Matilda's aunt is out watching when her lying niece calls the fire brigade for the second time, this time in earnest, and is burned to death in Hillaire Belloc's cautionary tale! I had to memorise the poem when I was eleven and I had no idea I still remembered it until I saw that.Katiehttp://oldenglishrose.dmi.me.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-40984984285812576282011-07-02T20:10:30.234+01:002011-07-02T20:10:30.234+01:00Oh my gosh, you have to read Jill. Don't delay...Oh my gosh, you have to read <i>Jill</i>. Don't delay! Well ... perhaps you'd like to delay until the weather turns chilly again, as most of the action takes place in autumn and early winter. (I always find I enjoy a book just a little bit more when reading it in the season it is set.) But whenever you read it, you'll be rapt. Promise. Excellent choice.Elizabeth Frengelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13489003861886452176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-47031638800373689972011-07-02T17:34:31.661+01:002011-07-02T17:34:31.661+01:00It took me an embarassingly long time to understan...It took me an embarassingly long time to understand the post title.Thomas Hogglestockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14284352537015457974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-77381497212434401742011-07-02T17:21:03.876+01:002011-07-02T17:21:03.876+01:00What a great selection! E.H. Young is a fantastic ...What a great selection! E.H. Young is a fantastic and much under rated novelist I think (you'll note that Jenny Wren is set in a boarding house and see the reason for my excitement immediately!) And Rosamond Lehmann is definitely a writer who should be up there with the greats! Those Lady Kitty books look fab too, I want, I want!Terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14234894353642559467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-43387401619839783842011-07-02T14:13:14.840+01:002011-07-02T14:13:14.840+01:00Those Lady Kitty Vincent books (what an excellent ...Those Lady Kitty Vincent books (what an excellent author name)look so up my street its untrue. I am really looking forward to you sharing more of them with us. I am off to find out more about these.<br /><br />Anonymous' comment made me laugh, we all know you can, but it chimed with a question I asked today on the blog.<br /><br />Sorry about the car news, eek.Simon (Savidge Reads)http://savidgereads.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-47043729383737886352011-07-02T13:50:28.287+01:002011-07-02T13:50:28.287+01:00Calvin Trillin's non-fiction books are great, ...Calvin Trillin's non-fiction books are great, especially his food writing (he's much more adventuresome than I'll ever be). Messages from My Father is very moving, as is Family Man (about parenting and his own children).Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17782561487396697870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-40721539042568223662011-07-02T12:57:39.169+01:002011-07-02T12:57:39.169+01:00Nice haul! I had to lol at how you rationalized th...Nice haul! I had to lol at how you rationalized the trip by finding one "required" book. :) The Morley short stories caught my eye - I'll be looking forward to hearing more about it. Have a great weekend.Susan in TXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09550766549670690646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-24366001095401657132011-07-02T12:39:13.992+01:002011-07-02T12:39:13.992+01:00I don't see how one can possibly read all of t...I don't see how one can possibly read all of these books...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-65440568740858551002011-07-02T09:17:23.493+01:002011-07-02T09:17:23.493+01:00That should have been thr first three, of course -...That should have been thr first three, of course -- the two Youngs and the Hamilton biog.harriethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04470091985662379182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-20853515726318473702011-07-02T09:15:37.921+01:002011-07-02T09:15:37.921+01:00I am actually sick with envy -- the first two book...I am actually sick with envy -- the first two books were enough to induce this. When I return to my native soil I think I must take a trip to Hay. Well done. Sorry about the car, though.harriethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04470091985662379182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-36040064725481231312011-07-02T09:14:10.876+01:002011-07-02T09:14:10.876+01:00wow the illustration in that book is so cool. i lo...wow the illustration in that book is so cool. i love vintage stuff like that.Natalie_vintage_girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16089063496465996399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-70184233683673193252011-07-02T03:21:47.911+01:002011-07-02T03:21:47.911+01:00What a successful trip! Shaving Through the Blitz...What a successful trip! <i>Shaving Through the Blitz</i> and <i>A Baker's Dozen</i> both have me intriged and the Lady Kitty Vincent books just look delightful! I would certainly find it difficult to resist anything with illustrations by 'Fish'!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com