tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post1504544601318599528..comments2024-02-10T19:58:20.327+00:00Comments on Stuck in a Book: 'A Household Book' - A.A. MilneStuckInABookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-50054638722688584632012-08-27T16:15:51.232+01:002012-08-27T16:15:51.232+01:00I just completed The Wind in the Willows! I had su...I just completed The Wind in the Willows! I had such a difficult time reviewing it. Although I couldn't tear myself away until I finally turned the last page, somehow I was unable to phrase myself to describe it convincingly enough.Geetanjalihttp://chronicledefforts.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-89203713449153316382012-08-23T12:40:38.205+01:002012-08-23T12:40:38.205+01:00Indeed! Although I have yet to read it, actually....Indeed! Although I have yet to read it, actually.StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-29402424945364541972012-08-23T12:40:25.240+01:002012-08-23T12:40:25.240+01:00Good question, I don't really know the answer....Good question, I don't really know the answer... it must have helped a bit, I suppose!StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-26897219232263874422012-08-23T12:40:05.928+01:002012-08-23T12:40:05.928+01:00Oh good! If I remember, If I May is quite similar...Oh good! If I remember, If I May is quite similar.StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-84396323347132625542012-08-22T01:58:21.305+01:002012-08-22T01:58:21.305+01:00And, of course, the both of us have copies of FIRS...And, of course, the both of us have copies of FIRST WHISPER OF THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS by Elspeth (Mrs. Kenneth Grahame) Editor. <br /><br />I love that little book. nancy b thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14689071270691516915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-35747168209243801582012-08-21T17:00:04.967+01:002012-08-21T17:00:04.967+01:00I wonder if Milne's adaptation was responsible...I wonder if Milne's adaptation was responsible (even in part?) for the popularity of THWITW - I seem to recall it was performed every Christmas for years. I'd always assumed that it was so successful because Grahame's book was, but perhaps it was the other way round?GeraniumCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03010199887691558717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-91782396043726242442012-08-21T10:03:45.982+01:002012-08-21T10:03:45.982+01:00How marvellous to greet book with a book suggestio...How marvellous to greet book with a book suggestion. How odd that The Wind in the Willows needed such help in the first place. This has definitely bumped If I May, the one Milne book I own, up the TBR pile. :)Alex in Leedshttp://www.alexinleeds.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-31644925198857738042012-08-21T09:49:02.796+01:002012-08-21T09:49:02.796+01:00I have Dream Days and The Golden Age on my shelves...I have Dream Days and The Golden Age on my shelves! They are fun.StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-83806514648227171592012-08-21T09:48:46.277+01:002012-08-21T09:48:46.277+01:00Isn't it! I had read it before, and remembere...Isn't it! I had read it before, and remembered that he celebrated TWITW, but had forgotten quite how unknown it seemed to be.StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-27928761919724654132012-08-21T09:48:01.754+01:002012-08-21T09:48:01.754+01:00His dismissal of those people was my favourite bit...His dismissal of those people was my favourite bit of this!StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-7915022022808773822012-08-21T08:51:55.709+01:002012-08-21T08:51:55.709+01:00How odd to imagine a world where 'Wind in the ...How odd to imagine a world where 'Wind in the Willows' is NOT the first book one connects with Kenneth Grahame!<br />Having never read anything else by him, I sense a 'borrow' coming on Simon:)OVWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-68228706950554438752012-08-21T08:37:16.978+01:002012-08-21T08:37:16.978+01:00Lovely. But how surprising!Lovely. But how surprising!harriethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04470091985662379182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-44806200343172095692012-08-21T04:57:52.359+01:002012-08-21T04:57:52.359+01:00I love this. You mentioned it after I brought hom...I love this. You mentioned it after I brought home <i>Toad of Toad Hall</i> a few weeks ago but I'm so happy to be able to read Milne's thoughts at length for myself. I love his dismisal of people who aren't familiar with Grahame ("well, one did not have to meet them again") and his revelation that he begins conversations with strangers by pressing the book on them - so much more delightful than droning on about the weather! And how happy Milne would be to know that Grahame is now remembered almost exclusively for "his" book. Claire (The Captive Reader)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07430380065718826213noreply@blogger.com