tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post7556029725728214188..comments2024-02-10T19:58:20.327+00:00Comments on Stuck in a Book: Ivy Compton-Burnett: A Memoir - Cicely GreigStuckInABookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-32749495992724247302012-08-07T11:38:51.882+01:002012-08-07T11:38:51.882+01:00Lovely, Jennifer Dee! I didn't realise (or pe...Lovely, Jennifer Dee! I didn't realise (or perhaps remember) that you were also an ICB fan - great to have you on side :) Hope you enjoy this book - I'm sure you will!StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-84999107807523389452012-08-07T11:38:18.340+01:002012-08-07T11:38:18.340+01:00Oh, I remember you saying that you'd downloade...Oh, I remember you saying that you'd downloaded Parents & Children. Good luck with it! I also love memoirs of writers, and this is one of my favourites so far. Sometimes I love them whether or not I like the author in question, but it does help when an excellent memoir is written about a much-loved author.StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-74600291413103901932012-08-07T11:35:42.005+01:002012-08-07T11:35:42.005+01:00Hurrah for The Dover Road! And hurrah for an auth...Hurrah for The Dover Road! And hurrah for an author who swiftly and enjoyably fills up A Century of Books. I'm reading some of his essays at the moment, Not That It Matters, which will help with one of the 1910s.<br /><br />I was hoping you might be tempted by this book - I was thinking that you'd like it, and it is a great intro to trying ICB, I think.StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-88061372807711785992012-08-07T11:34:21.264+01:002012-08-07T11:34:21.264+01:00True! I was thinking I should recommend this book...True! I was thinking I should recommend this book to her.StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-26686731805964133962012-08-07T11:34:09.724+01:002012-08-07T11:34:09.724+01:00Lovely, Helen, to have other ICBites on my side! ...Lovely, Helen, to have other ICBites on my side! Hope you get the chance to read this, or another ICB novel, soon.StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-58093178178688361152012-08-07T11:33:50.729+01:002012-08-07T11:33:50.729+01:00I did! My favourite moment of the day!I did! My favourite moment of the day!StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-69079644260625836662012-08-07T11:33:38.838+01:002012-08-07T11:33:38.838+01:00What a lovely comment, Christine, especially about...What a lovely comment, Christine, especially about Miss H! Although Dame Ivy has little in common with these other wonderful books, I definitely think it's worth giving her a go.StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-71612404776890646392012-08-07T11:33:04.462+01:002012-08-07T11:33:04.462+01:00Most certainly you can, Kate! I love the descript...Most certainly you can, Kate! I love the description 'jaw-droppingly astounding tours-de-force of sheer creative brilliance.' So true.StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-7876314049490513212012-08-06T10:58:54.970+01:002012-08-06T10:58:54.970+01:00I've missed this one must go over to Amazon an...I've missed this one must go over to Amazon and order at once. I love ICB: in fact I love all femaile writers of this period; I just can't get enough of them.Jennifer Deehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02159653323036353521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-38492509994000269502012-08-04T05:52:34.403+01:002012-08-04T05:52:34.403+01:00I'm still hovering on the brink of Ivy, Simon....I'm still hovering on the brink of Ivy, Simon. I have Parents & Children on my e-reader but I just haven't got there yet... One of these days I will, I'm sure. This memoir sounds fascinating. I love books about writers & how they write.lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04509400868331534237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-80745914207197584042012-08-04T03:45:10.837+01:002012-08-04T03:45:10.837+01:00Oh Simon, do you know what you did by encouraging ...Oh Simon, do you know what you did by encouraging me to read Milne? It has become an obsession. I can already tell you that he is going to be, without a doubt, the most well represented author in my Century of Books, probably accounting for somewhere between 15 and 20 years. I just finished <i>The Dover Road</i> (which, you won't be surprised to hear, has become my absolute favourite of his plays) and have <i>The Lucky One</i>, <i>Miss Marlow at Play</i> and <i>Toad of Toad Hall</i> standing by to enjoy this weekend. It is a three-day weekend here and how better to enjoy it than with a good dose of Milne? <br /><br />I've been looking forward to trying ICB but have been a little scared as to where to start. This sounds like an ideal introduction and my library has come through yet again - they actually have a copy. They have almost none of her novels (I'll have to rely on used bookstores or the university library when it comes time for that) but they do have this, bless them.Claire (The Captive Reader)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07430380065718826213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-87400631396510257432012-08-03T17:44:00.468+01:002012-08-03T17:44:00.468+01:00Remember Jay? She is crazy about ICB - why not ge...Remember Jay? She is crazy about ICB - why not get her to write something?OVWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-23158502758707188442012-08-03T12:04:46.322+01:002012-08-03T12:04:46.322+01:00Crawling out of the woodwork, I am another ICB fan...Crawling out of the woodwork, I am another ICB fan although it's been an age since I read any of her novels (and I've only read a couple altogether). This seems a book to look out for - thank you for writing about it!<br /><br />'Pie frill' is just the most perfect description of her hair!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-19299388535336042022012-08-03T10:30:47.055+01:002012-08-03T10:30:47.055+01:00Did you catch Elizabeth Jane Howard's ICB anec...Did you catch Elizabeth Jane Howard's ICB anecdote at the Reading Elizabeth Taylor day? She once shared a taxi with the great woman and was too petrified to say a word!!!!Ali Malhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01595941215998565255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-30032250475205213592012-08-03T09:29:08.853+01:002012-08-03T09:29:08.853+01:00Well, I've just discovered Virginia Woolf, aft...Well, I've just discovered Virginia Woolf, after years of avoiding her (I read her as a teenager and failed to connect on any level), and Miss Hargreave is one of the best books I've ever read, and The Provincial Lady is wonderful, so, purely on your recommendation, I've added Ivy Compton-Burnett to the list of Authors I Must Read. And of course, she is the first author Alan Bennett's Queen (An Uncommon Reader) reads, selecting her because she made ICB a Dame, and remembers the roll of hair, like a pie-frill, all around her head...Christine Hardinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09814026435889782750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-90959502906235283742012-08-03T09:27:31.284+01:002012-08-03T09:27:31.284+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Christine Hardinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09814026435889782750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-91429995571102658942012-08-03T07:41:12.080+01:002012-08-03T07:41:12.080+01:00Can I join the orderly queue of ICB lovers? I ador...Can I join the orderly queue of ICB lovers? I adore her books. I wouldn't say they were easy reading in times of stress and strife, but they are jaw-droppingly astounding tours-de-force of sheer creative brilliance. And technical skill. And British malevolence. I love them. I've added Grieg to my booklist. Thank you! KateAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com