tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post9106571407547917606..comments2024-02-10T19:58:20.327+00:00Comments on Stuck in a Book: Not That It Matters - A.A. Milne StuckInABookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-91264306055481849922012-08-21T10:55:09.991+01:002012-08-21T10:55:09.991+01:00Karen - that is a big question, which is his best!...Karen - that is a big question, which is his best! Hmm. I think my favourite might be his autobiography (It's Too Late Now, or simply An Autobiography in the US) but that might not be the first thing people want to read. His early sketches (e.g. The Holiday Round) are great fun, but he's capable of being much more thoughtful - as in the novel Two People.<br /><br />Basically I love nearly everything he wrote! The only books I found a little less successful were Chloe Marr, and his two collections of short stories (The Birthday Party and A Table Near The Band) - and I'm not one for poetry.<br /><br />Oh, his plays! They're wonderful too. If you can find the Penguin volume Four Plays (a different four from his earlier Four Plays, confusingly) then that has my favourites in - The Dover Road, Mr. Pim Passes By etc.StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-68313776394886781792012-08-21T10:46:29.703+01:002012-08-21T10:46:29.703+01:00I thought you might like the sound of this, Claire...I thought you might like the sound of this, Claire! And you must try to find The Day's Play and The Holiday Round etc. - all, indeed, collected in Those Were The Days.<br /><br />It's so lovely having a Milne fan in the blogosphere. I never get tired of saying it!StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-57818049781197548822012-08-21T10:45:20.650+01:002012-08-21T10:45:20.650+01:00Hurray! I look forward to hearing your thoughts :...Hurray! I look forward to hearing your thoughts :)StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-56392656896439841492012-08-21T10:45:06.081+01:002012-08-21T10:45:06.081+01:00I did try to get them to consider the Mr. Pim Pass...I did try to get them to consider the Mr. Pim Passes By novel, but Nicola wasn't a fan. Shame! But things are gradually coming out. Two People is brilliant - not his most humorous work by any means, but really good.StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-72650289902500160712012-08-21T09:52:39.670+01:002012-08-21T09:52:39.670+01:00How lovely that someone else knows this book! I do...How lovely that someone else knows this book! I do love his early essays and sketches, they're such fun - and not remotely edgy or anything, just good plain fun :)StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-13805783873836219772012-08-21T09:51:58.037+01:002012-08-21T09:51:58.037+01:00It's fun, isn't it? I haven't read it...It's fun, isn't it? I haven't read it for years, though. Four Days' Wonder is sort of detectivey, if memory serves, but very difficult to find.StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-14974040815300062052012-08-21T09:50:50.121+01:002012-08-21T09:50:50.121+01:00You'd have had to have read this book, or mayb...You'd have had to have read this book, or maybe his biography?? (Or my comments on Claire's post the other day...)StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-30021638853604937332012-08-21T09:50:17.086+01:002012-08-21T09:50:17.086+01:00Most people haven't, Lucy! But do try him som...Most people haven't, Lucy! But do try him sometime :)StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-7891055733574845642012-08-21T04:49:40.426+01:002012-08-21T04:49:40.426+01:00Obviously, I think this sounds fabulous! I loved ...Obviously, I think this sounds fabulous! I loved <i>Once a Week</i> and have been looking forward to reading more of his short writings since then, both essays and sketches. I love Milne's "meanderings"; he could make even the most mundane topics fascinating and amusing. The randomness of this makes it sound a little like the essays collected in <i>Year In, Year Out</i>, which is even more reason for me to track it down soon!Claire (The Captive Reader)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07430380065718826213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-73230938280189992342012-08-20T23:13:50.085+01:002012-08-20T23:13:50.085+01:00Kaggsy, I read "The Red House Mystery" a...Kaggsy, I read "The Red House Mystery" a couple of weeks ago. It seemed like Milne was setting the stage for a series with Tony Gillingham and Bill Beverly in Holmes and Watson roles. I enjoyed the book too and wish he had written more.Margaret W.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-18844167802804264652012-08-20T18:34:19.649+01:002012-08-20T18:34:19.649+01:00Okay, I'm moving Milne's The Sunny Side to...Okay, I'm moving Milne's The Sunny Side to the top of my TBR pile.Leticia Austriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09868175680409605274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-78562200556535616872012-08-20T16:17:59.571+01:002012-08-20T16:17:59.571+01:00I've seen you enthuse before about AA Milne, w...I've seen you enthuse before about AA Milne, which tempted me into getting a copy of Two People not long ago (currently sitting fairly near the top of my TBR pile). That and The Red House Mystery were the only non-Pooh AAMs I could find, which seems a shame. It sounds like he'd be a good candidate for Persephone or another small publisher.Sophiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00093380306121659753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-56577838896331289662012-08-20T16:15:01.582+01:002012-08-20T16:15:01.582+01:00Oh Simon. I do love a book of familiar, personal e...Oh Simon. I do love a book of familiar, personal essays. Years ago, I discovered "Not That It Matters" gathering dust in the stacks of my public library. I was enchanted and hurried back to check out "If I May," another book of Milne's delightful essays. I have "Not" on my Nook which is almost as good, but not quite, as owning the actual book. I somehow feel so much closer to the author with his or her physical book in hand.<br /><br />This spring, I just reread "Winnie the Pooh" and fell in love all over again.<br /><br />Thanks for all your suggestions in your list of 50 Books You Must Read. I have found some sparkling gems there.Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04335523622158333456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-58739469646669782742012-08-20T14:56:17.803+01:002012-08-20T14:56:17.803+01:00The only AAM I've read apart from Pooh is &quo...The only AAM I've read apart from Pooh is "The Red House Mystery" which I thought was wonderful and it's a great shame he didn't write any more crime stories. The essays do sound rather lovely though - what of his non-Pooh stuff is best?Kaggsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07348319724492250546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-15235885289548359262012-08-20T11:58:23.100+01:002012-08-20T11:58:23.100+01:00Maybe I'm better read that you think! ;-)Maybe I'm better read that you think! ;-)Dark Pusshttp://morganas-cat.tumblr.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-18511418687382606472012-08-20T11:28:57.977+01:002012-08-20T11:28:57.977+01:00Now, how can you possibly have known that? Have I...Now, how can you possibly have known that? Have I mentioned it before? Or do you have other tricks up your sleeve?<br /><br />(I refer to WITW, rather than the fact that I don't subscribe to The Chap - THAT doesn't require much intuition!)StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-9566383513849106312012-08-20T11:25:21.541+01:002012-08-20T11:25:21.541+01:00Oh don't be embarrassed, why should you be (un...Oh don't be embarrassed, why should you be (unless you are writing an essay on him of course!)?Dark Pusshttp://morganas-cat.tumblr.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-34975266711862704992012-08-20T11:24:14.688+01:002012-08-20T11:24:14.688+01:00Wind in the Willows?
re "Smoking as a Fine A...Wind in the Willows?<br /><br />re "Smoking as a Fine Art" - do you mean you don't subscribe to "The Chap"? Shame on you! :-0<br /><br />http://thechapmagazine.co.uk/Dark Pusshttp://morganas-cat.tumblr.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-45454897406589536512012-08-20T10:24:22.348+01:002012-08-20T10:24:22.348+01:00I've (embarrassingly) never read anything by A...I've (embarrassingly) never read anything by A.A. Milne other than his children's books. You've tempted me, however. Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15103141646225036708noreply@blogger.com