tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post4014035497160673113..comments2024-03-28T20:39:15.991+00:00Comments on Jean's Knitting: Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12038517988391228260noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-43190524865057201092021-01-03T22:03:51.038+00:002021-01-03T22:03:51.038+00:00Benson's Lucia books are good, as are the Prov...Benson's Lucia books are good, as are the Provincial Lady series by Delafield. Alice Thomas Ellis also. I love the Mrs. Tim series by D.E. Stevenson too.Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12367032317723782624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-54148179025219585722021-01-03T16:01:44.092+00:002021-01-03T16:01:44.092+00:00Just wanted to add a belated happy new year add ye...Just wanted to add a belated happy new year add yet another person who reads your blog daily but had issues with the comments and Blogger. However, my phone surprisingly appears capable-what a surprise!<br />LauraAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-47508659430158784932021-01-03T15:12:19.349+00:002021-01-03T15:12:19.349+00:00I agree, though with catdownunder (see comment bel...I agree, though with catdownunder (see comment below) I would recommend your read My Antonia first.<br />-- Gretchen (aka stashdragon)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-63704643239295419342021-01-03T15:08:47.776+00:002021-01-03T15:08:47.776+00:00I agree completely.
-- Gretchen (aka stashdragon)I agree completely.<br />-- Gretchen (aka stashdragon)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-59704299772547503602021-01-02T21:11:40.098+00:002021-01-02T21:11:40.098+00:00May I butt in with the suggestion that, if you wan...May I butt in with the suggestion that, if you want to read Cather, you should start with My Antonia? Mencken thought of it as her best. I'll be interested to know if you like it.catdownunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08189081688973141295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-5957200503718418962021-01-02T21:05:52.992+00:002021-01-02T21:05:52.992+00:00Trying agin toi remember to sign my name.
"Fi...Trying agin toi remember to sign my name.<br />"Fill the bill" is the phrase I keep seeing rendered as "fit the bill" and I was beginning to think I remembered it wrong! Doesn't it come from vaudeville?<br /><br />For light reading, you can't beat D.E. Stevenson, or Elizabeth Cadell, or Mary Stewart. Light, entertaining, well-written, and lots of them. Mysteries with a love interest. Some of Mary Roberts Rinehart's novels are really good, too, "Tish" for instance.<br />Gail in North Carolinanosenabookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09066810098426775837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-62366649036792197952021-01-02T21:02:49.911+00:002021-01-02T21:02:49.911+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.nosenabookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09066810098426775837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-30916807062186070852021-01-02T20:59:30.999+00:002021-01-02T20:59:30.999+00:00Willa Cather; perhaps you can start with the Plain...Willa Cather; perhaps you can start with the Plains Trilogy: O Pioneers, Song of the Lark and My Antonia. A later book: Death Comes to the Archbishop is very short and quite good.<br />I hope you like the books.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08269757003909983034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-7503415588750794252021-01-02T20:36:52.907+00:002021-01-02T20:36:52.907+00:00Have you read 'Miss Buncle's Book'? I ...Have you read 'Miss Buncle's Book'? I think it is D E Stevenson. I've just finished On Chapel Sands by Laura Cumming<br /> I wondered if you knew of Elizabeth (Betty) Elston or her husband ?Ben Cumming who was an artist and lecturer in Edinburgh. KirstenMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04460530603998948689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-24871507240470449282021-01-02T20:01:43.686+00:002021-01-02T20:01:43.686+00:00I finished The Making of a Marchioness, and quite ...I finished The Making of a Marchioness, and quite enjoyed it. Nancy Mitford was a fan, it said on the website, and it was more in the tradition of Miss Pettrigrew Lives for a Day with interesting social observations, at least to me. I may even read part 2, The Methods of Lady Walderhurst, as it came along with it. It's not Trollope, but just right for today. It's been a year since I fell on the ice and gave myself a concussion, so I am glad you and C are being cautious! Mary Louhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05588244535423212079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-3329629823639132162021-01-02T19:08:15.541+00:002021-01-02T19:08:15.541+00:00How about Richard Osman's The Thursday Murder ...How about Richard Osman's The Thursday Murder Club? Hatnoreply@blogger.com