tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post7774317098900496824..comments2024-03-27T10:01:12.225+00:00Comments on Jean's Knitting: Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12038517988391228260noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-74923832124625935622020-12-29T18:33:48.218+00:002020-12-29T18:33:48.218+00:00Not really in Heyer's league - who is - but my...Not really in Heyer's league - who is - but my old Barbara Metzger paperbacks have filled a few hours with amusement.<br />I'm relieved to hear that Christina is healing well. <br />The hap takes two balls of yarn for the center? I wonder how much the rest takes.=Tamarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-71176322560000681332020-12-29T14:50:58.436+00:002020-12-29T14:50:58.436+00:00When I finished all the Austens, Barbara Pym was t...When I finished all the Austens, Barbara Pym was the author people recommended. After that I suppose you're on your own? Or you are meant to do the recommending.Peggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17111736625664327019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-85897707087010536232020-12-29T13:27:19.034+00:002020-12-29T13:27:19.034+00:00I have added a Barbara Pym to my kindle stack, I&#...I have added a Barbara Pym to my kindle stack, I've started some new-ish novels and get past the first few chapters until I lose interest. I'm still saving Tana French, but I may give in. Happy to hear that Christina is doing well. I thought of you several times over Christmas when I heard recordings of various "Once in Royal Davids City" starting with the boy soprano. It's been an odd holiday time.Mary Louhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05588244535423212079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-25191140812745676632020-12-29T09:23:31.742+00:002020-12-29T09:23:31.742+00:00Become, not becy. Should learn to check before, no...Become, not becy. Should learn to check before, not while pressing 'publish'. Ps your daily walks are inspiring me to drag myself out for a toddle round the block. Thank you!KirstenMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04460530603998948689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-30779166169669687102020-12-29T09:21:05.631+00:002020-12-29T09:21:05.631+00:00I've gone back to Georgette Heyer, to discover...I've gone back to Georgette Heyer, to discover my PAN paperbacks (dating from 1976) have tiny print, hard to read on the aged brown paper, and the books are fragile with age. I've becy so used to increasing the font size on my Kindle at will!KirstenMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04460530603998948689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-23036957130826253822020-12-29T09:20:57.622+00:002020-12-29T09:20:57.622+00:00I've gone back to Georgette Heyer, to discover...I've gone back to Georgette Heyer, to discover my PAN paperbacks (dating from 1976) have tiny print, hard to read on the aged brown paper, and the books are fragile with age. I've becy so used to increasing the font size on my Kindle at will!KirstenMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04460530603998948689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-29615621609302179572020-12-29T05:17:57.616+00:002020-12-29T05:17:57.616+00:00Thank you for making me discover Barbara Pym. I ha...Thank you for making me discover Barbara Pym. I had never heard about her. I just finished "No Fond Return of Love". Do you have any recommendations for which of her books to read next?<br />Hilde in GermanyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-37817295583598030732020-12-29T02:33:23.334+00:002020-12-29T02:33:23.334+00:00I am on a mystery binge just now and am enjoying r...I am on a mystery binge just now and am enjoying rereading Dorothy Sayer’s Lord Peter series. I think this was triggered because I just get a copy of one of my parents’ 1947 wedding pictures framed. Dad was 5’7”, slight build, blond hair, and had a...somewhat prominent nose. Mom was only very slightly shorter and brunette. They both wore suits for the wedding. I have always thought this picture looked exactly how I imagine Peter and Harriet. I just retired from being an elementary school librarian a few months ago and am massively enjoying having the time to read “ grown up books”.Marionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14756775162307687525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-54752137161101275522020-12-28T20:05:36.028+00:002020-12-28T20:05:36.028+00:00A reading idea: many years ago I went through a Sa...A reading idea: many years ago I went through a Sackville-West/Nicolson phase and stumbled on Harold Nicholson's diaries. The volume that includes the 30s and 40s is particularly interesting.MaureenTakomahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04522409462479539243noreply@blogger.com