tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488371842288429064.post539268640725724242..comments2023-11-25T13:33:56.102+10:30Comments on bibliolathas: 2014, a somewhat tardy wrap-upskiourophilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08200877834536477400noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488371842288429064.post-42347810804213790712015-04-02T22:29:57.804+10:302015-04-02T22:29:57.804+10:30Thanks jenclair! I do wonder what will happen when...Thanks jenclair! I do wonder what will happen when I meet an e-book I can't throw. How shall I sublimate my rage?! ;-)skiourophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08200877834536477400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488371842288429064.post-75656599548569966082015-04-02T22:15:20.347+10:302015-04-02T22:15:20.347+10:30Love the way you organized this wrap up! Especial...Love the way you organized this wrap up! Especially like Books to Be Thrown Across the Room!jenclairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06046532245054911248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488371842288429064.post-54290436980979555672015-02-10T10:42:44.245+10:302015-02-10T10:42:44.245+10:30I think there's also quite a famous barge book...I think there's also quite a famous barge bookshop somewhere on the canals near Manchester? I have to say, though, I get terribly seasick even on a pontoon! skiourophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08200877834536477400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488371842288429064.post-82417641799558265892015-02-09T21:24:37.238+10:302015-02-09T21:24:37.238+10:30"What could one love more than a bookshop in ..."What could one love more than a bookshop in a caravan? "<br />A bookshop on a narrowboat, perhaps. There is (was?) one on the Grand Union Canal in London.Roger Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11012987757094423896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488371842288429064.post-21684627071580162212015-01-27T21:48:05.711+10:302015-01-27T21:48:05.711+10:30I think the lazy version - wouldn't want to ta...I think the lazy version - wouldn't want to tax our frail female frames... *coughs* I've already had one consumption so far, but it didn't kill her - does that count? There was blood. But it was an obvious marker of Too Good To Live.skiourophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08200877834536477400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488371842288429064.post-6858513723100209552015-01-27T21:40:26.517+10:302015-01-27T21:40:26.517+10:30I need alerts - I missed this completely. What a g...I need alerts - I missed this completely. What a great list. I think I need that FH Burnett book, and several others. You are nicer than me, I just got annoyed with Joan Wyndham, probably unfairly. And now my new project for the year - consumption watch! I want to do one too, shall we have a competitive vicious consumption-off, or shall we just lazily compare notes in 2016? I think the second.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488371842288429064.post-33206005651305466432015-01-23T14:09:17.524+10:302015-01-23T14:09:17.524+10:30It does make me wonder - were I able to read witho...It does make me wonder - were I able to read without knowing anything about the author - if I could even pick the sex! Enjoy your reading year, Charlie. skiourophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08200877834536477400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488371842288429064.post-52156724184306548102015-01-22T21:49:04.162+10:302015-01-22T21:49:04.162+10:30Loved this post; a lot of fun. 93 is awesome in it...Loved this post; a lot of fun. 93 is awesome in itself! On the googling for gender, I do that too and it feels a bit embarrassing not to know, sometimes. But then the whole 'initials are used by women so as to obscure gender' isn't relevant and then there are the unisex names... says someone with a unisex name...Charlie (The Worm Hole)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00675899182238415718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488371842288429064.post-39824152528376778312015-01-19T19:11:31.128+10:302015-01-19T19:11:31.128+10:30Thanks Michelle - I really should read more of my ...Thanks Michelle - I really should read more of my 'real' books this year which lie about the house making me feel naughty for just adding to the piles and not reading. I suspect we all know that feeling tho'!skiourophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08200877834536477400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488371842288429064.post-52959372360980641012015-01-19T14:22:49.702+10:302015-01-19T14:22:49.702+10:30What a year! And what a list! Especially "Big...What a year! And what a list! Especially "Biggles Takes It Rough" - cackle!! <br /><br />Happy 2015 - I can see from your list below you're already making good progress!Book to the Futurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16154189558013864724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488371842288429064.post-16223562349182487162015-01-17T15:47:45.432+10:302015-01-17T15:47:45.432+10:30Thanks Alex! Poor Nancy, everyone's trying to ...Thanks Alex! Poor Nancy, everyone's trying to bring in some order: <br /><br />"'I’m convinced there is at least one secret entrance into this house, and maybe more. I think our next step should be to try to find it—or them.'<br /> <br />'We’d better wash the luncheon dishes first,' Aunt Rosemary suggested."skiourophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08200877834536477400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488371842288429064.post-578956627601668052015-01-17T03:12:03.877+10:302015-01-17T03:12:03.877+10:30Delighted to see your very particular round-up. Cl...Delighted to see your very particular round-up. Clearly Mr Drew is a weather-vane to trends and fads, how distressing to discover his lack of constancy. Maybe that's why Nancy is looking for order in an unreliable world..? ;)<br /><br />I wish you many hours of happy escape, shapely detectives and less H G Wells for 2015. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488371842288429064.post-68412959848874115082015-01-16T18:48:26.793+10:302015-01-16T18:48:26.793+10:30Thanks Lindsay - it was a bit of a naughty year in...Thanks Lindsay - it was a bit of a naughty year in terms of 'lack of motivation for self improvement', but an excellent year in terms of 'reading whatever I want'! ;-) skiourophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08200877834536477400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488371842288429064.post-13258060166797773342015-01-16T04:29:22.201+10:302015-01-16T04:29:22.201+10:30I keep thinking about giving Eleanor and Park a go...I keep thinking about giving Eleanor and Park a go, maybe I will now. I really enjoyed reading your round-up. Glad you read so much that you enjoyed last year. Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08731930823596505781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488371842288429064.post-83795060811513074812015-01-15T17:09:11.656+10:302015-01-15T17:09:11.656+10:30Thank you! Parnassus on Wheels really was a deligh...Thank you! Parnassus on Wheels really was a delight - and I suspect we can all think of a time when we wanted to chuck in housework and take to the road! skiourophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08200877834536477400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488371842288429064.post-2074850047792213632015-01-15T17:08:08.768+10:302015-01-15T17:08:08.768+10:30Happily I managed to buy Love is Blue at the same ...Happily I managed to buy Love is Blue at the same time, so I have another treat in store for this year, Jenny - really looking forward to some more. I know I said she was "silly" but, really, what I mean is more like 'with that total self-involvement of the young'. I'm looking forward to how military service will sort her out! skiourophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08200877834536477400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488371842288429064.post-29036688165931474222015-01-15T12:10:09.284+10:302015-01-15T12:10:09.284+10:30Joan Wyndham Joan Wyndham Joan Wyndham!! I'm s...Joan Wyndham Joan Wyndham Joan Wyndham!! I'm so pleased to see her getting some love! I read Love Lessons by absolute chance, and it unexpectedly became one of my favorite books ever. You know she wrote other books about her life? Two of them are duds, but the one about the years right after Love Lessons (Love Is Blue, it's called) is nearly as funny and charming as Love Lessons is. I'd recommend it, if you can find a copy!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488371842288429064.post-16249282454190769862015-01-15T03:29:00.969+10:302015-01-15T03:29:00.969+10:30Oh I love your list. The books and the categories....Oh I love your list. The books and the categories. Such fun categories. This really was a list worth waiting for - as someone else said. I'm very keen on reading Parnassus on Wheels. I discovered it as well on Danielle's blog. So many goodies on this listAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488371842288429064.post-87671967953814378882015-01-14T19:49:29.110+10:302015-01-14T19:49:29.110+10:30*Brilliant*
Aye, I was only in Scotland a couple ...*Brilliant* <br />Aye, I was only in Scotland a couple of years ago (rained constantly. It was summer...), and one of my loveliest friends is Glaswegian (do they even speak English?), so I can translate oh so easily... But my innocent little ears... ;-) Years ago someone told me that the way to check that your teacher/tutor read your whole essay all the way through was to slip in 'Biggles Flies Undone' onto the bibliography and see if anyone notices. I really think W.E.Johns missed an opportunity there!skiourophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08200877834536477400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488371842288429064.post-78939056715975658402015-01-14T19:45:10.895+10:302015-01-14T19:45:10.895+10:30There's that terrible moment, isn't there,...There's that terrible moment, isn't there, when you realise that you can never think innocently about a book again. I often thought as I read through Nancy Drew, 'didn't they ever go to the loo?' Also there is a heap of mean stuff about Bess being fat and needing to diet that I just never picked up as a kid. Whenever there's a pie on the scene, she gets a telling off. Terrible... Just eat the pie, Bess! Whatever sort it is. ;-)skiourophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08200877834536477400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488371842288429064.post-66175805643805150852015-01-14T19:41:36.172+10:302015-01-14T19:41:36.172+10:30Oh, yes, I've got some of those Three Investig...Oh, yes, I've got some of those Three Investigator covers - they do look similar, especially in the colour-drenching style. That's another excellent series - I sometimes suspect that so many of the 'facts' I 'know' may come from Jupiter Jones! skiourophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08200877834536477400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488371842288429064.post-76690026579787702732015-01-14T19:40:13.699+10:302015-01-14T19:40:13.699+10:30Thanks, Helen - Death in Kashmir is one of my favo...Thanks, Helen - Death in Kashmir is one of my favourites - I'd also recommend Death in Kenya (though we may not necessarily agree with the characters thoughts on colonialism) and I also love Death in Cyprus where she really captures another moment, like Kashmir, just before politics will destroy a way of life.skiourophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08200877834536477400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488371842288429064.post-75362106132595475462015-01-14T19:39:39.968+10:302015-01-14T19:39:39.968+10:30Ok then - I was going to ask if this was the Biggl...Ok then - I was going to ask if this was the Biggles book which featured the two Scotsmen - Ben Doon and Phil McCavity? I'm unsure if this will travel well over the net as you really need to say it out loud with a Scottish accent! col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488371842288429064.post-44826203828634681612015-01-14T19:37:43.619+10:302015-01-14T19:37:43.619+10:30I loved Trixie Belden way back when (Dark Ages, I ...I loved Trixie Belden way back when (Dark Ages, I think...!) and have most of them stashed somewhere. I wonder how well they stand up to re-reading: they were rather more realistic than Nancy -- I found Trixie far more refreshing with her freckles and mistakes and all those hated chores she had to do. skiourophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08200877834536477400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488371842288429064.post-48941264193638994562015-01-14T19:36:10.328+10:302015-01-14T19:36:10.328+10:30January 2016 is probably optimistic! ;-) I don...January 2016 is probably optimistic! ;-) I don't think restraint is necessary - I myself own several copies of 'Biggles Gets His Men'. <br />*sniggers*skiourophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08200877834536477400noreply@blogger.com