tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546783121640385268.post8660154251111782328..comments2024-03-23T18:50:06.402+11:00Comments on journey & destination: Bookish Catch-upCarolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06820925595506920754noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546783121640385268.post-17245258919629631742019-12-23T20:33:04.374+11:002019-12-23T20:33:04.374+11:00Laura Jeanne, I certainly didn’t pick up anything ...Laura Jeanne, I certainly didn’t pick up anything of the sort. Definitely a modern interpretation 😩<br />I’ve had that happen with a couple of other older authors where someone has to put their own spin on what someone else wrote. Very annoying. It’s a bit of a sad story but that’s all & is definitely worth the read!Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06820925595506920754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546783121640385268.post-30327794166693349712019-12-23T20:26:03.735+11:002019-12-23T20:26:03.735+11:00VR - we didn’t get to Cambridge when we were in th...VR - we didn’t get to Cambridge when we were in the UK recently but there were so many other places that connected with so many books I’ve read in the last. I so enjoyed seeing the places where authors had lived when they were alive, too. Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06820925595506920754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546783121640385268.post-91064079589914436192019-12-23T11:47:54.699+11:002019-12-23T11:47:54.699+11:00Ah, another Elizabeth Goudge I haven't read ye...Ah, another Elizabeth Goudge I haven't read yet! I am currently reading her book, Child of the Sea, which is set during the time of the English civil war and is quite interesting, although it is not as happy as most of her other books are, and seems to be heading towards a tragic ending. I will keep my eyes open for a copy of The Dean's Watch, as it sounds lovely. <br /><br />I'd like to ask, Carol - is there really an incestuous relationship in The Mill on the Floss, or is this one of those modern interpretations of literature that seems to be preoccupied with sex? I've had that book on my shelf for years but have been hesitant to read it because of what I've heard said about it. Laura Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10485192062219909619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546783121640385268.post-67180050443320382462019-12-23T09:42:39.974+11:002019-12-23T09:42:39.974+11:00Wonderful selection. I love The Nine Tailors. I ...Wonderful selection. I love The Nine Tailors. I often visit Cambridge and as I travel through the fen country I always think of this novel. Must re-read it.Vintage Readinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05971819409379613967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546783121640385268.post-28754573820851115792019-12-17T21:22:45.402+11:002019-12-17T21:22:45.402+11:00Lark, you should try Adam Bede. 🙂Lark, you should try Adam Bede. 🙂Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06820925595506920754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546783121640385268.post-66049615586026587752019-12-17T08:28:31.651+11:002019-12-17T08:28:31.651+11:00I've only read The Mill on the Floss from this...I've only read The Mill on the Floss from this list. But it made me fall in love with George Eliot. :)Lark https://www.blogger.com/profile/13777891312147377769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546783121640385268.post-90952765978236572932019-12-15T19:13:26.834+11:002019-12-15T19:13:26.834+11:00Hi Emma, thanks for commenting. Goudge has only re...Hi Emma, thanks for commenting. Goudge has only recently become one of my favourite authors.Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06820925595506920754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546783121640385268.post-17631046133319101412019-12-15T19:12:07.748+11:002019-12-15T19:12:07.748+11:00Mudpuddle, I understand what you mean about James....Mudpuddle, I understand what you mean about James. I really have to pick and choose carefully from her books. I’ve tended to avoid her later books. A bit too edgy for me.Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06820925595506920754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546783121640385268.post-32490078961591949122019-12-15T19:10:31.525+11:002019-12-15T19:10:31.525+11:00I feel the same way about other authors I haven’t ...I feel the same way about other authors I haven’t got to yet, too, Marian. So many good books...Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06820925595506920754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546783121640385268.post-6784918307081127952019-12-15T19:09:17.055+11:002019-12-15T19:09:17.055+11:00Gretchen Joanna, thank you. I only started reading...Gretchen Joanna, thank you. I only started reading Goudge this year & am slowly working through the books I can get my hands on. 🙂Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06820925595506920754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546783121640385268.post-83013108891813738072019-12-15T19:07:28.409+11:002019-12-15T19:07:28.409+11:00Hi Silvia, these are some of my favourite authors....Hi Silvia, these are some of my favourite authors.Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06820925595506920754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546783121640385268.post-5112494348895781962019-12-15T19:06:15.353+11:002019-12-15T19:06:15.353+11:00Hi Brian, Adam Bede is one of my favourites by thi...Hi Brian, Adam Bede is one of my favourites by this author. There’s wpquite a bit of humour in the story, too, which is unlike many of her other books.Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06820925595506920754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546783121640385268.post-63501029513386702122019-12-15T16:21:11.738+11:002019-12-15T16:21:11.738+11:00Nice reading! A few decades ago, I devoured so man...Nice reading! A few decades ago, I devoured so many books by Elizabeth Goudge!Emma at Words And Peace / France Book Tourshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09426924864218623976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546783121640385268.post-34311963026054241372019-12-15T12:29:04.236+11:002019-12-15T12:29:04.236+11:00v interesting posts! i've read some of them b...v interesting posts! i've read some of them but not all... i seem to have had a problem with James: i think she scared me off once... if you're a British mystery fan, i'd highly recommend Edmund Crispin: v funny and inventive as well as more than slightly madcap...mudpuddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16647084124715892324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546783121640385268.post-34033859158961290902019-12-15T06:20:53.849+11:002019-12-15T06:20:53.849+11:00These all sound like great reads! I've had mo...These all sound like great reads! I've had most of these authors on my TBR radar for years. I really should try to get to them in the new year. :)Marian Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14115916138435761469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546783121640385268.post-35378367437968874732019-12-15T05:22:57.487+11:002019-12-15T05:22:57.487+11:00Your reviews are of the sort I love most, and seem...Your reviews are of the sort I love most, and seem unable to write! In this post all of them are of books that I'm either already interested in, or you make me want to read. <br /><br /><i>The Dean's Watch</i> I read at the perfect time, almost twenty years ago, all in a day, and its messages which I needed so much sank deep into me via those sympathetic characters. <br /><br />I've read only a very little of Sayers or James and only one of theirs that you mention - and Nevil Shute does sound like an author I should read! At least, this particular book, which you say has a happy ending :-)<br /><br />Thank you for taking the time to share your reading.GretchenJoannahttp://www.gretchenjoanna.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546783121640385268.post-37684023068768803912019-12-15T01:21:59.357+11:002019-12-15T01:21:59.357+11:00Some familiar friends, and other books that are su...Some familiar friends, and other books that are surely in my tbr list. More P.D. James for sure (I enjoyed the two other titles by her, and I believe I saw her mentioned here and at a different blog.) Also I have not read the Busman's Honeymoon. Silviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17249978624747684879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546783121640385268.post-92087290973993944232019-12-15T00:15:40.027+11:002019-12-15T00:15:40.027+11:00I have come to appreciate George Eliot more and mo...I have come to appreciate George Eliot more and more. I just finished Adam Bede. In that book too, Eliot’s take on Christianity comes out as very complex and not entirely negative. She had some nuanced views. Brian Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15139559400312336791noreply@blogger.com