tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29370872.post9159102881395739645..comments2024-03-24T13:45:25.132-05:00Comments on Bookfoolery : Back with a bit of Tuesday TwaddleBookfoolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08247136634069540446noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29370872.post-22468931587593662862013-05-30T21:34:33.644-05:002013-05-30T21:34:33.644-05:00Oops, I know I wrote you a message but I must have...Oops, I know I wrote you a message but I must have forgotten to hit "publish", Iliana! Second attempt . . . . <br /><br />I just wrote down the three Persephone titles in my comment to Brittanie, below, but I'll definitely take a pic of everything I purchased. The stacks don't look as huge with the 3 Persephones gone. Oh, and I've read 2 that I bought, so I guess I need to haul those back out when I take a photo. I did have fun in the bookstores. You will see. ;)Bookfoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247136634069540446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29370872.post-64065811808089056952013-05-30T21:32:19.424-05:002013-05-30T21:32:19.424-05:00Thanks, Brittanie! I'll take a pic and load i...Thanks, Brittanie! I'll take a pic and load it, soon but the Persephone books are:<br /><br />Greenbanks by Dorothy Whipple<br />Miss Ranskill Comes Home by Barbara Euphan Todd and <br />Greenery Street by Denis Mackail<br /><br />I haven't heard of A Spear of Summer Grass. Might be one I've overlooked! I was *totally* prepared for our trip to Persephone, this time. I've bought quite a few of their books during the last two trips to London so I took my Persephone Biannually catalog, marked all the titles I've bought and checked off the ones I've read. Then I read the descriptions and narrowed down to the ones I was most interested in and looked up ratings and reviews of them. And, then I narrowed down some more, highlighting my favorites, and wrote their average rating on Goodreads beside the title. <br /><br />They were well stocked, this time (we've been there when they've been very low on titles) so everything I was interested in was available and I just had to decide which of those titles I'd highlighted appealed to me the most. I got Greenery Street because P. G. Wodehouse apparently loved it and Miss Ranskill Comes Home because it's sort of WWII related (it might be post-WWII, but about rationing and how life in England changed through the eyes of a woman who was stranded on an island since before the war). Greenbanks . . . everyone adores Dorothy Whipple, so I decided I might as well grab a Whipple. :)Bookfoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247136634069540446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29370872.post-15384248412717720362013-05-30T20:18:08.308-05:002013-05-30T20:18:08.308-05:00Welcome Home! I can't wait to see a list of wh...Welcome Home! I can't wait to see a list of what you bought in England. What did you get at Persephone? I just finished reading A Spear of Summer Grass by Deanna Raybourn and it was really good. :)Brittaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00756341697752152164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29370872.post-76495085741509769382013-05-30T20:06:33.725-05:002013-05-30T20:06:33.725-05:00Like Andi, I saw your pics on FB! Sounds like you ...Like Andi, I saw your pics on FB! Sounds like you had a wonderful time! Can't wait to hear what books you bought.Ilianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07026669671843769219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29370872.post-43164484593191419942013-05-29T09:38:29.915-05:002013-05-29T09:38:29.915-05:00Thanks, Andiloo! We did have a blast. "Good...Thanks, Andiloo! We did have a blast. "Good-natured jealousy" made me smile. We're very fortunate that we have a friend who likes to loan out his flat. There's no way we could have afforded a 10-day trip, otherwise. Bookfoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247136634069540446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29370872.post-57012393233241020932013-05-29T09:11:07.149-05:002013-05-29T09:11:07.149-05:00I've loved following your Facebook updates abo...I've loved following your Facebook updates about the trip. Of course, I am absolutely dripping with good-natured jealousy that you got to spend quality time over the pond. It looks and sounds heavenly!Andihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05220718933942181809noreply@blogger.com