tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post6295053197110381031..comments2024-03-08T07:03:12.909-05:00Comments on Life at Willow Manor: A Literary QuartetTess Kincaidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-47062889166252546342008-11-22T20:20:00.000-05:002008-11-22T20:20:00.000-05:00oh this was fun, willow!! i admire your choices! i...oh this was fun, willow!! i admire your choices! i'll be jumping in on this one as well.julie kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02009127575536333064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-7906692457977864852008-11-21T17:23:00.000-05:002008-11-21T17:23:00.000-05:00Cuban, The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street is the mem...Cuban, The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street is the memoirs of Helene Hanff, a writer as well as a huge Anglophile, who finally made it to London for a long awaited visit.Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-10082571153939464512008-11-21T15:58:00.000-05:002008-11-21T15:58:00.000-05:00Beautiful illustrations!I'm in the mood now for Th...Beautiful illustrations!I'm in the mood now for Thanksgiving. Will you be having a crowd for Thanksgiving?Blue Sky Dreaminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12405128176114875597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-10428595256764524752008-11-21T05:20:00.000-05:002008-11-21T05:20:00.000-05:00There was one book from your list that called my a...There was one book from your list that called my attention. The one about Sophia Tolstoy. I will check my local library today to see if they have it. I did not even know that she was an artist. Thanks for this tip ;-)!<BR/><BR/>Good list. Quick question, the third book from your autobiography list, is that related to the Bloomsbury group? I seem to recall that Virginia Woolf was a member.<BR/><BR/>Greetings from London.A Cuban In Londonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16423293358605007539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-35927370674902330782008-11-20T23:42:00.000-05:002008-11-20T23:42:00.000-05:00you know I love 84 charring cross road too!you know I love 84 charring cross road too!Mmmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16379020705220234984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-59208388094317372002008-11-20T16:41:00.000-05:002008-11-20T16:41:00.000-05:00OK, I posted TWO blogs because of your tag. Of cou...OK, I posted TWO blogs because of your tag. Of course, you know, it could've been four different books if asked on another day!<BR/><BR/>I'm going to spend some time creating a new and different tag you you... heh heh heh.willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15590217997145761582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-38422425917399173342008-11-20T12:35:00.000-05:002008-11-20T12:35:00.000-05:00I loved the movie 84 Charring Cross, unfortunately...I loved the movie 84 Charring Cross, unfortunately I did not read the book long I want to do that.<BR/>Same for The doctor Zhivago, yet my mother always advised me toread it.<BR/>Thank you Willow for your beautiful post.Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14002654187909126383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-77731524877732534032008-11-20T09:41:00.000-05:002008-11-20T09:41:00.000-05:00Willow,Doctor Zhivago the movie is where I propose...Willow,<BR/>Doctor Zhivago the movie is where I proposed to my wife. We have the VHS (I'm old OK?) and still watch from time to time. Now I must get the book and read it on your recommendation.<BR/>84 Charring Cross is a favorite book and movie of mine also!<BR/>relrelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09030572981830789370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-58329970849907766762008-11-20T09:27:00.000-05:002008-11-20T09:27:00.000-05:00I can just live in hereI can just live in hereedi gardnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02402134242960513471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-36338355837505411702008-11-20T08:52:00.000-05:002008-11-20T08:52:00.000-05:00Such a glorious book stack.I'm a big book junkie(h...Such a glorious book stack.<BR/>I'm a big book junkie(had you guessed?<BR/>Yes, yes for Dr.Z in all his manifestations.<BR/>Some suggestions.<BR/>Fiction: Austerlitz by WG Sebald. Quirky. Either love it or hate it. Meditation on 20th century.<BR/>Autobiography: The Old Century by Seigfried Sassoon.<BR/>Actually, now the very old century (19th.) Growing up in an Anglo-Jewish brahmin family. Sad charming melancholy.<BR/>Non fiction. Bohemians by Victoria Nicholson.<BR/>About people who didn't conform in early 20th century England. Author a friend of mine - but book wonderfully written.<BR/>Extra: Bartlett's Dictionary of Familiar Quotation - good for trivia and inspiration.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03964291132366262298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-14898395732638299502008-11-20T07:08:00.000-05:002008-11-20T07:08:00.000-05:00David, no I haven't read any of Shutes books. He's...David, no I haven't read any of Shutes books. He's Australian, isn't he?<BR/><BR/>Jo, is your Millay bio "Savage Beauty" by Nancy Milford? I have it, too, and it's excellent!<BR/><BR/>Merisi, thanks for the link. No, I haven't read "Summer in Baden Baden", but it looks like one I would really enjoy. I noticed the London Times review called it a "crazily marvelous" book!<BR/><BR/>Olivia, thanks for the heads up on "Bleak Hotel". Sounds fascinating.Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-71917690289026813142008-11-20T05:12:00.000-05:002008-11-20T05:12:00.000-05:00David Elliott at Quartet Books has picked up the n...David Elliott at Quartet Books has picked up the new D. M. Thomas book, Bleak Hotel. A work of non-fiction, it tells the story of the failed film adaptations of his multi award-winning novel The White Hotel. Optioned immediately on publication in 1981, the project has been dogged by legal battles, duplicitous producers and filming has never started, in spite of the interst of numerous Hollywood stars and famous directors. <BR/>--------------------<BR/>oliviaharis<BR/><A HREF="http://www.drivenwide.com" REL="nofollow">Internet Marketing</A>Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02989718444257896099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-28216450100139883232008-11-20T01:52:00.000-05:002008-11-20T01:52:00.000-05:00The Sophia Tolstoy book sound fascinating.The Sophia Tolstoy book sound fascinating.spacedlawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12462723005560128474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-29810069379938185832008-11-20T01:46:00.000-05:002008-11-20T01:46:00.000-05:00Willow, thank you for sharing your "essential read...Willow, thank you for sharing your "essential reads"! I could live with all of them, even "Song Without Words", which I don't know yet, it sounds very interesting, though!<BR/><BR/>Have you read Leonid Tsypkin's <BR/><A HREF="http://www.amazon.ca/Summer-Baden-Susan-Sontag/dp/0811214842" REL="nofollow">Summer in Baden Baden</A>? The title does not give it away, but it is a book about another great Russian writer.Merisihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16781937797213521146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-70588392581642861042008-11-20T01:01:00.000-05:002008-11-20T01:01:00.000-05:00Haven't heard of the others but I also adore Dr Zh...Haven't heard of the others but I also adore Dr Zhivago. Rob tagged me for this too but it will take some thought, so well done you for a fast response!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09542425639950850366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-41585797879951067512008-11-19T23:42:00.000-05:002008-11-19T23:42:00.000-05:00Amazing choices. And guess what1 I have a biogra...Amazing choices. And guess what1 I have a biograph of Edna St. Vincent Millay. It's fabulous! I think I will do this meme. Thanks!Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03382221688268676914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-4409349043669332972008-11-19T23:34:00.000-05:002008-11-19T23:34:00.000-05:00This meme had WILLOW written all over it. Nice cho...This meme had WILLOW written all over it. Nice choices!MuseSwingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11999288873532715380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-51431537065057605632008-11-19T21:23:00.000-05:002008-11-19T21:23:00.000-05:00Curious to know, Willow, if you;ve ever read Nevil...Curious to know, Willow, if you;ve ever read Nevil Shute (yes, that IS how he spelled his name) ....?david mcmahonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18009095220051075552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-81729769932631509502008-11-19T20:32:00.000-05:002008-11-19T20:32:00.000-05:00Always something interesting going on at the Manor...Always something interesting going on at the Manor House. I love your sidebar that tells the current happenings, too.Country Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14432335393660130255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-65037410210193206642008-11-19T18:56:00.000-05:002008-11-19T18:56:00.000-05:00Not enough hours in the day to read. I keep saving...Not enough hours in the day to read. I keep saving these old classic novels and books of poetry in hopes that someday I will have the time to sit and be consumed...but for now, if I sit in my reading chair with a book, the first page puts me to sleep, suppose it's because it's midnight when I finally sit...hmmm!<BR/><BR/>And yes, many have been investigated for spirits...I know they are there, I have been touched by a spirit that liked long hair, in the old mercantile where I had my shop...made me a believer...talk about the 'willies'.A Wild Thinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11083369862963892366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-24021287977933464912008-11-19T18:21:00.000-05:002008-11-19T18:21:00.000-05:00I'm fascinated by Millay, too.I don't know Hanff's...I'm fascinated by Millay, too.<BR/><BR/>I don't know Hanff's works, although the Charing Cross one sounds familiar. They sound like something that would be right up my alley. (I'm not sure why this cliche just popped into my head! Echoes of my mother's voice.)Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02375981493145612394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-31995170399557647222008-11-19T16:11:00.000-05:002008-11-19T16:11:00.000-05:00Oh, I love Helene Hanff, I used to listen to her w...Oh, I love Helene Hanff, I used to listen to her writing about NY on Woman's Hour on the BBC. Her "letters from New York" made me want to go there.She loved dogs and walking them in Central Park, I loved her writings about "dog hill".I am sure that there are as many English people who are in love with NY as there are American's who love London, all thanks to Helene.Acornmoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14982884920388966786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-39107325267925143182008-11-19T15:48:00.000-05:002008-11-19T15:48:00.000-05:00What a fun meme. It's always great to get ideas fr...What a fun meme. It's always great to get ideas from other people's virtual bookshelves. And the new banner...simply fabulous!tangobabyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01288974184200212536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-21513812503873394652008-11-19T15:26:00.000-05:002008-11-19T15:26:00.000-05:00most interesting .. but I am not surprised since y...most interesting .. but I am not surprised since you are one very interesting lady!<BR/><BR/>:-DarylDarylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08241795455748298624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-6181704662924480112008-11-19T15:04:00.000-05:002008-11-19T15:04:00.000-05:00Wow...what a neat deal! I love those old book cov...Wow...what a neat deal! I love those old book covers...all the beautiful details!Betsy Brockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06807795605763246015noreply@blogger.com