Cold Comfort Farm - NO spoilers

[Melanti]

This thread is for background information and general discussion of our August 2018 New School Group Read selection, Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons.

Please DO NOT post spoilers in this thread.

[Melanti]

Who all will be joining in on this one?

I don't always like books that are meant to be humorous but I'm willing to give it a try.

I'll probably start in a week or so.

[Kathleen]

I've just started it, and it is funny. It's sort of like The Importance of Being Earnest meets Barbara Pym. The humor is somewhere between the two. :-) It's not as funny as Wilde, but there's more story there. Her descriptions of the farm are fantastic.

I think this will be a quick read. Hope you enjoy it, Melanti, and hope to see other people reading too!

[Marilyn]

I got it from the library yesterday (along with Giovanni's Room from last month), so I'm in.

[Kimberly]

I’ll be starting this one within the week!

[Darren]

I read this a couple of years ago on Kindle and loved it so much that I bought the Folio Society edition (with Quentin Blake illustrations!), which I have been just itching to read, so will start v.soon...!

[Francisca]

I'm planning on reading it at the end of the month! I'm hoping it'll be a good start-of-the-school-year book :)

[Sue]

I'm planning on starting this one withing the next few days. Looking forward to it!

[Tammy]

This will be my 1st group read in some time and I'm looking forward to seeing what others think about it. I started it this past weekend and am about 1/3 of the way done.

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I know it’s now late in the month but I’ve been busy reading a whopper of a book & now have my copy of Cold Comfort & nearly ready to start so hope to be adding to the discussions v soon.

[Darren]

I finished this last night - a re-read of a fave
I think it's possible to enjoy it without knowing historical context/satirical targets etc
to me it's just a classic "Odd Couple" setup
with Flora vs entire Starkadder clan