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'Where do you think you'll find a coconut round here, dearie? They don't grow on trees, you know.' *snerk*
— Mar 10, 2012 11:02AM
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Elizabeth
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"wartime existence without the crackly familiarity of Listen With Mother would have been unbearable." As a former Listen With Mother listener this makes me feel UNBELIEVABLY AGED.
— Mar 22, 2012 06:01AM
Elizabeth
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well, she DESERVED that hangover. She sounds so much like a 15-year-old that I keep forgetting her alcohol intake is in fact legal.
— Mar 21, 2012 07:39AM
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'I regretted these words as soon as they were out of my mouth, but something had to make room for the two omelettes.'
— Mar 11, 2012 01:23PM
Elizabeth
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'I noticed her diary stuffed into the outside compartment of her travelling case. She, like Gwendoline, obviously liked something sensational to read on the train.' I had this EXACT SAME THOUGHT before I read it. Clearly I am in tune with this narrator.
— Mar 10, 2012 10:58AM
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I love this book! How are you finding it?
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Its got a similar feel as I capture the Castle - my other favourite book :)
Oh you're reading this! I thought this was a lovely book and I really should read I Capture the Castle because this one keeps getting compared to that.
if you liked this I think you will LOVE I Capture the Castle, Chachic!
There are those tropical gardens in Cornwall; can they grow coconuts there?
no. they are really only sub-tropical anyway. palmettos is about it.
Chachic you definitely have to read I Capture Castle in that case! My favourite quote from this:
'‘who on earth ever fell in love with anyone who looked handsome? What a ghastly bore handsome is.'
~ page 396
Aunt Clare is awesome. I hope one day to be just like her.
... it is quite jarring shifting from Martina's engagement party to Ravensbruck and back again... I need to organize my reading (and writing) material better
Elizabeth wrote: "no. they are really only sub-tropical anyway. palmettos is about it."I didn't really think it would be possible, but the subtropical garden was so unusual anyway I thought I'd check.
Chachic wrote: "Oh you're reading this! I thought this was a lovely book and I really should read I Capture the Castle because this one keeps getting compared to that."I Capture the Castle is lovely. I am always a little wary of comparisons, and am only two chapters into The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets, but I cannot recommend I Capture the Castle on its own merits highly enough.
the subtropical gardens in Cornwall are divine.I am ready to move into a 15th century house now. There is one about a block away that would do nicely, only it is subdivided into flats at the moment.
Why can't I write something easy and readable and NICE???
Okay, looks like I need to bump up I Capture the Castle because of all the encouragement. I already have a copy. :)PS: We have lots of coconut trees over here.
Chachic wrote: "Okay, looks like I need to bump up I Capture the Castle because of all the encouragement. I already have a copy. :)PS: We have lots of coconut trees over here."
Hurray! Cassandra Mortmain of I Capture the Castle is one of my favorite narrators of all time.
