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The Literary Note Meme « Tales from the Reading Room — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 17:00:27 +0000

[...] Note Meme Filed under: Books, Literature, Meme — litlove @ 6:00 pm Borrowed from Catherine – thank [...]

By: catherine

catherine — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:29:13 +0000

Memes are marvellous, aren’t they? So much easier than trying to construct an original blog post. Anyway, Litlove, I shall look forward to reading yours at the weekend. I’m glad to see you’re also in the ‘Rachel Ray’ fan club. Hurrah for Trollopes.

By: Litlove

Litlove — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:23:14 +0000

Oh hallelujah, a new meme! Thank you, Catherine. I’ll put this one aside for the weekend for something fun to do that won’t tax my poor brain too much. I’m astonished to find I have actually read Rachel Ray, and I enjoyed it very much, too.

By: catherine

catherine — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:22:28 +0000

Please do let me know what you think of Lady Audley’s Secret, Sarah. I might venture that Braddon is also better than Austen!

I wonder how large the desert island would have to be to accommodate all those Trollopes? I suspect Kirsty would soon regret plumping for Dickens when she reached Barnarby Rudge. Urggh.

By: Caroline

Caroline — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 09:52:29 +0000

The Pallisers is a great choice, although I think if Kirsty is allowed all of Dickens, you should be able to at least add the Barchester Chronicles to your desert-island volume!

By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 06:29:49 +0000

I’m with you when it comes to Trollope, A Room of One’s Own and Cold Comfort Farm, but have to protest when it comes to Austen!

I confess I haven’t read Braddon or The Diary of a Nobody yet, must change that soon. I mooched Lady Audley’s Secret and am looking forward to it.

By: Kirsty

Kirsty — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 11:07:31 +0000

I have a copy of that Mrs Humphry Ward biography too, which I do intend to get around to at some point in the not too distant future. And if I can have a one volume edition of all of Dickens (including, I’ve decided, the Peter Ackroyd biography, which I’ve been meaning to read for years), then you can have the Pallisers. Maybe they’ll let us away with box sets.