tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246380981479604275.post5142688173285692401..comments2024-01-22T14:32:22.110+00:00Comments on An Armchair By The Sea: June Acquisitions and RAK!anarmchairbytheseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14593618746095559894noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246380981479604275.post-27931906705170903742011-06-28T22:06:22.323+01:002011-06-28T22:06:22.323+01:00Ben - the problem is that my acquisitions are on t...Ben - the problem is that my acquisitions are on that scale or more every month... It's actually starting to threaten our living space :-P i'm looking forward to The Satanic Verses, as i've not read any of Rushdie's books yet!anarmchairbytheseahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14593618746095559894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246380981479604275.post-78553218487835978822011-06-28T17:37:59.076+01:002011-06-28T17:37:59.076+01:00Geeze, you went all out, didn't you. I heard g...Geeze, you went all out, didn't you. I heard great things about The Satanic Verses. Will look for your review.Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11483490020980574428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246380981479604275.post-23300312963774025112011-06-28T00:08:38.507+01:002011-06-28T00:08:38.507+01:00Haha no! I like the essays! :-P I kinda wish i'...Haha no! I like the essays! :-P I kinda wish i'd taken a pic of the Edward Lear inside. Each poem/story is illustrated by Quentin Blake, it's gorgeous!:-)anarmchairbytheseahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14593618746095559894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246380981479604275.post-63221508958239767372011-06-27T23:54:17.095+01:002011-06-27T23:54:17.095+01:00That is lot of books.And the very fact that they a...That is lot of books.And the very fact that they are with 1 pound is awww !!! :)<br />Happy readingAlpa@1 more page pleasehttp://1morepageplease.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246380981479604275.post-88254016288685931492011-06-27T22:59:09.929+01:002011-06-27T22:59:09.929+01:00Hilarity? Sure you don't mean 'mild pity?&...Hilarity? Sure you don't mean 'mild pity?' :p<br /><br />I've looked it up on Amazon, I'm a sucker for 50s style clothes. I had to go buy some summer clothes today because I'm a moron and only packed dark jeans and t-shirts to survive for five days in scorching weather. I came home with three dresses and then realised that they're all the exact same 50s circle dress in different patterns :| If I could make my own, I'd live in the damn things!<br /><br />I /hated/ How I Live Now, I don't think I got past the first three pages before disgust overtook. I've heard wonderful things about it but I couldn't get on with the 'voice.'<br /><br />And the Edward Lear book is amazing. I can't believe that was going to a charity shop.<br /><br />Argh, one day I'll learn to respond to your posts with comments, not essays.Hanna @ Booking in Heelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17705048655467252248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246380981479604275.post-37545700023038877402011-06-27T22:44:14.721+01:002011-06-27T22:44:14.721+01:00Carl - yeah, I was amazed when I found it. I may h...Carl - yeah, I was amazed when I found it. I may have shrieked a tiny bit... :-/ I usually really enjoy Bill Bryson, I think because his style is quite conversational, which makes it light reading even though the books are often fairly big!<br /><br />Hanna - I wish I could make tone convey through the internet so I could express the hilarity I feel towards the supportive joke :-P my boyfriend and I work opposite each other...it's a good job he's so nice lol. People have said that to me before about Howards End is on the Landing, I guess I shall just have to see for myself! And yep will let you know what I think of Sew Retro, i'm excited about it, despite my sewing skills being more in my head than in reality :-Panarmchairbytheseahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14593618746095559894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246380981479604275.post-34336655789546528692011-06-27T21:53:25.116+01:002011-06-27T21:53:25.116+01:00Aww, that's so nice! Again lol. I'm so hap...Aww, that's so nice! Again lol. I'm so happy that it hurts me a little bit inside! <br /><br />I read Howard's End is on the Landing in January, I think. I really enjoyed it but it kind of loses its way a little towards the end.<br /><br />Sew Retro looks really good, I saw it on Amazon a while back. Let me know what you make of it?<br /><br />Haha, my boyfriend doesn't even live with me yet (we work together at the minute, so living together and working together.... ack), but he's already muttering about the huge amount of bookshelves we'll need. At least yours supports the concept of book shelves (ahh, shelves... supportive.... see what I did there? :)).Hanna @ Booking in Heelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17705048655467252248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246380981479604275.post-75866971291464031462011-06-27T21:33:06.285+01:002011-06-27T21:33:06.285+01:00Wow!!! That is a lot of books. And you are correc...Wow!!! That is a lot of books. And you are correct, some very pretty ones at that.<br /><br />I've been hoping to stumble across a copy of Howard's End is on the Landing at my local bookshops for a long time now and have yet to do so. I think I'm going to have to break down and order it.<br /><br />At Home was a wonderful book that I really enjoyed. So much detail. I re-read so much of it aloud to my wife that it felt like I read the whole thing twice in one go.Carl V. Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15948764216438379394noreply@blogger.com