Monday, June 15, 2009

Thank You Danielle!

R has just come in with the mail and a small tub of Haagen-Daz ice cream. The real treat was finding this bookmark from Danielle! She kindly offered five bookmarks for a draw on her blog, A Work in Progress, and I was so lucky as to have won this one. The artwork is entitled 'Reading on the Rocks' by John George Brown and just so happens to be set on a resort island in New Brunswick. Perfect for a Canadian like me! Kristina and I are reading the next book in our Across the Pond book club for two starting tomorrow. It's a Persephone title, Saplings, and as I opened it tonight I noticed that it was missing the bookmark they usually come with. Great timing Danielle, thank you so very much, I love it!
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  1. verityJune 16, 2009 at 4:39 AM

    OOh Saplings is great! I think it was my first Persephone book, borrowed from the library back in about 2003? I recently bought a copy (in a dreadful 3 for 2 offer!), and have it on my to-be-reread pile...

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  2. Paperback ReaderJune 16, 2009 at 6:09 AM

    It is such a lovely bookmark.

    I have Saplings on my TBR pile (well, on the Persephone shelf actually) and look forward to your thoughts.

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  3. verityJune 16, 2009 at 6:10 AM

    A Persephone shelf..I like that idea. I'm not liking the way my Persephones are disappearing into the regular bookshelves as I read them.

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  4. AnonymousJune 16, 2009 at 7:26 AM

    I loved Saplings, that family was so like all her vicarage families in the children's books ... only gone wrong! If you're enjoying it, you might also like Marghanita Laski's To Bed with Grand Music - about the impact of war on a marriage - hard to track down, but Persephone is to republish it soon.

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  5. Paperback ReaderJune 16, 2009 at 7:27 AM

    Here is my post concerning my Persephone shelf:

    http://paperbackreader2.blogspot.com/2009/02/books-worth-reading-for-covers-alone.html (will stop derailing Darlene's comments now!)

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  6. DarleneJune 16, 2009 at 7:51 AM

    verity, my husband was asking me this morning if I've decided to take advantage of that 3 for 2 offer. I told him about you going for it. Were your ears burning this afternoon?:)

    Paperback Reader, will definitely post what I think about Saplings. I'm just about to leave for work but must have a peek at your Persephone shelf post once I get back home!

    Anonymous, that's exciting news about the upcoming Marghanita Laski book! Thanks for the heads up.

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  7. kristinaJune 16, 2009 at 9:35 AM

    Oh no! How could it be missing the bookmark? Would you like me to send you one?

    In the meantime, I better get started. You're already ahead of me! K x

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  8. verityJune 16, 2009 at 9:58 AM

    Lol - it is very hot in Oxford (particularly when one has raced up the High to buy strawberries to make ice cream) so they may have done. I haven't yet confessed to my boyfriend, and not sure whether he's read my blog or given up on it...

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  9. DarleneJune 16, 2009 at 3:58 PM

    Kristina, Are you planning a trip into London anytime soon? That would be lovely if you could send one along. If it's going to be trouble then I could just order one from here.
    D x

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  10. DarleneJune 16, 2009 at 4:00 PM

    Oops! s/b 'any time'

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  11. DanielleJune 18, 2009 at 1:28 PM

    I love that picture--and would love to go to New Brunswick (would really like to go to Nova Scotia as I've read several books set there!

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