Saturday, January 29, 2011

It's Not Over Yet!

There is nothing like a week of Virago show-and-tell to stir up the urge for a good rummage around a second-hand bookshop.  Not wanting to venture very far due to some light snowfall I stopped in at a shop not too far away...it is usually quite a tip.  I was pleasantly surprised to find it under new management and very neat and tidy, meaning there was a path to walk through and no books teetering high up on shelves.

I found a copy of Monica Dickens, One Pair of Hands, which is brilliant and a VMC that is new to me.  Has anyone read The Loved and Envied or anything else by Enid Bagnold?


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  1. CarolynJanuary 29, 2011 at 7:09 PM

    That's the spirit, Darlene, I'm glad to see you're still going strong for the weekend. :) And glad you found a new Virago (I found one too, just the other day and was quite pleased.) I see you've found a review of it, there was also a review yesterday of another of Enid Bagnold's books, The Squire, here.

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 29, 2011 at 8:03 PM

    I have read a few Enid Bagnolds and very much like her writing. The Squire is brilliant, and The Loved and Envied is quite different, and not everyone's cup of tea, but I thought it was excellent. Sadly I read it pre-blogging so don't have a review but others have reviewed it for the Reading Week! Lucky you finding a Virago just like that - gorgeous cover too. The Gods were aligning for you and Virago Reading Week!

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  3. verityJanuary 30, 2011 at 6:15 AM

    I've read it; it was probably my least favourite of he Bagnolds. My favourite is her wartime book - The happy foreigner.

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  4. MysticaJanuary 30, 2011 at 7:01 AM

    Another new author to add to my towering list.

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  5. Cristina (Rochester Reader)January 30, 2011 at 10:25 AM

    I've never heard of Bagnold before - these Viragos are so diverse, aren't they! So many authors I've never heard of. I quite like the cover and hope you enjoy it. The Dickens sounds good too.

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  6. Susan DJanuary 30, 2011 at 2:00 PM

    Funny, I came across her name just the other day when I was reorganising all my bookshelves (due to major carpet laying event) and picked up National Velvet which I hadn't even realised I owned. It's the only book of hers I've read or heard of, but now I'm likely to go searching for more.

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  7. Joan Hunter DunnJanuary 30, 2011 at 2:51 PM

    wow who's the woman on the front cover? Such fun to find a good book in a charity shop...

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  8. DarleneJanuary 30, 2011 at 5:30 PM

    Carolyn, And Squire was my last border collie's name *sniff*, I miss that boy! Love the image of us all out ferreting copies of Viragos!

    bookssnob, As a woman in my later forties this book may read differently for me so I'm really looking forward to it!

    verity, I wonder if this book will read differently to me as I'm in my late forties...hmmm.

    Mystica, We are nothing but trouble!

    Rochester Reader, I have learned so much about many different authors this past week! And my purse is a little lighter as well.

    Susan, Funny how names pop up like that once you've been exposed. Hope you like your new carpeting!

    Joan, Lady Diana Cooper...stunning isn't she!

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