tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11026109.post5460389232200903422..comments2023-10-30T11:13:57.380+01:00Comments on FRENCH FANCY MOVES TO CORNWALL: Books, books and booksFrench Fancy...http://www.blogger.com/profile/04941577892849157015noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11026109.post-17668269506389280812010-06-11T17:00:04.360+02:002010-06-11T17:00:04.360+02:00Hello Fran - I think we could be kindred spirits y...Hello Fran - I think we could be kindred spirits you know. I have this feeling about us.French Fancy...https://www.blogger.com/profile/04941577892849157015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11026109.post-43676657676438467462010-05-31T23:34:42.339+02:002010-05-31T23:34:42.339+02:00I'm the same. Seeing people happily lolling o...I'm the same. Seeing people happily lolling on sofas and reading the books in the bookshop (don't you DARE lick your finger to turn the page!) really annoys me. But why do the bookshops put those sofas there? I don't geddit. <br /><br />Like your blog. Came over from your comment on bloggertropolis.Fran Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07935088780461825341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11026109.post-39022301000347249462010-04-20T10:05:44.848+02:002010-04-20T10:05:44.848+02:00Hi again Trish. Yes, I do have Birdsong but I thin...Hi again Trish. Yes, I do have Birdsong but I think I prefer the Barker Trilogy. I've almost finished The Ghost Road now - I think I would have given the second book the Booker - and that just shows why I am not a famous judge.French Fancy...https://www.blogger.com/profile/04941577892849157015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11026109.post-79045712316350332022010-04-19T21:16:37.569+02:002010-04-19T21:16:37.569+02:00I have just found you via a mutual friend. I too h...I have just found you via a mutual friend. I too have read 'The Ghost Road' by Pat Barker. A thoughtful read. Have you put your eyes to 'Birdsong' by Sebastian Faulks? Both books made me weep as my dear Dad lost his father during WW1 and I could only imagine what he went through.Trishahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14456012541796765737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11026109.post-53841592850271755542010-01-03T22:23:23.357+01:002010-01-03T22:23:23.357+01:00F.F. -I, too, am an admirer of libraries, and a lo...F.F. -I, too, am an admirer of libraries, and a lover of books. I see that you're currently reading "Hotel New Hampshire" by John Irving. He is such a fantastic writer! I'm in love with "The World According to Garp"!Scott Fazzinihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15151887908949731535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11026109.post-67291263483230522009-06-27T11:50:47.133+02:002009-06-27T11:50:47.133+02:00Hello again Clarity. You must have got some good b...Hello again Clarity. You must have got some good booty to be reluctant to post about it. Don't worry though - I've also been the recipient of gorgeous extravagant pressies and think that if one can afford it (or one's partner) then it is their duty to throw the baubles about. <br /><br />I'd love to meet up with you when I come to London - which will probably be in the bleak old French Fancy...https://www.blogger.com/profile/04941577892849157015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11026109.post-6796629276357561232009-06-27T00:07:16.467+02:002009-06-27T00:07:16.467+02:00Thanks for the birthday wishes! I can't tell o...Thanks for the birthday wishes! I can't tell of the gifts but okay.. as this is an old post I guess it's safe to be immodest :) Kidding! I can't, but listen if you ever make it back to ye olde smoke I shall treat thee to tea and treats at Patisserie Valeri and tell you.<br /><br />I adore libraries too and old book shops. Give me a tattered hardback and a barely there chesterfield andClarityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05705409395605833495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11026109.post-91231182873843803352009-01-14T23:22:00.000+01:002009-01-14T23:22:00.000+01:00I forgot to add that a picture of my extremely mod...I forgot to add that a picture of my extremely modest bookshelf that I've got crammed into my small room appears in a recent post in my blog:<BR/><BR/>http://wanderingwithsleipnir.blogspot.com/2008/12/yule-happy-solitude-on-televisual-mind.html<BR/><BR/>I've already got rid of boxes and boxes of books in my reasonably short lifetime thus far, and still have far too many! I better earn a good Aren O. Týrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06075794316705766165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11026109.post-69551500287935715702009-01-14T23:16:00.000+01:002009-01-14T23:16:00.000+01:00Hello FF, "don't even browse one of our books - I ...Hello FF, <BR/><BR/>"don't even browse one of our books - I just sit there in a kind of reverie"<BR/><BR/>I know exactly what you mean. <BR/><BR/>If you're anything like me, you're probably also struggling with the fact that there is <B>always</B> far, far, more books that you would like to read than you'll ever have to time to, even in an entire lifetime...<BR/><BR/>My bookshelf consists of far Aren O. Týrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06075794316705766165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11026109.post-62655910697381077842009-01-13T16:13:00.000+01:002009-01-13T16:13:00.000+01:00Hello there Aren. This Newcastle library sounds lo...Hello there Aren. This Newcastle library sounds lovely - like something from another age. It's good you pay for membership even though you don't use it; I do the same thing here with the Anglo-French community library-pay to use it and then never go. <BR/><BR/>There's something indescribable about being surrounded by books. I often sit in our little white library and don't even browse one of our French Fancy...https://www.blogger.com/profile/04941577892849157015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11026109.post-91599686076612377942009-01-12T13:06:00.000+01:002009-01-12T13:06:00.000+01:00I live in Newcastle and I am a member of the afore...I live in Newcastle and I am a member of the aforementioned Lit & Phil :-)<BR/><BR/>And yes, the library is absolutely wonderful.<BR/><BR/>Fortunately I think there is very little chance of it getting modernised. Its remarkable charm and character owe entirely to the old world feel of it; massively high dark wooden bookshelves packed to the rafters, so tall you require a ladder to access the Aren O. Týrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06075794316705766165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11026109.post-22441714339635489352009-01-10T12:30:00.000+01:002009-01-10T12:30:00.000+01:00BroTob - you know what is different about france? ...BroTob - you know what is different about france? You don't see charity shops anywhere or collecting boxes on counters (well, the latter you occasionally see for one week of the year) - it's very annoying as those blasted little centimes are not much use to anyone and - if a receptacle was placed around hither and thither- in a little while all those little bronze coins could mount up to French Fancy...https://www.blogger.com/profile/04941577892849157015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11026109.post-47960286825746924832009-01-09T23:43:00.000+01:002009-01-09T23:43:00.000+01:00off-topic, but have you found this A207 blog?http:...off-topic, but have you found this A207 blog?<BR/>http://enlightenmenttoromanticism.blogspot.com/Frankofilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01735463685466184020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11026109.post-77202399173189293882009-01-09T22:34:00.000+01:002009-01-09T22:34:00.000+01:00I'm with you French Fancy, there is nothing like a...I'm with you French Fancy, there is nothing like a cozy library, or a grand library, or a fair to midland library; any library at all. Here in PR we have to contend with libraries that are not open shelved...let me repeat, you cannot go into the stacks. You go to the desk, request a book, wait, wait, then wait some more and finally, a book appears or a disappointing face tells you, "no aye". So Cynthia Pittmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12656761837022197235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11026109.post-74682499090493196452009-01-09T18:39:00.000+01:002009-01-09T18:39:00.000+01:00Me again, just booked my flights to London early M...Me again, just booked my flights to London early March YAY!!. first stop those charity shops. will also be in Glasgow (Vanni has meetings). <BR/>My bus header painting was given to me buy an English artist who I recently purchased some sketches from (a red bus, telephone and letter box). I mentioned my blog to her and she sent that painting as an extra gift just for my blog, such a lovely and Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02560097220928952579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11026109.post-17064047278079985202009-01-09T18:36:00.000+01:002009-01-09T18:36:00.000+01:00The real shame of multiple chain book shops is tha...The real shame of multiple chain book shops is that a lot of excellent second hand book shops are closing down. There was an excellent one in Hexham that went last Summer. They had original Penguins in there and all sorts. I felt really bad that the first time I crossed the threshold was because it was closing down. That cannot be right surely?<BR/><BR/>Someone mentioned the Malet St. London Uni Hadriana's Treasureshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03740533954842010870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11026109.post-6564568911274051012009-01-09T18:34:00.000+01:002009-01-09T18:34:00.000+01:00Ps there is an award waiting for you on my blog.Ps there is an award waiting for you on my blog.cheshire wifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13944869219641386387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11026109.post-940090252596666582009-01-09T13:35:00.000+01:002009-01-09T13:35:00.000+01:00I do re-read books, so I like buying rather than b...I do re-read books, so I like buying rather than borrowing good ones. But I do go to our local Oxfam bookshop a lot, which makes a charitable virtue of being tight-fisted. As for libraries, there is a splendid second-hand bookshop in a former church in Inverness, with a roaring open fire and a rich smell of coffee. I recommend it on a windswept Highland day.Brother Tobiashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14298549883526952305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11026109.post-65327664929261090642009-01-09T10:50:00.000+01:002009-01-09T10:50:00.000+01:00LadyFi - there is something around which is for pe...LadyFi - there is something around which is for people all over the world to send each other books for nothing more than the postage incurred. Blast, I'm trying to remember what it's called. I signed up to it - that was easy - and then realised that the first step after registering is listing ten books that you want to send to people - it's a full description, ISDN numbers if poss as well. I French Fancy...https://www.blogger.com/profile/04941577892849157015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11026109.post-87246966093107209172009-01-09T09:59:00.000+01:002009-01-09T09:59:00.000+01:00My wife would kill for a library like the one in y...My wife would kill for a library like the one in your pic.Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11236459315155380910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11026109.post-4044910719027384882009-01-09T09:41:00.000+01:002009-01-09T09:41:00.000+01:00French F - mum says you're wonderful. She'd never ...French F - mum says you're wonderful. She'd never heard of the book depository before. She's spent LOTS of money on Amazon. She says a big THANK YOU. Uncle Hugh's not brilliant at curries. Mum says his curries don't quite taste the same. She used to go to Bradford from time to time too where there are some of the best curry houses in the country.Henry the Doghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14338889319568692778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11026109.post-61394317093404922362009-01-09T09:28:00.000+01:002009-01-09T09:28:00.000+01:00I too am obsessed by books and our furniture is cl...I too am obsessed by books and our furniture is clearly very charming as it consists mainly of children's toys and books! And general crap - mmm... not sure if that counts as charming?<BR/><BR/>I think it is quite OK to read books in bookshops. I mean lots of bookshops go out of their way to make your visit a reading one - they provide comfy chairs and sofas for reading in, as well as good coffeeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11026109.post-49463935385364401952009-01-09T08:10:00.000+01:002009-01-09T08:10:00.000+01:00that last comment was of course meant for Larry, n...that last comment was of course meant for Larry, not Laurie. See what I'm like in the morning!French Fancy...https://www.blogger.com/profile/04941577892849157015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11026109.post-15145998761880122492009-01-09T08:06:00.000+01:002009-01-09T08:06:00.000+01:00ContTroub - I was also bequeathed library love by ...ContTroub - I was also bequeathed library love by childhood visits to the junior library with my mum. I can think of nothing better to pass on to children than a love of reading books. Well, obviously, there's lots of other things but you know what I mean.<BR/><BR/>The last series of The Wire (recent blog post) deals with the city's biggest newspaper and the problems they have - stuff like French Fancy...https://www.blogger.com/profile/04941577892849157015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11026109.post-58231446462938267432009-01-09T05:56:00.000+01:002009-01-09T05:56:00.000+01:00nikkicrumpet,Do you have "Hit and Run" by Lawrence...nikkicrumpet,<BR/><BR/>Do you have "Hit and Run" by Lawrence Block? It's the latest in his series centered on Keller, the non-sociopathic paid assassin. Brilliant.<BR/><BR/>LarryLarry M. Browhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13317072412753621519noreply@blogger.com