tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040657217275018769.post9046236077762182597..comments2023-11-03T04:28:57.670-05:00Comments on Books and Cooks: Upstairs/DownstairsTarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07208766776468157501noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040657217275018769.post-13511387208978880412008-04-23T19:51:00.000-05:002008-04-23T19:51:00.000-05:00I wanted so, so badly to like Riverton but gave it...I wanted so, so badly to like Riverton but gave it up, just quit it not too far into the book. I kept thinking, ho hum, I've heard this story. I already know it. It looked so beautiful, and it is a period I love, but... <BR/>Have you ever read Brideshead Revisited? Now, that is a book. One of my top faves of all time. I also like the original tv version with Jeremy Irons, and am not sure I can watch the new version.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040657217275018769.post-82880273614498111172008-04-18T13:30:00.000-05:002008-04-18T13:30:00.000-05:00I love the House series. I think The Manor House i...I love the House series. I think The Manor House is my favorite though. It was fun watching the privileged in the series come to feel as if they were to the manor born properly. <BR/><BR/>Sorry to hear about your earaches and sickly woes!Carrie Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15585975894624687972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040657217275018769.post-17158869080274381602008-04-18T10:43:00.000-05:002008-04-18T10:43:00.000-05:00Danielle, I couldn't believe it when the family cr...Danielle, I couldn't believe it when the family cried when they left the house. Such an odd family? I wonder if they still call the father Sir John..<BR/><BR/>Booksplease, the links between books just keep coming for me! I hope you can find your copy of Dickens' book..I have One Pair of Feet waiting for me. <BR/><BR/><BR/>Cath, that's interesting - I got my copies from an online swap from a big Dickens fan - she had a whole stack of her books. I also cannot imagine having only one book going at a time now. Funny how that has changed.Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07208766776468157501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040657217275018769.post-67124551063668269382008-04-18T01:47:00.000-05:002008-04-18T01:47:00.000-05:00Like Booksplease I read One Pair of Hands years ag...Like Booksplease I read One Pair of Hands years ago and One Pair of Feet. You don't see either over here these days, whereas when I was young they were in every library.<BR/><BR/>The Edwardian House was an excellent series. Stupidly, I didn't watch the 1940s one so I'm hoping they'll repeat it sometime.<BR/><BR/>I too have taken to reading several books at once but only this year. I went back to reading one book at a time a couple of times and found I didn't like it at all. I'm pretty sure blogging has done this to me.Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06371069000185280668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040657217275018769.post-87135652268291521922008-04-17T01:17:00.000-05:002008-04-17T01:17:00.000-05:00I've read and loved all of these, except Miss Pett...I've read and loved all of these, except Miss Pettigrew. You've inspired me to read it - it's waiting in a pile at the moment. <BR/><BR/>I read One Pair of Hands a long time ago - a re-read would be great, if I can find it. I can't imagine being waited on either and certainly not by someone living-in!<BR/><BR/>Strange how we pick books unconsciously and find links and similar themes.BooksPleasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08721650104596705715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040657217275018769.post-16372273712245036822008-04-16T09:38:00.000-05:002008-04-16T09:38:00.000-05:00I really liked The House at Riverton. It had its ...I really liked The House at Riverton. It had its flaws, but overall definitely a good comfort read! I loved watching Manor House--really interesting stuff. I couldn't imagine having people wait on me either, but this family took to it quite easily, didn't they? It was so fascinating. And I know what you mean by books intersecting that way--that happens to me, too! Oh, and I really need to read that Dickens book!Daniellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06415242678720695754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040657217275018769.post-6005885352424737152008-04-16T09:31:00.000-05:002008-04-16T09:31:00.000-05:00Iliana, I know what you mean and I definitely had ...Iliana, I know what you mean and I definitely had high expectations for this book.<BR/><BR/>Simon, I'm pretty sure I read about One Pair of Hands in one of my many books about books and was excited to see it on your list before I'd dipped into it. It's one of the few or perhaps the only one on your list I had already heard of. Both books definitely seem like books you would enjoy.<BR/><BR/>Kay, I did the same and was saving it for just the right moment. I haven't seen Colonial House and will have to rectify that!<BR/><BR/>Bybee, I'm not sure, I haven't read the Orwell. Regarding the slumming, I do enough cooking and cleaning at home to ever do it for anyone else!Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07208766776468157501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040657217275018769.post-52289701882684960502008-04-16T01:28:00.000-05:002008-04-16T01:28:00.000-05:00One Pair Of Hands sounds like a really good read.....One Pair Of Hands sounds like a really good read...don't know why, but I'm reminded of Orwell's Down and Out In Paris And London...maybe the "I'm-just-slumming" aspect? Hard to say since I haven't read Monica Dickens' book.Bybeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10061186489010154661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040657217275018769.post-69208365907991203142008-04-15T22:31:00.000-05:002008-04-15T22:31:00.000-05:00I need to read HOUSE AT RIVERTON soon. I ordered ...I need to read HOUSE AT RIVERTON soon. I ordered it from Book Depository and then promptly filed it away on a shelf. One day soon.<BR/><BR/>I know what you mean about Manor House. I liked it but maybe not as much as some of the other settings. I liked 1940's House a lot and I liked Colonial House.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040657217275018769.post-82464008264233306432008-04-15T18:21:00.000-05:002008-04-15T18:21:00.000-05:00What a lovely selection of books - so glad you enj...What a lovely selection of books - so glad you enjoyed One Pair of Hands (did I help this get into your hands, or had you heard of it somewhere else?) - and you remind me that I bought The House at Riverton on impulse months ago, and haven't come close to reading it yet.StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040657217275018769.post-30634878786106445242008-04-15T13:06:00.000-05:002008-04-15T13:06:00.000-05:00I want to read The House at Riverton after hearing...I want to read The House at Riverton after hearing so much about it too. Hopefully it will live up to my expectations. You know how that goes after you hear so much about a book :)Ilianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07026669671843769219noreply@blogger.com