tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post7457475974162860264..comments2024-03-25T22:59:30.053+00:00Comments on Desperate Reader: Tea, Cake, and a Great Day OutDesperate Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15708411387912078122noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-80439134425803888452010-11-21T21:51:01.356+00:002010-11-21T21:51:01.356+00:00Lifetime reader. Looking forward to the classics c...Lifetime reader. Looking forward to the classics circuit, and to seeing what you thought of Rachel Ray. It's one I have no imediate plans to read but your review might make it imperative:)Desperate Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15708411387912078122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-14867910661624983732010-11-19T00:46:49.366+00:002010-11-19T00:46:49.366+00:00Wasn't it a lovely day, Hayley? And lovely to...Wasn't it a lovely day, Hayley? And lovely to see you again. I had blocked the lift incident from my mind, somehow...<br /><br />I love Kate Chopin's short stories, which I read six years ago, just after reading The Awakening. I don't remember much about them, except that they were very powerful in short bursts.StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-49180315595106191732010-11-18T18:56:50.116+00:002010-11-18T18:56:50.116+00:00I am so envious of your afternoon tea with all the...I am so envious of your afternoon tea with all the book bloggers! It sounds lovely. <br /><br />Interesting to see Rachel Ray on your stack. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. (I'll write about it in early December for the Classics Circuit.)Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09543197858284977937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-77778864838390551382010-11-15T22:29:28.475+00:002010-11-15T22:29:28.475+00:00Novelinsights - wine best drunk rather than worked...Novelinsights - wine best drunk rather than worked in (may day started with several smashed bottles) Lovely to have met you too:)<br />Jessica, sorry not to have met you, next time?<br />Susan - avoid the lifts!Desperate Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15708411387912078122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-55969037069767063892010-11-15T11:51:42.409+00:002010-11-15T11:51:42.409+00:00It was so lovely to meet you. I have been since po...It was so lovely to meet you. I have been since pondering a career in wine in a sort of whimsical way. The lift was a bit of a fright, but as you say it could definitely have been a worse bunch of people to potentially be stuck with!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-25602022900961140162010-11-15T10:02:17.610+00:002010-11-15T10:02:17.610+00:00That sounds like brilliant fun! Shame I couldnt ma...That sounds like brilliant fun! Shame I couldnt make it (I was on holiday)Jessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08861424110678889637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-17076358722849313532010-11-15T02:19:39.209+00:002010-11-15T02:19:39.209+00:00What a wonderful time. Books as a common theme do...What a wonderful time. Books as a common theme do have a way of making social gatherings a tad easier, don't they? I'm putting the museum's lifts on my list of things to avoid based on this thread. :)Susan in TXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09550766549670690646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-90065803366107781052010-11-14T23:54:49.471+00:002010-11-14T23:54:49.471+00:00Our afternoon almost became too cozy in that lift....Our afternoon almost became too cozy in that lift. (It was those last two women who pushed their way on that got us stuck...)<br /><br />It was so much fun meeting all of you. I can't wait to get home and blog about it all.Thomas Hogglestockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14284352537015457974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-4259739450520334492010-11-14T22:35:34.954+00:002010-11-14T22:35:34.954+00:00There will be no more lifts...There will be no more lifts...Desperate Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15708411387912078122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-50025424841125507522010-11-14T22:21:47.351+00:002010-11-14T22:21:47.351+00:00I can't go to London without spending too much...I can't go to London without spending too much either ... oh, wait, I *live* there now :s I am amazed by my restraint yesterday and still managed to arrive home laden with books.<br /><br />I don't do wonderfully well in new social situations either but being able to discuss books always puts me at ease. <br /><br />Lovely to see you again and looking forward to the next encounter (as long as it doesn't include lifts).Paperback Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14579608422235511054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-5987662021758474192010-11-14T20:44:27.259+00:002010-11-14T20:44:27.259+00:00Verity, It's a shame you couldn't make it,...Verity, It's a shame you couldn't make it, but as you're saving it's maybe as well - I can't go to London without spending far to much. We did miss you but I think you were there in spirit. I got a very nice book about afternoon tea - but more of that later!Desperate Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15708411387912078122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-26341257977214882352010-11-14T20:16:53.673+00:002010-11-14T20:16:53.673+00:00That is very exciting and I wish I had been there....That is very exciting and I wish I had been there. Although K felt so guilty when O said wistfully last night that I wished Id gone (I hadn't mentioned it before) that he bought me a new swimming costume with the John Lewis vouchers he'd been hoarding. Some compensation tho I would have loved some bookish chatverityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16825551404394913715noreply@blogger.com