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Which Penguin Mug?

mood: curious curious
ramblingfancy's recent post reminded me that I can never make up my mind which Penguin mug I would most like. So here's a poll for you to pick your favourite.

Poll #1309817 Which Penguin Mug?
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All. Participants: 14

Which Penguin mug would you choose?

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Pride & Prejudice
0(0.0%)
1984
0(0.0%)
Casebook of Sherlock Holmes
0(0.0%)
Murder at the Vicarage
1(7.7%)
Wuthering Heights
0(0.0%)
A Room of One's Own
2(15.4%)
Great Expectations
0(0.0%)
Jane Eyre
1(7.7%)
The Great Gatsby
0(0.0%)
My Man Jeeves
1(7.7%)
Bonjour Tristesse
0(0.0%)
The Invisible Man
0(0.0%)
Brave New World
0(0.0%)
The Big Sleep
1(7.7%)
Other
0(0.0%)

Which title do you think Penguin should add to the list?

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Middlemarch
4(50.0%)
Other
4(50.0%)


I really prefer the Pigeon Post one I already have.
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Posted on Dec. 5th, 2008 at 09:13 am | | Leave a comment | 24 comments |

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mimmimmim

I voted for three things.

Middlemarch? If I could wipe one book from the face of the planet, Middlemarch would be a strong contender, although that's probably the result of having had it as a set text at university and lectured on it by a strongly feminist lecturer. Literally hours of joyless tedium...
Posted on Dec. 5th, 2008 09:28 am (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

rosathome

That is such a shame. I adore Middlemarch, but I have never had to sit through a single hour of tedious feminist lecture on it. But I really couldn't imagine wanting to read anything by L. P. Hartley...
Posted on Dec. 5th, 2008 09:36 am (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

mountainkiss

I always confuse L.P. Hartley with J.R. Hartley.

Why did you vote against Middlemarch if you adore it?

Also, I thought you were working...
Posted on Dec. 5th, 2008 09:42 am (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

rosathome

I meant to click Middlemarch and Other, but pressed Submit by mistake.

L. P. Hartley = The Go-Between. I once wrote an essay on the importance of the cricket match in alleviating the otherwise unrelieved tedium of this novel. I didn't get a very good mark for it but there was an enormous sense of satisfaction in saying exactly what I thought.
J. R. Hartley = Fly Fishing

I am. You didn't see me here...
Posted on Dec. 5th, 2008 09:48 am (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

callmemadam

Middlemarch is my favourite book! So naturally I can never see why other people hate it. :-) I would hate to be lectured on it: it's mine!
Posted on Dec. 5th, 2008 11:51 am (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

mimmimmim

Perhaps I should read it again. Lots of people love it, so I clearly missed something!
Posted on Dec. 5th, 2008 02:13 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

huskyteer

I would like a 39 Steps mug.
Posted on Dec. 5th, 2008 10:35 am (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

callmemadam

Good choice! There's a Christmas trailer on TV at the moment and part of it looks very much as if it might be Rupert Penry-Jones in 39 Steps. Heard anything?
Posted on Dec. 5th, 2008 11:53 am (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

pinkhebe

I'm pretty sure it is RPJ being all 39 Steps.

Wish he'd do some theatre again. He's the only Cambridge Spy that I have not seen on stage, and for whom I do not have an autograph.

~x~
Posted on Dec. 5th, 2008 02:10 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

huskyteer

Ooh! That sounds lovely festive viewing.
Posted on Dec. 5th, 2008 02:18 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

callmemadam

Can't wait. He's too good looking for it, really.
Posted on Dec. 5th, 2008 04:00 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply
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callmemadam

Buchan is proving popular but not up with Dame Agatha yet.
Posted on Dec. 5th, 2008 04:04 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

_lethe_

My boss has the "The Body in the Library" mug, which is very appropriate since we work in a library. Unfortunately I can't choose that one because I don't want to be a copycat, so I'm going for "A Room of One's Own".

It would also be nice to start the day with "Great Expectations", better anyway than with "Bonjour tristesse".
Posted on Dec. 5th, 2008 03:02 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

callmemadam

Heh! The intellectual of the Flist :-).

Very true, ha ha!
Posted on Dec. 5th, 2008 04:01 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

ramblingfancy

I like Middlemarch very much, although I would most like a Gaskell mug preferably Cranford I think. Or a Trollope - Can You Forgive Her? I love the Ransome ones too -I am drinking from "We didn't mean to go to Sea" this minute :-) For a smaller mug have you seen the Poole Pottery Quentin Blake ones? They're adorable though not I suppose linked to a specific book. M went through collecting the Bramley Hedge mugs which are quite gorgeous and almost fine china. I of course have managed to chip one so now it's the three seasons. Hey ho!
Posted on Dec. 5th, 2008 06:10 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

callmemadam

If I had a Cranford mug I'd like one with Brock-style illustrations on it.

The Poole mugs sound nice, I must check them out. Bramley Hedge is cute but we never got into it. Still have a Bunnikins and a Peter Rabbit!
Posted on Dec. 5th, 2008 07:50 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

feather_ghyll

I went for my fabourite book of the selection, but reading the comments from the more intellectual, I see I missed a trick. AND I didn't know there was a selection of Ransomes. I regularly drink from 'Swallows and Amazons'.
Posted on Dec. 5th, 2008 07:34 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

callmemadam

My idea *was* to find out people's favourite book on the list!

Three of us with Ransome mugs: Swallows & Amazons for ever!
Posted on Dec. 5th, 2008 07:52 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

_lethe_

In that case I hasten to add that for comfort reading I prefer Murder at the Vicarage and P & P to A Room of One's Own any day! :-)

(And I see nobody has voted for 1984 yet. I thought it was really good. I especially liked the chapter on Newspeak.)
Posted on Dec. 5th, 2008 09:55 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

callmemadam

Me too!

1984 is *so* good that we tend to forget that not everyone saw things as clearly as Orwell did; we think we had these ideas ourselves.
Posted on Dec. 6th, 2008 08:38 am (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

debodacious

I have a Swallows and Amazons mug too! I also can never decide which Penguin mug I prefer, although I have Hotel Splendide at the moment. What I really yearn for is a deckchair.
Posted on Dec. 5th, 2008 08:50 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

callmemadam

Join the club!
The deckchairs are spiffing.
Posted on Dec. 6th, 2008 08:25 am (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

coughingbear

I have Body in the Library and also Swallows and Amazons, and indeed a Moomin mug, all of which I love dearly, but would really like to have P&P and/or Room of Ones Own as well. Which probably indicates I have as much trouble making my mind up about these things as you do!
Posted on Dec. 5th, 2008 09:06 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

callmemadam

And the icon to prove it! I've never seen a Moomin mug: don't tempt me.
Posted on Dec. 6th, 2008 08:36 am (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply