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A treat for January



If you follow Scott’s blog, you will know already that in January, Dean Street Press are to publish more Furrowed Middlebrow books. Fans of D E Stevenson will be delighted that her ‘Mrs Tim’ books are among them. I’ve read several of these already and am slightly ambivalent about them, finding Mrs Tim rather a snob. I’ve been sent an e-book of Mrs Tim Carries On, which I haven’t read and look forward to because it’s about wartime.

The other book now on my iPad is Alice by Elizabeth Eliot, an author I’d not previously heard of. Reports later but I may be saving these for a cosy Christmas read.

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Posted on Nov. 13th, 2018 at 11:00 am | | Leave a comment | 12 comments |

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Sue Cuthbert

I was pleased to hear of more of Scotts book choices being reprinted. Haven't read any Mrs Tim but they have sent me an online version of one of them too. I was hoping for a paper version! as I don't like reading online but as my Mum would have said "beggars can't be choosers"!
Sue at the cottage at the end of the lane
Posted on Nov. 13th, 2018 01:33 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

callmemadam

Yes, 'real' books would be nice but then there's the space-for-more-books problem!

Edited at 2018-11-13 02:23 pm (UTC)
Posted on Nov. 13th, 2018 02:22 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

mouse

Always a good idea to get a Christmas list going whether for books or films. I have a good film list and two books I often re-read is 'A Christmas Carol' and 'Letters from Father Christmas'.
Enjoy your Christmas reads B.
Posted on Nov. 13th, 2018 01:54 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

callmemadam

I read A Christmas Carol every year and some other favourites. Miss Read has some good Christmas stories. My Christmas DVDs and CDs have their own boxes.
Posted on Nov. 13th, 2018 02:25 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

mouse

I took dozens of DVDs to the charity shop but I kept a basketful of the Christmas ones, I could never part with those and my CD Christmas music collection is vast although I tend to use Prime music now as there's so much on there :)
Posted on Nov. 13th, 2018 02:56 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

geraniumcat

I'm glad someone else is ambivalent about Mrs Tim, she is my least favourite of the excellent WW2 women. I much prefer Camilla in Bewildering Cares.
Posted on Nov. 13th, 2018 02:44 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

callmemadam

Oh, I loved Bewildering Cares!
Posted on Nov. 13th, 2018 03:31 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

(Anonymous)

Mrs. Tim

I do love Mrs. Tim and hope she grows on you!
Posted on Nov. 14th, 2018 04:51 am (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

callmemadam

Re: Mrs. Tim

I hope so, too!
Posted on Nov. 14th, 2018 07:39 am (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

(Anonymous)

Re: Mrs. Tim

I have MRS MARTELL and ALICE by Eliot.I told Scott that they existed.
Do i have to read Mrs Tim as i did not like the first one ?

Tina
Posted on Nov. 14th, 2018 09:15 am (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

callmemadam

Re: Mrs. Tim

Well done, I've never seen a book by Elizabeth Eliot before.

Up to you! I'm giving it a go because of the wartime setting. No doubt Mrs Tim will turn out to be one of the middle class housewives of Britain bravely coping with rations and shortages. I'll have to find out.
Posted on Nov. 14th, 2018 10:09 am (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

(Anonymous)

Re: Mrs. Tim

i agree MRS TIM CARRIES ON sounds the best of the bunch.Lucky i read quickly.
Posted on Nov. 15th, 2018 08:08 am (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply