tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2112395216287528954.post6897482762373473063..comments2024-03-07T11:14:35.841+00:00Comments on flowersandstripes: Miss Buncle's BookJoan Hunter Dunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14652041203134127783noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2112395216287528954.post-57947783591070051762011-02-27T17:50:13.141+00:002011-02-27T17:50:13.141+00:00This sounds like my perfect read. I need to get my...This sounds like my perfect read. I need to get my hands on a copy!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2112395216287528954.post-55851548324074328242011-02-27T14:46:12.000+00:002011-02-27T14:46:12.000+00:00The Miss Buncle books are a trilogy, with a loosel...The Miss Buncle books are a trilogy, with a loosely connected 4th title.<br /><br />The Miss Buncle's are my favourite DES books.<br /><br />Miss Buncle's Book<br />Miss Buncle Married<br />The Two Mrs Abbotts<br /><br />The Four GracesGeraldinenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2112395216287528954.post-1264995899084866452011-02-27T12:30:34.267+00:002011-02-27T12:30:34.267+00:00I, too, have heard wonderful things about this boo...I, too, have heard wonderful things about this book. I am glad you enjoyed it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2112395216287528954.post-53876205963780920792011-02-27T11:57:31.758+00:002011-02-27T11:57:31.758+00:00Miss Buncle slipped neatly through the letter box ...Miss Buncle slipped neatly through the letter box yesterday and I'm now reading her! What fun!<br />Really enjoying the whimsy of this book, I shall certainly search out for more D E Stevenson - one of my late mother's favourite authors. Help, I'm turning into my mother!<br />Margaret Pgalanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14190356279359463949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2112395216287528954.post-32936710159582642272011-02-27T09:51:15.460+00:002011-02-27T09:51:15.460+00:00Cristina - I read it over Christmas/New Year too -...Cristina - I read it over Christmas/New Year too - and it was perfect the perfect time.<br />Kristi - it was my first DE Stevenson and I have one waiting on my tbr pile...<br />hip hip - I didn't know you were a former psychology student. Oh and how a new dress can make you feel.<br />Margaret P - ooh hope you enjoy it when it arrives.<br />Karen - I didn't know there was a sequel to it. That can be my read next Christmas!<br />Vivienne - oh it's lovely planning one's reads for the next one isn't it. <br />Rambling fancy - yes it was a great gift.<br />Paperback Reader - If I see a woman reading it on the train I shal know it's you!<br />Rebecca - it is wonderful.Joan Hunter Dunnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14652041203134127783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2112395216287528954.post-43708683012928337622011-02-26T14:37:20.658+00:002011-02-26T14:37:20.658+00:00I've heard so much wonderful things about this...I've heard so much wonderful things about this. Sounds wonderful1!!!Rebecca Reidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06062252252301802298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2112395216287528954.post-78120867234636199572011-02-26T10:06:58.169+00:002011-02-26T10:06:58.169+00:00I enjoyed the little glimpses inside Miss Buncle&#...I enjoyed the little glimpses inside Miss Buncle's Book and its characters - you have me feeling compelled to pick up my own (unread) copy and immerse myself in it!<br /><br />Happy Persephone Reading Week, Rachel. Enjoy.Paperback Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14579608422235511054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2112395216287528954.post-35450269003452283102011-02-25T21:37:15.823+00:002011-02-25T21:37:15.823+00:00Such a fabulous book - can't wait for the sequ...Such a fabulous book - can't wait for the sequel! A lovely Persephone Secret Santa gift too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2112395216287528954.post-72659540504684567312011-02-25T19:57:58.222+00:002011-02-25T19:57:58.222+00:00I have wanted to read this book for ages. Must get...I have wanted to read this book for ages. Must get it ready for next Persephone Weekend.serendipity_vivhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07156013023056026525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2112395216287528954.post-43151044611874332052011-02-25T19:38:28.570+00:002011-02-25T19:38:28.570+00:00I loved this book (sighs blissfully). And Perseph...I loved this book (sighs blissfully). And Persephone is publishing the sequel in the fall! I need to read more Stevenson. My library actually has several of her other books so I'll have to get to them after I read more Persephones.Karen K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13483190930383406559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2112395216287528954.post-68928067337799316152011-02-25T15:06:58.681+00:002011-02-25T15:06:58.681+00:00As we speak, Miss Buncle is on her way to me via P...As we speak, Miss Buncle is on her way to me via Persephone Books ... I shall invite her in for tea and cake as soon as she arrives!<br />Margaret PAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2112395216287528954.post-75846714452882312112011-02-25T14:37:45.652+00:002011-02-25T14:37:45.652+00:00Ah, I can so relate to Barbara's feeling like ...Ah, I can so relate to Barbara's feeling like someone else in a new dress. And silly Mrs. Greensleeves, as a former psychology student I have to say there are so many layers of meaning in that passage. The importance of how we see ourselves in private, the picture of ourselves in our imagination that maybe no one else ever gets to see.... I'll have to pick this book up!hip hip gin ginhttp://www.hiphipgingin.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2112395216287528954.post-71931166216702834992011-02-25T12:03:05.071+00:002011-02-25T12:03:05.071+00:00I've been loving Stevenson's books since I...I've been loving Stevenson's books since I began reading them in 1967 and am thrilled that they are being reissued now and a new generation is discovering that, as you said, there's more there than meets the eye. There is a yahoo group which has been discussing her books since 1997. You might enjoy it.Thickethouse.wordpresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17187303460677067276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2112395216287528954.post-55178498103007259882011-02-25T11:31:40.419+00:002011-02-25T11:31:40.419+00:00The book was a little slow in gripping me at first...The book was a little slow in gripping me at first but I loved it by the end and didn't want to leave its cosy pages. It was perfect reading for me over Christmas and the New Year and transported me to back to an idealised England. Bliss!<br />I totally agree with you... there are depths to this book and I daresay more may be discovered upon re-reading. Some of the characters were expertly portrayed - I'd love to meet them in person and have a good old chinwag over a steaming cup of Earl Grey :-)Cristina (Rochester Reader)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11157196972931051576noreply@blogger.com