tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post6198273567658241496..comments2024-03-29T12:58:31.600+01:00Comments on From My Mental Library: Read in 2016 - 32: The View from the Corner ShopLibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-91222443359855539972016-10-04T06:37:30.334+02:002016-10-04T06:37:30.334+02:00I think I have heard of the series you mention, it...I think I have heard of the series you mention, it sounds interesting and I am definitely going to check it out. Thank you!Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-41606951653613132532016-10-04T06:36:42.515+02:002016-10-04T06:36:42.515+02:00This one is not a novel, which makes it all the mo...This one is not a novel, which makes it all the more interesting to me.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-91586696413223026822016-10-04T06:36:12.225+02:002016-10-04T06:36:12.225+02:00I am sure you will not regret having bought this o...I am sure you will not regret having bought this one, Graham.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-14110792113625019742016-10-03T13:10:08.466+02:002016-10-03T13:10:08.466+02:00This looks so interesting and your review makes me...This looks so interesting and your review makes me want to read it! The MO project sounds really fascinating as well. It reminds me a little bit of the British Up documentary series that starts with "Seven Up" in 1964, following a group of kids from all different backgrounds into adulthood, catching up with them every 7 years. So interesting! xoxo SilkeSilke Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17094855019089665976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-24898725246941746202016-10-01T23:28:19.728+02:002016-10-01T23:28:19.728+02:00I am such a fan of reading a book about a certain ...I am such a fan of reading a book about a certain time period that is written in that same time. I'm always leery of historical novels. I was so interested to read this post.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-60530937036410262742016-09-30T08:55:45.041+02:002016-09-30T08:55:45.041+02:00Like your Mum I was born in 1944 and I lived throu...Like your Mum I was born in 1944 and I lived through rationing and a city torn apart by bombing. The MO project is a fascinating one although, to be honest, I've not followed it much. I just popped over to Amazon with a view to buying it (and saw your review) to add to the pile of books waiting for that time in my life when I get back to reading to the extent that I used to read.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-14781345690875072342016-09-29T19:34:31.070+02:002016-09-29T19:34:31.070+02:00There is another Nella Last book out, I've rea...There is another Nella Last book out, I've read. I have come across her name when looking up the MO project, and I think I would like to read her diaries, too. Can you recomend them?Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-26234022195630273392016-09-29T19:33:44.638+02:002016-09-29T19:33:44.638+02:00Never heard about that song, Jennifer - but when I...Never heard about that song, Jennifer - but when I was at school, there was always at least one or two Claudias in every class, and Monikas and Sabines were also very popular names. I didn't (and still don't) often encounter other Meikes.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-59418255828843125132016-09-29T18:17:01.329+02:002016-09-29T18:17:01.329+02:00We are legion! LOL!
There's a song from the 9...We are legion! LOL!<br /><br />There's a song from the 90's..."27 Jennifers" which about sums up my high school experience....<br /><br />"I went to school with 27 Jennifers...<br />I rode the bus with 27 Jennifers..."<br /><br />Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12512800812290518552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-1556068169648426882016-09-29T17:59:09.474+02:002016-09-29T17:59:09.474+02:00Thanks for writing about this book. I am fascinate...Thanks for writing about this book. I am fascinated by the home front stories of WWII and know about the mass observation project. I've read two books by Nella Last which were her diaries during the war and after.Thickethouse.wordpresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17187303460677067276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-30693139956063502452016-09-29T13:59:59.429+02:002016-09-29T13:59:59.429+02:00You are welcome, Jenny, and I can imagine you will...You are welcome, Jenny, and I can imagine you will enjoy this at least as much as I did, if not more.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-2560599226671567772016-09-29T10:39:57.643+02:002016-09-29T10:39:57.643+02:00I've read other Mass Observation books - what ...I've read other Mass Observation books - what a fascinating resource it is, indeed - but not one that focuses on one person. . I have often wanted to know more about the diaries quoted. So thanks for highlighting this book, I will get hold of a copy! Jenny Woolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16881781466502273314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-37388697217827894702016-09-28T19:09:57.608+02:002016-09-28T19:09:57.608+02:00Thank you, Monica, this was very interesting.
As ...Thank you, Monica, this was very interesting. <br />As a little girl - I was born in 1968, so more than 20 years after the end of the war -, I often was at my grandparents' house. They had been living there since getting married in 1933, and a lot of what was in the house, along with the stories they told us kids, were reminders of war time. I know a rationing system was in place in Germany, too, and many other hardships befell the ordinary people, no matter whether they were in line with what the murderous government of that time was doing or not.<br />Every time I read about those years, I am once more grateful that I was born long afterwards - not even my parents remember the actual war (Mum was born in 1944 and Dad in 1942).Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-61128131362798980932016-09-28T17:20:58.558+02:002016-09-28T17:20:58.558+02:00I've not read this book nor ever heard of that...I've not read this book nor ever heard of that project, but to me the image you describe having got from it of what the war years were like seems familiar and no surprise. Hard to say where my impressions have come from, of course I was born only ten years after WWII ended and in my childhood people were still talking of it. In my paternal grandparents' home there was still a box or wallet or something containing old rationing cupons (even if Sweden was officially neutral we were still affected by the war), I remember looking at and "playing" with those in early childhood, and no doubt people talked about and tried to explain to me what they had been used for etc. And at my other grandparents' house I read girls' books that had belonged to my mum and my aunt, who grew up during the war. So even if I did not really understand much else about the war until later, I think I still did get a kind of sense rather early on of how it had affected "ordinary people". DawnTreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04533307672147117843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-66545067166207278912016-09-28T07:51:36.245+02:002016-09-28T07:51:36.245+02:00You are welcome, Jennifer!
(This is the first time...You are welcome, Jennifer!<br />(This is the first time I have two Jennifers commenting on my blog!) :-)Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-85115026359136906872016-09-28T07:51:10.690+02:002016-09-28T07:51:10.690+02:00Hello Jennifer, Welcome to my blog! Thank you for ...Hello Jennifer, Welcome to my blog! Thank you for reading and leaving a comment. Nice to meet someone who shares my fascination with the MO project! I am sure you know a lot more about it than I.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-61757379367655523582016-09-28T04:54:39.156+02:002016-09-28T04:54:39.156+02:00I will look for this! Thanks!I will look for this! Thanks!Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12512800812290518552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-62166395137398044422016-09-27T19:22:26.628+02:002016-09-27T19:22:26.628+02:00I have long been fascinated by the Mass Observatio...I have long been fascinated by the Mass Observation project and the diaries that come from it. This is not one I have read before. I will be looking for a copy. It is so interesting to get such a real feel for what people were thinking, feeling, and doing at the time. Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07878149675832228998noreply@blogger.com