tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731398893178184544.post5788264813749246177..comments2024-03-08T17:06:56.189+00:00Comments on mrs miniver's daughter: maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13955194101659665925noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731398893178184544.post-36902819963020570252013-07-26T11:08:41.663+01:002013-07-26T11:08:41.663+01:00If I remember rightly, several of Cornflower's...If I remember rightly, several of Cornflower's group would agree with you Leavesandpages. It's a word game rather than a novel.maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13955194101659665925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731398893178184544.post-13742060419422205662013-07-26T03:06:42.674+01:002013-07-26T03:06:42.674+01:00I tried it, but found it just a bit *too* whimsica...I tried it, but found it just a bit *too* whimsical. It is clever, though. I love crosswords and Scrabble, but just didn't love Ella, Minnow, Pea. Maybe in a different mood? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731398893178184544.post-81715617507401296902013-07-22T11:31:22.605+01:002013-07-22T11:31:22.605+01:00I should have trusted your judgement in the first ...I should have trusted your judgement in the first place, Karen! You always make interesting choices - and I'm sorry for always lagging behind! maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13955194101659665925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731398893178184544.post-6486393436028961382013-07-21T21:11:04.159+01:002013-07-21T21:11:04.159+01:00So glad you got to it in the end and loved it - I ...So glad you got to it in the end and loved it - I thought it was great!Cornflowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17779286635989616330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731398893178184544.post-73747918112995827682013-07-21T20:32:32.856+01:002013-07-21T20:32:32.856+01:00Mary - I must admit that I ignored the middle book...Mary - I must admit that I ignored the middle book cover because I didn't know what, "progressively lipogrammatic epistolary" meant. I usually would have done a Google search but at the time was more taken with the odd difference I noticed in other two covers.elegancemaisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10043236515999573762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731398893178184544.post-89870205331006680922013-07-21T19:18:39.830+01:002013-07-21T19:18:39.830+01:00This one is definitely different, Janet - and very...This one is definitely different, Janet - and very cleverly done.maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13955194101659665925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731398893178184544.post-22467601011799681212013-07-21T16:13:28.787+01:002013-07-21T16:13:28.787+01:00Thanks for the review, I'm always on the looko...Thanks for the review, I'm always on the lookout for interesting sounding books, the little odd one.Mac n' Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05732924562630675589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731398893178184544.post-18065779636973216962013-07-21T14:04:35.590+01:002013-07-21T14:04:35.590+01:00Well, progressively lipogrammatic epistolary certa...Well, progressively lipogrammatic epistolary certainly describes it best - because it's in letters between two people using progressively fewer letters of the alphabet. But I can see why they dropped this strapline because my reaction would also be, 'Wot?'<br />Hope the charity shop comes up trumps, Elegancemaison. If not, I think it's only 1p on Amazon. <br />maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13955194101659665925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731398893178184544.post-3085015365211415822013-07-21T13:39:11.957+01:002013-07-21T13:39:11.957+01:00Intriguing. I'd never heard of it. Thanks for ...Intriguing. I'd never heard of it. Thanks for the review. I shall search it out in my local charity shops (where I buy most of my fiction reading matter). <br /><br />The comparison of the different covers is also interesting in the different strap-lines. So is it best described as a novel "in" letters or a novel "without" letters? I must say I thought the "in" meant it was a novel comprised of letters as written communication between two or more people. Whereas "without" immediately made me think of letters of the alphabet. Either way the book didn't particularly appeal until you described its premise. As I said above, I'm now intrigued enough to want to read it.elegancemaisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10043236515999573762noreply@blogger.com