tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post1208280898652177495..comments2024-02-25T19:19:39.854+11:00Comments on I prefer reading: Gentlemen, Your ad in the Saturday Review of Literature...lynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04509400868331534237noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-68873306053101502642013-01-06T02:04:02.112+11:002013-01-06T02:04:02.112+11:00This is my favourite book of all time. This book i...This is my favourite book of all time. This book is a book lovers dream. My husband got me a picture of Helene at her typewriter for Christmas and I just love it!! She was such a wonderful writer that reading her books was more like sitting with an old dear friend having a chat.(if you would like to see the photo check out my blog http://edelwaugh.blogspot.ie/2012/12/helene-hanff.html Edelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10106249651856705472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-29954101962966214042010-12-19T14:57:54.854+11:002010-12-19T14:57:54.854+11:00Wouldn't it be wonderful if Marks & Co wer...Wouldn't it be wonderful if Marks & Co were still there? I walked down Charing Cross Rd in homage on my trip to the UK over 10 years ago. Not so many bookshops there then, probably even fewer now. Thanks for commenting Steph. I'm glad you loved 84 as much as I do.lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04509400868331534237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-49492295089718451912010-12-19T05:24:29.586+11:002010-12-19T05:24:29.586+11:00I just started and finished this last night in the...I just started and finished this last night in the bath. Were I not wet, I would have clutched the gem to my chest with love. Now I'm on the hunt for the perfect edition. Should I write Marks & Co, do you think? :)<br /><br />Love your blog!stephhttp://www.bellasbookshelves.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-1724325426769549632010-10-08T08:08:39.409+11:002010-10-08T08:08:39.409+11:00I came late to this book and fell in love with it ...I came late to this book and fell in love with it too, I should look out for more of her books - I really don't know enough about Hanff and what she wrote. Feel like a reread now...Desperate Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15708411387912078122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-29022209549016735932010-10-08T05:41:34.120+11:002010-10-08T05:41:34.120+11:00I have heard of this book but only briefly and I t...I have heard of this book but only briefly and I think it will be a must read for the future. It sounds like it is a book which will give the reader so much.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-57926364109255563222010-10-07T20:09:38.506+11:002010-10-07T20:09:38.506+11:00Vintage Reading, I dip in to the other books from ...Vintage Reading, I dip in to the other books from time to time but I feel I need to reread Q's legacy after thinking about Helene & 84 over the last few days. I think I read that book you mention too but I borrowed it from work & didn't buy it. Can't remember the title but was it transcripts of radio talks she did?? That rings a bell with me.lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04509400868331534237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-33657607233451751422010-10-07T08:13:35.514+11:002010-10-07T08:13:35.514+11:00Oh great post. I'm very fond of this book,too...Oh great post. I'm very fond of this book,too. Many years ago I read a series of books by Hanff about her life in her apartment which were very good but I think they're out of print now. I'd love to re-read them.Vintage Readinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05971819409379613967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-50735696697076371612010-10-05T18:54:53.710+11:002010-10-05T18:54:53.710+11:00Thomas, the audio book is very good although I can...Thomas, the audio book is very good although I can only hear Anne Bancroft when I read the book. Juliet Stevenson is one of my favourite actors & she does a good job. Fiona, I also love Q's Legacy because of the library connection. How wonderful that Helene could educate herself, that's what libraries should be for as well as all the other things we do like offering wi-fi access & hundreds of copies of vampire romances & Dan Brown!lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04509400868331534237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-73634796946672230282010-10-05T15:07:06.424+11:002010-10-05T15:07:06.424+11:00This is one of my favourite books of all time (alt...This is one of my favourite books of all time (although I do prefer Q's Legacy as my favourite Hanff book)<br />In Q's legacy Helene decides to educate herself by borrowing Prof. Quiller-Couch's books of lectures from the NYPL. As a librarian I love that....theatremaniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15108234450656901050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-46975577056091211842010-10-05T03:01:55.605+11:002010-10-05T03:01:55.605+11:00Goodness I am envious of your Hanff collection. I ...Goodness I am envious of your Hanff collection. I must own the Folio Society edition. And, although I don't like audio books at all, this is one that I would love to have. Years ago I first stumbled across the movie on a cozy Saturday. I loved it instantly and went on to love the book just as much. How sweet that Mel Brooks bought the rights as a gift. And how sad that Bancroft is no longer with us.Thomas Hogglestockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14284352537015457974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-42832985981802526592010-10-04T17:53:25.396+11:002010-10-04T17:53:25.396+11:00Yvette, I like melancholy, bittersweet books too b...Yvette, I like melancholy, bittersweet books too but in a way, it's perfect that they didn't meet. I love the scene in the film when the lady from Delaware (Connie Booth) comes in looking for Orwell. Frank's look of hopefulness that this might be Helene is so poignant but, as Helene says, she writes them outrageous letters from a safe distance. It wouldn't have been as intimate if they had met.<br />Stacy, the Folio Society are wonderful, aren't they? I can't resist buying their editions of my favourite books, especially if I like the illustrations.lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04509400868331534237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-49517589319138176232010-10-04T13:36:34.087+11:002010-10-04T13:36:34.087+11:00I love 84 Charing Cross Road and I love the Folio ...I love 84 Charing Cross Road and I love the Folio Society, so why don't I have this book? Thank you for directing me to it:)Stacyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12387313238448432017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-1120586914894115502010-10-04T11:51:44.147+11:002010-10-04T11:51:44.147+11:00I like it too, Lyn. I admit I hadn't read it u...I like it too, Lyn. I admit I hadn't read it until a couple of years ago when a friend sent me the book. I was heartbroken when Frank died. I had hoped he and Helene might meet. It's quite bittersweet. I love books about books and about people who love books.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.com