tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034683570321410224.post5373582333327579180..comments2021-12-03T05:46:14.412+00:00Comments on Rochester Reader: Do You Wodehouse?Cristina (Rochester Reader)http://www.blogger.com/profile/11157196972931051576noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034683570321410224.post-30881712151992603422010-02-27T00:12:21.369+00:002010-02-27T00:12:21.369+00:00Sounds heavenly... This is the year that I really...Sounds heavenly... This is the year that I really get into Wodehouse :-)Cristina (Rochester Reader)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11157196972931051576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034683570321410224.post-77194080907564427332010-02-26T21:08:16.322+00:002010-02-26T21:08:16.322+00:00I'm totally with Mrs B - J&W are my comfor...I'm totally with Mrs B - J&W are my comfort read too. I always make sure I have an unread one someone near my bed, so that when life just gets too much, I can disappear into it for a couple of hours and emerge knowing nothing really matters after all. Every story, as you say, is pretty much the same, and always much ado about nothing, but the detail changes, and I live for those odd wonderful lines that make me roar with laughter.Luluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16226948028302431042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034683570321410224.post-62130512607096686722010-02-16T01:51:19.350+00:002010-02-16T01:51:19.350+00:00Oops... just your avatar, I should say. Perhaps I...Oops... just your avatar, I should say. Perhaps I dreamed that it was your header too :-) Or maybe that's just the image that pops into my head when I think of your blog :-)Cristina (Rochester Reader)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11157196972931051576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034683570321410224.post-58702716502375514192010-02-16T01:35:34.114+00:002010-02-16T01:35:34.114+00:00It's good to know that you can jump in anywher...It's good to know that you can jump in anywhere. I think I'll give that a try. I must say, I'm really getting excited over Wodehouse again thanks to you lovely bloggers :-) <br />'Leave it to Psmith' is now on my list. Thank you for your recommendations.<br />By the way, seeing your avatar and blog header always brings a smile to my face. I love your little cow set in front of the colourful book spines... so cute :-)Cristina (Rochester Reader)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11157196972931051576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034683570321410224.post-64400603176093702972010-02-15T18:28:54.245+00:002010-02-15T18:28:54.245+00:00Thank you for your direction with Mapp and Lucia. ...Thank you for your direction with Mapp and Lucia. I absolutely love the Folio set you mentioned in another post but have found an omnibus that is a little nicer to my pocketbook:) Leave It to Psmith has a lot of the engagement drama as well but it is the first book where I met Psmith and he is such a great character. Psmith in the City is very, very good. As far as the J & W, I started with The Code of the Woosters but my favorites have been Ring for Jeeves (which has little Wooster) and Right Ho, Jeeves. The thing I love about Wodehouse is I feel I can jump in anywhere and not worry about chronology.Stacyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12387313238448432017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034683570321410224.post-41356848747192013032010-02-14T23:26:55.195+00:002010-02-14T23:26:55.195+00:00Mae: comfort reading (and laughter) is what I want...Mae: comfort reading (and laughter) is what I want to get from the J&W and other Wodehouse books. I think my barrier to J&W is the films but I should try harder to forget them... as you say, certain hilarious moments in the books won't be a surprise since I saw the TV ones first. Drat! Should have read them first :-) I usually try to read a book before watching the film of said book (like with 'Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, for example) but the J&W episodes were soooo good :-) Perfect snuggly Winter treats.Cristina (Rochester Reader)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11157196972931051576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034683570321410224.post-24623462191219969292010-02-14T10:25:26.247+00:002010-02-14T10:25:26.247+00:00I love Wodehouse and he is a total comfort read fo...I love Wodehouse and he is a total comfort read for me. I always feel safe when I read about Jeeves and Wooster. The only negative thing is that I never remember the titles since they're all so similar so I can never remember what I've read. Sound like a bit of Wooster, right? :-) I think the reputation have somewhat overshod the books themselves so we feel somewhat let down when we actually read them.Maehttp://madbibliophile.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034683570321410224.post-45015721994726242882010-02-12T20:36:20.813+00:002010-02-12T20:36:20.813+00:00Hi Mrs. B! I always thought Tuppy Glossop was suc...Hi Mrs. B! I always thought Tuppy Glossop was such a spiffing name! <br />Thank you for your recommendation; I have reserved it at the library :-)Cristina (Rochester Reader)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11157196972931051576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034683570321410224.post-59849615237021538172010-02-12T04:30:57.401+00:002010-02-12T04:30:57.401+00:00Oh yes, I do Wodehouse! He is my comfort read and ...Oh yes, I do Wodehouse! He is my comfort read and actually (though it didn't affect me personally) the only thing I could read after 9-11. My LT name is Tuppy Glossop, a character from the Wodehouse series. I also love the TV show though it's a different experience I think. My fave Jeeves/Wooster book is the Mating Season and I don't think it's necessary to read them in order. If you're having trouble getting into them, I recommend, the Luck of the Bodkins (a stand alone book) and thoroughly hilarious.Astrid (Mrs.B)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00504736603540947661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034683570321410224.post-12203462393691925392010-02-12T03:43:35.048+00:002010-02-12T03:43:35.048+00:00Thank you for your encouragement: I shall persever...Thank you for your encouragement: I shall persevere! I think that the Psmith and Blandings novels might be my next stop. Have you any suggestions on the best book to begin with re Jeeves and Wooster since I have seen the series?<br />I'm glad you have E. F. Benson on your list and I do hope you'll enjoy it. May I recommend beginning with 'Mapp and Lucia'? This is the first book where both ladies come together. After that you can read on to the next two or try the previous three and you shouldn't feel out of sync. The previous three books have them apart (and only one is set in Tilling) and are not as comical, although I think that 'Miss Mapp'is a very witty novel and one of my favourites of the bunch.<br />His stand-alone 'Secret Lives' is also delicious and in the same vein, though set in London with a few jaunts to Brighton.<br />This is the sort of sheer delight that I hope to gain from reading Wodehouse especially since he left us so many books to enjoy.Cristina (Rochester Reader)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11157196972931051576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034683570321410224.post-10833107249401358342010-02-12T02:25:08.505+00:002010-02-12T02:25:08.505+00:00I do:) My first Wodehouse experience a few years b...I do:) My first Wodehouse experience a few years back did not go well but something about watching the Jeeves and Wooster series made it click for me. I do find his plots predictable and repetitive at times but something about the way he can make each book unique still, and usually very funny, has me hooked. I have Benson on my tbr list for 2010 and am really looking forward to reading him. I hope your future Wodehouse reads do reveal that Plum magic.Stacyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12387313238448432017noreply@blogger.com