Monday 3 May 2010

Persephone Reading Week : Welcome

Welcome to Persephone Reading Week! I'm really excited to be hosting this event once again with Claire from Paperback Reader and I'm looking forward to reading some more of my Persephone books, and seeing what others have been reading.

There's no real rules for the week, all you need to do in order to participate is to read one or more Persephone books. I'm aiming to read one a day, and to hopefully blog about them too. It should be a lovely relaxed reading challenge with plenty of wonderful books to choose from.

Along the way, Claire and I will collate your posts and blog about them to make it easy to see what everyone has been reading and talking about; to help us, every time you write something as part of the week, please post a link to the post in the comments section of this welcome post, or in the comments section of Claire's welcome post. Do this to be in with a chance to win a copy of The closed door and other stories by Dorothy Whipple which will be awarded to our favourite post of the week.

Nicola Beaumann from Persephone books has kindly given us three other brand new Persephone books in addition to The closed door, which we'll be giving away through quizzes on our blogs thsi week, and we also have a copy of the DVD of Miss Pettigrew lives for a day.

31 comments:

  1. Very excited that Persephone Reading week is here! I have been saving The Shuttle just for this!

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  2. I'm very excited too! Thank you both so much for doing all the organization for this! I've listed my choices this morning: http://ramblingfancy.typepad.com/blog/2010/05/persephone-reading-week.html

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  3. So impressed by your resolution to read one a day - I am very much looking forward to all the reviews! Many thanks to you and Claire for organizing such a fun week. I am excited to be participating and have done a blog on what I'll be reading here:

    http://skirmishofwit.typepad.com/skirmish_of_wit/2010/05/persephone-week.html

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  4. I am so excited that the second Persephone Reading Week is finally hearing after missing out in taking part of the first one. Sadly I can't read as fast as you, so I think that I will only have time to read Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, which I have been hoarding for a couple of months until this week.

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  5. To link in with this great idea I've themed my posts this week to be my favourite quotes from Persephone books - starting with Mariana.
    Off to read Lady Rose and Mrs Memmary...
    http://flowersandstripes.blogspot.com/2010/05/jigsaw.html

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  6. So excited! I ummed and aahed over my shelves this morning and have finally settled on Housebound to start me off. I hope to fit in more than one this week but we'll see how I get on!

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  7. Hi Verity, I have reviewed The Runaway here: http://theglitteringburn.blogspot.com/2010/05/runaway-by-elizabeth-anna-hart.html

    This Persephone week is a lovely idea and it has prompted me to splash out on these books for the first time after much coveting. Thank you!

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  8. So excited to get reading:) Thank you for hosting this special event once again.

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  9. Very, very excited. Is it wrong for me to comment here and at Claire's site? I hope not. Here is open letter to Peresphone and my review of High Wages by Dorothy Whipple.

    http://myporchblog.blogspot.com/2010/05/book-review-high-wages-by-dorothy.html

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  10. It's been terrific to see an increasing interest in Persephone Reading Week over the past few weeks! I'm so looking forward to reading everyone's reviews and hopefully, about their trip to the shop itself. Family Roundabout is my choice to kick things off.

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  11. I'm so much looking forward to taking part in this. My introductory post is here: http://embarrassmentoffrivolities.blogspot.com/2010/05/of-persephone-reading-week.html and I should have another couple of Persephone posts later in the week once I've properly got going with my reading! Thanks so much to you and Claire again!

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  12. Add me to the list of those excited. I've reviewed High Wages on librarything: http://www.librarything.com/work/75951/reviews/53284605

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  13. Thanks again to you and Claire for hosting this. I'm so looking forward to being part of it this year. My introductory post is here:

    http://makedoandread.wordpress.com/2010/05/02/persephone-reading-week/

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  14. Here's my last minute joining in as well (I found my library had a few Persephone Classics!)

    http://afewofmyfavouritebooks.wordpress.com/2010/05/03/persephone-reading-here-we-come/

    And what a great set of books and reading idea! I'm so glad so many blogs brought it to my attention.

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  15. I've posted my plans for Persephone Reading Week here: http://abookishspace.blogspot.com/2010/05/miss-pettigrew-and-louisa-may-alcott.html

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  16. I re-read no 38, "Cheerful Weather for the Wedding" by Julia Strachey today.

    I chose this Persephone edition from my shelves for two reasons - the mention of Weather in the title - which seemed a good choice for a chilly, and wet Bank Holiday Monday, and secondly because it's the slimmest Persephone title that I own so fitted into my handbag easily.

    I only got a few pages read this afternoon during the quiet spells of stewarding at an event. Finished the re-read this evening at home.

    Is this a unique Persephone title in that the whole story takes place in one day? I've not read enough Persephones to know the answer to that question.

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  17. Hi Verity! Thanks for doing this.. so excited. I posted a photo of my stack for the week: http://kissacloud.wordpress.com/2010/05/04/persephone-reading-week/

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  18. Good morning :) Here are my thoughts on Good Evening, Mrs Craven: http://www.thingsmeanalot.com/2010/05/good-evening-mrs-craven-by-mollie.html

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  19. Well this is my first contribution - not actually a Persephone, but an excellent book! http://desperatereader.blogspot.com/

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  20. Just finished reading To Bed With Grand Music by Marghanita Laski and have reviewed it here.
    http://www.librarything.com/work/9164393/reviews/53193188

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  21. Here's my review of The Making of a Marchioness: http://afewofmyfavouritebooks.wordpress.com/2010/05/05/review-the-making-of-a-marchioness-by-frances-hodgson-burnett/ This is starting to feel a bit like a whirlwind of reading and reviewing and reading everyone else's reviews, but once the week is over I think I'll go back and reread all the other posts and savour them more.

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  22. Hetty Dorval review here:

    http://www.librarything.com/work/75950/reviews

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  23. Hello just to say I'm loving Persephone week. My review of Lady Rose and Mrs Memmary is here and later today, and for the rest of the week, my quotes will be from Greenery Street.
    http://flowersandstripes.blogspot.com/2010/05/lady-rose-and-mrs-memmary.html#comments

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  24. I've just posted about Little Boy Lost.

    http://tinyurl.com/2b2adfr

    As i confess in the post, I read this some time ago but it's my favourite Persephone so I hope it's ok. I can't wait until the weekend when I'll hopefully have time to visit all these other blogs & read their reviews.

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  25. Just thought I'd drop by with a picture of my cat who also seems to be enjoying Persephone Reading Week.

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/johncelliot/4584693806/

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  26. I've just posted about Daddy's gone a-hunting,

    http://tinyurl.com/2ba7w8a

    Thank you for hosting the week Verity. I'm looking forward to reading some of the other reviews after lunch.

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  27. Another Hetty Dorval review here: http://afewofmyfavouritebooks.wordpress.com/2010/05/07/an-unexpected-find/

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  28. I've posted a review on librarything about Lettice Delmer. But be warned, there are spoilers.
    http://www.librarything.com/work/217549/reviews/46942423

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  29. My post is more generic but does cover Lettice Delmer as well, but no spoilers in mine!
    http:/ironandpony.blogspot.com

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  30. Oh, I missed it! I am heartbroken. I was in London, at the time, and probably staring at a whole shelf-full of unread Persephones (as well as a few read ones, I must admit) even as it was taking place! Boo to me. Will you be holding it again next year?

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  31. Hello Pour of Tor - sorry you missed out! We may have a reading weekend later in the year, not sure about having another week as still recovering from the last one!

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