Wednesday 15 December 2010

Persephone secret santa

I mentioned a while ago here that my friend Claire from Paperback Reader was organising this year's Persephone Secret Santa. I wasn't able to participate myself so was very surprised when I recieved a package from the shop in the post! (I found out at lunchtime the other week when I was asking my fiance if I'd had any post, and he told me about the package, which led to a certain amount of confusion and worry on my part - I was /sure/ that I hadn't ordered anything from them!). It turned out that the extremely kind Frances from Nonsuch book had included me, saying:

"When I saw that you were not taking part in the Persephone Secret Santa, I asked Claire for your address. You not participating just seemed wrong! :) Hope you do not have this one. Merry Christmas!"

I was hugely touched by this kindness, especially as I now have one of the new books - The mystery of Blencarrow by Mrs Oliphant, which I think will be perfect Christmas reading. And, it was the first time that I've ever recieved anything giftwrapped from the shop - as you can see in the picture, I can't bear to unwrap it, so it is adorning our Christmas tree. I could tell what it was from the bookmark included.

The other Persephone related news is that Claire and I will be hosting a Persephone Reading Weekend at the end of February; the whole week was fun, but a little exhausting for the both of us, so we are limiting ourselves to a weekend this time. It'll be the same format as the previous reading weeks - you can read as many Persephone books as you like, post reviews and Persephone related posts, and we'll have a couple of quizzes and hopefully some prizes for our favourite posts. As I finished reading my way through the Persephone 90 (or rather 87 as it was then), with the exception of the Mrs Oliphant which I am going to savour over Christmas, during the last reading week, I am looking forward to rereading some of my favourites this time around.

14 comments:

  1. Oh you're the 34th santee! Congratulations on getting such a nice gesture for Christmas.

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  2. I hope you enjoy your new book! It was so nice of Frances to make sure you were included.

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  3. That's such a lovely thing to happen, I bought this one to read over christmas as well - I'm really looking forward to it.

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  4. oooh lovely another Perspehone reading week/end

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  5. That's wonderful! I look forward to reading about the book, I put it on the list I gave my DH (not very subtle, I know!). And great news about the upcoming Persephone week! I have so many Persephones I want to read -- and I have an extra copy of Fidelity by Susan Glaspell that I can give away (I've been saving it in hopes for another PRW).

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  6. How lovely of Frances! She was my Santa too and I also got the Mrs Oliphant book - I'm so looking forward to reading it!

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  7. How lovely! What lovely people book bloggers are! :)

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  8. Lovely! This is such a good idea, what a wonderful Christmas thing to do!

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  9. What a lovely surprise Verity! And SO sweet of Frances. Enjoy the book!

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  10. I'm so glad you were able to get a Persephone too and I'm looking forward to the reading weekend.

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  11. How lovely of Frances. What a wonderful person she must be.

    Have you really read the lot? I am so impressed. I shall definitely take part in the weekend, although I might try and read a couple before so that I have some to review that weekend.

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  12. Now that is the real gift of Christmas; an unexpected surprise from a loving and thoughtful friend. I'm so happy for you and blessed by this story. Go Frances!

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  13. What a lovely gesture! Book bloggers all seem so nice.

    I didn't do as well as I'd hoped w/Persephone week this year, so I'm looking forward to trying again in February.

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