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Cold Comfort Farm
Cold Comfort Farm | Stella Gibbons
When sensible, sophisticated Flora Poste is orphaned at nineteen, she decides her only choice is to descend upon relatives in deepest Sussex. At the aptly named Cold Comfort Farm, she meets the doomed Starkadders: cousin Judith, heaving with remorse for unspoken wickedness; Amos, preaching fire and damnation; their sons, lustful Seth and despairing Reuben; child of nature Elfine; and crazed old Aunt Ada Doom, who has kept to her bedroom for the last twenty years. But Flora loves nothing better than to organize other people. Armed with common sense and a strong will, she resolves to take each of the family in hand. A hilarious and merciless parody of rural melodramas, Cold Comfort Farm (1932) is one of the best-loved comic novels of all time. Includes an introduction by Lynne Truss, and a letter from the author to Anthony Pookworthy in the foreword.
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Becker
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The humour might not work for everyone but I thought it was a very enjoyable story. 🐖

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Blueberry
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Eggs It does look fun 🤩 it‘s on my Litsy stack…. 5mo
Aimeesue I adore that Roz Chast cover ❤️ 5mo
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Sophronisba
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Well, when I am fifty-three or so I would like to write a novel as good as Persuasion, but with a modern setting, of course. For the next thirty years or so I shall be collecting material for it. If anyone asks me what I work at, I shall say, ‘Collecting material‘. No one can object to that.

#SundaySentence

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Sophronisba
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“The education bestowed on Flora Poste by her parents had been expensive, athletic and prolonged; and when they died within a few weeks of one another during the annual epidemic of the influenza or Spanish Plague which occurred in her twentieth year, she was discovered to possess every art and grace save that of earning her own living.“

#FridayReads #FirstLineFriday

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Rissreads
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This book was a hoot! Oh the hilarity! I couldn‘t stop smiling! I loved the people, loved the animals and loved the made up words, like mollocking! I watched the movie when I finished the book. It was ok but I feel it didn‘t capture the true spirit or the warmth of Flora Poste, the Starkadders or cold comfort farm.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Lcsmcat “I saw something nasty in the woodshed” has become a family catch-phrase! 1y
Jeg One of my favourites from book club. 1y
Rissreads @Lcsmcat Yes! So funny! 🤣♥️ 1y
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CarolynM I really must read this one day…😬 1y
Lcsmcat @Rissreads Sorry for the double post. Litsy was behaving oddly for me this afternoon. 1y
BkClubCare Oh good! I adored this — and I thought the film hilarious, too. Maybe it was Rufus Sewell being easy on the eyes. (edited) 1y
MrsMalaprop Sounds like you loved it as much as I did! 1y
Centique Another fave! I‘ve been trying to convince my daughter to read this. 1y
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MrsMalaprop
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I‘ve read too many good books this year to pick a manageable number of favourites. So I‘ve chosen these ones based on a bunch of arbitrary categories 😜.

From L to R: unexpected pleasure and lol; underrated #ozfiction; Muslim chiclit; best YA.
2nd row: quirky page-turner; must-read histfic; must-read Aus non-fic; best challenge-my-perspective non-fic.
3rd row: must-read Aus essays on misogyny; new-to-me must-read Aus author; ⬇️ for final 4

MrsMalaprop my biggest achievement = I read ALL the sonnets 🙌; best specfic; just so bloody good; best First Nations fic. 1y
Jeg You have read Gail Jones before I see. 1y
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Readerann
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Especially delightful on audio. 4 1/2*
#1001books

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truthinfiction
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So, I read the first chapter and thought to myself that I could sense the wicked wit of Austen but in a more modern setting, published as this novel was a century later (in 1932). Then, on the very first page of second chapter, I found this. Her mentioning my favourite work of Miss Austen as well. The work that made me fall in love with her writing. I was giddy like a little child and simply had to come on here to share.

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MrsMalaprop
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Pickpick

I loved this book 💕😆. So clever and funny. I can see why it‘s on ‘must read‘ and ‘funniest books‘ lists. I struggled a little at first with the language and tone, but then it really hit its stride and I annoyed my family with my guffaws. I can also see why it‘s a ‘comfort read‘ for some people because I can imagine going back to it (and I‘m not prone to re-reads). Hilarious 🤣👏. Now for the movie 🎥…

erzascarletbookgasm What a lovely cover. And great photo! 2y
batsy Such a good novel! Glad you enjoyed. 2y
Rissreads Did you get to watch the movie? Any good? 1y
MrsMalaprop @Rissreads yes I did watch it. I enjoyed it. 1y
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MrsMalaprop
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So I‘ve hit page 100 and I‘m laughing out loud at Flora and Mr Mybug‘s first encounter. So wrong, but so funny. 🤭 #currentlyreading

LapReader Love the tights. Where are they from? 2y
Centique I love this book 😍 and the tights are Awesome. 2y
MrsMalaprop @lapreader Online from Natopia 😁🪆 2y
Freespirit Great book and cute tights🧡 2y
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MrsMalaprop
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*the pictured text is a screenshot of what I found when I googled ‘sukebind‘.

Sukebind? Mollocking? Scranleting? I‘m up to page 78 and have so far found some of the vernacular impenetrable. Then Gibbons adds in these made-up words to further confuse me. I am intrigued and amused though & I shall persist💪📖🤓.

#currentlyreading #classic

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Jeg
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For book club. For first time I watched the movie before reading the book. I really enjoyed both and glad I did it that way. The movie is interesting in that it‘s actors we all know when they were very young. The person who picked it did so because she kept seeing it on lists of books you “should” read. Written in 1932 , my edition published in 1977. It smells delicious.

Suet624 😊 2y
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MrsMalaprop
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So it‘s all the blues here today with my #currentreads and my nails. Our 13yo has Covid and I‘ve worked from home for the for the past 3 days. Now it‘s my days off and I have no excuse not to finish these two beauties to meet the #shakespearereadalong #sonnets and my Monday #bookclub deadlines. We have to isolate until Sunday at the earliest so🤞🙏.

batsy Lovely blues! The nail colour! I adored Cold Comfort Farm 💙 2y
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MrsMalaprop
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Making a start on this at the hairdressers this morning. It‘s this month‘s book club read. #currentlyreading #classics

Ruthiella This book was a lot of fun! 👍 2y
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Blueberry
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A good book tho slow start. 4 of 5 ⭐

#Farm #SavvySettings
@Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Perfect 👍🏻 📚 2y
Eggs Looks fun👍🏼👏🏻 2y
LindaLappin is that cover by Roz Chast? 2y
Blueberry @LindaLappin I don't know😊 2y
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BeckyWithTheGoodBooks
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My #bookspin list for February 2022. My reading took a bit of a hit in January when my whole family caught COVID from my unvaccinated two year old. 😂😂 Thankfully, we all were only mildly sick and are getting back to real life. Excited to see what February brings!

Magpiegem Oh no, we had similar Januarys! I hear you on the reading hit. My 2 year old didn‘t get it luckily… my 9 year old however… we have been a serious such a sick house this month!! I hope Feb is much healthier for you all xx (edited) 2y
TheAromaofBooks Glad everyone is on the road to recovery!!! 2y
BeckyWithTheGoodBooks @Magpiegem So sorry to hear you were hit too! I hope your family is on the mend. 2y
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BiblioLitten
Cold Comfort Farm (UK) | Stella Gibbons
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BRB, gotta update an Elfine-style cape to my Christmas wishlist! 😆 💚

#coverart

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BiblioLitten
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Sometimes it takes about a 100 pages for a book to sink in and sometimes all you need is the first sentence to know that the book is going to be a delight.

What a whimsical cover, too! 💜
#currentread #coldcomfort #perfectfordecember

Jee_HookedOnBookz Yup I agree! Love the cover💕💕 2y
Ruthiella This one is delightful. I think you will love it! 2y
BiblioLitten @Ruthiella I have only met two characters till now and they‘re already delightful. I love the writing too! 2y
BookNAround I love this one! 2y
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Court7
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Pickpick

Fun!

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Reviewsbylola
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Y‘all, I‘m obsessing over this book. I‘m not even halfway through. Flora is 🔥, I just love her so much. Every quip, every carefully crafted retort, is pure gold.

BarbaraBB Great edition! 2y
LeahBergen It‘s brilliant, isn‘t it?? 😍😍 2y
marleed That cover! 2y
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Reviewsbylola Absolutely stunning. Are the follow up books as wonderful? @LeahBergen 2y
DrexEdit Plus the Roz Chast cover is awesome! 😍 2y
TheLudicReader I love that cover. 🔥 2y
quietjenn One of the bests! 2y
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JenlovesJT47
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This classic took a bit to get going but once I hit the halfway point I couldn‘t put it down. Flora goes to live with her extended family at Cold Comfort Farm and makes it her personal mission to change everyone‘s lives for the better. It‘s quite funny and I‘m looking forward to watching the movie. Also grabbed a used copy of Christmas at Cold Comfort Farm on eBay yesterday. 4⭐️

#classic
#historicalfiction
#funny

Avanders Ooh this one is on the shelves… ☺️☺️ 2y
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Blueberry
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When you can't (or don't want to sleep) at 1:30am. Thankful I have a well-lit tablet 🤫😀

Chelsea.Poole I‘m up too! It‘s 4:30 here. 🙄 2y
Blueberry @Chelsea.Poole 👊🤚🌛 2y
Chelsea.Poole I finally got a little sleep. Thankfully I have the day off 😎 2y
NataliePatalie Go to bed! Lol 2y
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Blueberry
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Just starting. I'm on chap 5 and not enjoying it yet.

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Ncostell
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Took the kids to the #bookbarn in Niantic today as it was a beautiful day for a drive and wanted to get in a few last hurrahs before the end of summer. Of course we really should be back to school clothes shopping but book shopping is so much more fun!

Amiable Yay Book Barn! Was it mobbed there today, or not too bad? 3y
Ncostell @Amiable It wasn‘t too bad, the main parking lot was full so we had to park around back. Once we were in it didn‘t seem too overcrowded, people were spread out amongst the different areas. It was the perfect day for a drive out there today! 3y
Sills Where is Niantic located? 3y
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Sills Thank you I hope to visit CT one day. I love the New England area♥️ 3y
Ncostell Thanks @mcipher! Yes @Sills, if you‘re ever in the area it‘s a really cool place to visit. The main Book Barn store has multiple buildings with different subjects in each area and they have other stores that are a short drive away. 3y
kspenmoll What fun!!! 3y
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Centique
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After mentioning the movie in my last review I thought it was about time I read Cold Comfort Farm. It was a delight. I often struggle with satires but this hit every note true. I think if you‘ve read some 19th century or gothic fiction you‘ll recognise the type of characters. Although officially a parody of 1920s rural melodrama I was picturing moody Heathcliffs and flighty Catherines being schooled by Flora. Basically a story of Flora ⬇️

Centique , a modern (1930s) young urban woman moving to her aunt‘s farm full of brooding morose misogynists and attempting to sort the brutes out. Loved it! 3y
Centique Also - photos of two neighbours from our recent weekend away in Tekapo. Kids had a lot of fun feeding and patting these guys. 😍 3y
TrishB Great review 👍🏻 3y
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Ruthiella I also thought of Heathcliff when I read it. I understand she was also parodying certain contemporary fiction by Mary Webb and there is a spoof on D. H. Lawrence with the over sexed male writer character. But it was still pretty funny without knowing that. Loved Flora‘s no nonsense attitude! 😅 3y
Centique @Ruthiella yes! That oversexed writer was a pill. 😂 3y
LeahBergen I loved this book. And that ittle dish mop! 😆😆 3y
Centique @LeahBergen yes the liddle mop. And all the coddling of the mommets. 😂😂 3y
batsy This is so good! I feel like a reread coming along soon. I agree, sometimes satire can really miss the mark and to me this and A Confederacy of Dunces are some that set the gold standard 🙂 3y
KCofKaysville @Centique I enjoyed it a lot a few years ago. 3y
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AlysonCB
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Mehso-so

Read this super fast. Love the protagonist, Flora, a straight up feminist bad ass who likes to get things done ( I can see alot of myself in her 😂). A funny satire of rural life although I must admit at times bits went a little over my head ?! I will have to read up on the books themes a bit more to get my head round it I think!!

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TheEllieMo
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OriginalCyn620 📚👍🏻📚 3y
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Crinoline_Laphroaig
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Pickpick

Charming read. Gail Carriger recommended both the Book and the Movie in her author's notes of Defy or Defend. Movie wasn't on any of my streaming services so I ordered a DVD from Vintage Stock. Movie night soon!

LeahBergen I loved this book. ❤️ 4y
Crinoline_Laphroaig @LeahBergen movie vs book??? 4y
quietjenn I love the book more, but both are great! 4y
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Crinoline_Laphroaig
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😄

LeahBergen And too early for cocktails. Well, maybe not... 😆 4y
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Settings
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Mehso-so

Alright.

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Lindy
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Book club responses…
A: I thought I would like it more than I did
B: Spent a day trying to visualize the layout of the farm early on, then bailed
C: Not very far into it—Flora hasn‘t got to the farm yet
D: Forced myself to finish it
E: Hated. Beloved Sussex maligned
F: Hated the cover so much I couldn‘t bring myself to read it (Roz Chast edition)
Lindy: 🤷‍♀️I enjoyed it so much I‘m now on the library wait list for the BBC radio drama adaptation

rubyslippersreads I need to move this up my TBR list. 4y
Sace 😂😂😂 Sounds like my reading life! I should read this soon too. 4y
bookandcat Sounds like a book I would love lolol 4y
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bookandcat Have you ever listened to The Archers BBC radio drama? It's a daily soap opera in a farming community lol 4y
Lindy @Sace Is your book club life like this too? 4y
Lindy @bookandcat I haven‘t listened to The Archers but I probably would like the show, based on the praise I heard from Simon Savidge on The Readers podcast. 4y
bookandcat @Lindy it's fun! I listen on and off. Episodes are about 10 min. 4y
Sace I try to avoid people so that means avoiding book clubs too 😂 4y
Lindy @Sace You won‘t get into arguments when your book club is a solo affair. 😉 4y
Centique Oh man this reminds me of my defunct book club. 😂😂 They didn‘t like anything except a particular style of memoir I ended up naming “when bad things happen to white people” 🙄 I think I‘d love this one too! 4y
LeahBergen Really?? I thought this one was a ton o‘ fun! 4y
ReadingEnvy There's a 90s movie adaptation too that is campy, Kate Beckinsale's first leading role and Ian McKellan in a role you wouldn't expect! 4y
sprainedbrain I thought this book was so much fun! 4y
Lindy @Centique Misery memoirs aren‘t my thing either. It‘s not bad when some people dislike a book but it was a struggle to discuss this one over zoom with everyone complaining. Our next pick is a title everyone agreed upon: 4y
Lindy @LeahBergen I know! I struggled to lead a discussion and then gave up and we talked about what other books we‘ve been reading instead. 4y
Lindy @ReadingEnvy Campy sounds like the perfect tone for this story. 😊 4y
JamieArc I would buy this book just for the Roz Chast cover! 4y
Lindy @JamieArc I know! Isn‘t it fantastic? BTW, I listened to the BBC radio adaptation of Cold Comfort Farm and loved it. 4y
twohectobooks I‘m just getting started with this one but loved the range of reactions. Hopefully I‘ll agree with you! 3y
Lindy @twohectobooks I look forward to your thoughts. 😊 3y
BiblioLitten I put the BBC adaptation on hold too! What a delight of a novel✨😊 2y
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EadieB
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Day 19 - #RuralSetting #BiblioMaynia
#ColdComfortFarm #StellaGibbons

I read this book in 2015 and found it very entertaining. It is also on the #1001BooksToReadBeforeYouDie list

OriginalCyn620 Sounds good! 4y
EadieB @OriginalCyn620 It's very good! 4y
Ladygodiva7 I loved that book! 4y
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EadieB @Ladygodiva7 Me too! 4y
Astroneman Read for my book club last month! 4y
EadieB @Astroneman Hope you enjoyed it! 4y
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Lindy
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The only trouble with the critical reception of Cold Comfort Farm when it was published in 1932 (apart from the interesting assumption by one critic that it couldn‘t possibly have been written by a woman) was that all this talk of it being a ‘wicked‘ parody began. It is even sometimes called cruel. Reading the book now it seems clear that no wickedness or cruelty comes into it—& perhaps casual misogyny has been at work … again. -L Truss intro⬇️

Lindy (Continued) “A truly wicked parodist of the loam and lovechild school would just have pushed all the Starkadders down the well, or strangled them with their sukebind.” 4y
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Lindy
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“Does she go to school?” asked Flora. “How old is she?”
“Seventeen. Nay, niver talk o‘ school for my wennet. Why, Robert Poste‘s child, ye might as soon send the white hawthorn or the yellow daffydowndilly to school as my Elfine. She learns from the skies an‘ the wild marsh-tiggets, not out o‘ books.”
“How trying,” observed Flora.

saresmoore I‘m a Flora and I seem to be raising a pair of Elfines. This book cracks me up! 4y
Lindy @saresmoore I was just thinking about how much I am like Flora, although perhaps I have a smidge more sympathy. I finished the book last night and reflection has had me upping my 4 stars to 5. P.S. Your little Elfines will no doubt manage just fine when they leave your nest. 4y
esurient I love this book so much. 4y
Lindy @esurient 😊👍 4y
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Lindy
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“What‘s that you‘re making?” he asked. Flora knew he hoped it was a pair of knickers. She composedly shook out the folds of the petticoat and replied that it was an afternoon tea-cloth.

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Lindy
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The dawn widened into an exquisite spring day. Soft, wool-like puffs of sound came from the thrushes‘ throats in the trees. The uneasy year, tortured by its spring of adolescence, broke into bud-spots in hedge, copse, spinney and byre.

Sace Beautiful flowers. I really should dust off my Kindle copy of this book. 4y
Lindy @Sace I‘m lucky to have a garden surrounding my house; it is such a solace during these Stay Home days. 4y
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Lindy
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He stood at the table facing Flora and blowing heavily on his tea and staring at her. Flora did not mind. It was quite interesting: like having tea with a rhinoceros.

BookNAround I love this book! 4y
sprainedbrain I loved the art for this book! 😂 4y
Lindy @sprainedbrain I‘m a Roz Chast fan also. One member of my book group, however, doesn‘t care to read this because she finds the cover off-putting. 🤷‍♀️ 4y
Lindy @BookNAround I‘m at the midpoint and enjoying it a lot. 😊 4y
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EadieB
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Day 20 - #DownOnTheFarm #MarchMadness
#ColdComfortFarm #StellaGibbons

Cold Comfort Farm is an engaging & humorous satire of English Society at the turn of the century. Stella Gibbons has a true gift for wit. I enjoyed the old matriarch shut-in who claims throughout the book, "I saw something nasty in the woodshed". A must read for anyone with a sense of humor. The characters are eccentric and funny and you cannot read this book without laughing.

Currey I also loved the fact the meddling MC managed to pull off the meddling to good effect, in comparison to Austen‘s Emma. 4y
EadieB @Currey I agree! I need to re-read this! 4y
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Booksbymybed
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Pickpick

Very entertaining read!

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ImperfectCJ
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Pickpick

Accompanied by my BuJo, my Sharpie fine-point pen, and a bookmark from @Crazeedi , I fought fever and whining to finish the first book from the stack my spouse checked out for me for Christmas!

This was a fun, strangely futuristic read with a good number of phrases and witticisms to laugh about. One of my favorites for no discernible reason is Mrs. Beetle's non sequitur "Paws off, Pompey!" Not much substance past the fun, but I'm not complaining.

Crazeedi Get well soon! Sending healing vibes😍😘 4y
ImperfectCJ @Crazeedi Thank you! I felt well enough to read most of the day, which I hope means I'm almost better. 🤞 4y
Crazeedi @ImperfectCJ good! I'm trying to get some note out, look for one in near future! 4y
TheLudicReader I kinda love that cover. 4y
ImperfectCJ @TheLudicReader It's a pretty awesome cover, I agree. Roz Chast has such a distinctive style, and the quotes/descriptions with the cartoons are great (except Reuben's... I don't really agree that Reuben's a "sad sack"). 4y
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ImperfectCJ
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I very optimistically set myself up to read while weathering this stupid cold/fever thing but instead have been listlessly scrolling through Litsy and Goodreads on my phone. Probably means I should go to sleep...

Tamra It‘s hard to concentrate when ill. Take care! 4y
wildwoodreads Hope you feel better soon! 4y
ImperfectCJ @Tamra It appears it also makes me super grouchy and judgemental based on the fact that I keep seeking out negative reviews to read. 4y
TheBookHippie UGHHHH I can relate !!! Take care of you! ❤️ 4y
Lovesbooks87 I hope you feel better soon! 4y
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ImperfectCJ
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Owen says neck scratches first, then reading (although he makes no promises about the reading part).

Crazeedi Mine was just saying the same thing to me!!🐱❤ 4y
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LouiseWalters
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Pickpick

I‘ve seen this book on many reading lists and so tried it. I really quite enjoyed it, Flora, the protagonist is a really interfering busybody with the audacity to not give two hoots about the consequences. I guess it‘s not surprising that the story did not give Flora any comeuppance for her meddling.

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Karisa
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#manicmonday @JoScho

📕 Cold Comfort Farm 🤷‍♀️

🎬 A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving

🎵 Adam Sandler's Thanksgiving Song (SNL)
https://youtu.be/2bH0rULAHEg

Suelizbeth Little Eva‘s Turkey Trot https://youtu.be/61OAdLSfpw0 4y
Karisa @Suelizbeth That's so perfect! 🦃 4y
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jillrhudy
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Illustrator Roz Chast does Cold Comfort Farm! Jacket flaps and back cover are terrific too. #7covers7days or is it??? #7days7covers #covercrush #parody #anglophilesoflitsy @Aimeesue

Aimeesue Seth and the burbling porridge! 😂😂😂 5y
BookNAround I love this book! “I saw something nasty behind the woodshed.” 5y
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batsy I love this book, too. And this cover is perfect! 5y
sudi The cover is so cute 💜 5y
jillrhudy @Aimeesue Great article by the way 5y
Aimeesue @jillrhudy There‘s a great piece by Sarah Dillon on BBC 4‘s Open Book where she does a close read of the porridge scene. (Sorry, but she also does a piece on … Raymond Chandler‘s The Big Sleep. He continues to stalk you!) http://drsarahdillon.com/radio/bbc-radio-4-open-book-close-reading-series/ 5y
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keepingupwiththepenguins
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Gibbons seems to be the poor cousin of early 20th century authors, ignored by academics and readers alike. She wrote Cold Comfort Farm with her tongue planted firmly in her cheek. It lands somewhere between Jane Austen and Fawlty Towers. I really enjoyed it, in spite of myself (and its cover, maybe there is something to that “not-judging-a-book” business after all). Full review: http://keepingupwiththepenguins.com/cold-comfort-farm-stella-gibbons/

LeahBergen I loved this book (and I‘m not crazy about this cover, either 😬). 5y
keepingupwiththepenguins @LeahBergen It's weird, right? I feel like it was designed for someone already familiar with/invested in the book - a bit off-putting/nonsensical for new readers, even though the artwork itself is intricate and detailed. 5y
ImperfectCJ The cover art is Roz Chast, yes? Are there illustrations inside the book, too, and are they also by Chast? I'm seeing her illustrations everywhere lately. 5y
keepingupwiththepenguins @ImperfectCJ Yep, that's right, it's Chast - no illustrations in text, but there are a few more on the back cover too. They're great, just they're all kind of in-jokey, only properly appreciated once one's read the book. 5y
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Emilymdxn
Cold Comfort Farm | Stella Gibbons
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#friyayintro @howjessreads

1. This book got me through having swine flu, my favourite comic novel ever!

2. Went to a great improv show Monday, broke my treadmill record Wednesday, both great things

3. Chinese? Soo much variety

4. Yep five, I used to see them quite a lot but not so much anymore.

5. Will do! 🥰🥰🥰

Weaponxgirl I also love the divine comedy song inspired by the book. It‘s one of my faves too! 5y
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Riveted_Reader_Melissa
Cold Comfort Farm | Stella Gibbons
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Mehso-so

This one drug a bit for me at the beginning, but eventually after she started “righting” the farm I could enjoy the humor in it....take the most dysfunction farm family (think Wuthering Heights, or Jane Eyre or any Thomas Hardy) and how one city girl comes in and starts “fixing” all their issues like a more competent Austen heroine (Emma). So slow, but a good satire of the dreary fiction of the day.

#1001Discoveries

Swe_Eva If you haven't seen it yet, check out the movie-version. It is magnificent! 5y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Swe_Eva I have not, but I‘ve heard the movie is very good, twice now....so I‘ll have to watch it! 👍 5y
Swe_Eva @Riveted_Reader_Melissa It is indeed - great cast! 5y
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Emilymdxn @Swe_Eva THERES A MOVIE!??? This is like my fave comic novel ever and I had no idea there was a film! 5y
Swe_Eva @Emilymdxn Enjoy!!! Its a delight. 5y
Gezemice I loved this one, it is so funny. 5y
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EmilieGR
Cold Comfort Farm | Stella Gibbons
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Boring

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vlwelser
Cold Comfort Farm | Stella Gibbons
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This book was pretty weird. But short.

Megabooks The cover is a bit...different 5y
vlwelser @Megabooks It's trying to mimic a fisheye lens camera shot. But no idea why. Honestly the entire book is weird. 5y
vlwelser At least I don't think it's an actual photo. 5y
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