tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post7641128974127162898..comments2024-03-28T12:00:55.653-07:00Comments on FURROWED MIDDLEBROW: THE WAR LIST (A-C) (updated 5/15/2016)Furrowed Middlebrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12065110409019861653noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-3385817422100736362014-12-01T06:29:14.631-08:002014-12-01T06:29:14.631-08:00It's a worthy ambition, Vicki. It's a very...It's a worthy ambition, Vicki. It's a very enjoyable, funny book and a great look at wartime life.Furrowed Middlebrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12065110409019861653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-85889335250460887412014-11-28T22:03:33.070-08:002014-11-28T22:03:33.070-08:00It is my new life's ambition to get hold of Sp...It is my new life's ambition to get hold of Spam Tomorrow. Best title ever! skiourophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08200877834536477400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-24339744063691752032014-11-25T21:06:49.391-08:002014-11-25T21:06:49.391-08:00I completely forgot about that war-related content...I completely forgot about that war-related content too, Jerri. Thanks for reminding me. I'll add a mention of it when I revise the list soon (and add all the dozen or so other writers I stupidly overlooked).Furrowed Middlebrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12065110409019861653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-56852656501843187702014-11-25T10:38:06.131-08:002014-11-25T10:38:06.131-08:00I forgot to sign, the above comment about Agatha C...I forgot to sign, the above comment about Agatha Christie.<br /><br />JerriAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-28452747449633598742014-11-25T10:37:07.905-08:002014-11-25T10:37:07.905-08:00Well, The Secret Adversary is set post-WWI, but th...Well, The Secret Adversary is set post-WWI, but the flashbacks to the sinking of the Hindenburg (I think it was) certainly put it into WWI related fiction, in my view.<br /><br />And, of course, there are the post war works that deal with evacuated children who want revenge for unfortunate placements. I need to check to get my facts straight, but doesn't that include The Mouse Trap?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-55750518721858257352014-11-17T18:56:19.853-08:002014-11-17T18:56:19.853-08:00Black Plumes was just picked up this afternoon - b...Black Plumes was just picked up this afternoon - by me, and I am already on chapter 3 and liking it very much. ALAS, ALAS - I am beginning to see what happens now. This is already reminding me of a WWII Patricia Wentworh mystery "Silence in Court," which I should not recommend to you, Scott, as you have enough to read already. I will just say, I already see some parallels, in a good way, and that "Silence in Court" is my very faovrite non-Miss SIlver Wentworth! TomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-4461469646372834212014-11-15T10:38:44.800-08:002014-11-15T10:38:44.800-08:00Wonderful, Susan. It's been so long since I r...Wonderful, Susan. It's been so long since I read Mysterious Affair that its war content had totally slipped my mind. Thanks for reminding me. Do let me know if you find anything else--I already know of several major oversights, so an expanded edition will have to follow before long.Furrowed Middlebrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12065110409019861653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-50967304442752229532014-11-14T16:13:04.043-08:002014-11-14T16:13:04.043-08:00Oh joy, Scott! Another overwhelming list for me t...Oh joy, Scott! Another overwhelming list for me to enjoy, or rather, another arrangement of the Big O/W List.<br /><br />I'll jump in and suggest that Agatha Christie wrote at least one other wartime book, her first. The Mysterious Affair at Styles was written during WWI, and published in 1920. It involves the murder of Mary Inglelthorp, who has been so generous in aiding refugees from Belgium. Capt Hastings, on sick leave from the Front, is staying at Styles as a guest of Mrs. Inglethorp's son, and runs into one of the Belgian refugees staying in the area, a retired police detective, Hercule Poirot. So I'd say it's a war book too.<br /><br />I'm going through my war bookshelves and see if there's anything else I can come up with.<br /><br />Carry on, Scott.Susan Dhttp://www.susandaly.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-80060117203213609742014-11-13T17:47:45.110-08:002014-11-13T17:47:45.110-08:00Thanks, Darlene! I've already found several ov...Thanks, Darlene! I've already found several oversights, including one of your favorites (if I recall correctly)--Ruth Adam, who certainly wrote a couple of works dealing with World War II. Mea culpa! Streatfeild is very interesting, but uneven in her adult work, I've found. Will look forward to a review of Beyond the Vicarage!Furrowed Middlebrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12065110409019861653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-71170386375148336162014-11-13T13:13:19.986-08:002014-11-13T13:13:19.986-08:00Thanks so much for this, Scott! I will be taking ...Thanks so much for this, Scott! I will be taking notes as you go through your list. While looking for books in Toronto recently I was thrilled to find a copy of Noel Streatfeild's 'Beyond the Vicarage'; it was all very accidental. She's not an author I associate with war writings so the education will be very interesting.Cosy Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17818379449207007470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-4632512064902259562014-11-11T16:40:46.342-08:002014-11-11T16:40:46.342-08:00Thanks, Tom, I hope you enjoy it!Thanks, Tom, I hope you enjoy it!Furrowed Middlebrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12065110409019861653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-37500742675496767672014-11-11T16:39:30.553-08:002014-11-11T16:39:30.553-08:00There! You see what I mean? And I've read Exil...There! You see what I mean? And I've read Exile, at least, and I still forgot her. I'll add her in when I do my next update. Meanwhile, let me know if there are any other school stories or girls' stories in general that I might be forgetting. So many were published during the war years, but it's not always easy to know what they're about.Furrowed Middlebrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12065110409019861653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-41453889292324059762014-11-11T10:09:18.930-08:002014-11-11T10:09:18.930-08:00Aha, Ruth beat me to it....:-)Aha, Ruth beat me to it....:-)Cestinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03050699324845479257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-24922333366099781982014-11-11T10:03:13.525-08:002014-11-11T10:03:13.525-08:00Oh, my goodness, already started trying to find so...Oh, my goodness, already started trying to find some of these - a whole new realm of titles to explore - should I say thanks? I have actually read Bawden's "Carrie's War," back when I was a children's librarian, and learned that it received the "Phoenix Award," given for a book that did not receive a major contemporary award when originally published, but deserves to be awarded now. SO! "Black Plumes" is already on reserve! TomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-73719673752631030822014-11-11T03:23:48.360-08:002014-11-11T03:23:48.360-08:00I'm assuming you'll put Elinor M Brent-Dye...I'm assuming you'll put Elinor M Brent-Dyer under D, then as she isn't here? Chalet School in Exile (1940) and Chalet School Goes to it (1941) are the ones people generally think of, as they deal with the escape from Austria (Exile) and from Guernsey (Goes to it) ... though Highland Twins (1942) Lavender Laughs (1943) Gay (1944) and Jo to the Rescue (1945) are all set in wartime situations. Abbeybufohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09943340447141277258noreply@blogger.com