I hope you’re having a good weekend. I’ll mostly be reading The Magnificent Spinster by May Sarton, trying to prepare for recording the next episode of ‘Tea or Books?’ tomorrow – there are definitely worse ways to spend a weekend. Before I get further into that – here’s a book, a blog post, and a link…
1.) The book – is one I’ve waited for for ages. And I’ll have to wait a bit longer: Jacob’s Room Has Too Many Books by Susan Hill – a sort-of sequel to Howards End is on the Landing. I read about it over at Cornflower Books – but, sadly, we’ll have to wait until October.
2.) The blog post – now that The Lark is back in print (or shortly back in print?) from Dean Street Press – the best book news of the year, without doubt! – it’s fun to see the reviews starting to come in. Here’s one from Liz.
3.) The link – I’m going to assume that everybody knows about Humans of New York by now… but, just in case… (Btw, at the risk of sounding like a hipster, I have two of his prints from the early days when he was sending them out for not very much. Sadly not signing them, though…)
I am SO ready for Jacob’s Room Has Too Many Books! Seven months seems a ridiculously long time away but at least we have a timeline (though I notice it’s not yet showing up on Amazon or the like, even for pre-order).
Ooh! I’m famous! SUCH a good book, so glad I followed your recommendation and knew to request it toute suite from DSP!
Exciting news about the Hill book – can’t wait! :)
I got my copy of The Lark this week! I’m saving it for spring break in a couple of weeks..
On a different note thank you for the update of the Humans of New York page. Loved it.
Great news, I didn’t realise that Hill was writing a follow on book to Howards End is on the Landing. Ilove that book and have reread it several times. October feels a long way off at the moment but it is something to look forward to. Maybe I will have to reread Howards End …….again in preparation.
Simon you truly ARE an honorary NY Hipster. Sort of. More or less. Just right.
You certainly sold the Lark to me – I’ll be looking out for it now it’s coming back into print.