Is once again a book from Persephone!
This is my second year participating in the Persephone Secret Santa Event, kindly hosted by Verity at CardiganGirlVerity and Claire at Paperback Reader. It’s quickly become a highlight of my book blogging year!
Yesterday when I opened the pretty pink Persephone wrappings I found a gift from Katherine at A Girl Walks Into A Bookstore. And I’m thrilled to say it’s a book I’ve had on my TBR pile for quite a while: Dorothy Whipple’s Someone at a Distance. The really funny thing is that I wanted this book so much that I sent it to my own “Secret Santee,” and I hope she’s just as thrilled as I am to receive it. I’m hoping to save it for Persephone Reading Weekend in February, but I’m not sure I can wait that long!
A Girl Walks Into A Bookstore is a completely new blog to me, and I’m very happy to have found it because of Persephone Secret Santa. If you aren’t familiar with it (although I assume many of you are), Katherine reviews a wide variety of contemporary and classic fiction. It’s a lovely blog and you should really take a look!
I can’t wait to see who everyone else was paired with in 2011 – there will be a listing of posts at CardiganGirl today. I hope my last-year Santa (Bellezza of Dolce Bellezza) and Santee (Astrid of The Literary Stew) were able to participate this year! I’ll reveal my 2011 Santee once I make sure her post is up!
EDITED THIS MORNING: Now I can reveal that my Secret Santee was Allie from A Literary Odyssey! Her post is here. I am so happy she is looking forward to reading her Whipple too!
With warmest wishes for a peaceful holiday season,
Col
What a great gift! I just finished Someone at a Distance and will have a very gushy review for it up next week.
ReplyDeleteThis has become one of my favorite Christmas gifts as well, such a lovely tradition now to look forward to. It's been great fun to participate in this with you, Col! I'm looking forward to Someone At a Distance, too; on my shelf, but as yet unread. Perhaps we could read it together? Let's talk after the holidays. xo
ReplyDeletePost will be up later tonight :) Thank you for joining in.
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like your Santa did a wonderful job!
ReplyDeleteI guess that's good karma for you -- getting back what you sent out :)
ReplyDelete@Chris -- Ooh, a gushy review sounds very promising!
ReplyDelete@Bellezza -- Yes, let's see who'd like to read this one with us! I really enjoyed our Penelopiad Read-Along last year!
@Verity -- You really deserve all the thanks!
@Kathy -- Yes, she really did.
@TheBookGirl -- I think Bellezza calls it "Gift of the Magi" karma!
Thank you again for the lovely new Persephone! I've just started to explore their titles, so this is the third one on my shelves. :) I'm thinking I might also save it for Persephone Reading Weekend, but I might cave earlier!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful gift and a neat tradition!
ReplyDeleteEvery time I see these gifts revealed, I regret not participating -- enjoy Col.
ReplyDeleteLove your Christmas tree! Hope you enjoy the Whipple - I was lucky enough to receive The Priory from Care.
ReplyDeleteI love the book I got from this, but I also love how many awesome new blogs I'm discovering from reading about what other people got! :-)
ReplyDeleteOne of my favorite Persephones! What a lovely gift, I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
ReplyDeleteHow fun! I love seeing what everyone received from their secret santas!
ReplyDeleteI love Persephone Exchange Holiday! I was given Someone At a Distance last year and LOVED it very much - it was my first Persephone. I want to read everything she's written.
ReplyDeleteI haven't read one single Whipple, aagh! I've been meaning to but it's just one that I keep forgetting. I'm putting it on my Goodreads' TBR list. And what wonderful gifts! I participated last year but was late to join this year; I won't forget it for 2012!
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