Comments on: The Sunday Salon

By: Amanda

Amanda — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 16:57:52 +0000

Oh I am so jealous you get to volunteer there! It’s so beautiful! I just won Michelle Moran’s Nefertiti so once I read that I will be reading Heretic. Yay!

By: Daphne

Daphne — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:59:50 +0000

The library is beautiful on the outside – I’m sure it’s spectacular on the inside as well. You’re so lucky and I’m so jealous!

By: S. Krishna

S. Krishna — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:56:25 +0000

Whew! I wish my library looked like that!

I’m reading The Heretic Queen as well. I’m only about 40 pages in but I can already tell I’m going to love it.

By: Amy

Amy — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:54:41 +0000

What a gorgeous building! Volunteering for an archeological dig AND at a library? Can you adopt me? Geez, you are so lucky!

By: Lana

Lana — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:54:31 +0000

The library does look amazing! Plus congrats on getting involved in the archaeological dig. I’ve always wanted to participate in one since I read a book called Moonmilk and Sundrops (sort of time-slip fantasy centered around an archaeological dig). I hope you post about your experience when you get a chance!

By: Alirambles

Alirambles — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 06:58:26 +0000

Nice photos! I’ve visited York twice, once with my mom when I was in college and once with my husband and 2-year-old boy. Both visits were amazing, I love the history there and the way it’s presented in the museums.

By: Carey

Carey — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 03:01:16 +0000

Isn’t the library wonderful? We had the best time there, and you get to volunteer there! Lucky, lucky girl!

By: Fyrefly

Fyrefly — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 23:57:49 +0000

I’m dying waiting for Hero of Ages! I wasn’t going to buy it right off the bat, since I really don’t have room to store hardcovers, but I might have to, since my local library still hasn’t gotten their copies in yet… plus, they’re only getting two copies, and I’m *third* on the holds list. Argh!

By: Katherine

Katherine — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 20:51:06 +0000

That library looks fantastic! I’m jealous that you got to page through a manuscript like that. When I was in college, our library kept our medieval and early modern manuscripts under lock and key, so much so that when I was writing my senior thesis on a particular Book of Hours, a librarian had to stand over me pretty much every time I needed to flip through the book.

By: Ann (Table Talk)

Ann (Table Talk) — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 18:59:41 +0000

York is an amazing place and you’re lucky to get the chance to live there. Do make sure that as well as visiting the wonderful second-hand bookshops you also have tea in Bettys. Go several times in fact!