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I have just blued £30 on Nicola bloody Marlow

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Failedspinster · 21/04/2015 22:13

Help me. I'm addicted. By hook or by crook I obtained two Antonia Forest paperbacks at low prices. It was not enough. Now I've just bought another for thirty sodding quid I can ill afford, comforting myself with the knowledge that I can always economise on clothes.

I know I am not alone. Please tell me your stories of absurd expenditure of money and effort to secure a favourite.

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Failedspinster · 25/04/2015 21:33

Haha my wardrobe is a bit crappy because I generally overspend on books instead. This isn't even the first time. Down with Lois Sanger!

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Icimoi · 25/04/2015 20:30

Worth every penny, OP. Choice between a Marlow book and new clothes = no brainer.

Bloodybridget · 23/04/2015 20:51

A very sensible purchase OP. I completed my Forest collection last year and had to spend a lot for the last two. Totally worth it.

DeeWe · 22/04/2015 08:34

MirandaWest I'm waiting for those too.

You haven't wasted that money OP. What's a couple of meals when you can read about the Marlows again and again. may just have forgotten to eat meals while reading them

RoosterCogburnIsInTheJakes · 21/04/2015 22:28

ASuitableGirl How? Please wrack your brains!

RustyBear · 21/04/2015 22:24

X-post with lots of Forest fans!

ASuitableGirl · 21/04/2015 22:22

I have one of them on my kindle - can't remember which one or quite how I got it.

RoosterCogburnIsInTheJakes · 21/04/2015 22:20

I contacted GGBP to ask if they would consider publishing them as e-books but they said it wasn't going to happen.

The thought of being able to carry a complete set with me would make me so happy.
In my less sane moments Ive even considered paying someone to type them out so I can covert them to pdf files and upload them to my kindle!

RustyBear · 21/04/2015 22:19

Which one?

I was lucky, I worked in a library and managed to get most of mine when they were withdrawn from circulation. A couple of reprints I got from Badger books and GirlsGoneBy - they have now got The Marlows and the Traitor and the 'new' book Spring Term written by a new author.

www.ggbp.co.uk/the-marlows-and-the-traitor-by-antonia-forest/

HumphreyCobbler · 21/04/2015 22:19

That is truly excellent news, thank you Miranda. I have just had a look and will keep a close eye out. I need Falcolner's Lure, Ready Made Family, Peter's Room and Run Away Home.

IrenetheQuaint · 21/04/2015 22:19

Ha, x-post! Not that it makes any difference to me as I own them all

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Failedspinster · 21/04/2015 22:18

I got Autumn Term and Attic Term originally, I've just bought Cricket Term and....in the last five minutes....got my husband to agree to buy me End of Term for my birthday next month.

I am so rushing to GGB with fistfuls of tenners shouting "MORE MARLOW" as soon as the opportunity arises #morelow

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RoosterCogburnIsInTheJakes · 21/04/2015 22:17

According to their website GGBP are planning on republishing them again - you can preorder Marlows and the Traitor

Which ones? Think of the pleasure they will give you, long after new clothes have lost their allure.

Years ago DH sourced me a complete set for Christmas, some were actual books, others were complete photocopies - a lady called Sue Sim's had permission from AF to sell them as bound photocopies.

In our house they are referred to as 'the precious books' said in a Gollum voice'

I could do with new copies of End of term and Cricket Term because mine are very fragile.

IrenetheQuaint · 21/04/2015 22:17

It was the right decision! Marlows = joy.

No idea why Girls Gone By don't reprint some of them... seems like a no-brainer.

MirandaWest · 21/04/2015 22:15

Girls gone by are reprinting all the non school ones again Smile

HumphreyCobbler · 21/04/2015 22:15

It really really annoys me they are not in print. Why are they not in print?

HumphreyCobbler · 21/04/2015 22:14

which ones?

I am missing many of them

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