It was a relatively quiet #ReadingBeryl23 week this time, although livelier on socials, as having her birthday in the middle of the week brought up a plethora of other tweets etc. I owe a huge thank you to Maureen , whose short piece about meeting Beryl on a writing course got us started, and also those below who contributed reviews, and if I’ve left you off, please do comment below or send me a link.
Harriet Said – Bookish Beck
The Dressmaker – Book Around the Corner
Sweet William – Marina Sofia
An Awfully Big Adventure – Madame Bibi & AnnaBookBel
Every Man for Himself – Books Please
The Girl in the Polka Dot Dress – AnnaBookBel
Amazingly, I still have four of Beryl’s novels yet to read: The Dressmaker, Young Adolf, Watson’s Apology and According to Queeney ; plus her short stories and some non-fiction, and Brendan King’s biography. I might tick them off in future years around her birthday…
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