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Swamp Angel by Ethel Wilson #1954ClubWhen I was in Toronto in 2017, I was keen to buy books that wouldn’t be so easily available back home – and it made sense to...
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The Golden Waterwheel by Leo Walmsley – #1954ClubOne of the books I loved last year was Leo Walmsley’s Love in the Sun , a very autobiographical novel about living and loving in...
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#1954Club: post your reviewsThe 1954 Club has started! Karen and I are asking everyone to read one or more books published in 1954 – in any language, format, or...
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Hands: a poem for Good FridayThis morning at church, I read this poem which I wrote in response to a verse in Isaiah. The verse is about God holding our hand – I love...
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BookTube Spin #6For the last book spin, I ended up reading and loving The Magic Apple Tree by Susan Hill, so it is definitely in my good books at the...
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The Red House by E. NesbitI downloaded an ebook of the complete(ish) works of E. Nesbit a few years ago, and I have it for emergencies on my phone’s Kindle app....
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#TopTenTuesday: Authors I Haven’t Read, But Want ToI can’t remember if I’ve ever previously joined in with a Top Ten Tuesday, run by That Artsy Reader Girl . It’s been going...
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Tea or Books? #103: Thinking vs Feeling and Moon Tiger vs The DivinersPenelope Lively, Margaret Laurence, thinking and feeling – welcome to episode 103!...
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British Library Women Writers 14: Strange Journey by Maud CairnesWhen I originally wrote about Strange Journey by Maud Cairnes in 2020, I ended with ‘ Strange Journey is not at all easy to find...
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Project 24: Books 4 and 5Sometimes it isn’t that I really need a particular book that makes me add to my Project 24 list – sometimes it’s just that...
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The City of Belgium by Brecht EvensYou might know that I’m a fan of the graphic novelist Brecht Evens. The City of Belgium (2021) is his fourth or fifth book and...
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The Magic Apple Tree by Susan HillOccasionally I post a book on Instagram which gets a chorus of approval from people who’ve loved it. Never more so than when I posted that...
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British Library Women Writers 13: A Pin To See The Peepshow by F. Tennyson JesseI think A Pin To See The Peepshow (1934) is probably the British Library Women Writers title that was best-known before being republished. It...
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British Library Women Writers 12: Which Way? by Theodora BensonTwo new British Library Women Writers titles have just been published, and I’m quite behind with keeping up to date with my posts about the...
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Fifty Sounds by Polly BartonI bought two copies of Fifty Sounds (2021) by Polly Barton in the year it was published – one for a friend and, because I couldn’t...
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Two non-fiction titles I’ve read recently…Here are some very quick thoughts about a couple of non-fiction books I’ve read in the past few months. I expect a similar round-up of...
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The Dogs Do Bark by Barbara WillardI can’t remember why I bought The Dogs Do Bark (1948), but it’s possible it was seeing a mention in passing on Scott’s...
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#1954Club – not long now!Every time Karen and I run a ‘club’ year, I know there are people who wish they’d been warned earlier – so here you go!...
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Because of the Lockwoods by Dorothy WhippleI thought I’d read The Priory by Dorothy Whipple quite recently, but apparently it was more than four years ago – so I...
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The Initials in the Heart by Laurence WhistlerI can’t quite remember why I bought The Initials in the Heart (1964) by Laurence Whistler back in 2012. It might be because of his...
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Project 24: Books 2 and 3That was a longer break than intended – but don’t worry, Covid didn’t hit me all that hard. The fatigue was the worst part, but...
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Project 24: Book #1As mentioned, I’m only buying 24 books this year. Two a month. We’re nearly halfway through February, and I have bought my first book...
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Project 24: Have I Read The Books I Bought Last Time?I can’t remember if I’ve talked about Project 24 in 2022 yet – basically, I’m only going to buy 24 books (for myself) this...
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Tea or Books? #102: Do We Read Books about Grief? and Five Windows vs Four Gardens – with Claire The Captive ReaderD.E. Stevenson, Margery Sharp – and a special guest! https://www.stuckinabook.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/tea-or-books-102.mp3...
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More audiobooks: the good, the bad, and the funnyI don’t seem to be finishing many paper books at the moment, but I am tearing through audiobooks. If I continue at this rate, I might end up...
