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1976 Club: Review Round-UpIt’s been another great week of seeing lots of reviews crop up across the blogosphere – thank you everyone for joining in. I...
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Two unsuccessful #1976Club reads…I’ll finish off my reviews for the week with a couple of 1976 books that I didn’t really like or dislike. Both had pluses and minuses,...
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Blaming by Elizabeth Taylor – #1976ClubBlaming was Elizabeth Taylor’s final novel, written while she knew she was dying – and death and mourning are very much at the...
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Bear by Marian Engel – #1976ClubSome bloggers and books are inextricably linked. Someone talks about a book with such passion, and perhaps often, that they and the book become...
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The Doctor’s Wife by Brian Moore – #1976ClubSheila Redden has come to France to celebrate her anniversary with Kevin, the doctor of the title. She has come ahead of him, as he has been...
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1976 Club: Post your reviews here! #1976ClubThe 1976 Club is here! It’s time for the bi-annual event where Karen and I ask readers across the internet to join together to build up a...
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British Library Women Writers #10: Sally on the Rocks by Winifred BoggsIt’s less than a year since I first blogged about Sally on the Rocks here (though I read it earlier in 2020, and only blogged after my...
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The Warning Bell by Lynne Reid BanksThe L-Shaped Room is one of my favourite novels, and I’ve read it and its sequels quite often over the years – but have read...
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Specimen Days by Michael CunninghamIf you click that ‘Cunningham’ tag above, you’ll see how much I love his writing. He is one of my favourite living writers, and...
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British Library Women Writers #9: Mamma by Diana TuttonTwo new British Library Women Writers titles are out YESTERDAY in the UK – Sally on the Rocks by Winifred Boggs and The Love Child by...
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Tea or Books? #98: Nature Writing (yes or no) and Favourite Women Prize WinnersNature writing and some favourite novels by prizewinning women – welcome to episode 98!...
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White Spines by Nicholas RoyleAbout a minute after reading Susan’s review of White Spines by Nicholas Royle, I had ordered my copy – directly from the publisher...
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1976 Club: one month to go!For those who like reminders – here is your reminder that the 1976 Club is only a month away! Karen and I will be asking everyone to read...
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The Painful Truth by Monty LymanAs I probably said when I wrote about The Remarkable Life of the Skin , I would probably never read popular science if it weren’t...
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Announcing 4 New British Library Women Writers Novels!Sometimes you see news about an exciting book coming out, and then you realise you have a year to wait. Well, not today friends – I’m...
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Dry Season by Gabriela BabnikI’m slipping into the final hours of Women in Translation Month with Dry Season (2015) by Gabriela Babnik – originally in...
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The Gap of Time by Jeanette WintersonMy book group does a Secret Santa every year at our Christmas meal. Everybody wraps a book and puts it in a bag, and you pick one out....
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Sun City by Tove Jansson – #WITMonthI bought Sun City by Tove Jansson in 2007, at which point there wasn’t that much of Jansson’s work available in English. This was one of...
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4 good books and 1 piece of fluffIt’s one of those times where my pile of ‘to review’ books has got a bit teetering, so I’m going to write a little bit...
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The Other Side of the Bridge by Mary LawsonMary Lawson’s latest novel is on the longlist for the Booker Prize. Seeing her name there finally prompted me to read the novel she...
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Tea or Books? #97: Spontaneous or Planned Reading, and Tension vs Thank Heaven FastingHow do we choose our reading, and E.M. Delafield – welcome to episode 97!...
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British Library Women Writers: now available as audiobooks!This is some exciting news I didn’t know was coming – six of the British Library Women Writers series are now available as...
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Love in the Sun by Leo WalmsleyIf you look at Jane’s 2010 review of Love in the Sun (1939) by Leo Walmsley, you’ll see a comment from me saying that...
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So, I bought some books in Hay-on-WyeI spent Saturday in Hay-on-Wye – the bookshop town in Wales, as I’m sure you know. I was meeting up with some friends who moved to...
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Eileen by Ottessa MoshfeghMy book group recently read Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh, from 2016 and shortlisted for the Booker prize that year. Let’s experiment...
