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Dreaming of Rose by Sarah LeFanuI love looking behind the scenes at books, and I’m particularly fascinated by the process of biography – because it’s a...
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Catch the Rabbit by Lana BastašićI’m continuing my read through winners of the European Union Prize for Literature (as ever, a video at the bottom explaining the...
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Notes to Self by Emilie PineOne of the flourishing genres that I like is the personal essay. I love it when they’re funny (Casey Wilson’s The Wreckage of...
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Mrs Lorimer’s Quiet Summer by Molly ClaveringSometimes it does feel like the corner of the book internet I occupy is really just Scott’s kingdom, and we live in it. Scott being...
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J is for JanssonThis is part of an ongoing series where I write about a different author for each letter of the alphabet. You can see them all here . It...
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The Adventures of Elizabeth in Rügen by Elizabeth von ArnimThe Adventures of Elizabeth in Rügen (1904) by Elizabeth von Arnim was the result of my BookTube Spin #2 , and a book I bought back in...
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A Spirit Rises by Sylvia Townsend Warner #SylviaTownsendWarnerReadingWeekHelen at A Gallimaufry is hosting another Sylvia Townsend Warner Reading Week, and I think I’ve managed to join in every year...
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I Ordered A Table For Six by Noel StreatfeildI bought I Ordered a Table for Six (1942) by Noel Streatfeild in a lovely secondhand bookshop in Ironbridge, just a few weeks before the...
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BookTube Spin 3: My ListYou might be familiar with Rick’s BookTube Spin – I’ve joined in the previous two rounds, reading The Opposite House by Helen...
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The Boarding House by Piotr PazińskiIn March, I posted my first of four reviews of books that have won the European Prize for Literature (EUPL) – the amazing Things That Fall...
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Ghosted by Jenn AshworthNovels about missing people seem to be a genre in themselves. So many crime novels that I read about (and never read) are about missing...
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I is for IsherwoodThis is part of an ongoing series where I write about a different author for each letter of the alphabet. You can see them all here ....
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Tea or Books? #96: Should Offensive Books Be Republished? and two Barbara PymsIn this episode, we ask whether or not offensive books should be republished – you might remember the same conversation happening here...
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British Library Women Writers Blog Tour #FarMoreThanFictionWhat fun it has been to watch the blog tour for the new British Library Women Writers! There have been wonderful reviews on blogs, YouTube, and...
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A book haul! After all this time!I haven’t done a proper trip to a secondhand bookshop for such a long time. I did pop into Barter Books in Alnwick last August, but my trip...
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April Lady by Georgette HeyerWhenever Karen and I run a ‘club’ year, somebody reads a Georgette Heyer novel. I don’t know how many she wrote, but my guess...
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British Library Women Writers #8: Tension by E.M. DelafieldIf you click on the tag above, you’ll be able to see my posts about all the British Library Women Writers books as they come out –...
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The Butterfly Lampshade by Aimee BenderMy dear friend Lorna got me The Butterfly Lampshade (2020) for my birthday last year, after the bookseller in Kramer Books, Washington DC, told...
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StuckinaBook’s Weekend MiscellanyIt’s been a while since I did one of these miscellanies, I think. In the UK, pandemic restrictions start to lift in a couple of days, so...
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Not After Midnight and Other Stories by Daphne du Maurier – #DDMReadingWeekI’ve read quite a few of Daphne du Maurier’s novels, but I don’t think I’d previously read any of her short stories...
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Should offensive books be republished?When I reviewed Miss Linsey and Pa by Stella Gibbons earlier in the year, I said that it was one of my favourite reads of 2021 so far –...
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The Privet Hedge by J.E. BuckroseA few weeks ago, I decided to do a mystery book haul – picking four books I knew absolutely nothing about, from mid-century female...
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I went back to a bookshop!Since the pandemic hit the UK, I have only been in one bookshop – a quick look around Barter Books in Alnwick, as I was there for a wedding...
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The Unexpected Professor by John CareyMy friends Lorna and Will gave me a copy of The Unexpected Professor by John Carey in 2014, the year it came out – fast forward seven...
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BookTube Spin #2: My ListYou might remember Rick MacDonnell’s BookTube Spin earlier in the year – in brief, make a list of 20 books you want to read –...
