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A Jane Austen Education by William DeresiewiczIt’s a truth universally acknowledged that Janeites will read anything about Jane Austen – and it’s also a truth universally...
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A round-up of #ReadIndies booksI’ve been busy reading for Karen and Lizzy’s #ReadIndies month, and here are three of the books that came off my tbr pile for it. They...
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Notes From No Man’s Land by Eula Biss#ReadIndies naturally made me think of my unread pile of Fitzcarraldo Editions. I’ve yet to buy any of the blue fiction titles, but am...
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Interview: Will from Renard PressThis month, Karen and Lizzy are running #ReadIndies – encouraging us all to read books published by independent publishing houses. If...
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Tea or Books? #92: Do We Care What Characters Wear? and Girl, Woman, Other vs Life After LifeBernadine Evaristo, Kate Atkinson, and clothes – welcome to episode 92....
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The Indignant Spinsters by Winifred BoggsLast year, Sally on the Rocks by Winifred Boggs was one of my favourite reads, and I’ve made no secret about the fact that...
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The BookTube SpinLook, I’m not on BookTube – where people talk about books on YouTube, for the uninitiated. Nobody needs to see my shoddy camera angles...
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Seven Kinds of People You Find in Bookshops by Shaun BythellI imagine you’ve probably read Shaun Bythell’s very funny accounts of running a secondhand bookshop in Wigtown, Scotland –...
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The Land by Vita Sackville-West [or a bit of it]I am trying to be the sort of person who likes poetry, and picking some of the poems off my bookshelves. If I’m honest, it hasn’t...
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For All We Know by G.B. SternWhat a curious novel, which has left rather an impression on me, even though I find it a little complex to untangle. I bought For All We...
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Nothing is Black by Deirdre MaddenI absolutely loved Molly Fox’s Birthday a year or so ago, and so over Christmas I thought I’d treat myself to one of the other...
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Tea or Books? #91: Familiar or Unfamiliar Settings? and Two Elizabeth von Arnim novelsElizabeth von Arnim and settings of novels – welcome to episode 91!...
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2020: Some Reading StatsHopefully you’ve already seen my Top Books of 2020 – and now its time to do one of those fun reading stats posts, that delight other...
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Peas in a Podcast #14: Christmas special!We recorded this before Christmas, but look where we are. Still the 12 Days of Christmas!...
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British Library Women Writers winners!Thanks to everyone who entered my Christmas giveaway of British Library Women Writers titles – I’ve done a draw via random.org, and...
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Rosemary’s review of Project PlacesIn 2019, Rosemary joined me in #ProjectNames – one of the most rewarding reading projects I’ve done. Last year, she decided to keep...
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Top 12 Books of 2020It’s been a terrible year, but it’s been a great reading year. I always wait until December 31st before I let myself compile this list...
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Happy Christmas giveaway!You don’t need me to tell you that this has been a weird and sad year, and it’ll be a weird Christmas. I don’t know what...
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A moving memoir of racism, poverty, and abuseI recently finished a memoir, read by the author as an audiobook. It was a really striking portrayal of growing up as a mixed-race child in...
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The Stone of Chastity by Margery SharpI was VERY excited when I saw that the Furrowed Middlebrow series from Dean Street Press will be reprinting many Margery Sharp and Stella Gibbons...
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Four more mini reviewsMini reviews – you know the drill. Let’s do this. Limbo by Dan Fox I bought this from Fitzcarraldo’s enviable essay series...
