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No Peace for the Wicked by Ursula Torday – #1937ClubIn the final afternoon of the 1937 Club, I’m writing about the most obscure of my choices this week – Ursula Torday’s...
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Two #1937Club murder mysteriesI am so behind with gathering up and reading 1937 Club posts – what else is new for a club week? – but I’m loving seeing them...
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Virginia Woolf – 14 March 1937Today’s contribution to the 1937 Club is something I used to often do with the club years, where relevant – find out what Virginia...
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I Would Be Private by Rose Macaulay – #1937ClubFor a long time, I tended to see Rose Macaulay only mentioned in relation to her final novel, The Towers of Trebizond . That shifted a bit...
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Theatre by W. Somerset Maugham – #1937ClubMy first stop for the 1937 Club is Theatre by W. Somerset Maugham. I bought my copy in 2011, drawn (as ever) to any novel about the...
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#1937Club: your reviews!The 1937 Club kicks off today! Until Sunday, we’d love to know your thoughts and reviews of any book published in 1937 –...
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Happy blog birthday to me!For once, I remembered to celebrate – today is the blogiversary of StuckinaBook. And it’s old enough to get a driving licence in...
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The novel that turned into All Of Us StrangersI loved Andrew Haigh’s film All of Us Strangers and think it’s criminal that Andrew Scott and Jamie Bell haven’t won every award under...
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The Baron in the Trees by Italo CalvinoThe Baron in the Trees (1957) is my first novel by Italo Calvino – and the description of it is a real tussle between...
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What’s For Dinner? by James SchuylerI wrote on Instagram that What’s For Dinner? (1978) was ‘like Ivy Compton-Burnett’s characters leapt forward a century...
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Tea or Books? #126: Should Books Be Banned? and Lessons in Chemistry vs Dear Mrs BirdBanned books, Bonnie Garmus and A.J. Pearce – welcome to episode 126! document.createElement('audio');...
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How To Be Multiple by Helena de BresWhen I discovered there was a new collection of essays out about the philosophy of twins, and that it was written by an identical twin, I...
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Lady Living Alone by Norah LoftsI picked up Lady Living Alone by Norah Lofts in a wonderful, cavernous bookshop in Whitehaven, Cumbria, when I was there last year. I...
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Unnecessary Rankings! British Library Women WritersSince it’s International Women’s Day, I thought I’d commemorate the occasion by… ranking books by women!...
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Come to Esther Rutter’s online book launch (with me!)Many of you may have read Esther Rutter’s brilliant This Golden Fleece about the historical, cultural and social significance of...
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Why I’m Not A Millionaire by Nancy SpainNancy Spain has been having a new lease of life recently, with the re-issue of her detective novels. To a certain generation, she is also...
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The books I bought in Hay-on-Wye (it was a lot)I’ve just been away for a week to a lovely cottage on the Dinefwr National Trust estate with some friends. It’s in Wales, and...
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Unnecessary Rankings! Stella GibbonsMy ‘ Unnecessary Rankings! ‘ series have quickly become my favourite blog posts to write, and I love reading your comments –...
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Tea or Books? #125: Do We Read Celeb Memoirs? and Day vs Landscape in SunlightCeleb memoirs, Michael Cunningham, Elizabeth Fair – welcome to episode 125! document.createElement('audio');...
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The Oracles by Margaret KennedyIt’s not often that I buy a book and read it straightaway, but I was so intrigued by The Oracles (1955) by Margaret Kennedy when I...
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Death and Mary Dazill by Mary FittWith a title like Death and Mary Dazill (1941) and the cover you see above, I knew I couldn’t resist reading this novel. It went on...
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Trick Mirror by Jia TolentinoI think my friend Kirsty first mentioned Trick Mirror by Jia Tolentino, and it falls in a genre I particularly like – the sort of essay...
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The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip WilliamsI go to my village book group because I enjoy discussing books and getting to know people. I don’t particularly expect to enjoy the...
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Unnecessary Rankings! Jane AustenIt’s actually surprising that it’s taken me this long to rank Jane Austen in my Unnecessary Rankings series. Because surely...
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Day by Michael CunninghamIf you read my Top Books of 2023 or listened to the ‘Tea or Books?’ episode where Rachel and I shared our favourite reads,...
