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Twice Lost by Phyllis PaulWhen I read R.B. Russell’s very good Fifty Forgotten Books , there were a handful of books that particularly appealed – and...
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The Winter of Our Discontent by John SteinbeckI don’t usually stand behind the idea that the books we read in school are ruined for us – but I have to admit that I have no...
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The Spring Begins by Katherine DunningWhen Scott (aka Furrowed Middlebrow) raves about a novel, you take notice. Katherine Dunning’s little-known 1934 novel was his...
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Bellevue Square by Michael RedhillWhen I was in Toronto, I met up with a listener to Tea or Books? – Debra – and, after a lovely dinner, we went book shopping. I...
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Tea or Books? #124: Our Favourite Reads of 2023Our favourite books from 2023 – or reads, because of course we mostly read ‘backlisted’ titles. Always a fun one to record...
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The World Between Two Covers by Ann MorganEvery Christmas, I seem to read a book I was given for the previous Christmas. Partly that’s me looking at a particular book and...
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2023: Some Reading StatsReading people’s favourite books of the year, and their reading stats, is always my favourite period of the book blogging calendar. Here are...
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A Century of Books: 1925-2024I’ve set myself a 2024 reading challenge! Long-time StuckinaBook readers will remember a few previous times I’ve done...
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My top films of 2023For the first time, in 2023, I kept a list of the films I watched. I discovered that most of what I want from movies is to be silly and fun and...
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Top Books of 2023I’m delighted to unveil my top reads of the year – as ever, considering how much I enjoyed them and how good I think they are,...
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The Persimmon Tree by Marjorie BarnardI hope you’ve had a wonderful Christmas, if you celebrate – indeed, I hope you are still having it, since we are still in the 12 days....
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A Bird in the House by Margaret LaurenceRegular visitors to StuckinaBook will know how much I adore Margaret Laurence, and particularly here Manawaka sequence of novels. They have...
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Unnecessary Rankings! Shirley JacksonI try to stick to writers I’ve read most or all of, for these unnecesary rankings – so how has it taken me this long to include...
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Blight by Tom CarlisleOne of the interesting and fun things about friends writing books is that they take you in all sorts of places you wouldn’t necessarily...
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Tea or Books? #123: Critical or Charitable Reading? and Sheep’s Clothing vs Harriet Said…Beryl Bainbridge, Celia Dale, critical and charitable reading – welcome to episode 123! document.createElement('audio');...
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Stories for Winter: new British Library Women Writers collection!A quick post to say there is a new collection of stories out from the British Library Women Writers series, and it’s perfect for...
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A whole bunch of audiobooks I’ve listened to recentlyAs per, I’ve been listening to an awful lot of audiobooks recently – some very good, some enjoyable trash, some in between....
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Cobalt Blue by Sachin KundalkarI wanted to write about Cobalt Blue by Sachin Kundalkar (translated by Jerry Pinto) before the end of Novellas in November – hosted...
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Tea or Books? #122: Mary Lawson novels w/ Mary Lawson!Mary Lawson joins us to talk about all her novels – welcome to episode 122! document.createElement('audio');...
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Vera by Elizabeth von ArnimFor years I’d heard three things about Vera (1921) – that it was Elizabeth von Arnim’s darkest novel, that it was...
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Unnecessary Rankings! R.C. SherriffIt was my birthday yesterday and I’ll my bookish gifts at some point (it will surprise nobody to know I got a few), but for today...
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Nocturne by Helen HumphreysOne of the authors I’d been advised to look out for in Canada was Helen Humphreys. I did find a few of her novels, but they were almost...
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The Jasmine Farm by Elizabeth von ArnimThe Jasmine Farm (1934) isn’t one of Elizabeth von Arnim’s novels that I see discussed very often. It was her penultimate...
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This House of Grief by Helen GarnerI hadn’t heard of Robert Farquharson or Cindy Gambino, or their children Jai, Tyler, and Bailey, before I started Helen Garner’s This House...
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William’s Wife by Gertrude TrevelyanI’m delighted that Recovered Books is making G.E. Trevelyan’s novels available again, because they have been so very difficult to...
