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History Is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera #ABookADayInMay No.11Today I finished the audiobook of History Is All You Left Me (2017) by Adam Silvera. I first came across his writing when I stumbled upon...
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Books and Islands in Ojibwe Country by Louise Erdrich #ABookADayInMay No.10I haven’t read any of Louise Erdrich’s novels, which I know are well-regarded, but that didn’t stop me being very interested in...
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Cold Water by Gwendoline Riley #ABookADayInMay No.9Last year everyone seemed to be reading My Phantoms by Gwendoline Riley. I couldn’t decide if it was likely to be my cup of tea or...
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How To Be a Deb’s Mum by ‘Petronella Portobello’ #ABookADayInMay No.8Hayley/Desperate Reader gave me her copy of How To Be A Deb’s Mum (1957) by Petronella Portobello a couple of years ago – she wrote...
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Police at the Funeral by Margery Allingham #ABookADayInMay No.7Today was a lovely sunny day, and I spent quite a lot of it sat in the garden reading Margery Allingham’s 1931 detective novel Police...
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Cannery Row by John Steinbeck #ABookADayInMay No.6My friend Matt recommended Cannery Row (1939) by John Steinbeck back in 2009, and I ordered a copy which has sat on my shelves for 15...
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Mystery at Geneva by Rose Macaulay #ABookADayInMay No.5Today’s book is a curio by a relatively well-known writer. Lots of us love Rose Macaulay’s novels, whether that be her famous Towers...
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This Census-Taker by China Miéville #ABookADayInMay No.4A boy ran down a hill path screaming. The boy was I. He held his hands up and out in front of him as if he’d dipped them in paint and...
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The Portrait by Willem Jan Otten #ABookADayInMay No.3I bought The Portrait (2005) by Willem Jan Otten because of that beautiful cover, which is blending in well with my throw. I also fancied...
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Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe #ABookADayInMay No.2Day two of this project will reveal two things that I had previously left unstated. My aim is to finish a book each day in May, but that...
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The Self-Portrait of a Literary Biographer by Joan Givner #ABookADayInMay No.1I was really hoping that Madame Bibi Lophile would do her A Novella a Day in May challenge again, and lo and behold the first post has gone...
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Unnecessary Rankings! Elizabeth von ArnimI’m continuing my series on ranking all the books I’ve read by authors I like – I kicked off with Michael Cunningham , and now...
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Some books from Suffolk (and elsewhere)When I was on holiday recently I took a trip to Treasure Chest Books in Felixstowe, Suffolk – one of my all-time favourite bookshops, though...
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The next club… (and a minor podcast announcement)I’m realising that I haven’t mentioned the successor to the 1940 Club on here yet! Ooops. You might have seen it on Karen’s...
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Tea or Books? #115: Do We Like Books About Bookshops? and Quartet in Autumn vs Journal of a SolitudeBarbara Pym, May Sarton, and bookshops – welcome to episode 115! document.createElement('audio');...
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Eggs, Beans and Crumpets by P.G. Wodehouse – #1940ClubThere are so many P.G. Wodehouse books in the world, and so many of them are sitting unread on my bookshelves, that I try not to buy more. But I...
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A London Family Between the Wars by M.V. Hughes – #1940ClubThe title to M.V. Hughes’s A London Family Between the Wars is only half accurate, and belies the fact that it is part of a series....
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Revisiting Miss Hargreaves – #1940ClubI think it shows extraordinary restraint that we are five or so years into these ‘reading the club’ years before we chose the year that Miss...
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Bewildering Cares by Winifred Peck – #1940ClubGoodness knows when I bought Bewildering Cares by Winifred Peck, but it was probably the best part of 15 years ago. Thank goodness for...
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The Bird in the Tree by Elizabeth Goudge #1940ClubThe Bird in the Tree (1940) is the third Elizabeth Goudge novel I’ve read, after The Middle Window and The Scent of Water , but...
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Final Edition by E.F. Benson – #1940ClubI have read E.F. Benson novels for previous club years, and they’re always a frothy and fun addition to any reading project. When I...
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1940 Club: All your reviews! #1940ClubHere’s the page where I’ll be gathering all the 1940 Club reviews – pop your link in the comments. If you don’t have...
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Coming soon: The 1940 Club!I’m heading away from the blog until just after Easter, so I will give warning now that the 1940 Club is just around the corner...
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Unnecessary Rankings! Michael CunninghamThere is exciting news about a new Michael Cunningham novel coming out next year – called Day – and it has prompted me to do...
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Penelope Mortimer’s The Home: now available!Last year, one of my favourite reads was Penelope Mortimer’s darkly funny 1970s novel The Home . Such is the surprising speed of things,...
