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Free Air by Sinclair LewisWhen we look for what we’re about to read next, there are probably a few things going on in our minds. I try not to plan too far...
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Tea or Books? #114: Linear vs Non-linear Narratives and Winter in the Air vs A World of LoveSylvia Townsend Warner, Elizabeth Bowen, linear narratives – welcome to episode 114! document.createElement('audio');...
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Babbacombe’s by Susan ScarlettWriting about my latest Furrowed Middlebrow / Dean Street Press read, I have to mention the recent, tragically early death of Rupert Heath...
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The Story of Lucy Gault by William TrevorWhen I saw that Kim and Cathy announced that they were running a year of reading William Trevor, I was keen to join in. While I...
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Another Saturday; another pile of booksI went to Draycott Books in Chipping Campden today – a bookshop I first visited last year. That was during Project 24, so I had to be...
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Three quick reviewsHere are some quick reviews of other books that I’ve had waiting on my finished-but-not-blogged-about pile. All three are enjoyable, and...
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A little Saturday bookshoppingI took a trip to the excellent bookshop in Wantage this morning and, as ever, came away with a lovely little haul. Here’s what I...
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The House by the Sea by May SartonThere is always something rather fun about spontaneously choosing a book to read next. You can forget the urgent pile of books that...
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A Bachelor’s Comedy by J.E. BuckroseAfter I enjoyed J.E. Buckrose’s novel The Privet Hedge , my friends Kirsty and Paul bought me a few other of her novels....
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Tea or Books? #113: Do We Like Literary Retellings? and South Riding vs RuthElizabeth Gaskell, Winifred Holtby, and more – welcome to episode 113!...
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A Perfect Woman by L.P. HartleyAbout ten years ago, John Murray did some rather lovely reprints of L.P. Hartley’s novels – and it was around that time that I...
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The Overhaul #8Has it really been a year and a half since I did an Overhaul post? How did that happen? For those who haven’t seen the others in the series...
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The Fire-Dwellers by Margaret LaurenceIf you read my favourite books of 2022 list, you’ll know that Margaret Laurence came out on top – with A Jest of God , a brilliant...
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The Benefactress by Elizabeth von ArnimIf I told you I had read an Elizabeth von Arnim novel in which a woman decides to invite three other women she’s never met to live...
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One Book, Two Book, Three Book, Four… and Five…Eyes are steadily improving (though the cold weather isn’t helping), so I’m tentatively ending my blogging hiatus. We’ll see how...
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Tea or Books? #112: Best Books of 2022 and They Were Sisters vs The Three SistersDorothy Whipple, May Sinclair, and favourite books of 2022 – welcome to episode 112!...
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2022: Some Reading StatsI always enjoy reading other people’s reading stats, and I’m coming out of my hiatus to put mine out. I also managed to read for a bit...
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Top Books of 2022It’s my favourite time of the book blogging year – seeing everyone’s Best Of lists, and compiling my own. As usual, I have...
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Project 24: the final book (and all the books)I hope you’ve had a lovely Christmas! I’ll be honest, my ongoing eye issues are making book blogging a bit tricky – so...
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Project 24: Book 23My blogging has been a bit minimal of late, and that’s because I’ve been having ongoing issues with my eyes – including not...
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Tea or Books? #111: Do We Care What Characters Look Like? And Good Behaviour vs Full HouseMolly Keane, M.J. Farrell, and characters’ appearances – welcome to episode 111!...
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Six Degrees of Separation: from The Snow Child toI keep an eye on the 6 Degrees of Separation meme from Books Are My Favourite And Best , and was pleased to see it kicked off this month with a...
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Project 24: 19, 20, 21, 22I went for quite a while without buying any of my allotted 24 books under Project 24. And then, dear reader, the dam burst. I couldn’t...
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Two Thousand Million Man-Power by Gertrude TrevelyanOne of the questions asked about Gertrude Trevelyan (the artist formerly known as G.E. Trevelyan) is why she has disappeared, when her writing...
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Fifty Forgotten Books by R.B. RussellOne of the books I took on holiday to read was also one of the books I’ve bought under Project 24 – Fifty Forgotten Books...
