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The books I got for my birthdayI’m back from my holiday – staying on the Menabilly estate, which is where Manderley from Rebecca is based on! We weren’t in...
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Tea or Books? #110: Do We Care Where Characters Work? and A Helping Hand vs The True DeceiverTove Jansson, Celia Dale, jobs in books! Welcome to episode 110 https://www.stuckinabook.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/tea-or-books-110.mp3...
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Announcing the next clubIt’s been another really great club year! Thank you to Karen for co-hosting and for all the people who submitted reviews. I think we got...
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Three more #1929Club booksIt’s the final day of the 1929 Club and I have three books I haven’t reviewed – I really went to town on 1929 titles!...
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The Iron Man and the Tin Woman by Stephen Leacock – #1929ClubStephen Leacock is one of the authors I first got really into, and I’ve put together quite a collection . Like a lot of the authors I...
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Storm Bird by Mollie Panter-Downes – #1929ClubFor years, the only novel by Mollie Panter-Downes that was available was her last – One Fine Day – which is also her...
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Speedy Death by Gladys Mitchell – #1929ClubI’ve been meaning to read some Gladys Mitchell for years, and have had a couple on my shelves for at least eight years – what...
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Paying Guests by E.F. Benson – #1929ClubI suspect E.F. Benson is like toffee – a little is a total delight, but you wouldn’t want to have too many in a row. It’s been a...
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No Love by David Garnett #1929ClubConsidering I wrote about David Garnett substantially in my doctorate thesis, it is a bit embarrassing how few of his novels I’ve read....
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#1929Club – your reviewsAnd here is the 1929 Club! I’m excited that the club is starting again, and in my beloved 1920s. Pop your links to your 1929 book...
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Project 24: 15, 16, 17, 18I’m a bit behind with updates on Project 24, but I have been adding to my piles – including a couple of books arriving through...
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Immortality, Inc. by Robert SheckleyI almost never read science fiction, but one of the good things about the Audible Plus catalogue is that I can explore all manner of books that I...
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An update on British Library Women Writers seriesI am so behind with updating you on what’s going on with the British Library Women Writers series! There is good news, bad news, and some...
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Tea or Books? #109: Boarding House Novels vs Living Alone and Heat Wave vs Heat LightningPenelope Lively, Helen Hull, boarding houses and isolation – welcome to episode 109!...
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Six Degrees of Separation: From Notes on a Scandal to The HeirIt’s not often that I’ve read the starting book for the regular meme of a Six Degrees of Separation post (from Kate at Books Are My...
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Excuse It, Please! by Cornelia Otis SkinnerA lot of people know and love Our Hearts Were Young and Gay by Cornelia Otis Skinner and Emily Kimbrough, but fewer people have gone on to...
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N is for NicholsThis is part of an ongoing series where I write about a different author for each letter of the alphabet. You can see them all here ....
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Would You Trust A Canal? Peas in a Podcast #16Here’s the latest episode of the (very) occasional podcast I do with my brother Colin! I honestly don’t remember what we said....
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Five memoirs I’ve read recentlyQuite a large percentage of the non-fiction I read or listen to is accounted for by memoirs and biographies. While glancing at my pile of books to...
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House Happy by Muriel ResnikHouse Happy (1958) by Muriel Resnik is one of the books I’ve bought for my Project 24 – I’d seen it every time...
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A Town Called Solace by Mary LawsonSomehow five months have passed since I read A Town Called Solace (2021) by Mary Lawson and I haven’t written about it yet –...
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Two novels about female friendshipAt my book group last month, we talked about novels about friendship – how surprisingly few of them there are. It’s something Rachel...
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Tea or Books? #108: Books with Bite or No Bite; Late and Soon vs A Game of Hide and SeekBite, E.M. Delafield, Elizabeth Taylor – welcome to episode 108!...
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Violeta Among the Stars by Dulce Maria Caroso – #EUPLI’m glad I’ve finished Violeta Among the Stars (2005) by Dulce Maria Cardoso in time to include it in Women in Translation month...
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M is for MilneThis is part of an ongoing series where I write about a different author for each letter of the alphabet. You can see them all...
