2020 just keeps going, doesn’t it? What a long, long year. I hope you have some good plans this weekend, and that they’re able to go ahead. I’ll be meeting up with my ‘bubble’ (my brother) so I’ll get to hug someone, which we never thought would become a novelty, did we?
Anyway, whatever you’ve got going on, here’s the usual link, blog
post, and book to accompany you on your way.
1.) The link – on my recent review of The Silent Woman by Janet Malcolm, Jenny of Reading the End left a link to an NYRB article Malcolm wrote about her libel lawsuits. It is fascinating in a totally Malcolm way.
2.) The blog post – I enjoyed Danielle’s take on a reading prompt of ‘ready for new beginnings’. Aren’t we all, at the moment? And so many excellent novels and memoirs could fit that description. Go and see what Danielle chose.
3.) The book – the latest Slightly Foxed Edition (my goodness, how I love them) is Jessica Mitford’s brilliant memoir Hons and Rebels. It’s about her childhood as part of the notorious Mitford sisters, but also a lot more than that as she grows older and forms her own identity. And you won’t find a lovelier edition than this, because SF Editions are the nicest books in the world.