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The Murder of My Aunt by Richard Hull
I had a little blogging absence because I had a nasty cold – which I presumed might be Covid, given how everyone seems to have it at the moment, but a zillion tests turned out negative. Just a normal...
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L is for Leacock
This 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. Some of the letters of the alphabet, in this ongoing project, are...
View ArticleMore audiobooks: the good, the bad, and the funny
I don’t seem to be finishing many paper books at the moment, but I am tearing through audiobooks. If I continue at this rate, I might end up listening to as many books this year as physically reading...
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Tea or Books? #102: Do We Read Books about Grief? and Five Windows vs Four...
D.E. Stevenson, Margery Sharp – and a special guest! https://www.stuckinabook.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/tea-or-books-102.mp3 In this episode, we have a special guest in the form of Claire – you’ll...
View ArticleStuckinaBook’s Weekend Miscellany
I’m going to do a slightly different weekend miscellany this week, largely because I had so many contenders for the blog post that I wanted to include. So this is just a round-up of reviews that I...
View ArticleProject 24: Have I Read The Books I Bought Last Time?
I can’t remember if I’ve talked about Project 24 in 2022 yet – basically, I’m only going to buy 24 books (for myself) this year. I’ve done it a few times in the past, and succeeded by the skin of my...
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Project 24: Book #1
As mentioned, I’m only buying 24 books this year. Two a month. We’re nearly halfway through February, and I have bought my first book – so I am doing well with my rations! It’s always interesting (to...
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StuckinaBook’s Weekend Miscellany
Friends, I have Covid. At the time of writing (Friday evening) it isn’t too bad – coldy symptoms and exhausted – so hopefully it’ll stay that way. Hopefully the days of isolation will help me get...
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Project 24: Books 2 and 3
That was a longer break than intended – but don’t worry, Covid didn’t hit me all that hard. The fatigue was the worst part, but the whole thing was over within a week. Thank goodness for vaccines! Then...
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The Initials in the Heart by Laurence Whistler
I can’t quite remember why I bought The Initials in the Heart (1964) by Laurence Whistler back in 2012. It might be because of his connection with his brother Rex Whistler – though I didn’t know much...
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Because of the Lockwoods by Dorothy Whipple
I thought I’d read The Priory by Dorothy Whipple quite recently, but apparently it was more than four years ago – so I wasn’t exactly rushing onto my next Whipple when I read Because of the Lockwoods...
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#1954Club – not long now!
Every time Karen and I run a ‘club’ year, I know there are people who wish they’d been warned earlier – so here you go! There is just over a month to go until we ask everyone to read and review books...
View ArticleThe Dogs Do Bark by Barbara Willard
I can’t remember why I bought The Dogs Do Bark (1948), but it’s possible it was seeing a mention in passing on Scott’s Furrowed Middlebrow blog. There, he talked about it being a novel set in a seaside...
View ArticleTwo non-fiction titles I’ve read recently…
Here are some very quick thoughts about a couple of non-fiction books I’ve read in the past few months. I expect a similar round-up of recent fiction reads will follow before too long – watch this...
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Fifty Sounds by Polly Barton
I bought two copies of Fifty Sounds (2021) by Polly Barton in the year it was published – one for a friend and, because I couldn’t resist it, one for me. Not only was it that beguiling Fitzcarraldo...
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British Library Women Writers 12: Which Way? by Theodora Benson
Two new British Library Women Writers titles have just been published, and I’m quite behind with keeping up to date with my posts about the previous ones. The new ones will turn up here before too long...
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British Library Women Writers 13: A Pin To See The Peepshow by F. Tennyson Jesse
I think A Pin To See The Peepshow (1934) is probably the British Library Women Writers title that was best-known before being republished. It wasn’t a household name, of course, but a lot of people...
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StuckinaBook’s Weekend Miscellany
Happy weekend – and, if you’re in the UK, happy sunshine! Well, there may well be sunshine elsewhere too, but it has been a long time coming here. I never realise what a difference it makes until the...
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The Magic Apple Tree by Susan Hill
Occasionally I post a book on Instagram which gets a chorus of approval from people who’ve loved it. Never more so than when I posted that I was reading Susan Hill’s 1982 The Magic Apple Tree. It...
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The City of Belgium by Brecht Evens
You might know that I’m a fan of the graphic novelist Brecht Evens. The City of Belgium (2021) is his fourth or fifth book and I’ve read and enjoyed all the others to differing extents – from deeply...
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