Clik here to view.
Project 24: Books 4 and 5
Sometimes it isn’t that I really need a particular book that makes me add to my Project 24 list – sometimes it’s just that it’s been too long since I went to a bookshop. So on Saturday I went to one of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
British Library Women Writers 14: Strange Journey by Maud Cairnes
When I originally wrote about Strange Journey by Maud Cairnes in 2020, I ended with ‘Strange Journey is not at all easy to find – but I am certainly mulling it over as British Library choice at some...
View ArticleClik here to view.
StuckinaBook’s Weekend Miscellany
Is it spring? Maybe? Almost? My apple tree is showing some lovely blossom, my wisteria is refusing to do anything, and my hay fever has kicked up a notch. So I would conclude – on balance, yes, but...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Tea or Books? #103: Thinking vs Feeling and Moon Tiger vs The Diviners
Penelope Lively, Margaret Laurence, thinking and feeling – welcome to episode 103! https://www.stuckinabook.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/tea-or-books-103-1.mp3 Apologies for the unexpected delay in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
#TopTenTuesday: Authors I Haven’t Read, But Want To
I can’t remember if I’ve ever previously joined in with a Top Ten Tuesday, run by That Artsy Reader Girl. It’s been going since 2010, so it’s about time – when better to join than with the 592nd...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Red House by E. Nesbit
I downloaded an ebook of the complete(ish) works of E. Nesbit a few years ago, and I have it for emergencies on my phone’s Kindle app. Since it really is only for emergencies (I usually have a book in...
View ArticleBookTube Spin #6
For the last book spin, I ended up reading and loving The Magic Apple Tree by Susan Hill, so it is definitely in my good books at the moment. This time, lovely Rick is encouraging us to do something a...
View ArticleHands: a poem for Good Friday
This morning at church, I read this poem which I wrote in response to a verse in Isaiah. The verse is about God holding our hand – I love the intimacy of it. I wrote it a while ago, but Good Friday...
View ArticleClik here to view.
#1954Club: post your reviews
The 1954 Club has started! Karen and I are asking everyone to read one or more books published in 1954 – in any language, format, or place – and share your reviews. Together, we’ll put together an...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Golden Waterwheel by Leo Walmsley – #1954Club
One of the books I loved last year was Leo Walmsley’s Love in the Sun, a very autobiographical novel about living and loving in poverty beside the sea in Cornwall. You can read my earlier review, and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Swamp Angel by Ethel Wilson #1954Club
When I was in Toronto in 2017, I was keen to buy books that wouldn’t be so easily available back home – and it made sense to pick up Canadian authors, where possible. It was also during another...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Lease of Life by Frank Baker #1954Club
Few things in life represent the triumph of hope over experience as much as my continued attempts to find an equal to Miss Hargreaves among Frank Baker’s other output. My attempts have ranged from...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Native Heath by Elizabeth Fair – #1954Club
My friend Barbara bought me a whole pile of Furrowed Middlebrow books a while ago, and one of them was The Native Heath by Elizabeth Fair – my third novel by Fair, and one with the most beautiful...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Four more #1954Club books I read
Let’s rattle through some other books I read for the 1954 Club which possibly don’t warrant full reviews… they range from ok to bad, so come on a journey with me. Doctor’s Children by Josephine Elder...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Announcing the next club…
What fun the 1954 Club has been! At the time of writing, we are very close to 100 reviews (see them on this round-up post) – and more still to come as Sunday finishes across the world. I’m always blown...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Project 24: Book 6
Having rationed my book buying severely in the early days of the year, I have tumbled through my first six books quite quickly – even more quickly than posts appear, because I bought this one more than...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Stuck in a Book’s Weekend Miscellany
Happy weekend – and, if you’re in the UK, happy long, bank holiday weekend. Hope you have a lovely one. I’ll be going to a bookshop on Saturday, so Project 24 might bulk out a bit. Watch this space....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Murder on the Second Floor by Frank Vosper (Novella a Day in May #1)
I’ve done a few book-a-day projects – for 25 days, for Novella – but they’re all inspired by Novella A Day In May, which Madame Bibi Lophile has done for a few years. And since May was rolling around,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
William – an Englishman by Cicely Hamilton (Novella a Day in May #2)
William – an Englishman (1919) by Cicely Hamilton isn’t really a novella, coming in at 226 pages, but I needed to reread it for Tea or Books? so I thought a Bank Holiday Monday was a great opportunity...
View ArticleClik here to view.
My Friend Says It’s Bullet-Proof by Penelope Mortimer (Novella a Day in May #3)
I’m playing cold-or-Covid roulette at the moment – it would be unlucky to get Covid again so soon, but you never know – and Penelope Mortimer accompanied me while I wasn’t working or napping today. My...
View Article