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Journey Through A Small Planet by Emanuel Litvinoff (Novella a Day in May #4)
Oops, I keep cheating on this novella challenge – though today’s cheating was accidental, since I was about 30 pages into Journey Through A Small Planet (1972) by Emanuel Litvinoff when I realised it...
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Screens Against the Sky by Elleke Boehmer (Novella a Day in May #5)
I bought Screens Against the Sky (1990) by Elleke Boehmer in 2008 – just weeks before I started my Masters, because Elleke was running the course and I thought it would be fun to read her book before...
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In Pious Memory by Margery Sharp (Novella a Day in May #6)
When Madame Bibi and I realised we both had In Pious Memory (1967) by Margery Sharp on our shelves, we decided to put it down for the same day of Novella a Day in May – the only forward-planning I’ve...
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Novella a Day in May: Days 7 and 8
I did read my novellas (…sort of) on days 7 and 8, but I didn’t write yesterday because I was in London overnight. (I saw the musical &Juliet, and if you get a chance then please do so – it’s such...
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Tea or Books? #104: Do We Care What Characters Dream? and William – an...
Olivia Manning, Cicely Hamilton and dreams – welcome to episode 104 of ‘Tea or Books?’! https://www.stuckinabook.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/tea-or-books-104.mp3 In the first half of this episode,...
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Novella a Day in May: Days 9 and 10
I will try to keep doing these daily, and I am reading novellas daily, but I had so little to say about Day 9 that I thought I’d better roll these into one… Day 9: Every Eye (1956) by Isobel English...
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The Rebecca Notebook by Daphne du Maurier – #DDMReadingWeek (Novella a Day in...
When I was looking at how to double up Novella a Day in May with Ali’s Daphne du Maurier Reading Week, there weren’t a lot of options my shelves. If du Maurier wrote any novellas, then I don’t have...
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Gentleman Overboard by Herbert Clyde Lewis (Novella a Day in May #12)
When Brad of Neglected Books started recommending titles for a new series of reprints, from Boiler House Press, I knew we would be in for something special. Few people know more about overlooked...
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StuckinaBook’s Weekend Miscellany
I have read a novella today, but I’ll write about it tomorrow alongside whatever I pick up for Day 13. I hope you have good plans for the weekend? I’ll be heading to my godson’s first birthday party...
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Novella a Day in May: Days 13 and 14
I’m watching Eurovision; I’m typing up thoughts about novellas. What a day. Day 13: Elizabeth Finch (2022) by Julian Barnes Ooof. I’ve read a couple of Barnes novels before this one, and never really...
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A Jest of God by Margaret Laurence (Novella a Day in May #15)
Wow. A Jest of God (1966) by Margaret Laurence is absolutely brilliant. I bought it in 2007, and 15 years later it has come off my shelf and been devoured in a couple of sittings. It might not quite...
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Novella a Day in May: Days 16 and 17
Day 16: Ashes in My Mouth, Sand in My Shoes (1987) by Per Petterson This 1987 book was translated from Norwegian by Don Bartlett in 2013, which is when I think I got it as a review copy. Well, here I...
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Novella a Day in May: Days 18 and 19
Day 18: The Nymph and the Nobleman (1932) by Margery Sharp When I was in Hay-on-Wye last year, I stumbled across The Nymph and the Nobleman, one of Margery Sharp’s first books. And – gasp – signed by...
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Novella a Day in May: Days 20 and 21
There’s a bit of a theme to the two novellas I’ve read in the past two days… or at least their titles. Day 20: The Year of the Hare (1995) by Arto Paasilinna This novella, translated from Finnish by...
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Novella a Day in May: Days 22 and 23
Day 22: Grand Canyon (1942) by Vita Sackville-West I re-read Vita Sackville-West’s novella set in an alternative 1942 where Nazi Germany has successfully taken over Europe, and refugees have fled to...
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Friends and Relations by Elizabeth Bowen (Novella a Day in May #24)
I was inspired by the latest Backlisted episode to pick up a Bowen – specifically the one they covered, Death of the Heart, but it turns out that I don’t own it – so I substituted a novella of 151...
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Maigret’s Revolver by Georges Simenon (Novella a Day in May #25)
Whenever Karen and I run a club year, there is a Georges Simenon – and every time I comment that I must read something by him. And as I was glancing around my shelves, I spotted that Maigret’s...
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The Home by Penelope Mortimer (Novella a Day in May #26)
Look, yes, I’m cheating again – The Home (1971) isn’t a novella, since it’s 230 pages, but I had a bit more time to read today, and I thought I’d spend it here. And I’m so glad I did – The Home is...
View ArticleThe Colour of Evening by Robert Nathan (Novella a Day in May #27)
I love Robert Nathan novel(la)s for when I need something simple and lovely. He is best remembered now for the film adaptations of his works – The Bishop’s Wife, The Preacher’s Wife, and Portrait of...
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Novella a Day in May: Days 28 and 29
Day 28: Sleepless Nights (1979) by Elizabeth Hardwick Elizabeth Hardwick is one of those authors who has been published both as Virago Modern Classic and a NYRB Classic, and there can few greater...
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