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Tea or Books? #109: Boarding House Novels vs Living Alone and Heat Wave vs...
Penelope Lively, Helen Hull, boarding houses and isolation – welcome to episode 109! https://www.stuckinabook.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/tea-or-books-109.mp3 In the first half of this episode,...
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An update on British Library Women Writers series
I 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 more good news. No more Angela Milne… for now Let’s start...
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Immortality, Inc. by Robert Sheckley
I 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 probably wouldn’t race to pay money for or have taking...
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Project 24: 15, 16, 17, 18
I’m a bit behind with updates on Project 24, but I have been adding to my piles – including a couple of books arriving through the post this week. I’ve only got six books left for the year, but that...
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StuckinaBook’s Weekend Miscellany
Happy weekend, everyone! I have lost my voice! It now seems to be a stage I get during most colds, which is super fun. It means a bit of a delay to ‘Tea or Books?’, which is probably fine because I...
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#1929Club – your reviews
And 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 reviews in the comments here, and I’ll put together a list during the...
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No Love by David Garnett #1929Club
Considering I wrote about David Garnett substantially in my doctorate thesis, it is a bit embarrassing how few of his novels I’ve read. In my defence, I wrote about his first books (Lady Into Fox and...
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Paying Guests by E.F. Benson – #1929Club
I 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 few years since I last picked up an EFB, and so I absolutely loved...
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Speedy Death by Gladys Mitchell – #1929Club
I’ve been meaning to read some Gladys Mitchell for years, and have had a couple on my shelves for at least eight years – what better opportunity than the 1929 Club, where I can encounter her detective...
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Storm Bird by Mollie Panter-Downes – #1929Club
For years, the only novel by Mollie Panter-Downes that was available was her last – One Fine Day – which is also her masterpiece. By comparison, her earlier novels were extremely scarce. The British...
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The Iron Man and the Tin Woman by Stephen Leacock – #1929Club
Stephen 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 loved around 2002-2005, I binge-read a lot at the time and now only...
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Three more #1929Club books
It’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! Indeed, one of them I only started yesterday. Here are some quick thoughts about...
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Announcing the next club
It’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 to about 85 reviews between us, which is brilliant – covering...
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StuckinaBook’s Weekend Miscellany
Happy weekend! I’m off on holiday so won’t be blogging for a bit. But, dear burglars, there will be someone in my house while I’m away. No burgling please! Or burglarising, for my American friends. Or...
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Tea or Books? #110: Do We Care Where Characters Work? and A Helping Hand vs...
Tove Jansson, Celia Dale, jobs in books! Welcome to episode 110 https://www.stuckinabook.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/tea-or-books-110.mp3 A bit of a longer break than usual because I lost my voice....
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The books I got for my birthday
I’m back from my holiday – staying on the Menabilly estate, which is where Manderley from Rebecca is based on! We weren’t in the old house, so no need to worry about unhinged housekeepers – we were in...
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Fifty Forgotten Books by R.B. Russell
One of the books I took on holiday to read was also one of the books I’ve bought under Project 24 – Fifty Forgotten Books (2022) by R.B. Russell. It’s exactly the sort of book I can’t resist, and it...
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Two Thousand Million Man-Power by Gertrude Trevelyan
One of the questions asked about Gertrude Trevelyan (the artist formerly known as G.E. Trevelyan) is why she has disappeared, when her writing is so good and her early reviews were glowing. One...
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Project 24: 19, 20, 21, 22
I went for quite a while without buying any of my allotted 24 books under Project 24. And then, dear reader, the dam burst. I couldn’t stop buying. Three of these four were online, and one was from a...
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Six Degrees of Separation: from The Snow Child to
I keep an eye on the 6 Degrees of Separation meme from Books Are My Favourite And Best, and was pleased to see it kicked off this month with a book I’ve read and loved – The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey....
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