My contribution to Moomin Week and the latest addition to the Tove Trove Library.
Reading Challenges
1920 CLUB: Chéri by Colette
Collaborative book blogging: my contribution to the 1920 Club.
BOOK REVIEW: In the Dream House: A Memoir
Carmen Maria Machado’s absorbing and brilliantly unorthodox account of an abusive relationship is due for publication in the UK on 2nd January 2020.
1930 CLUB: Le Bal by Irène Némirovsky
Collaborative book blogging: my contribution to the 1930 Club.
TOVE TROVE: Introduction & Books #ToveTrove
My latest literary project entails reading books written by or about Tove Jansson – creator of the Moomins.
THOUGHTS ON: My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier
It’s a little late, but here, finally, is my contribution to Daphne du Maurier Reading Week.
1965 CLUB: The Millstone by Margaret Drabble
Collaborative book blogging: my contribution to the 1965 Club.
MARGARET ATWOOD READING MONTH: Quotations
For Week Four of #MARM I share a handful of my favourite Margaret Atwood quotations.
THOUGHTS ON: The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
We look back at a powerful memoir exploring death, illness, marriage and memory from an iconic American writer.
NONFICTION NOVEMBER: Becoming the Expert
Week three of a month-long celebration of favourite non-fiction reads. In this post we look at becoming an expert on Penguin Books.
MARGARET ATWOOD READING MONTH: Cover Images
This week I share a few of my many favourite Margaret Atwood book covers.
NONFICTION NOVEMBER: Nonfiction Book Pairing
Week two of a month-long celebration of favourite non-fiction reads. In this post we look at a perfect book pairing.
NONFICTION NOVEMBER: My Year in Nonfiction
A month-long celebration of reading, reviewing and discussing non-fiction.
1944 CLUB: Ficciones by Jorge Luis Borges
Collaborative book blogging: my contribution to the 1944 Club.
1977 CLUB: Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams by Sylvia Plath
Collaborative book blogging: My last minute contribution to the 1977 Club.
Amazon’s 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime Tag
This is a first! Brittany, a fellow book critic over at Perfectly Tolerable, has picked me, along with several others, to take part in her book tag.