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Hi, folks! I’ve been reading through some of the books on the Women’s Prize 2021 longlist, and I’d like to write brief notes about them. The last…… Read more “Women’s Prize 2021: Dolan, Leilani, Peters & Bennett”
Month: April 2021
Books on My Spring 2021 TBR
Hi, folks! Spring is in full swing, but there is still time for a reading list for the season. First, a reckoning: did I finish my last…… Read more “Books on My Spring 2021 TBR”
Only the skin chairs are true
Dear Barbara, As The Skins Chairs (1962) starts, ten-year-old Frances has been sent to stay with the Lawrences, her mother’s rich relatives. In one of her strolls…… Read more “Only the skin chairs are true”
SPRINGATHON – a Nature Writing Readathon
Hi, folks! This is just to invite you to #SpringAThon, a reading event hosted by Natalie (Curious Reader), Emma (A Cup Of Books), Doris (All D Books, @booknaturalists), and…… Read more “SPRINGATHON – a Nature Writing Readathon”
The Booktube Spin #2
Hi, folks! It’s time for another Booktube Spin, hosted by Rick! Inspired by our beloved Classics Club Spin, the idea is to list 20 books (they don’t…… Read more “The Booktube Spin #2”
Both had come from an incommunicable experience
Dear Rosemary, The Chinese Garden (1962) centres on Rachel Curgenven, a bookish sixteen-year-old student at Bampfield, a British girls’ boarding school whose “ideal was designed to turn…… Read more “Both had come from an incommunicable experience”
Rosemary Manning
Rosemary Manning (Rosemary Joy Manning , 9 December 1911 – 5 April 1988; pen names Sarah Davys and Mary Voyle) was an English author. Manning attended the…… Read more “Rosemary Manning”
This half-free will that carried her off and that she was guiding
Dear Karolina, I can never resist an elegantly written (or, at least, elegantly translated) comedy of manners, particularly when it is suffused with anger – and it…… Read more “This half-free will that carried her off and that she was guiding”
Virago Modern Classics
Hi, folks! The spring cleaning continues in this [blank] garden of mine! As I mentioned last week, I decided to transfer some of my reading project pages to…… Read more “Virago Modern Classics”
Karolina Pavlova
Karolina Pavlova (Karolina Karlovna Pavlova – Кароли́на Ка́рловна Па́влова; born Karolina Karlovna Jaenisch, 22 July 1807 – 14 December 1893) was a Russian author. Born to a…… Read more “Karolina Pavlova”
Speak its name
Hi, folks! The spring cleaning continues in this [blank] garden of mine! As I mentioned on my previous post, I decided to transfer some of my reading…… Read more “Speak its name”
A Century of Books
Hi, folks! I am doing a bit of spring cleaning on my blog, and decided to transfer some of my reading project pages to regular posts. A…… Read more “A Century of Books”
The #1936Club & the Classics Spin #26
Hi, folks! The Club Karen’s and Simon’s #1936Club starts today, and, as always, I am jumping in! The event is one of their regular six-monthly reading Clubs, where they encourage…… Read more “The #1936Club & the Classics Spin #26”
It takes destiny for a human to tame a beast
Dear Yan Ge, Your Strange Beasts of China (2020, tr. Jeremy Tiang. Original: 异兽志, 2006) reads like a collection of entries from a bestiary: the city of…… Read more “It takes destiny for a human to tame a beast”
Yan Ge
Yan Ge (pen name of Dai Yuexing, 1984) is a Chinese author. She grew up in a small town in Sichuan, and earned a PhD in comparative…… Read more “Yan Ge”
