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Dear Ivy, I guess I will never be completely at ease at being cast among those whom Barbara Pym would describe as ‘the sort of people who…… Read more “How good we all are at talking without ever saying what we think”
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Poeira de água sobre água. Water dust over water.
20 Books of Summer | 2021
Hello, folks! In the midst of Spring, we think of 20 Books of Summer! This is a reading event hosted by Cathy over at the 746 Books blog,…… Read more “20 Books of Summer | 2021”
Persephone Books
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 “Persephone Books”
Women’s Prize 2021: Dolan, Leilani, Peters & Bennett
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”
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”
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