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Winding Up the Week #352

An end of week recap “What the world of tomorrow will be like is greatly dependent on the power of imagination in those who are learning to read today.” – Astrid Lindgren (born 14th November 1907) This is a post in which I summarise books read, reviewed and currently on my TBR shelf. In addition to a variety of literary titbits, I look ahead to forthcoming features, see what’s on the nightstand…

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Some thoughts on our #1937club reading - and where next??

As I always seem to be saying, what a stupendous week of reading that was!! It’s been quite wonderful to see all of the posts and reviews on books from 1937, and I think this is definitely the most popular club week yet – the response has been astonishing! I’m still gathering up posts to link to, so please, if I’ve missed yours, leave a comment and I’ll share it on my 1937 page. I’ve personally…

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"The years changed things..." #1937Club #VirginiaWoolf

My final book for 1937 is one which I was really looking forward to revisiting; it’s by a favourite author, but it’s one of her titles I suspect I’ve only read once, and that was longer ago than I’d care to acknowledge… I am, of course, talking about the truly wonderful Virginia Woolf and her book “The Years”. The Wordsworth edition on the left is the one I read this time, as my old original copy…

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The sparkling correspondence of a great author - #1937Club

Today’s book for the #1937Club is one that’s long overdue some attention, lurking as it has been on Mount TBR since its reissue in 2014 (ten years ago – OMG!!!) It’s a release from indie publisher Michael Walmer, and was the first in his ‘belles-lettres’ series. A chunky and handsome volume, it’s “Letters to a Friend” by the esteemed author Winifred Holtby, and it makes absolutely fabulous…

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#1937Club or not? A fascinating title from Japan... #kawabata

As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, I’m pleased that I’ve been able to include translated works for the #1937Club, and today sees another one making its appearance on the Ramblings! This book was a last minute idea, and I’m perhaps cheating slightly with the date, as it’s a work which was released in segments, then a complete version in 1937 and then revised for a later edition. The book is “Snow…

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Some classic Soviet-era stories for the #1937Club #platonov

After my wonderful start to the #1937club with some lovely reads, I have to confess that I hit a bit of a wall… I had a great pile of possible reads, a mixture of old favourites and books which had been lurking on the TBR for a while. However, I picked up and put down several titles, and none were really gelling with my reading mood. So I had a bit of a search around online, checking out…

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For the #1937Club, a guest post considers a much-loved classic...

As has become a tradition, Mr. Kaggsy has offered up a review for the #1937Club and this time he takes on a book and author who have been much loved – though I wonder how much they’re read nowadays? The title is “The Citadel” by A.J. Cronin, and I think Mr K. was a little underwhelmed… Archibald Joseph Cronin (born 1986, Dunbartonshire, 1896; died 1981, Montreux) was both a doctor and prolific…

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Kicking off the #1937Club with not one, but two, classic crime authors!!

It’s become something of a habit for me, during our club reading events, to begin the week with some classic crime. I often choose Agatha Christie; as well as being a huge favourite of mine, she was also very prolific with at least one title for most of the years in the range we cover! Another prolific author from the period was Simenon with his Maigret tales, and so when I was checking out…

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Coming up on on Monday - the #1937Club!!!

Yes, it’s that time of year again – on Monday, Simon and I will be co-hosting one of our six-monthly reading clubs, and this time we’re focusing on the year 1937. It promises to be another bumper year, and I did share some pictures of possible choices at the beginning of the month. However, there were a number of titles I didn’t put on the piles because I’d already read them and didn’t intend a…

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Winding Up the Week #372

An end of week recap “If you can’t write freely and if you can’t speak freely in your country, you can be sure that you are living in a very primitive country.” – Mehmet Murat ildan This is a post in which I summarise books read, reviewed and currently on my TBR shelf. In addition to a variety of literary titbits, I look ahead to forthcoming features, see what’s on the nightstand and keep readers…

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March reading and April plans - including the #1937Club!

As I’ve probably mentioned in the past, March is a particularly busy and difficult month for me at work, and so I do tend to try to tailor my reading to things which don’t stress me too much! However, this year I’ve felt relatively in control; and I have managed to get in some wonderful books, as you can see from this lovely pile! I’m pleased to report that there were once again no duds! Some of…

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2024 Reading - are there any plans??? 🤔

Happy new year to all! Here’s my final of the trilogy of posts dealing with the end of December and the start of 2024, in which I consider reading plans for the forthcoming months – if any… Now, if you know the Ramblings at all, you’ll know I don’t do that well with plans, and so try to keep them as slimmed down as possible. Frankly, I expect 2024 to be the same, but there *are* some things to…

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October reading - and travelling! 📚🚂

October has been an interesting month – both in terms of reading and also real life (though sometimes a bit troublesome in the case of the latter…) However, I read a wonderful selection of books, and here they are: Not shown is “The Unknown Kerouac” which I read as a rare e-book version… As you’ll see, some of these titles were for the #1962Club but I have been reading a variety of other books,…

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#1962Club - some final thoughts, plus where next???

As I often say at the end of one of our reading events, phew! what a week that was! 😀 I had high hopes for 1962 as there were so many interesting possibilites for reading, as well as a lot of titles I’d already loved and could revisit. In the end, I stuck pretty much to the books I’d initially planned, although one book I wanted to read went by the wayside and that’s “Silent Spring” by Rachel…

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A splendiferous April, with some wonder #1937Club reading!

First of all, a very happy International Workers’ Day! I can’t believe we’re so far into the year already, but I thought I would look back at April’s reading as it was a really good month for me – and here are the books I enjoyed! Several of these were for 1937, some are review books and some I just felt like reading – reviews will follow in due course of those I’ve not covered yet. It was a…

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Travelling round the world with a great French artist for the #1937Club

My second title for the #1937Club is by another favourite author, and I’m ashamed to say that it’s been languishing on the TBR since 2012 – which is verified by the packing slip still inside the book, and I can’t believe I’ve owned it unread for so long!!! The title is “Round the World Again in 80 Days” by Jean Cocteau, translated by Stuart Gilbert, although interestingly the original French…