Sherlock Holmes took his bottle from the corner of the mantlepiece, and his hypodermic syringe from its neat morocca-case. The Sign of the Four was my latest lucky spin for the Classics Club and my second Sherlock Holmes story. There's not a lot to be said about another Sherlock Holmes story that hasn't already been … Continue reading The Sign of the Four | Arthur Conan Doyle #CCspin
I've started our winter with a nasty cold that is lingering way too long for my liking! So I've been pretty quiet lately. Reading lots but not writing or blogging about it as much. A new CC Spin is the perfect opportunity to get back into the swing of things. Ohh, I hope Jean returns … Continue reading Classics Club Spin #30
The sunlight of late September filled the pale, formal streets between Portland Place and Manchester Square. The sky was a burning blue yet the still air was chill. The first point I wish to highlight about Margaret Elizabeth Jenkins are her birth and death dates - the 31st October 1905 and the 5th September 2010. … Continue reading The Tortoise and the Hare | Elizabeth Jenkins
It's time to spin again with The Classics Club. Details on how to play are here. On Sunday the 20th March (tomorrow), a random number will be drawn. Match the number to the book on your list, then read said book before the 30th April. I have a few reading plans throughout April (see here) … Continue reading Classics Club Spin #29
It has never been my way to say much about my private life. Autobiographies are by their nature completely different beasts to biographies. In a biography, the researcher is keen to unearth the 'real' person, to dig deep into archives, letters, journals and other people's memories. Mostly this is done respectfully to honour the subject's … Continue reading Myself When Young | Henry Handel Richardson #AWWautobiography
It's time to spin again with The Classics Club. Details on how to play are here. On Sunday the 17th October, a random number will be drawn. Match the number to the book on your list, then read said book before the 12th December. November is AusReading Month, for spin #28 I am therefore going … Continue reading Classics Club Spin #28
No one who had ever seen Catherine Morland in her infancy, would have supposed her born to be a heroine. I was thrilled when Adam announced that he was planning to reinstate his Austen in August reading event. I have reread all my Austen's multiple times, of course, but I have more than one edition … Continue reading The Annotated Northanger Abbey | Jane Austen & David M. Shapard #CCspin
It's time for another Classics Club Spin.The rules are easy: compile your list of 20 books by Sunday 18th July.On that day a number will be randomly selected.That's the book you read.You have until the 22nd August 2021 to finish your book and review it.Join in the fun by visiting the other players and commenting on their lists.It's … Continue reading CC Spin #27
When I met M. Hartz, he was a naturalist and dealer who ran his business affairs in a quiet way, selling minerals, insects or plants to collectors. Thankfully I read and thoroughly enjoyed Mauprat a decade or so ago. If I had started my George Sand journey with Laura: A Journey into the Crystal, it … Continue reading Laura | George Sand #FRAfiction
It's time for another Classics Club Spin.The rules are easy: compile your list of 20 books by Sunday 18th April.On that day a number will be randomly selected.That's the book you read.You have until the 31st May 2021 to finish your book and review it.Join in the fun by visiting the other players and commenting on their lists.It's … Continue reading CC Spin #26
Happy Birthday Ernestine! My Love Must Wait by Ernestine Hill was a bestseller when it was first published in 1941, which puts it neatly in the middle of Bill @The Australian Legend's Gen III of Australian Women Writers. I can see why this story about the adventurer and explorer, Matthew Flinders attracted a lot … Continue reading My Love Must Wait | Ernestine Hill #AWWfiction
It's time for another Classics Club Spin. The rules are easy: compile your list of 20 books by Sunday 22nd November. On that day a number will be randomly selected. That's the book you read. You have until the 30th January 2021 to finish your book and review it. Join in the … Continue reading Classics Club Spin #25
I've been wanting to read a Sherlock Holmes story for a long time now. I purchased my lovely Knickerbocker classic editions about five years ago with the good intentions of reading them in chronological order. Ever since then, I have been putting A Study in Scarlet on my CC Spin list, in the hope it … Continue reading A Study in Scarlet | Arthur Conan Doyle #CCspin
It's time for another Classics Club Spin.The rules are easy: compile your list of 20 books by Sunday 9th August.On that day a number will be randomly selected.That's the book you read.You have until the 30th September 2020 to finish your book and review it.Join in the fun by visiting the other players and commenting … Continue reading Classics Club Spin #24
This remarkable novel, first published to a chorus of acclaim in 1952, is one of the lost classics of Australian literature. Martin Boyd is a deeply humane novelist, a writer of family sagas without peer.Set in Australia and England in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, The Cardboard Crown presents an unforgettable portrait of … Continue reading The Cardboard Crown | Martin Boyd #CCspin
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