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Category: John Lewis-Stempel

A mixed bag

Some great, many good, two absolute stinkers. Ngaio Marsh, Grave Mistake I have no memory of ever reading this, yet it's got a record in my reading diary from thirteen years ago so I'm obviously getting old and forgetful. It's VERY good: a classic whodunnit set in the 1970s in an English country village and … Continue reading A mixed bag →

Kate John Lewis-Stempel, Katherine Addison, Laura Knight, Liz Williams, Ngaio Marsh, Philip Hoare, Selby Wynn Schwartz, T E Carhart 1 Comment February 12, 2023February 13, 2023

The Good Books 2021

Here are the books that I enjoyed most in 2021. You can read about those I liked best in 2020 here. Biography/memoir/autobiography/history The Element of Lavishness, Letters between Sylvia Townsend Warner and William Maxwell was a Christmas present from 2020 that got shunted into the waiting room while I read her letters to and from … Continue reading The Good Books 2021 →

Kate 20thC, 21stC, Akala, Alice Jolly, Arthur Ransome, Ben Smith, Bernadine Evaristo, Beryl Markham, Colm Toibin, Derek Jarman, Elizabeth Jenkins, Hadley Freeman, Isaak Dinesen, John Lewis-Stempel, Kassia St Clair, Katherine Addison, Leon Garfield, Liz Williams, Margery Allingham, Merlin Sheldrake, Paula Byrne, Sylvia Townsend Warner, Terry Pratchett, Toby Faber, William Golding, William Maxwell, Zona Gale 10 Comments December 27, 2021December 27, 2021

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