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The Pastor’s Wife by Elizabeth von Arnim

As I said on my previous post, there aren’t many writers that make me want to read everything they ever wrote or will write. Elizabeth von Arnim is one of them, all because of the lingering effect of...

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Washington Square by Henry James

I’ve been reading too many “it was ok” books this year. I partially blame my absence from the blogging world that hasn’t expertly guided my choices, but I also need to convince myself once and for all...

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The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin

I need your help understanding The Left Hand of Darkness. I was almost indifferent to it, but it has a huge GoodReads average: 4.02 from 42,943 ratings. As Shannon from Giraffe Days put it on her own...

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Hear ye! Hear ye! Announcing Advent with Alcott

On Twitter: #awalcott It’s that time of the year again: after the great fun of Advent with Austen and Advent with Atwood, we* were lucky enough to find another author with a name starting with A that...

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Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers

(Fear not, spoilers are duly marked, although this post is mostly for people who’ve read the book) Oh book – How did I love thee? Let me count the ways. Gaudy Night is a mystery novel that’s...

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The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

I’ve given it a solid 4 stars, right there between the 5-star adventure fun and the 3-star characterization (especially female) and depth. So on the plus side we have the Count, the perfect embodiment...

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A Merry Christmas: And Other Christmas Stories by Louisa May Alcott

There are moments when you just need a bit of Louisa May Alcott and it’s likely they will come during the Holidays. This little book will hit just the spot: short, gentle, heartwarming. It starts off...

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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Read for nomadreader’s Read-along. Didn’t do much “along”, but at least managed the reading part! I first read To Kill a Mockingbird almost 10 years ago, on pre-blogging times. I remember turning to...

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Excellent Women by Barbara Pym

Whenever I think about escapist fiction, fantasy is always the first genre to come to mind, but lately I’ve come to realize that my ultimate comfort reads might be Persephone-style books: mid-20th...

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Pomfret Towers by Angela Thirkell #1938Club

Simon and Kaggsy started a Club where bloggers review books published in the same year during the same week. I read Pablo Neruda’s 20 Love Poems and a Desperate Love Song for the 1924 Club last year...

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