The Seasoning by Manon Steffan Ros
Wanting to read at least one book for this year’s Dewithon, hosted by Paula on Book Jotter, I cast around for something that might work at this time when my normal reading patterns remain fragile. I...
View ArticleSix Degrees of Separation: from Shuggie Bain to …
Six Degrees of Separation is organised by Kate and the background can be found here. Our starter book this month is Shuggie Bain, by Douglas Stuart. Shuggie Bain won the 2020 Booker prize. I’m sure...
View ArticleSix Degrees of Separation: from Beezus and Ramona to …
Whilst I wait for opportunity and blogging muse to coincide I’m pleased that at least I’m keeping up with Six Degrees. Kate does all the organising for this and the background can be found here....
View ArticleThe Silver Darlings by Neil Gunn (1941)
As I’ve been such a sporadic member of the blogging community this past year, it was by happy accident that I learned of the review-a-long organised by FictionFan and friends for The Silver Darlings...
View ArticleSix Degrees of Separation: from Eats, Shoots and Leaves to …
Will July be the second consecutive month in which I have my chain listed and partly written and then the end of the month arrives before it gets any further? I hope not. I did manage an alternative...
View ArticleSix Degrees of Separation: from Postcards from the Edge to…
(Thanks as usual to Kate, at booksaremyfavouriteand best, who does all the organising for this monthly feature. The background can be found here.) We begin this month with Postcards from the Edge by...
View ArticleSix Degrees of Separation: from Second Place to …
Six degrees again and again I am late. I didn’t quite get the post written before we headed off on a road trip around the country, catching up with family. But better late than never. Thanks as...
View ArticleSix Degrees of Separation: from The Lottery to …
Time again for Six Degrees, the only thing keeping this blog alive for the moment. Grateful thanks to Kate at booksaremyfavouriteandbest who does all the organising for this monthly feature. The...
View ArticleVanity Fair (1848) by William Makepeace Thackeray
I finished reading this more than a month ago, well ahead of the review-along date. Plenty of time. Then I went away for a week – all planned – and totally forgot that the review was due to be...
View ArticleSix Degrees of Separation: from What are You Going Through? to …
We begin this month with What are you Going Through? (2020) by Sigrid Nunez and with thanks as usual to Kate at booksaremyfavouriteandbest who does all the organising for this monthly feature. The...
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