I‘m currently reading this little gem of a novel, published in 1920. It‘s a light and frothy Scottish Cinderella-type story and completely outlandish (and yet completely charming 😆).
Any other O. Douglas fans here?
pickThis is a beautifully illustrated novella about an old woman looking back to a best-loved Christmas of her Edwardian-era childhood. A delightful (and melancholy) little read.
pickIm trying to get a bit of Christmas spirit this year as last year was a total failure in that respect! This little book was a good start (if you like the quieter type of detective stories like i do) Three short tales of deaths on Christmas Day and the detective or police drawn in to solve them. Simenon is a French author who wrote a series of detective novels and this was a good introduction (thanks @merelybookish for putting this on my radar!)
More late posts! #WondrousWednesday @eggs
1.Elizabeth Jane Howard, Elizabeth Jenkins,Stella Gibbons, Nancy Mitford (though she would probably hate me!),Arundhati Roy,Mahasweta Devi
2. The swinging 60s in Chelsea!!
3.I keep museum tickets, gig tickets and use them as bookmarks!
pick3⭐️ I enjoyed the early part of Jill, with descriptive campus narrative, and strong characterizations. While the kids in The Secret History inhaled drugs and alcohol, the pupils in Jill have afternoon tea with cakes and scones 👨🎓It starts getting weird in the middle, with the main character - poor student John Kemp - becoming a totally different version of himself. Still a good college novel, though.
Second hand Bookshop find. As good as new. I don‘t think it was ever read ! ❤️ Added to my little collection 😁
#WondrousWednesday @Eggs
1.Tagged book,full review here https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/966360.Temples_of_Delight
Part of the #trappedonanisland challenge!
2.Its depiction of the intensity of adolescent female friendships,and one of the most moving declarations of love ever.
3.Societies at a time on the cusp of great change,and how those affect society,and decide which way the scale tips.
