Thank you for all your suggestions for the next club year! Karen and I looked through them all and had a discussion, and decided to go with Marina’s suggestion of 1936, which has a good range of well-known novels as well as many lesser-known works, of course.
We did think about evening up the decades by doing another 1970s year, but neither of us were that excited by the prospect… what I can say, the 1930s turned our heads. And it’s a great excuse to use this lovely image that I found on Flickr (with rights for re-use). Wouldn’t this be wonderful on a book cover? I might put it on The Provincial Lady Goes Further, actually, though that’s four years too early for this club.
Obviously six months is a lot of notice, but we’ll make sure to remind you in good time before next April. Already looking forward to it!
Hooray! Already looking forward to it :-)
It should be a great year and club — quite a treat for the spring. I definitely hope to participate!
What a good choice. I see there is a Graham Greene I’ve yet to read.
Yea!, Much better than the 70s 😊
It’s a great year – can’t wait!
Oh, I’ll definitely join in – now to find some relevant books!
It will be interesting to explore what books came out in 1936 and how they reflected what must have a time of wondering where the world was heading. Wonderfully appealing badge too!
Great year, I have four unread books so I’ll try to read as many as I can for that week. Probably The Jasmine Farm by Elizabeth von Arnim and The Other Day by Dorothy Whipple first, and we’ll see if I can get to the other two after that — None Came Back by Storm Jameson and Summer Will Show by Sylvia Townsend Warner. Looking forward to it!
I have a question on the rules of the club.
If I want to read a book published in French in 1936 but I have a 1990 English translation does this count?
Thanks,
Yes, absolutely! I tend to say people can make up their own rules, but I always go for the year it was first printed in any language.
Yay, so exciting, I am honoured and delighted that you went with my suggestion. It’s a great year and frighteningly similar in many respects to the times we are living through now. So I’ll try to find some escapism as well.
1936 falls right in the middle of my fav period, so that is something to look forward to.
That should be a great year: thanks for hosting!
looking forward to it and really hoping to take part so that I can use that lovely badge!
Fabulous year! I’ve read a lot of these, but maybe I should read something new… Oh, decisions, decisions!
I’ve got four: Keep the Aspidistra Flying by George Orwell, The Thinking Reed by Rebecca West, Jungfrau by Dymphna Cusack, and All That Swagger by Miles Franklin. Probably a toss-up between the Orwell and the Cusack because, knowing me, I’ll run short of time, and will need something less long than the other two at 400+ pages.
It seems the one unread book I’ve got from 1936 is a John Buchan, The Island of Sheep, the last of the Richard Hannay novels. I think I’ve got a winner!
So nice that you have announced this so early (and I lucked out and heard the announcement). I would love to join in and will take a look at what books were published that year. That’s a great photo, too!
Sounds good but… I already have like… four ARCs that are going to be published this April, so… I don’t know if I’ll be able to participate. But I’ll be watching out for all the blog posts, that’s for certain!
Something very nice to look forward to and I will poke around in my TBR and on my shelves!
Excellent. Miles Franklin (aka Brent of Bin Bin) also wrote All That Swagger in 1936. I wanted to read another one after enjoying the 1956 one so much, so this is perfect. Thanks :-)
Looking forward to it!!! Meanwhile, I happened across this 1936 Hits Archive playlist on YouTube in case anyone else wants to immerse themselves in the era. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLx8kU_D2e4voKG2wza7LaoOCyOFTyjeh2
Oh wow, wonderful, Becky!
1936–the Year With Three Kings. I love it.
Great, I may join you, as I have 2 of them on my Classics TBR: Double Indemnity, by James M. Cain, and The Swedish Cavalier, by Leo Perutz. I’ll be listening soon to Card on the Table (Hercule Poirot series), also published that year
Excellent!
1936 was apparently a bumper crop year in mysteries (my favorite genre). I’ve got WAY more on the TBR stack than I can get read in a week (or even between now and then). But I’ve narrowed it down to some likely looking choices. Here’s where I’ve posted about it: https://myreadersblock.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-1936-club.html
This will be my first participation. Do I take into consideration books read since January 1st? If so, I will have a total of 5 books published in 1936. Let me know
Hi Emma – great to have you on board! To be included, we ask that reviews are new up this week – but you can have read the book whenever :D
Thanks for explaining!