It’s been a while since I did one of these – but also, time no longer has any meaning. April has finished, apparently? What a strange, strange year. I am grateful that my reading abilities came back, though, and I certainly got through a lot of books in April – though I’m not doing so well at writing about them.
I hope you and the people you love are doing well. Stay safe, and enjoy a book, a blog post, and a link.
1.) The book – Chatteron Square by E.H. Young is now out in the British Library Women Writers series! It’s the first one that I chose myself, and it’s great. I had fun reading about 1930s divorce law while writing the afterword, which hopefully adds a layer of interest to the novel – but obviously it’s a wonderful novel without a word from me alongside it.
2.) The link – if you’re in the UK and looking for vegan and gluten-free cakes during the lockdown, I can recommend my friend Amy’s bakery. I’ve received, given, and bought for myself boxes from them during quarantine – check out Brutally Honest Bakery.
3.) The blog post – I always love when Claire at The Captive Reader reads A.A. Milne, it fills me with such joy – and she has made me want to go back and re-read The Romantic Age soon.
Now look what you’ve done – you’ve made me buy Chatterton Square, as I can’t wait to hear about divorce in the 1930s and compare it to my own very negative experience of it in Britain in the 2010s!
Cake…….. Vegan cake! ;D
Thanks for sharing the Milne love! Who wouldn’t love this play, especially given the times. We all need something to cheer us up and there is no better prescription than Milne at his whimsical best.
Yay, I am a big fan of E H Young and Chatterton Square might be my favourite of her novels. The British Library kindly sent me a copy, so I now have 2 lovely editions, and looking for an excuse to re-read it, I shall be suggesting it to my book group.